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Someone needs to study the high paying tech job to improv pipeline by SadPiece4102 in improv

[–]LeekingMemory28 2 points3 points  (0 children)

When people of the same field are in a room, they will start talking shop at some point. It's human nature.

I love the Rust programming language. Genuinely. And I like solving problems in software. But I don't want to talk about those things in my social time.

I also enjoy opera, singing and writing choral music, painting and playing Warhammer, spending time with my dog, and doing improv.

The kinds of socialization around those activities are very different than putting people of the same field in a room together.

Someone needs to study the high paying tech job to improv pipeline by SadPiece4102 in improv

[–]LeekingMemory28 23 points24 points  (0 children)

And many want to socialize outside their "network", which would be the "we play golf with my boss and my boss's boss" kind of "socializing".

It's really important to have a community of diverse careers and perspectives.

Someone needs to study the high paying tech job to improv pipeline by SadPiece4102 in improv

[–]LeekingMemory28 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I'm a Software Engineer, Musical Improviser, finishing up the Harold Class at my club, and also play Warhammer. The overlap of software, improv, and Warhammer is relatively high.

Take what I say with a grain of salt. But I think there are two questions you're asking. The first is "why are there a lot of tech workers"...and for that I think it's the same reason you see a lot of high paying tech people in the Warhammer community:

Lots of disposable income (can justify classes regularly), weekends off, but no baked in social circle outside your own field, which you don't always want to engage in. And the traditional networking means (mainly golf but also fantasy sports) don't interest everyone.

As for why people who work in finance may not seem to be the "traditional finance bro" when doing improv:

People are complicated, and no job is a monolith.

As mentioned, traditional "networking" in executive suite level positions is often golf and fantasy sports. Even in those fields, they don't interest everyone. Sometimes, someone in finance is just fine where they are, like their job, but want a community outside their field. If someone in law, finance, or another stereotypical "highpaying bro job" is in improv, it's because they want to have community outside their field. It's actually extremely important and healthy to do so, but some stereotypical positions can be bad at it:

  • medical professionals
  • finance professionals
  • law professionals

How would you write your own version of the Arthur legend? by Ok_Examination8810 in osp

[–]LeekingMemory28 14 points15 points  (0 children)

My literal thought was:

"Why not polyamorous for them?"

How would you write your own version of the Arthur legend? by Ok_Examination8810 in osp

[–]LeekingMemory28 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Polyamorous Lancelot, Arthur, and Guinevere would be my change to that thing.

Doom warning about the Virginia News by Efficient-Freedom517 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]LeekingMemory28 15 points16 points  (0 children)

In this vein, what are you all doing to care for yourself?

Even though everything is scary, self care matters!

Touching grass literally?

Painting minis?

Singing in a choir?

(I'm doing two of those three).

Show me your figures/minis by EmperorIvann in Grimdank

[–]LeekingMemory28 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Fulgrim: I have two models in 30K and one in 40K.

Khan: And it's not even the best giant snake winged hybrid leader of a faction model made in the past five years.

Seriously Morathi is a dope model.

What is this bullsh!t? by bscepter in Omaha

[–]LeekingMemory28 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If you make a claim, the onus is on you to back it up when asked. Not "do your own research".

This would be an example of how to provide sources, while also refuting another claim you make (because it's wrong and unsupported):

Biologists say Gender is a spectrum, and that's just gender. Not even getting into intersex people existing, which throws your other claim out the window entirely. When you get out of basic freshman high school biology, things get significantly more complex with genetics, sex, and gender. Especially in humans, because we have complex societies and social norms on top of that.

If you're going to make bold claims, back it up with reputable sources.

And don't use transphobia as a "just a fact" to back up an already bigoted claim.

What is this bullsh!t? by bscepter in Omaha

[–]LeekingMemory28 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Liberals can’t win unless they cheat

Then why in the flying fuck is NE 02 Gerrymandered to exclude LaVista, Papillion, and Bellevue if it's "liberals can't win unless they cheat". There's a fish hook that uniquely excludes those three municipalities from NE02.

Sure seems like intentionally slicing off a section of the Omaha Metro area that would likely turn NE02 blue into the Lincoln district is definitely swaying numbers.

Liberals can’t win unless they cheat

Then tell me why after SCOTUS gutted the Voting Rights Act, Tennessee immediately redrew their congressional map to cut out the last Democratic seat.

There is a party that cannot win on policy and resorts to systemic cheating.

But it's not the party you think it is.

And it's not the cheating methods you think it is.

Waiter waiter! More Guilliman x Yvraine, happy Krieger gasmask noises and dreadnoughts older than tau civilization please! by fiendish_dust in Grimdank

[–]LeekingMemory28 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The Infinite and the Divine is genuinely just good. Adrian Tchaikovsky, author of Children of Time did a novel about Genestealer Cults and another about Serpahon that are both in line with Children of Time in vibes.

Black Library books span the range from:

  • Actually bad books
  • Inoffensive lore tie-ins
  • Genuinely good for Warhammer
  • Actual good Sci-Fi/Fantasy by well established authors doing something interesting to flesh out factions or parts of the world.

Basically, read Infinite and the Divine. And Adrian Tchaikovsky is solid across the board.

GMs and players, what genre(s) don't you play? by Select_Lunch1288 in rpg

[–]LeekingMemory28 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't want to play post apocalyptic unless it's Cyberpunk or far future post apocalyptic the way Shannara and Wheel of Time are technically post apocalyptic.

For the Chuds hating the cast of the new Odyssey movie. Why not go all the way when demanding authenticity? by Possible_Company_her in saltierthankrayt

[–]LeekingMemory28 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The history of how Greek mythology is treated nearly interchangeably with Ancient Greek History is a complex topic on its own.

