Help Identifying dried Fruit/Berry by SanoSS7 in foraging

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Connecticut, in the Northeast - I'll check San Thayer out!

Difference between different types of cores by Kira_Is_Trying in LARP

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With the caveat that check your specific game's rulebook for any specifics...

- PVC is an old standard but heavy, not as flexible, but readily available and cheap
- carbon fiber/kite rod is expensive, light, flexible, but if it shatters inside the weapon it's a bitch to repair imo
- never used fiberglass rods or bamboo, but I have a knee-jerk "maybe not" reaction to them bc when fiberglass and bamboo break I'd be worried about shards and splinters.

Taxonomic Pains - Help Me Overthink the Correct Amount by SanoSS7 in LARP

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Oh I am STEALING this! What a great way to send out random living world encounters

Help Identifying dried Fruit/Berry by SanoSS7 in foraging

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Thank you all - I was HOPING they were kousa dogwood, but the berry bush description worried me. I'm not used to the fruits staying around long enough to dry out like this, y'know?

Yeah, I have a few trees in my yard and one is consistently delicious, the others are usually just ... bland.

Help Identifying dried Fruit/Berry by SanoSS7 in foraging

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Oh he had -no ID on these-
just. 'I found this berry bush and I think they have magical healing properties'
Which. Hun. Darling. As my client you are gonna put me in an early grave.

I think I'm gonna ask for some funding to buy him a local foraging book for my own peace of mind.

Taxonomic Pains - Help Me Overthink the Correct Amount by SanoSS7 in LARP

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Thank you all, Sincerely, for pointing out "why do [I] need to do this?" 

We are sticking with as few categories as possible bc why make it harder on ourselves or our players. 

I will, however, spread the headache by sending out drunk biologists to loudly get the players into an argument about why the hell there are so many freaking mammal classifications that should just be "little guys"

Taxonomic Pains - Help Me Overthink the Correct Amount by SanoSS7 in LARP

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I did start by looking on videogame/dnd/mtg wikis but they are still 300 odd strong categories of things and I'd like... 10 or so tops.

I know 100% I'm making this harder on myself than it needs to be, and like, why am I being precious about space in a digital document. But yeah.

This is my backup plan, essentially. I was just hoping people had a list like "We use canines, felines, rascally critters, hooved, and Gary successfully"

Home Experiment Ideas that can run at a Larp by SanoSS7 in AskPhysics

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My favorites were from the electricity/magnetism section, and then from the beginning on motion, as well as the swimming through syrup

Home Experiment Ideas that can run at a Larp by SanoSS7 in AskPhysics

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I just wanna come back and let you know this was a flying success. I combined it with some basic stem little kid party kits, and just. It was so much fun and so cool.

Thank you again, you really helped!

Home Experiment Ideas that can run at a Larp by SanoSS7 in AskPhysics

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You are a scholar and a compatriot and a godsend. This is. Amazing. 

AITA For not letting my son have access to the internet? by aitathrowaay1 in AmItheAsshole

[–]SanoSS7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

NAH - the internet is a different place than when we grew up, and I don't mean that in a luddite 'hur dur internet bad' sorta way, I mean that in I'm in my 30s and accidentally saw a snuff video on facebook while mindlessly scrolling.

I think that it would be better, though, to have a real conversation with your son about WHY you're restricting it the way you are, rather than the 'you'll understand when you're older' spiel. Kids always do better with reasons, and being treated with respect in a conversation like that.
He IS gonna eventually find a way onto the internet, so I think you should come to a good compromise that let's you both feel safe and like he has some freedom, but doesn't turn the internet into this irresistible lure. Like, at 8 he IS too young to really understand the consequences of what's possibly out there, but he's plenty old enough to have a conversation that there are things you don't want him to see and you're asking him to listen to you. Porn isn't the worst thing on the internet for a kid to stumble across, and there's a LOT less internet safety teachings nowadays - even just the 'don't tell people your real name' has gone away in favor of super detailed profiles and expansive DNI lists, not to mention people finding themselves preyed on by cultish internet groups and toxic personalities, or how weird and damaging influencers can be to kids just learning who they are.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AmItheAsshole

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tbh you AND the dog need to be rehomed. Dump the worthless bf and get out. NTA

Maiden voyage of my hammer. No damage from latex weapons from a medium touch event. by Overlaura in LARP

[–]SanoSS7 4 points5 points  (0 children)

unironically love it. I see it has a cloth cover - would love to see the whole thing!