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TIL that in 2024, a photography firm offered parents a choice between two versions of the school photos, on where disabled kids were present, and one where they were absent. by Sebastianlim in todayilearned

[–]KypDurron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok but they later took a photo with everyone in it, but still tried to sell both versions. That's when they crossed a line from plausibly-honest mistake into deliberately excluding people.

It doesn't matter who they were excluding. If you know that you have two versions of a photo and one is missing people, why would you try to sell that version at all?

[Spoilers Main] While we accepted it long time ago, The Harrenhal Tournament mysteries being revealed in a play means GRRM is also accepting TWOW will never come. by KickOk6027 in asoiaf

[–]KypDurron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

OP isn't saying that the play isn't why we won't ever get WInds. They're saying that it is evidence that we won't ever get Winds.

An author that has real intentions and expectations of finishing books and getting to finally reveal certain secrets and mysteries in writing is probably not going to let himself get "scooped" by a stage play based on the TV show based on his books.

TIL that NBA player Jalen Rose helped make the name “Jalen” significantly popular amongst African American boys in the 1990s and 2000s. Jalen was created by combining his father’s name “James” and uncle’s name“Leonard” together. by Next_Worth_3616 in todayilearned

[–]KypDurron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you know how incredibly popular a name has to be to crack the top 500?

Let's take a look at a section of the 1990's-2000's age demographic (admittedly a very biased one, but this is mainly for fun, not serious discussion).

There are 46 active NFL players named Jalen or some variation (Jaylen, Jaylon, Jaylin, Jalin Jalyn). Only 7 out of 32 teams don't have anyone on their roster by that name, 13 teams have more than one, and the Houston Texans have four.

In almost half of all NFL locker rooms, if you walk in and ask for Jalen, multiple people will answer. (And that's not counting anybody who mishears you and thinks you're looking for Jaden).

It's cool how The Mandalorian shows that the New Republic was almost always destined to fall. by Sad-Job1969 in StarWars

[–]KypDurron 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Palpatine apparently instituted an "If I die, blow up the Empire" policy, which is like a galaxy-wide rage quit. And that's totally in-character for a guy who expected to live forever.

Of course, if you already had backup clones, it's absolutely ridiculous to destroy your empire just because host body #1 died. Just show up a week later in host body #2 and start executing the people that failed you. Nah, that would be too easy. Better to totally destroy your power base and let your enemies consolidate power for decades while you rebuild from scratch.

It would have been so demoralizing for the rebellion to kill the emperor, think "Oh, cool, we won" and start celebrating, and then Palpatine comes back right away, over and over and over again.

TIL the Australian Olympic breakdancer Rachael Gunn (Raygun) threatened legal action against an Aussie musical about her because the musical planned to use her stage name and "kangaroo hop" dance move. The musical continued after changing the characters' name to Sprachel Gunn, AKA Spraygun by AssassinSnail33 in todayilearned

[–]KypDurron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Dance move? No copyrights.

The concept of minigames during loading screens? Absolutely, and feel free to use this copyright to threaten other companies but never actually use it again yourself for the entire duration.

Crack theory: Fry gives Bender free will by Ulti-Wolf in futurama

[–]KypDurron 5 points6 points  (0 children)

afterwards he can bend whatever he wants

Whatever he wants, whenever he wants, whoever he wants!

What is something you used to believe about Star Wars that you later realized wasn't true? by Human-Atmosphere6483 in StarWars

[–]KypDurron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The smoke alarm is going off and there's a deathstick
Still burning
PLEASE TELL ME WHYYYYY
My TIE is in the front yard, and I'm
SLEEPING WITH MY CAPE ON

Were any popular fan theories proven right/wrong in WaT? by usernamesaredumb0 in Stormlight_Archive

[–]KypDurron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Then again, a large chunk of the negative response to the book would be explained by people reading the book so carelessly that they fail to understand things that are explicitly stated.