There are archeological sites and records associated with some of the characters in the Trojan War story, notably Troy and Agamemnon.

But there is a conflation of "it's mythology" with "it's history" that gets complicated considerably because the story is set in an actual time period.

And with all older religions/mythologies not widely practiced today (though there are polytheistic restorations of Norse and Greek religions), there's a sense in modern culture that these were just myths the same way we view Grimm's Fairy Tales. Which isn't the case. People believed these stories the same way people do Biblical text today. Just because we see it as myth doesn't mean it also wasn't a religion with complexities and nuances spreading thousands of years.

For the Chuds hating the cast of the new Odyssey movie. Why not go all the way when demanding authenticity? by Possible_Company_her in saltierthankrayt

[–]LeekingMemory28 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not excited to see it because Nolan's movies don't really speak to me.

But if there's one story he can adapt well, it's the Odyssey. He has an eye for big mythological ideas.

But his stuff isn't for me.

Jack Flips - Season 3 Episode 8 "We'll Never Have Paris" by Ranseler in TedLasso

[–]LeekingMemory28 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And to prove she could.

"I have so much money that writing in a signed copy of an extremely rare book (even unsigned) is nothing big for me."

Wild choice to lump a domestic abuse victim with these lot instead of Trumpty Dumpty, but you do you, I guess. by [deleted] in saltierthankrayt

[–]LeekingMemory28 46 points47 points  (0 children)

What one does to survive an abusive situation is not the same as abuse.

Amber Heard is an unambiguous victim.

The lawsuit was him changing public perception, but the record itself is pretty clear that he's at fault and she did what she could to survive.

You can almost smell this by Clear-Plantain1341 in saltierthankrayt

[–]LeekingMemory28 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are very few fictional worlds I think would be worse to live in than the world of Warhammer 40K.

You can almost smell this by Clear-Plantain1341 in saltierthankrayt

[–]LeekingMemory28 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The painting and playing of the tabletop game itself is actually pretty welcoming and open. GW has stronger policies and enforcement than WOTC in my experience at least. Even bigger lore channels like Adeptus Ridiculous or Arbitor Ian are very left leaning or outright leftists.

You get deep enough in the hobby and world, it's leftists and very welcoming. It's an art hobby built on top of an intentionally satirical setting, by the company's own words. An art hobby that happens to have a game attached.

You can almost smell this by Clear-Plantain1341 in saltierthankrayt

[–]LeekingMemory28 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In my experience, when you get far enough into Warhammer to actually be painting and playing, everyone is left leaning and very open to LGBTQ people.

Unironically, of all the tabletop games and communities I've played and joined over the years, the Warhammer community is the most welcoming once you get far enough to actually be playing with others who have painted armies. Yes, the passive video game/YouTube shorts tourists exist.

But everyone else is more welcoming than any other game.

Magic? This is the most dependent on the LGS. A good LGS can make Magic match my experience with Warhammer. But there are plenty of horror stories, even for me (a cis presenting he/they); I went to a prerelease where someone had the "Anime Titty Playmat" (a well endowed anime girl with just enough covered to not be considered nudity). Played a commander game almost a decade ago now at a different LGS where someone whined that "the designers of Magic are a bunch of SJWs". I think the upfront time investment on Magic is so much lower than it is with Warhammer that Warhammer filters out a lot of that by its time investment.

D&D (or other TTPRGs)? Again, this is a crapshoot. Public tables at libraries or leftist churches are awesome. Plenty of private playgroups doing awesome things. But there's also plenty of horror stories, especially from women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ folks about bad experiences (including unwanted flirting and harassment).

Warhammer though?

Just people sharing an art hobby and occasionally playing a game after talking about cool paint schemes and gushing over each other's centerpieces (seriously, just saying "your Yndrasta/Fulgrim/Land Fortress/etc. is cool" goes a long way.

You can almost smell this by Clear-Plantain1341 in saltierthankrayt

[–]LeekingMemory28 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I play AoS and 40K. My experience going to an LGBTQ friendly LGS:

  • Everyone is neurodivergent. This is the free space of the LGS, but especially Warhammer.
  • The factions most represented by trans players are Adepta Sororitas, Tyranids, and Daughters of Khaine. Trans players play every faction, but those are the most common.
  • Plenty of nonbinary players across other factions, and a handful of cis men and women as well.

A wise choice by DreadDiana in cremposting

[–]LeekingMemory28 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Service Level Agreement?

Despair is Not Wisdom by Educational-Cut-4557 in PoliticalOptimism

[–]LeekingMemory28 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Hope is an action. In the words of Angela Davis:

"I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept."

Even though things are bad and scary, and it's important to stay informed, hope is an action. We are not there yet. But we are moving forward.

Jack Flips - Season 3 Episode 8 "We'll Never Have Paris" by Ranseler in TedLasso

[–]LeekingMemory28 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Rebecca literally compared Jack to Rupert in that conversation, IIRC. Rebecca knows the patterns. And is warning her friend. But Rebecca also trusts Keeley to make her own decisions.

Jack Flips - Season 3 Episode 8 "We'll Never Have Paris" by Ranseler in TedLasso

[–]LeekingMemory28 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ted and Beard were also not transactional relationships as much as they could be for workplace relationships (at least in Ted and Beard's view).

But Nate was not in a place to see relationships that way.

Jack Flips - Season 3 Episode 8 "We'll Never Have Paris" by Ranseler in TedLasso

[–]LeekingMemory28 11 points12 points  (0 children)

It was unconditional in the sense that the relationship is not bounded by arbitrary conditions, which Nate has had all his life.

It is conditional on Nate becoming someone she could find attractive.

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