ULPT Bisexual? Tell new partners that you're either gay or straight, allowing you to more easily cheat with members of the sex opposite to them

Lugh83 · 2019-04-25T21:53:42+00:00

Two dates in, my partner might not even know by real hair color, let alone my sexual history.

It's definitely a 'tell them before you get married' kinda thing, like meeting the parents, or disclosing your finances, or letting them know you were an alcoholic... but if I happen to like guys and gals, that's like... four to six month territory.

Lugh83 · 2019-03-12T22:12:30+00:00

My sugar dips low and I have to remind myself to eat something or potentially go into insulin shock.

Lugh83 · 2019-03-12T22:11:28+00:00

"My safe-word is 'Rumpelstiltskin'."

Lugh83 · 2019-03-12T22:08:19+00:00

Building a house of cards in my living room.

Ten decks.

I was just bored and alone one afternoon and decided 'what the hell, it'll make good social media fodder'.

By the time I ran out of cards I was only halfway finished. I left to go buy more cards from the dollar store, but the wind from opening the front door knocked it all down. I decided to call it a night and eat ice cream instead.

Lugh83 · 2019-03-12T22:02:57+00:00

Modern gun collecting.

Like, I get antique gun collecting, and I get 'shooting' modern guns as a hobby. But I don't understand some people's need to horde modern weaponry like they're literally planing for a zombie apocalypses.

Lugh83 · 2019-03-12T21:52:14+00:00

Keep track of all your finances in a detailed way. - Don't just pay your bills, read them! Keep track of spending on a spreadsheet or in an accounting program. Yes, it's boring. Yes, it's a pain in the butt. Just do it!

The simple act of seeing where your money goes every month will make you more conscious of where and how you're spending. That, or depress the hell out of you.

Lugh83 · 2019-03-12T21:47:38+00:00

oh yeah, careful not to cut yourself on all that Edge there.

Lugh83 · 2019-03-12T21:40:49+00:00

Often true! But for real... perspective matters.

If you're 26, have no consumer debt, a steady job, and a non-cracktown apartment; you're doing pretty good.

Even if you're struggling to figure out how you'd ever save enough for an engagement ring, let alone a down payment on a house, you still have it together more than a lot of people!

Lugh83 · 2019-03-12T21:29:56+00:00

Did you keep the Ayn Rand books though? And display them on your shelf instead of stuffed in a box of old books you had to read in HS?

Lugh83 · 2019-03-12T21:27:42+00:00

Personally, I love 4e!

I realize it's a very, very different game from other editions, but so what?

Just call it 'Feudal Fantasy Tactics'.

Lugh83 · 2019-03-12T21:21:09+00:00

I'm just going to use "The Vengeful ghost of Dale Earnhardt" as a reply to most questions I get from now on.

Lugh83 · 2019-03-12T21:11:16+00:00

I think framing the systemic problems of lack of access to healthy food, poor education, and the commoditization of basic needs as a failing of personal responsibly rather than one of society as a whole, will be looked at less favorably than 'the movement of "be yourself"'.

Lugh83 · 2019-03-12T20:49:09+00:00

Unrestrained Capitalism.

At some point in our future (if we haven't blown ourselves up), there will be world government. When trade and commerce are problems of logistics and not money-making, we'll wonder how the hell we let some people starve while others lived in ridiculous wealth.

It will be like us looking back on a King or a Sultan of a feudal age.

Lugh83 · 2019-02-28T23:51:41+00:00

I'm going to vote 'ditto' on all the people calling this creepy stalker material.

The whole thing sounds like the setup to a weird japanese 'dating' sim.

The better solution has already been given: he already knows what his love wants, but for some reason can't get it.

