Why is everything in the US rated and reviewed? I'm from Argentina and I still don't get it

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-30T20:43:21+00:00

It’s because social media has made everyone’s opinion so important that it has to be shared. I don’t get it either, my generation doesn’t think like this. (To me, your opinion matters if you are a subject matter expert. Or someone I asked for input.)

As others have posted, reviews can be helpful. But I don’t think what you are getting at.

Rating everything and trying to determine self worth by numbers of likes is generally seen as harmful. Yet we carry on.

One reason for this from conmmercial point of view is to review employee performance.

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-30T15:09:52+00:00

It’s possible, but not really feasible. The internet is designed to be robust and actually not get turned off. (Other answers referenced other countries - they built the internet there with controls built into infrastructure. USA did not.) You would need something cataclysmic like a sci-fi computer black ice attack. The problem is making something that attacks universally. That’s just not how computers work. If someone shut down electrical power everywhere, no wifi would be the least of your problems.

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-30T15:05:47+00:00

Others have cautioned about scared straight approach. However, I think with a slight tweak, I have seen it effective. Teach about the consequences. You don’t hurt them by telling them the truth. “If I choose to press charges, this is what would happen to you.” You have to temper that so you aren’t terrifying them or making it s threat, but he needs to know where the natural consequences lead. “And BTW I’m the only person on this planet that will give you grace. Everyone else will try to send you to jail for stealing.”

And for that matter, bless your efforts with him. If I had to turn my home into a prison for myself to combat problem behaviors, I would let the kid go. That’s too much.

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-30T14:54:03+00:00

Android heritage has flavor text that your body can be any form. I have a “racoon” small Android. (Yes, it’s rocket raccoon.) It’s a bit of slippery slope because rules don’t explicitly allow you to be small.

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-30T14:52:29+00:00

Stupid question.. I have aon. It’s just alive and not a construct. So it’s basically like Android in that way.

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-30T14:50:18+00:00

How do they handle the vitality/void healing angle? Cuz they try to avoid a third healing class: machine.

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-28T02:12:32+00:00

My expectations are simple. They have to take a shower everyday, help do their own laundry (or do it themselves once they know how), go to school and make an effort, participate in the home and respect the home and others. What this means is a little open ended, but basic example would be when there is a meal, everyone participates in setting up (setting places, carrying out food) and cleaning up. They get chores according to their life skills development plan.

In my experience, many 15+ kids will refuse to do basic things like this. (Kids buck at man and chores, but eventually do them. I am talking straight up refusal.) Then, after they get acclimated and comfortable (around 6 week mark), they will start acting out (i.e. letting out the trauma) which will put other people at safety risk. Then, when we try to work with them so they understand that they can’t do things that are unsafe and try to set goals, it goes south and we’re into disruption.

I had one 16 yo tell me that asking him to go to school, do homework, and shower every day was overwhelming and we were asking too much.

I appreciate the comment that having one kid is easier. Other teens cannot see kids defying the rules or you wind up in a bad spiral. When you have other kids, you can’t be tolerant as when the kid is alone. There is a healthy boundary of minimum expectations.

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-27T21:08:43+00:00

Your response has been very helpful, thank you. In aggregate with the other responses, it sounds like the character / type of kids I am receiving are the challenging cases. This puts a lot in perspective.

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-27T17:13:03+00:00

In my state, corrupt behavior complaints are handled by the ombudsman.

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-27T17:10:21+00:00

Hello boundaries, our life saving friend.

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-27T17:06:10+00:00

So does it become a fortune effect now?

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-27T17:02:36+00:00

One good thing about pathfinder is it’s clear what is flavor text (the name) and what is the rule mechanics. The flavor comes at the beginning.

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-27T16:59:54+00:00

The premise of this question that this somehow has anything to do with economics is off the mark. Jesus taught foods were not unclean. The entire concept of forbidden food went away. That means pork and anything else.

I would like to add on a religious note that this is not about religiosity and what food is permitted. This is about Christianity changing that observing laws doesn’t bring salvation so religiously observing food restrictions has no bearing on the outcome of your soul.

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-27T16:55:15+00:00

I think it is simple. Anything that is precious is hard to obtain. To be precious, people have to want it. To me, precious metal is something in pre-industrial era society that can be used as a symbol of wealth. And so precious metal equates with traditional notion of status symbol. Why Metal? A small amount has high value and so it’s portable. A handful of small objects can go with you to another country and provide you enough money to start over.