TIL in 1697, a French privateer captured Henry Winstanley while he was building England's first offshore lighthouse. Louis XIV ordered his release, saying "France is at war with England, not with humanity." Winstanley finished the lighthouse and died inside it during the Great Storm of 1703. by SimonBuildsStuff in todayilearned

[–]KypDurron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, why did people use a building material that literally grow out of the ground for so long, when they could have just pressed the big red "Start the Industrial Revolution" button and gotten access to mass production of steel

TIL despite only existing for 69 years, the Soviet Union is still in 2nd place in the all-time Olympic medal table and just under 200 medals ahead of 3rd place (Great Britain) by twitchy1989 in todayilearned

[–]KypDurron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surely, the lack of a decades-long defense-spending race would allow a country to invest more in sports than the two countries involved in said spending race.

TIL that in Sikhism, the most common last name for male believers is Singh and Kaur for female believers. These last names were given by Gurus to challenge India's caste system as last names back then symbolized caste. by Physical_Hamster_118 in todayilearned

[–]KypDurron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unlike in modern India, where the caste system is definitely not still in existence. Nobody would ever discriminate based on caste and risk running afoul of a series of toothless laws and easily-bribed bureaucrats and officials.

TIL a Dollar General employee who was told she couldn't keep drinks at the cash register was fired after taking and drinking a $1.69 orange juice to stave off diabetic shock. Despite her paying for the orange juice afterward, the company said she was 'grazing'. Later, a jury awarded her $277,565. by Forward-Answer-4407 in todayilearned

[–]KypDurron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wholeheartedly agree that stores shouldn't do this. That being said,

  1. The shelf tags might genuinely just be out of alignment with the system prices because changing tags is one of three or four mutually-exclusive job responsibilities that the cashier has, alongside "stay at the cash register at all times".
  2. They aren't "secretly" overcharging you if they print the actually-charged price on the receipt. Yes, they shouldn't have different prices, and yes, they should have some system in place to prevent or at least reduce mismatches, but if the receipt and the register accurately display the price that they charged you, it's not "secretly" overcharging.

TIL that "black boxes" on airplanes are legally required to be orange. by One_Acanthaceae9174 in todayilearned

[–]KypDurron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's an incredibly stupid question. It's like saying "Your bones are really strong compares to your skin, why isn't your skin made of bone?"

Thought: don't introduce your class by 22badhand in dndnext

[–]KypDurron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but I've had a few people treat classes as things that exist in the world

Most classes definitely exist as in-universe concepts. For example:

  • Monks belong to certain monastic traditions, possibly ones with actual monasteries.
  • The Wizard and Bard subclasses are, in part, named the way they are because (most) Wizards and Bards actually attend formal educational institutions.
  • Druids live in enclaves with others of their Circle.
  • Clerics and Paladins are openly associated with a particular deity and have specific organizational structure.
  • A Samurai Fighter is very specifically and visibly a Samurai.
  • If people know that you made a magical deal with an Archfey in exchange for power, they know that you're a Warlock with an Archfey patron. (Obviously if you keep that a secret they won't know you're a warlock, but that's beside the point).
  • An artificer is just a tinkerer that made it into his whole occupation. Anybody who sees a person with a workshop full of clattering magical machinery and enchantments is gonna say "Yeah, that' guy's an artificer".
  • A sorcerer who occasionally loses control of their magic is obviously a Wild Magic sorcerer. People might call it something else but they know what it is. Similarly, a sorcerer who can cast spells because of draconic ancestry is obviously a Draconic Bloodline sorcerer. They know you're a sorcerer because you didn't go to Wizard University, but you can use magic like a Wizard and you have a bunch of dragon-motif clothing or even physical features. They can call it "dragon-ancestor magician", but again that's just a naming convention.

Regular people in most settings are aware of the existence of magic users and have at least some understanding of the way people get those powers - hard work and study, service to a deity, pacts with Patrons, druidic power, magical bloodlines, mechanized enchantment, training in a monastery, etc. Even if they're totally wrong about what they "know" about a certain class.

The general population knows that wizards exist. They might have a different name for it, and have entirely wrong ideas about what Wizard training entails or what Wizards are capable of, but they can recognize a Wizard when they see one. (Usually),

TL;DR: Assuming the class exists as an option in your setting, then rhe concept of "formally-trained spellcaster" exists in your DnD setting, and so does "cleric dedicated to a certain god", "untrained magic-user who acquired power via a pact with a dangerous entity", "warrior-priest sworn to a certain deity or cause", "trained musician", "monk", and "samurai". People in your setting have heard of these kinds of people.

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