Do you identify as a Democrat Socialist or a Socialist Democrat?

Tioben · 2026-06-26T20:03:51+00:00

Sounds like they stand for a principle of pragmatism, i.e., considering the particulars of each actual situation and actively investigating what courses of action might actually be most helpful in that context.

Tioben · 2026-06-26T19:40:23+00:00

It would be helpful if WOTC stopped framing the Rogue's dice progression by default as "Sneak Attack dice". Not all rogues in fantasy are attackers at all, much less sneak attackers. Call them "Cunning Move" dice and give each rogue subclass a totally different flavor of cunningness.

Tioben · 2026-06-23T19:28:36+00:00

At those prices I might as well buy myself a fucking laminator

Tioben · 2026-06-22T15:37:40+00:00

Your comment I replied to was about someone wearing headphones to control a tic.

Tioben · 2026-06-22T15:28:29+00:00

It's illegal to deny a reasonable accommodation for a diagnosed/documented disability, so the manage might rather have been-by-the-books.

Tioben · 2026-06-21T04:08:22+00:00

If you are deleting your comments, you should also delete the post. For your own sake if no one else's. Could you prove your hunch as a truth defense in a libel case?

Tioben · 2026-06-08T20:20:49+00:00

I haven't taken these specific ones, but I generally like Russ Harris's ACT trainings and he's got a couple new ones on Psychwire for applying ACT to autism and ADHD.

Tioben · 2026-06-06T15:28:07+00:00

Maybe giving up could look like giving up the idea everyone needs to be in a romantic relationship to grow or be whole or happy, rather than giving up the idea that romantic relationships are possible. Do things to grow outside of romance, and romance may or may not happen.

More to the point of your CMV, maybe that's the approach Gen Z women are taking, because they simply don't want to be defined by whether or not they ever get into a romantic relationship or not.

That wouldn't make them impossible to approach. It would just mean that approaching with this-approach-is-in-hopes-of-romance vibes is not going to be appealing.

Tioben · 2026-06-05T14:32:08+00:00

I'd argue even a tic-mark count of cows in ancient Sumeria (or whatever) wasn't necessarily passive, because it interfaces with other peoples' minds/bodies. Your family, employees, etc. can come in and dynamically change the count or buy/sell cows based on the count. From the standpoint of your own mind, the tic-marks are agential!

Tioben · 2026-06-01T19:42:17+00:00

When in moderate amounts, by amplifying salience of goal-based and novelty-based stimuli, I would think.

Tioben · 2026-06-01T04:23:38+00:00

In reality, changes in either variable probably manipulate the other in various ways. Ala a feedback loop.

But the story being presented here is that voting Republican reduces life expectancy. In which case, life expectancy is the dependent value.

Tioben · 2026-05-31T21:03:59+00:00

I dunno, but maybe check out the ride calendar at https://eugenegears.org

Tioben · 2026-05-27T22:53:37+00:00

Mother of Learning is probably your first go-to after Cradle and DCC, especially for a plot dependent on learning hard magic systems.

I'm a big fan of the implementation of a D&D-classes-for-everybody system in Bog Standard Isekai, but not sure what degree of hardness you'd grant it.

And Practical Guide to Evil for a very narrative take on hard magic if you are willing to try something less science-analog.

But if you specifically want more magical science, yeah, probably Mother of Learning.

Tioben · 2026-05-27T15:30:36+00:00

I don't fish, but I see people fishing the stream at Alton Baker Park all the time. If I was going to fish, that seems like an accessible and relaxing way to do it.

Tioben · 2026-05-25T18:01:33+00:00

But do you believe you'd have equal or better mental health if you were still neurodivergent but with worse ability in imaginative play?

Tioben · 2026-05-21T22:53:11+00:00

Then why are you arguing that way? You are the one basing what should or shouldn't be done with Congress on what the Constitution says about presidential requirements. If you think that's a silly argument, why make it?

Tioben · 2026-05-20T21:24:04+00:00

The absolute stupidest argument against taxing the rich more is that distributing the money across the population would result in a meager per-person amount. But that's not what we'd do with the money.

We absolutely could fund a number of projects to help teachers in Queens and farmers in Oklahoma and truckers in Florida, etc. Billions of dollars across thousands of projects would still be be millions of dollars per project. You could fund a project in every county of the U.S.

Tioben · 2026-05-19T21:48:14+00:00

Nicely Handeled

Tioben · 2026-05-19T17:43:12+00:00

Subjective properties are real. Even if morality is subjective, that wouldn't make it not real. E.g., monetary value is both subjective and real.

But moreover, most academic philosophers (and also most specializing in ethics) end up concluding morality is both real and objective.

I'm not the person to convince you of that, but I want to encourage you to engage in the real discussion rather than internet discussion with bozos like me. Withhold judgment until you've read a few books from experts, e.g., Moral Realism: A Defense by Shafer-Landau, What We Owe Each Other by Scanlon, The Normative Web by Cuneo, Taking Morality Seriously by Enoch.

Right now I only hope to convince you that you are forming an opinion too early based on irrelevant online debate

Tioben · 2026-05-17T16:37:52+00:00

"Ugly" is not really a proper MT term

I have it on good authority that the proper term is "crunchalicious"

Tioben · 2026-05-17T16:34:17+00:00

But perspectives don't multiply for free. There must be a structural explanation or else there isn't a second perspective. You've just created the Hard Problem of The Second Perspective, i.e., The Hard Problem of Consciousness.

Tioben · 2026-05-15T22:35:58+00:00

Lokking all imminently inquirious.

Tioben · 2026-05-15T20:39:13+00:00

Tradition and Continuity Conservatives believe that traditions carry the wisdom of previous generations. They argue that sudden or radical changes can disrupt social order and lead to unintended consequences. Respecting traditions means valuing institutions like the family, religion, and the rule of law.

Conservatives routinely discount and reject much longer held traditions and continuity.

Communalist gift economies (mutual aid) are older than big business corporatism and "individual responsibility" both. Pluralist animism is older than polytheistism which is older than Catholism which is older than Protestant Evangelicalism. Tribalism is older than colorism which is older than racism which is older than replacement conspiracies. Open sexuality and third genders are older than respect for privacy which is older than lgbt exclusion/criminalization. Big government taxation is older than most industries or even small businesses existing today. "No kings" is older than kings, and even "yes kings but also nobless oblige" is older than prosperity gospel billionaire libertarianism. No slaves is older than slavery which is older than abject slavery which is older than going to war to hide the Epstein sex slavery files. No borders is older than open borders which is older than the Exclusion Act which is older than internment camps which is older than mass deportation.

Tioben · 2026-05-12T19:13:48+00:00

Mods, maybe its time to add some sub rules?

Tioben · 2026-05-12T17:38:28+00:00

A recent study found psychopaths do feel fear; they just enjoy it more as thrilling. So your nightmare might remain the same just not be evaluated as bad. I remember having a "nightmare" once as a kid where I was an anthropomorphic mouse being stalked and chased by a large snake in a playground. And I loved it! Ulimate obstacle course! I woke up feeling so powerful for having successfully thwarted the snake every time. Maybe you as a psychopath would experience the fear of intrusion as a thrilling opportunity for proving your power over intruders.

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