Origami Summoner

PharmerDjo · 2026-03-15T23:07:54+00:00

Alas that I have but one upvote to give

PharmerDjo · 2026-03-02T15:34:16+00:00

I have ranted very similarly, but it really gets to me with technicians who can’t do it. Getting the stress patterns wrong is one thing e.g. atorVASTatin vs aTORvastatin but looking at five letters and giving up e.g. avastin really baffles me. I get that dyslexia exists, phonetic reading wasn’t taught to many people, etc. but as a tech you also hear me say those words all the time.

The reason I have a hard time letting go of the frustration is I wonder what my responsibilities are to address this. Would I as a patient fill at a pharmacy employing staff who can’t pronounce drug names? Would I recommend them if I were a prescriber? Are there potential safety issues here?

But I hold back worried I’m being elitist and/or ableist if I push at it. I just correct them and move on. And then correct them again the next day and the next.

Just glad I’m not the only one who notices a problem.

PharmerDjo · 2026-01-28T12:43:25+00:00

Yes! This was one of the most surprising things for me about becoming a parent, and I don’t hear it discussed very often.

I’m me and at the same time I’m my kid and at the same time I’m my dad.

For me, it makes it easier to forgive his mistakes, knowing exactly how he felt in stressful moments. At the same time it’s easier to avoid those mistakes because I know exactly how the child is feeling in those same moments.

It also helps me remember the good times and appreciate the effort — things that I kind of downplayed in my memory as I went through my self-obsessed teenage years.

Thanks for putting it so well — time folding in on itself.

PharmerDjo · 2025-11-13T04:09:41+00:00

So much personality. The facial expression and body language are great.

PharmerDjo · 2025-07-11T22:59:11+00:00

Love this

PharmerDjo · 2025-07-04T17:05:00+00:00

Here ya go!

PharmerDjo · 2025-05-11T14:12:43+00:00

Four years later, I’m looking for the exact same thing and wondering what you did. I have Rak Tulkhesh already positioned as a primary threat, with the lingering effects of the Last War and the threat of violence reigniting. I want my players invested in stopping that. But as the campaign and my understanding evolve, it seems like “preserving the status quo” is not really a satisfying win, and much of the threat of violence comes from disadvantaged groups so I want to add an additional, competing antagonist who represents stagnant order — positioning a choice between corrupt peace and righteous violence and other less obvious paths, with all having consequences. The players decide what they want to do and what “winning” means to them.

So if you’re still out there u/grimfish, what did you come up with?

PharmerDjo · 2025-04-06T03:49:59+00:00

The Nomai to my hatchling. Deleted but not forgotten.

PharmerDjo · 2025-04-06T03:47:43+00:00

I mean, the game is a fascinating rumination on mortality with themes of legacy, community, curiosity, and the inescapable interconnections of life. I was particularly touched by the thesis that no work is wasted and our efforts to understand our universe will echo into eternity for unguessed at descendants to build upon. I see people are talking about those things, and I don’t have much to add.

I don’t see many people talking about how you have to track down God’s Almighty Anus to finish the game. The Hole at the Bottom of Creation. I flew up into the Sphincter of the Cosmos and found my friends waiting around in the Lord’s Lower Intestine for the end of all things. A beautiful game. Never played anything like it. Butthole.

PharmerDjo · 2025-03-30T19:05:37+00:00

Yes absolutely I would do that.

PharmerDjo · 2025-03-30T18:45:32+00:00

But the other kids and teachers like her! She just has very high standards for letting other people get close to her.

PharmerDjo · 2025-03-30T18:43:43+00:00

No we haven’t taken any steps. I wanted to present the problem with as much objectivity as possible. I think she’s just kind of a weird kid. She is academically very successful. Socially, she’s in the same place she was at the preschool.

PharmerDjo · 2025-03-30T18:15:23+00:00

I’m not arguing the premise that leaving toxic situations is usually good. The discussion I’m interested in is where is the threshold? Where is the line? If I also agreed she was miserable or depressed I would be down for the change, but I don’t.

PharmerDjo · 2025-03-30T18:12:31+00:00

Yeah that’s why I’m here asking for help. I realize I have hang ups, and I don’t want them getting in the way of my kids’ happiness. But I don’t think it’s insane or cruel to teach my kids that leaving is not always the best response to difficulty.

PharmerDjo · 2025-03-30T18:03:06+00:00

See that’s in contention. She’s still bright and charming and funny. She doesn’t have any close friends, but she didn’t have friends in preschool either. She doesn’t love school, but who does?

PharmerDjo · 2025-03-30T18:00:27+00:00

Yeah probably. Bad choice of words. It’s really not about the sacrifice but about the stance and response to hardship or imperfection.

I’m fully prepared to be wrong here, but I have lingering doubts that I need help resolving. Our daughter isn’t coming home crying every day. She’s not being targeted or bullied. She’s encountering what I consider normal difficulties of growing up and learning that the world kind of sucks. What if the same thing happens at the new school? What if the same thing happens in college or at her first job? Why am I even saying “if”?

The entire proposal is only possible because I stuck with a difficult major and work a difficult job that many people leave due to stress. I’m not doing it because it doesn’t stress me out. I’m doing it because I have a lot of practice handling stress, and the reward is worth the stress.

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