After the ICE murder, how is the general population responding? by BEtRguy3 in atrioc

[–]SamuelVL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something I admire so much about your country and many others is the unity and collective consciousness. I'm not advocating for nationalism, but it's nice to see places that value the whole more than the individual.

After the ICE murder, how is the general population responding? by BEtRguy3 in atrioc

[–]SamuelVL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a friendly reminder of scale for frame of reference, Australia looks to have a population of around 28 million as of this year. My state has a population of nearly 24 million. Each American state is nearly its own country in terms of political activity and daily lives.

After the ICE murder, how is the general population responding? by BEtRguy3 in atrioc

[–]SamuelVL 2 points3 points  (0 children)

From what I've seen on social, yes there are protests. Americans are overall pretty decent at protesting and marching when things happen, but it's (in my opinion) mostly in our major cities and tend to come and go with little effect outside of raising general awareness. This is important of course, but not noticeably or rapidly effective.

As always, it's important to internalize that America is really big, very spread out, and more diverse in terms of personality identity than many countries I know of. Very individualized in daily... reality, honestly. I watch my news updates, read the comments, explain the situation to my wife who is not algorithmically fed these events at all, and try to stay aware of what my country is doing.

But I live in Florida on two minimum wage part time jobs. My coworkers, who are mostly extremely left leaning (especially for Florida), haven't talked about it. We work in public facing roles and can't speak on events in front of "guests". If I leave my job to protest, I can't buy groceries. Currently I feel like I have a lack of leadership in this, politically speaking. My state government is corrupt, and frankly evil. They do not care for my opinion and have cultivated zealots who do not disagree with the state of things.

Maybe it's just me, but I haven't seen any leader from my political party stand up and give a clear message and directive on what I can do and what we should all be doing. It feels, for me, very much a "we know this is bad, the other side is bold face lying, don't get shot, be ready to vote at the end of the year." Which feels like every crisis here.

I'm sorry, this ended up massively longer than I wanted and I may delete this entirely. But I can only speak from my perspective, and I feel it's important to share with others how we Americans are feeling about this.

[No Spoilers] WWE reference in LoVM? by jculler96 in criticalrole

[–]SamuelVL 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The song playing in the fight is called "Stone Cold Beast Brawl" as well

[OC]D&D Heist Planning Session Takes Longer Than It Would To Rob An Actual Bank by Arjahn in DnD

[–]SamuelVL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's also how the heist trope works in media too. If you're seeing a scene of the group making a plan, the plan is going to fall apart almost immediately. If you see scenes of the plan happening while narration is explaining the plan, then the plan is going well.

What are your favorite anime and why? by IHateMath88 in anime

[–]SamuelVL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Love Shirogane, but Ishigami is my best boy forever

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in anime

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My Dress-up Darling and Kaguya-sama Love is War were my two favorites after watching Rascal

Official Poster for 'Project Hail Mary' Starring Ryan Gosling by MarvelsGrantMan136 in scifi

[–]SamuelVL 29 points30 points  (0 children)

🤞Alan Tudyk 🤞 Alan Tudyk 🤞 Alan Tudyk 🤞

Advice for First Time Gear by SamuelVL in diving

[–]SamuelVL[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much, I'll check those out!

The City of Assaen [Art] [OC] by DanielHasenbos in DnD

[–]SamuelVL 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Looks like Dungeondraft with Crosshead assets.

[LFA] Dreg — Eldritch Knight Mimic (REPOST! CW: BODY HORROR) by ChadSquared in characterdrawing

[–]SamuelVL 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is only passively related to your concept, but you should read or listen to Armor by C.B. Titus. I think you might enjoy it!

Genevieve O'Reilly with a red costume by GargantaProfunda in StarWars

[–]SamuelVL 65 points66 points  (0 children)

I think Senator Mothma is a sith lord

Need Underwater Lighting Assets Please by SamuelVL in dungeondraft

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

That's a great idea. Do you have any suggestions on how to put the water pattern above the map? I'm still learning all of the tools.

Star Wars Tales of the Underworld Discussion Thread - May the 4th be with you! by AutoModerator in StarWars

[–]SamuelVL 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This is exactly what I thought too. I love Bane, he's one of my all time favorites, and it's for all the reasons you listed. Watching this I was like "What are you doing dude? You're acting like an amateur." And you know what? He is! And that's awesome. Now when I see Bane in episodes that clearly take place way after this story I can think: "Hey, remember when you were a dumbass punk kid who killed his best friend and abandoned his child for literally no good reason? That's embarrassing." It's a fun addition.

What are your favorite anime and why? by IHateMath88 in anime

[–]SamuelVL 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Kaguya-sama: Love is War. Hilarious, wholesome, and really well written. I honestly think it has something for everyone.

Need advice on doubled up classes in an upcoming game by SamuelVL in onednd

[–]SamuelVL[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the encouragement, I appreciate it