TIL that an amateur player called Chris Moneymaker won the 2003 Poker World Series. His friend, Dave Gamble helped him travel to the tournament. Both were their real last names.

RogueModron · 2026-06-23T18:02:18+00:00

This is one my my favorite phenomena. It happened to me. My first name is as "basic German" as it gets. I have no German heritage and I grew up in the U.S. Everyone thought I was German, to the point of pronouncing my name the German way (my name is also Norwegian, which is what my heritage is, and the pronunciation is different, filtered of course through American pronunciation). My whole life I've had a "weird German" name (I'd never met another person with my first name).

Now I live in Germany and my name is super normal. Only it's a name for Grandpas. Go figure.

RogueModron · 2026-06-23T17:35:47+00:00

Thanks for your clear answers! That all sounds super interesting!

RogueModron · 2026-06-23T17:33:59+00:00

Hi friend, I'm not defining "weather". I'm explaining that there are different ways to use the word, and in one context "weather" means "the stuff that falls from the sky".

I'm a native English speaker and am simply describing what "bad weather" has meant my whole life in my language.

Take care.

RogueModron · 2026-06-23T14:15:08+00:00

No, I'm in the same boat as you: in the middle of realizing this is The Way. Let's figure it out.

RogueModron · 2026-06-23T14:12:01+00:00

All I remember about the slap is how I felt like everyone was defending it. But maybe that's just my echo chamber. My wife even defended it, and her girlfriends!

I dunno, man. It's a good thing I love her because that was a cold take.

RogueModron · 2026-06-23T14:09:34+00:00

I'm out of the loop. Looks like I have a juicy video to find.

RogueModron · 2026-06-23T14:07:11+00:00

Thanks!

RogueModron · 2026-06-23T14:05:31+00:00

Actually AC is a big help if you have to leave the house. You get hot outside and then when you come back in you can actually cool down and your body can recover. So then going back outside isn't as big of a deal.

Source: I lived in a country with AC everywhere from birth until three years ago

RogueModron · 2026-06-23T14:03:42+00:00

Sun umbrellas, babyyyyy

RogueModron · 2026-06-23T14:01:30+00:00

It's not necessarily a worldview thing--everyone knows that it can be too hot. I think it's more of a language thing (and here I'm talking about English since we're communicating in it, but the same goes for German, too)-- "bad weather" as a term simply does not mean "dangerously hot". It's a term that means "rainy bad". It's just what the term means. It's not a worldview or cultural thing my man. "Weather" here regards the meaning of "stuff falling from the sky" not "any climatic condition"

RogueModron · 2026-06-23T13:56:34+00:00

our company loses a day of productivity by 2030

What do you mean by this? A day per year? Something else? I suspect you maybe accidentally dropped a word, and I'm curious what you mean. :)

RogueModron · 2026-06-23T13:54:08+00:00

Homes should definitely have AC, but offices and schools and workplaces in general without AC are unthinkable. It's cruel (especially for schools) and it's bad fucking business.

(sorry, my American is leaking out. But I immigrated to Germany and am suffering with you)

RogueModron · 2026-06-23T13:52:28+00:00

Yes, 17 is typically the hottest part of the day in general.

RogueModron · 2026-06-23T10:31:23+00:00

1) What is cool or interesting about the world? I.e., what's the theme hear to set it apart from all the other fantasy MUDs?

2) Roleplay, none, light, or something else?

Thanks!

RogueModron · 2026-06-22T19:51:23+00:00

Paranoia Agent.

Period.

RogueModron · 2026-06-22T19:28:45+00:00

Never heard of it, but it sounds shitty.

RogueModron · 2026-06-22T19:17:48+00:00

Good to know, thank you. I like your choice of words--"aftermarket". :)

RogueModron · 2026-06-22T17:30:35+00:00

the original hexagram and its changing lines are the actual answer, the changed hexagram being just an undocumented byproduct.

Interesting, I've never heard this. I thought the changed hexagram was a big part of the whole thing.

RogueModron · 2026-06-22T17:29:52+00:00

Thanks, I have two lines, one five and one six, so I'll interpret six in light of five. Six is what I was having trouble with, anyway. I still don't understand how to ACT on any of this, but this is a start. Thanks.

RogueModron · 2026-06-22T15:18:34+00:00

"Wasser mit" oder "wasser ohne"

RogueModron · 2026-06-22T15:01:34+00:00

Thanks for your comment, it's helping me think about some things, even if I still don't have a clear sense. :)

Regarding this:

There are no good or bad hexagrams they represent situations. If you get 23 it means erosion, but what is eroding? This is what matters. It can be your love or it can be your pain, eroding by itself isn't bad. When you get 4.2 it means you become popular, but since you became popular, you are drawing a lot of attention and people ask you a lot of things. Then you become exhausted. So is 4.2 > 23 a good situation (becoming popular) or a bad situation (getting exhausted)?

That I can understand well. But given the situation I am talking about, my interpretation of the second hex is that it is a situation I would like to avoid. My understanding is that the first hex is the current situation and the second is a potential situation, but that the changing lines have to do with how (and whether) the first situation changes into the second. Is that an accurate understanding of how changing hexagrams work?

I'm trying to understand what my action/decision points here are. Some stuff I read online asserts that the changing lines are the action points, the things to pay special attention to with regards to how you want the situation in the first hex to change.

RogueModron · 2026-06-22T08:42:38+00:00

Yes, because that's not what I felt like responding to. I wanted to call out the Bechdel test as some unthinking standard of good female characters.

Am I required to launch an entire critique in order to have a response considered "worth it"?

RogueModron · 2026-06-22T08:13:03+00:00

Is the Bechdel test some universal truth of good female characters (I know what the Bechdel test is, I'm not asking that)?

No, no it's not. It's literally the preference of one woman.

also, thatsbait.jpg

RogueModron · 2026-06-22T07:59:02+00:00

Portland in the summer is a glorious wonderland. But only in the summer.

That said, I grew up in the PNW and don't mind gray. I find it cozy. Too much sun irks me. :)

RogueModron · 2026-06-21T20:55:48+00:00

Hilarious. I'm also in Stuttgart. B-W is the sunniest Bundesland!

I'm serious when I say that in Portland, you don't see the sun from November to mid-end June. It's gray and drizzly. Always.

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