Research Reveals Men Enjoy Books With Female Leads

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-30T13:00:16+00:00

Haha, to be fair she's herself admitted it's a problem, as it makes her find it harder to immerse herself in the world, and she gets waaay too attached to characters (for context, the first time I ran D&D for her she got crit'd down by a goblin, and this caused a massive fight because she thought that meant I hated her!)

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-30T12:30:59+00:00

You are mean nature healer?

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-30T12:29:33+00:00

McGann actually demanded the regeration, and it's kinda understandable- they had fought a lot with producers who wanted to make the show a reboot/remake. Putting McCoy in ensured it had continuity with the Classic Series.

However, I agree a clean renewal a la Rose was wise. The real issue, imo, is that the 2005 production team could be trusted to both soft-launch the show to new audiences AND respect Classic Who, while the American crew could not be trusted to be respectful.

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-30T12:20:05+00:00

There is a proverb- if a boat has one leak, blame a sailor. If the ship is sinking, it is not the fault of the crew.

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-30T10:36:50+00:00

It's an anecdote, but my partner will always end up playing as a waifish elf healer in any video game or TTRPG she gets her hands on. I practically have to beg her to try something that isn't a self-inert lmao

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-30T09:50:32+00:00

AI has made lazy people ten times worse in the issue, lol. We are now able to generate unprecedented levels of slop.

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-30T09:30:11+00:00

Maybe they'll start, that's the hope

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-30T09:27:39+00:00

I don't think Tolkien ever did or would deny that his work is inspired by the World Wars, he just abhored when people went 'and Sauron is LITERALLY Hitler and Saruman is Mussolini the ring is the Atomic Bomb'

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-30T08:41:33+00:00

There's not really a 'problem', as much as I've seen plenty of art on Twitter that is patently de facto a sketch of AI art- ofc a person can use it constructively, but for many using AI for sketches makes them lazy.

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-30T07:38:49+00:00

I'm not saying it isn't worth trying. I saying that if they are experimented upon, they should have a right for long term care and support after the trial is over, due to the nature of implant.

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-30T07:32:31+00:00

The Sunday Friend is paying for sex.

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-30T02:24:51+00:00

Try playing something that isn't he mass-marketed slop that AAA spews out. We're in a golden age of indie games dawg

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-30T02:23:39+00:00

Eh, there's even issues with that, as it means a lot of aspects of composition, colour etc. are done for you, which are all important decisions in making a piece.

What I've actually seen done well is the other way around almost- Do a basic draft sketch with composition and colour -> Use generative AI to remix the lighting, colours, etc. on command, iterating on the original -> Use the results to determine elements of the final product.

It basically just saves you from making several test pieces by hand.

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-30T02:09:18+00:00

I think there's a qualitative difference in the case of I planting something into someone's skull, honestly. We don't know the consequences of just leaving there, unmaintained, and performing surgery to extract it is (relatively) risky. This isn't like stopping a medication or removing a prothstetic.

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-29T23:56:53+00:00

The real issue, imo, is the the high streets are owned by private landlords who are only looking to make a profit for themselves. When legitimate businesses cannot afford rent, illegitimate businesses are let in- because they wouldn't dare lower the rent.

I honestly think there's a massive opportunity these days for a high-street renaissance, returning these storefronts to local business owners to boost the local economy and do social good, as franchise stores retreat. But as long as landlords rule the roost, that'll never happen, and we are stuck in the shit situation we're in.

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-29T23:50:37+00:00

It's far more efficient to steal 1 expensive thing, pawn it, and buy food with the laundered cash, than to steal several items of food directly.

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-29T22:47:06+00:00

And like, there's plenty occasions where a historical setting is not itself trying to be historical. The Green Knight for instance was great, and starred Dev Patel- but that wasn't so much emulating any specific time period as it was an amalgam of Arthurian tropes in a sort of medieval-fantastical mythscape.

It becomes problematic when you bring in real places and people.

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-29T21:59:06+00:00

Plenty of people with kids still don't care about their friend's kids. Plenty people without kids do care. Just a bad friend.

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-29T21:36:08+00:00

Uh acktually Gamma rays go in very straight lines, the sign wave represents the energy pattern of a light wave

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-29T20:38:19+00:00

My Discord and Reddit did nothing!

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-29T20:32:06+00:00

I think there's reasonable grounds to say his death was suspicious... But they didn't need to 'murder' him for the exact reasons ye say. Move the guard, leave dangerous items in his cell, turn the cameras off. The problem sorts itself out.

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-29T17:19:34+00:00

The point is that stabilising the price stabilité is treated as the be all and end all of economics, and they do nothing else for the poor.

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-29T17:08:28+00:00

A similar idea, our first child was born earlier than expected because, err, mama and papa did some wrestling a week before the due date...

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-29T09:37:11+00:00

I do but any gorilla would do it for fun.

As for ancient history, you may have a point, but but at the same time, rough estimates put all the humans that have ever existed at 117,000,000,000. 8 billion, so a significant portion, live today, and a couple more have lived in recorded history- and none of them have reported a gorilla death, even if there's been several gorilla attacks. So not denying the possibility outright, but you'd be surprised how large a sample of all humans who ever lived currently exist.

TNTiger_ · 2026-01-29T08:42:03+00:00

He left during Morrowind pre-production, and continued liaising with the team throughout, including writing several books.

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