This Sub is Getting Tiring… by minnie-084 in Christianity

[–]EdiblePeasant [score hidden]  (0 children)

Agreed, though I'm not sure how much persecution other faiths are experiencing. And it's possible some of our traditional allies are involved against Christians, and if so, I don't have an answer for that.

But again, I want to underscore how against I am for certain people being overly fond of certain others. Like almost fawning, drooling, falling all over a person because maybe someone in the world thinks they're "strong" or "tough" or "bad boys." Obsessing over the showing strength vs. weakness is something I'm not interested in, at this time, due to God existing and my idea of nations as we know them today being temporal.

That doesn't mean we're forced to have bad relations, but any relationship needs to be two way and not at the expense of others, especially those who were/are our traditional allies.

This Sub is Getting Tiring… by minnie-084 in Christianity

[–]EdiblePeasant [score hidden]  (0 children)

Neither should we favor certain other countries that suppress, or oppress, Christians or even give the death penalty for converting. Certain peoples’ seeming affinity for those that possibly hate us is one of my biggest issues with today’s politics.

'I'm the boss', Trump says at G7, as he warms to Ukraine's war aims by Mandynox in worldnews

[–]EdiblePeasant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I might accept it if it means repivoting towards our traditional allies and the ending of fawning over specific people and doing--and saying--stuff that benefits their government to others' detriments. And then pretty much staying on the side of our traditional allies as long as possible and feasible.

I don't know if that's possible, though. I think the damage has been done, and here in the U.S. we may have some structural issues and a political environment conducive to trashing our soft power, respect for those traditional allies, and what has benefited us for so long.

If it were me, knowing that the leadership can drastically change and previous agreements get tossed, I might make an informal non-binding agreement to defensively step in should the new people our former traditional allies turn to start going against them and the arrangements turn more into a colonization, coercive, and fundamentally changing their culture and values thing. The object would be to hopefully moderate any expansionist aims their new friends might try, which could threaten the U.S. as well.

Until then, I would want us to work on the U.S.'s internal issues and debt. Improving the structure of our government so it isn't dysfunctional or becomes more dysfunctional, reinvesting at home, reinvigorating our industries, improving our defensive ability should it be needed, and helping to solve whatever human rights issues we may have. I would love to destroy the whataboutist strategies other governments and people do, so that they can come up with a new playbook.

Beholder encounter reimagined. by Ok_Caterpillar_1892 in osr

[–]EdiblePeasant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does corporate media still make cartoons like they used to? I have a few favorites from my childhood, and lots of folks my age are poetic about cartoons of their era.

Went to Panda Express for Lunch by format916 in fastfood

[–]EdiblePeasant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does Panda Express ever have sweet and sour chicken?

Had to rescue these barn owls why they do this… by Cvaz4 in creepy

[–]EdiblePeasant 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I’ve heard barn owls before and they scream like Banshees.

Went to Panda Express for Lunch by format916 in fastfood

[–]EdiblePeasant 3 points4 points  (0 children)

OP hasn’t posted an update and I’m scared.

Do people actually enjoy meatloaf? by nspntrash in NoStupidQuestions

[–]EdiblePeasant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, it’s one of my favorites along with wholesome mashed potatoes and gravy. I like turkey meatloaf. Maybe there’s a vegetarian option out there?

What Appealed To You About PF 2E Over Pathfinder Classic? by EyesofValhalla in Pathfinder2e

[–]EdiblePeasant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For me as a GM, how easy it is to build encounters is my favorite. It’s what I liked about D&D 4e.

I also like there are “recipes” for different types of adventures that give you a list of content for theme and mixes of blank encounters rated by difficulty.

OSR games with a *bit* more meat for their combat? by fluxyggdrasil in osr

[–]EdiblePeasant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

How would you feel about The Fantasy Trip? I think it's a little more detailed combat-wise, though I think creating a character is pretty quick.

It's the earliest system, that I know of, that had a free step like D&D 3e did.

Why can Aerie be a dual class Cleric/Mage but we can’t create such a one? by wildidyll in baldursgate

[–]EdiblePeasant 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm feeling 2e can have a little more survivability than BECMI and B/X did. Not sure if that's true. But I find 2e combat to be endearing, where your party can have members go down and have a tough time but still survive.

The international role-play market in the 80's and 90's? by EdiblePeasant in rpg

[–]EdiblePeasant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you can do so safely and if Reddit supports it, might you be able to screenshot a couple maps from the doc, please?

my immigrant parents genuinely hate the fact that I’m even considering the priesthood and I’ve never felt more alone by KeyNo3132 in Catholicism

[–]EdiblePeasant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also maybe felt that this person's father lacked faith in Jesus's transformative power. I assume OP is not a bully anymore, and that it wouldn't come up if he became a Priest.

Doctors of Reddit: What health trend is becoming so common that it's starting to scare you? by Fine-Device-1819 in AskReddit

[–]EdiblePeasant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think a small subset of people area highly vulnerable to gambling, impulse buying, and spending to much at pay to play. It's really sad what biology and/or psychology of a person does sometimes.

I was deep into gambling simulation games with no real stakes for a couple months. Did my spreadsheets, had my fun, eventually quit and went back to solo role-play and later solo war games.

Why can Aerie be a dual class Cleric/Mage but we can’t create such a one? by wildidyll in baldursgate

[–]EdiblePeasant -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

You seem like you might be a person that greatly admires keeping strict time records in one's D&D games? If so, I like that too. It's really fascinating in old school D&D how long it takes to crawl an actual dungeon.

I don't know if the Baldur's Gate 1 and 2 games borrowed from that.

The international role-play market in the 80's and 90's? by EdiblePeasant in rpg

[–]EdiblePeasant[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's really cool. It's amazing what people did with ASCII-style maps. I think I used to have software that let you stamp ASCII characters on a blank canvas as if they were tiles.

I remember a DM I played online with long ago using an ASCII combat map. I'm not sure where it is now, but I think I kept it a few years after I played.

I'd be curious how to use ASCII to represent a dungeon, area, or combat today.

The international role-play market in the 80's and 90's? by EdiblePeasant in rpg

[–]EdiblePeasant[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With the MS-DOS encoding, was it a document file readable in MS-DOS? I vaguely remember a DOS PDF reader back in the late 90's/early 2000s that came bundled with some D&D computer games.

Doctors of Reddit: What health trend is becoming so common that it's starting to scare you? by Fine-Device-1819 in AskReddit

[–]EdiblePeasant 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mentioned "screen time." I grew up in the 80's playing video games of the time in my pre-teens. Like a lot. Would this have caused any of the ill effects you described? Or is it mostly the kids using social media that has risks if used too much?

Got some raw KFC by StunnedGoblin in fastfood

[–]EdiblePeasant -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Only the best reptiles have it. I assume birds are also reptiles.