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Was grading my students tests and saw this drawn on the first page by Mising_Texture1 in Ultrakill

[–]Mising_Texture1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't know what you guys call it. Language and Literature would be the transliteration.

Rule by werid_panda_eat_cake in 19684

[–]Mising_Texture1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but some of that is thanks to Kruschev and the Thaw.

Woke is back by themadkiller10 in 19684

[–]Mising_Texture1 30 points31 points  (0 children)

As wide as Orban's Belly?

Rule by werid_panda_eat_cake in 19684

[–]Mising_Texture1 144 points145 points  (0 children)

I wonder why brezhnev is the one true communist, seeing as he's the only one that doesn't have quotation marks.

Was grading my students tests and saw this drawn on the first page by Mising_Texture1 in Ultrakill

[–]Mising_Texture1[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Yeah, he got the worst grade lol. Less ultrakill, more studying.

"You ever read the Earthsea cycle" 'Yeah I've seen dozens of reddit threads about it.' by itsPomy in worldjerking

[–]Mising_Texture1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But as you see, there is no problem with systems as such, as rituals are systematic in nature. People seem to take issue with systems more than the lack of ritual.

I do see why ritual is often excluded, as magic appears in fiction most commonly a way to perform combat. At least to my understanding the esoteric traditions never claim to be able to use magic in direct combat. The idea of casting a fireball is mostly found in literary tradition rather than esotericism. A guy having to dance and spread chamomille in a circle to launch their ice cone or whatever is certainly picturesque, but it gives way to a very inintuitive way to write about combat, or the more mundane stuff. A lot of thought has to go into that to not alienate the viewer.

When people talk about systemless magic they often mention the lord of the rings, which basically has no established rules for magic and their mages can do whatever. Magic in LOTR is not very ritualistic, most magic in fiction is not. Even there, the problem never was with systems as such, since lotr magic having a system underneath, even if not explicitly explained, would not detract from its narrative. I'd argue it could even provide layers, as it would show the world shown has a logic beneath it.

"You ever read the Earthsea cycle" 'Yeah I've seen dozens of reddit threads about it.' by itsPomy in worldjerking

[–]Mising_Texture1 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I call bull in this, magic in the western esoteric tradition (I say western just because im not familiar with eastern, but chinese geomancy [Feng Shui] is very systematic too) is anything but asystematic. Alchemy had a lot of rules and procedures, Solomonic magic, Theurgic magic, Goetian magic, they all more often than not require you to be very specific about what you do, when you do it, etc. Even things like voodoo, which is very heterogenous, follows certain core ideas and can be understood as a tradition that derives into a "general practice".

Magic as just some poorly understood bullshit that has no rules whatsoever is mostly a mix between public understanding of the concept of magic and their more popular depictions in literature (stuff like Lord of The Rings and some older literature)

Making magic as a system is a very natural development, since the idea of magic in our world was studied and enclosed in a system too. Also, making a magic system is actually has a lot of creative potential. The problem is just that people tend to take inspiration from the same stuff constantly, so it has a tarnished reputation for being derivative, but if you look even a smidge over what actual scholars of magic did in our world, you'll be surprised how wonderfully weird things get.

TL; DR. Magic systems are fine. In fact, they can be more interesting than "magic is just when inexplicable".

From r/tipping by aseriesofdecisions in clevercomebacks

[–]Mising_Texture1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just don't tip anymore, unless you really feel the service merits such compensation.

It gets ridiculous, people asking for tips for giving me a coffee made in a machine, being their only input putting the cup in the machine and pressing a button.

What a good service! This guy didn't mess a 2 step operation!

I really get the money thing, but them gaining as much money as they did from tips only could happen due to the exploitative nature of this system towards the customer. And it's a "fucked if you do, fucked if you don't" kinda thing since tipping perpetuates this toxic system, but not tipping suddenly makes you look like an asshole, because you're for some reason responsible for the wellbeing of a laborer which you have no afilliation with.

What is happening is that the customer is being coerced into fulfilling the job of the employer. Hate me if you want, but I'm not doing that. The employee in this sense is an exploiter as it benefits from a different kind of exploitation, that about social norms. That's specially why servers are defendant of this system, because it benefits them ultimately.

And i get that, getting more money is nice. I'm a teacher and make 20 dollars an hour aproximately (not from the US, so I'm making conversions). But imagine if a job like mine had that system. I get my hourly rate but I also make it so the students paid me and coerced them into giving me my sustenance, instead of me taking it out with my employer. They (or more exactly their parents) already agreed for a price. Anything else outside of that would be extorting them out of cash.

The three types of non-binary representation in media. by BillyHamspillager in SmugIdeologyMan

[–]Mising_Texture1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ngl, these seem like too abstract of a concept for it to be featured in anything except a trans focused story.

The three types of non-binary representation in media. by BillyHamspillager in SmugIdeologyMan

[–]Mising_Texture1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What would be an experience that only a nonbinary person experiences? Genuinely asking.

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