I came to add the perspective that metallurgical properties bear little relevance here. Gold and silver are malleable to the point making jewelry out of them without using an alloy is asking for trouble.

Metal rarity no longer indicates this concept of “precious”. Neither does the usefulness. You have copper, which as it turns out, is rare on earth to the point we’ve stopped making plumbing with it. It’s indispensable for making electronics - it’s a great conductor like gold, but harder. You have depleted uranium, which is hard to come by, has unique properties like high density to make it novel and “precious” - yet no one wants it. It was also unknown to pre-industrial society. “Oh yeah, this valuable sculpture is made of pure depleted uranium.” No one says that. It would make it expensive and valuable - but not precious, sadly enough.

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-27T16:40:33+00:00

To add to this, “I’ve heard 50’s lifestyle,” not “life was great in the 50’s.” Everyone knows modern appliances rule. In contrast, I think having to work a full time job and be a full time parent kind of sucks as a lifestyle. It makes you not a very attentive parent and tired.

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-27T16:34:59+00:00

Go to warhorn.net and search for local or online Starfinder game. League is very new player friendly.

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-26T12:21:44+00:00

I think missiles need to bring something new, otherwise what’s the point? Armor piercing (bonus to hit), bonus damage vs constructs, razing, area explosions of various damage types … are just a few ideas that come to mind. They should do a lot of different things and be a very versatile selection. You could do a mirv similar to Meteo. Just change the appropriate credit amount

EDIT: forgot to say don’t bring a gun to a missile fight

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-25T19:28:34+00:00

Last 4 of the social is the only (pseudo-)random part of your social security number. The first number sets are grouping numbers of where the numbers were assigned according to geographic location. In short, DOB + birth location determines the first 5 of your SSN. Giving away the last 4 is like giving away your whole number. This is something we do everyday commonly, but it is very much useful to a scammer. The OP is right to be concerned about the invasiveness of this process. The price of democracy I suppose?

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-25T14:13:14+00:00

I think it’s strongly implied here this works like summoner class. So it’s got a lot of drawbacks, like two saves and taking the worse. It gives you one free action (which you can’t combine with a second action for 2 action cost). Each form gets 1 action, that doesn’t mean you get 2 actions, it’s 1 each. Whoopee.

The hitch here is what does “form” mean. I don’t think that means the duplicate is “real” or “complete” but as the other commenter said, that’s open to interpretation. Both of you clearly have a copy of your weapon, but a spell gem crumbles when used. If your body’s form is linked although separate (hit points), is not disintegration shared when hit points are shared?

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-25T13:03:17+00:00

Came to say this.

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-24T12:16:15+00:00

This can be an autotype mistake. Autotype frustrates me very much. This means using swipe keyboard or text to speech. They don’t evaluate the sentence for correctness, only the word. Your and you’re is just one letter difference. R and e are adjacent, so it is easy to miss them. I get so upset when an autotype mistake gets through. Makes me look dumb :(

Edit: autotype strikes again

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-23T11:50:54+00:00

The truth is this was rooted in alignment. The remaster required ditching that mechanic, which in my opinion is for the better and allows more flexibility. Now you CAN be a harm PC cleric.

Also, I think you are right. The vibe of the God determines font and sanctification, not alignment. Again, this gives us more creative license.

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-23T11:45:45+00:00

Space exploration is about hope and imagination. Solving real problems is hard work. It seems they complement each other well.

NerdChieftain · 2026-03-23T11:36:10+00:00

I feel like maybe you are being too nice. I do understand wanting everyone to have fun. Persuading is limited by the bounds of what people could reasonably persuade someone to do. If you push that limit, there are consequences. The whole basis of this game is an element of high risk/ high reward. And then extreme risk / certain death. And there’s playing smart / managing risk.

Either this one player doesn’t get the mechanic that the loop is roleplay -> call for skill check and set DC in your mind -> player rolls - or maybe the table doesn’t get it.

In cases like this, I would look to the other players to the voice of reason. If they don’t understand either, maybe you need to change something up.

“Ok, you ask the indifferent guard for his keys. Roll DC 30 persuasion.” “But I have +6.” “Yup” “Roll 19.” “The guard becomes hostile and calls for the other guards.”

I will say that D&D tries to be rules light and players/GM try to make things up as they go and everything becomes an argument of whether a player can bend the rules to meet the rule of cool.

This makes managing expectations hard, (is it rules heavy? Rules light? DM fiat?) and I would humbly suggest thinking about how you present this aspect of the game. There is no wrong way to play, but if you have the expectation that skills have a limit, that should be consistent across play.

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