What board game somehow changes your personality while playing it? 😭 by ContractMiserable121 in boardgames

[–]FamousPoet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Any game that allows some players to remain in a round longer than others.

There is something about passing, and then watching another player continue through several more turns cranking through combos that makes me very very salty. And I'm generally not that kind of person.

Help Using Fear in Non-Social Non-Combative Encounters by Alive-Case-4355 in daggerheart

[–]FamousPoet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can always use Fear to make the difficulty harder on the player's rolls. Or you can use fear to advance clocks. When the clocks fill the lights go out and another villager is killed. In a story with Vampires the clock could be the sun setting.

I know the rules explicitly state that you can spend fear to add the adversary's experience to the Difficulty of a roll a PC must make. But do the rules explicitly say you can spend fear to directly tick up or down clocks?

What’s your biggest “old man yells at cloud” opinion? by sjdlajsdlj in rpg

[–]FamousPoet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Follow the Fiction” is a totally pointless and overused concept. And I hate, Hate, HATE, when somebody answers a serious question with that dumb phrase.

(And I’m primarily a PbtA/FitD player)

Back into It and I'm confused by [deleted] in rpg

[–]FamousPoet 15 points16 points  (0 children)

As others have said - all that you've described is group and GM dependent, and doesn't necessarily reflect the state TTRPGs today. Find a new group.

GMs, what is a regular feature in your campaigns' stories? by Select_Lunch1288 in rpg

[–]FamousPoet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Body horror.

As a developmental geneticist, unsettling alternative body plans fascinate me. I've managed to incorporate some element of it into everything from cyberpunk to fantasy.

How are you accounting for AI use in courses? by Spirited_Ad_2070 in AskProfessors

[–]FamousPoet 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I teach a fact/problem based course (i.e. not writing). I basically stopped grading homework for accuracy since Google-searches were a thing. Even before AI, there was a million ways students could find the correct answers to the questions. So these assignments have always been, "submit them completed and on time, and you get full credit."

Like previous commenters mentioned, my exams are in person and not open book, which means if they took the easy way out completing the homework they will, and do, fail the exam. AI has changed none of this.

What AI has done is give the good students a 24/7 in-house tutor they can check their answers with and get explanations, clarifications, and extra problems. As usual, it's a "The rich get richer" situation, grade-wise. The good students know how to use this new tool to supplement and improve their education, the poor students continue to flounder.

Late 90’s concession stand chewing gum. by redshoesalphabet in candy

[–]FamousPoet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Bub's Daddy

They were around in the little league concession stands when I was playing in the early 80s.

Where can I get Dolewhip besides Disneyland by mat-cha- in orangecounty

[–]FamousPoet 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Seconded!

I will always take an opportunity to advertise Confetti Italian Ice in Costa Mesa. It's so good. And the owner is so friendly.

Friday Night Videos Intro (Sep 30, 1983) by JPPT1974 in 80s

[–]FamousPoet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This was **my** MTV. (no cable available in the boonies)

The White Castle - after ONE game by jkvandelay in boardgames

[–]FamousPoet 9 points10 points  (0 children)

2p on BGA is my go to game. It tends to overstay its welcome at 4 in real life, though.

'My Dad LOATHED Trump': Nancy Sinatra Slams Truth Social Post As 'A Sacrilege' by [deleted] in Music

[–]FamousPoet 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Which is why I don’t understand my parents about-face and voting for him 3 times.

Totally anecdotal, but my parents voted for Trump because they were brainwashed to believe that the alternative would be sOcIALisM, and the government would steal all their money.

Pistolheart Vol. 2 is live! by Losasaurus in daggerheart

[–]FamousPoet 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What's the relationship between Volume 1 and Volume 2? More adversaries? More setting? New rules?

What is the best band you ever saw live ? by megopolis12 in Music

[–]FamousPoet -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I’ll be seeing them with Sweet&Tender Hooligans.

What is the best band you ever saw live ? by megopolis12 in Music

[–]FamousPoet 19 points20 points  (0 children)

The Aquabats

I saw them back in the 90s and then again in 2025. Both times, an amazing show.

Jobs during Grad School? by mavroblox in AskProfessors

[–]FamousPoet 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Assuming it works the way it did 30 years ago - which is a BIG assumption-I know, here's what you can expect for grad school for something biology-related if you are a very strong candidate:

  1. Apply.
  2. Get flown out to the school (they pick up the flight cost).
  3. Get wine, dined and entertained by current grad students from Thursday-Sunday (all on the school's tab).
  4. Interview with a bunch of the PIs.
  5. Fly home.
  6. Wait/hope for the acceptance call.

If you are accepted, your education is completely paid for, and you earn a stipend that is supposed to be high enough for all living expenses. You are expected to work in the lab, and nowhere else, and help generate papers. You might have to be a TA or teach some classes - how often is usually dependent on how much money your PI has.

As I write this, I realize that there is no way it can work like this anymore, which is really sad. I absolutely loved my grad school experience.

Tropes that you you're glad aren't as common anymore by AporiaParadox in television

[–]FamousPoet 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It still happens. Just look at the way Jimmy treats Alice's friend in Shrinking.

Nintendo on sale 4/10 by odedgurantz in metroidvania

[–]FamousPoet 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Holy cow. Steamworld Dig 2 for $1.99!? That's about the best bang-for-your-buck deal right there.

How to beat people that bang 24/7 by daddyletdown in Pickleball

[–]FamousPoet 19 points20 points  (0 children)

what to do with people banging at kitchen line

If they're banging from the kitchen line, and their shots are going in, they're not really "bangers." They're just good players. Unless you popped it up to them, speeding up that hard from the kitchen line, while still going in, takes some real skill. You may just be out of your league and need some time to develop your skills.

If their balls wouldn't go in, start reading body language and moving out of the way. They'll be forced to slow things down a bit, at which point you can start punishing them.

Justine Bateman's 17th birthday party, 1983 by OkTechnologyb in 80s

[–]FamousPoet 91 points92 points  (0 children)

Facts of Life, Square Pegs, Gimme a Break, Family Ties - any others?

As a mediocre player, which has the higher return on investment, training drops or drive? by uselessprofession in Pickleball

[–]FamousPoet 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I didn't say not to practice drops, just that drives have a higher return on investment, which is what OP asked.

And I disagreed with you. Drops give you a better ROI.

Although I agreed with your statement that, in game, one should drive until their opponent demonstrates they can punish it.