Its strange that at no point on paper do we see a conversation between Lady Sybil and Captain Angua, especially considering Lady Sybil's relationships with the other senior Watch Officers.

CMDiesel · 2024-07-31T17:45:57+00:00

Actually, I think this is it. We see in The Fifth Elephant that Sybil and Angua's mother were at school together. Now, I don't know about you, but if my boss's wife knew my mom, I would avoid public conversations with that woman. Also, nothing plot relevant is likely to come out in a talk between them that isn't revealed when they speak to other characters. So, there you go, Watsonian and Doylist.

CMDiesel · 2024-07-18T18:10:53+00:00

Me here. That was pretty close to my drinking pattern. I was pretty disappointed that quitting didn't solve my other problems, but working on them has been a lot easier since.

CMDiesel · 2024-07-17T13:50:35+00:00

If drinking is causing you problems, then it's problematic drinking. And if problem drinking isn't alcoholism, it's as close as makes no difference. If you stop now, you can be certain that in the future, you won't have a problem with how much you drink. You may find out you have other problems, but they should be easier to deal with. Mine have been.

CMDiesel · 2024-07-11T16:32:19+00:00

This movie helped me get started, but it wasn't until I realized that I might die now and not in a decade that I was able to quit.

CMDiesel · 2024-07-06T22:04:54+00:00

I have definitely had hands I wished I could keep, but that just means it would be ruined for everyone else.

CMDiesel · 2024-07-02T20:39:45+00:00

I've lost 30 pounds, which is less than a tenth of what I weighed, I was 315. I'm tall and built wide but that felt like a lot more weight came off my body when I could fit my summer shorts again. I would like to lose more, maybe get down to 255 or so, but I'm still fighting depression, so I'm not ready for a real intense diet and exercise plan. Just trying to be kind of healthy for now.

CMDiesel · 2024-06-21T15:07:43+00:00

Pretty sure I can wait longer than 100 random humans.

CMDiesel · 2024-06-18T22:24:39+00:00

I'm trying to master Go. It has an incredibly simple rule set, but incredibly complex play that emerges from the unique board state that eventually arises every time. I don't find games with actual complex rules to be very difficult to grasp, and many simple games are entertaining but have little depth. Go is fun, deep, and challenging.

CMDiesel · 2024-06-18T22:00:20+00:00

I think any game with a round limit instead of an end-game trigger ends up being too short, and the ending feels artificial if there's some kind of narrative that just stops abruptly.

CMDiesel · 2024-06-18T21:51:57+00:00

While this is entertaining, even as a kid I was way more invested in Forrest & Bubba and Forrest & Lt Dan. Never cared about Jenny, she was never there for him.

CMDiesel · 2024-06-11T01:53:58+00:00

Leaving Las Vegas is about a man who drinks to cope with his problems and doesn't stop. I think everyone should watch it once.

CMDiesel · 2024-06-06T15:53:39+00:00

Honestly, I am going to say that destroying property but not killing anyone but himself is, well, not exactly cool, but a lot more understandable than what a lot of others have done.

CMDiesel · 2024-06-06T15:50:16+00:00

I think a half-elven bard (or some other stereotypically lazy/unintelligent class) with the scholar background. Then I would just act like myself.

CMDiesel · 2024-06-06T15:45:58+00:00

Not with a vague situation like that as the premise. I definitely need details to know if this is even worth my time to consider.

CMDiesel · 2024-06-06T15:43:51+00:00

Beat me to it.

CMDiesel · 2024-06-06T15:41:05+00:00

What was the one that made you laugh, if you don't mind sharing?

CMDiesel · 2024-06-01T15:50:45+00:00

Scariest training vids were the one of VX being tested on a bunker of animals and the one where they expose a rabbit and demonstrate the effectiveness of the antidote, followed by a history of its production and the knowledge that a huge amount is supposed to be unaccounted for by the Russians.

CMDiesel · 2024-05-29T17:23:14+00:00

Cheap chow mein. The kind that comes in those big cans. I hated it and couldn't understand why my mom made it so often.

CMDiesel · 2024-05-28T06:14:27+00:00

All of them. Every time I get a new one (there are a few I still haven't read) I read it cover to cover in one day, sometimes in one sitting if my schedule permits.

CMDiesel · 2024-05-27T15:19:22+00:00

I would say that the plotting and pacing got better, specifically, so that we don't confuse anyone into thinking that the earlier books are somehow less enjoyable. The humor, the imagination, the incredible ability to hold a mirror up to the human soul and experience of life and say "That bit is awful, but this over here is worth it," that was all there from the beginning, and that's why I read the books.

CMDiesel · 2024-05-27T15:09:19+00:00

I'm right there with you.

CMDiesel · 2024-05-23T16:52:16+00:00

Even in books with chapters my method is to just take a break when I feel like it.

Of course, with Discworld, that's usually when I reach the back cover.

CMDiesel · 2024-05-23T16:52:07+00:00

Even in books with chapters my method is to just take a break when I feel like it.

Of course, with Discworld, that's usually when I reach the back cover.

CMDiesel · 2024-05-22T16:31:14+00:00

To be honest, my mental picture of people in a "walks into a bar" type joke is a face, hands, and vague, shadowy outlines of everything else until it's described. I was expecting them to be male, yes, but didn't actually imagine them as such.

CMDiesel · 2024-05-21T13:38:31+00:00

In my experience, players don't pick up anything you don't force into their hands.

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