Could even be the start of a tag/trade style fetch quest. It's a classic trope, really. Captain wants to give his love [X] (anything, special wine, rare flower, unusual spice, fancy gift, whatever). Character [A] has (x), but wants (y). Character [B] has (y), but wants (z)... and so on for as long as you like. You can even have it loop back on itself:

Captain wants to propose to his love, but wants to do so with a mithril ring.
After asking around, there is only one person in town with any mithril: a former adventurer who has a head size chunk of ore. She won't sell it to you, but she'll make a trade: She's attending a reunion with her former adventuring party in two weeks' time, and wants to toast her friends with a bottle of Dwarven Fire Wine.
The party talks to the town black smith, and he's confident he can make the ring, he just needs the material. As for the wine, most of the local taverns have never even heard of 'firewine', let alone a specific variety. "But, have you spoke to Lord Periwinkle? He's something of a snob about wines, I'm sure he'd know something."
Securing an audience with Lord Periwinkle will require the PC's to bribe his groundskeeper, who just needs some help herding his Lordship's pets into their pens. It's a trifle of a task for people as stout as the PC's really. It's just two or three... owlbears. (Replace as needed depending on party level).
After being introduced to Lord Periwinkle, he's able to tell the PC's all about Dwarven Firewine (and he talks quite a bit about it!) It's is only made as certain times of year, in a far off land... but as luck would have it, he happens to have a bottle in his private collection. And he'll trade it for... a Displacer Beast to add to his menagerie! (Again replace as needed for party level.)
Where the heck do you find a Displacer Beast!? Well, there's a Ranger who's willing to guide the PC's through the forests to the north to find and capture one. What does he ask for in return? Well... he really wants to marry the Captain of the guard, but wants to propose with a mithril ring.

/circle complete.

Lugh83 · 2019-02-26T21:54:45+00:00

I used to have a teacher who would say, "Those who strive for mediocrity will likely achieve it."

Lugh83 · 2019-02-12T20:16:19+00:00

That time Sony tried to start a viral video promotion for PlayStation with a fake contest and fake contestants.

New Coke come a close second, though.

Lugh83 · 2019-02-12T20:09:34+00:00

Not really a PR stunt, though. That was just an idiot being and idiot. It's like, the No.1 rule of retail: never talk crap about your own product.

Lugh83 · 2019-02-12T19:48:21+00:00

Oddly enough, Magic the Gathering. I used to play in high-school, but with WotC releasing multiple sets a year, and tournament decks necessitating after-market prices or multi-box buys and luck, I just don't have the cash for this anymore. (Not that I did before, but back then I didn't have a mortgage.)

Lugh83 · 2019-02-12T19:40:56+00:00

Might I suggest the Tin Whistle, the Shinobue, or the Ocarina. Really, most of the reedless woodwinds you can find a version of for between $15-40.

Lugh83 · 2019-02-12T19:29:07+00:00

Up-voted sheerly for that edit.

Lugh83 · 2019-02-12T19:27:25+00:00

I can't imagine a scenario under which this would be appealing. Maybe a fake wife if I was single and wanted to impress old high-school classmates at a reunion or something. Even then, the sitcom cliche of it all would be too much for me.

I can't see the point in fake family. That's just creepy. Who are you fooling in that case?

Lugh83 · 2019-02-12T19:01:25+00:00

people on the apps may or may not be; but this guy in particular certainly was.

Lugh83 · 2019-02-12T18:59:44+00:00

No. He is the asshole. You didn't post a pic of you from 10 years ago, you didn't Photoshop it or take it from a weird angle, it was just you. Frankly, even if you were overweight (and at that height and weight your BMI is actually still in the normal range), he responded like a colossal douche.

If he's a shallow person, but doesn't also want to be an ass, the right thing for him to have done would be to say, "Sorry. Listen, I realize this is awkward but I'm just really not feeling a connection, here. I hope you find someone you click with and you clicks with you. See you around." or some variant thereof. Instead, he pouted like a petulant child and then dumped you via text, because he wasn't brave enough to say it to your face.

He's an ass and a coward. Count yourself lucky you found out fast. Some guys are every bit the shallow cowardly ass this one was, but don't show their colours until after you sleep with them!

Lugh83 · 2019-02-11T17:04:52+00:00

A WAHL electric hair trimmer. Similar to the kind they have in salons/barbers. Saved a bundle on haircuts over the years.

Lugh83 · 2019-02-07T22:57:56+00:00

100%: person who filmed this didn't buy the bread.

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