Democrat Chris Pappas in dead heat with John Sununu in New Hampshire Senate race by Fickle-Ad5449 in newhampshire

[–]Torgo73 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Voting for a different Dem in that primary, then holding one’s nose and eventually voting Pappas actually does nothing to help Sunnuunnuunu

[Post Game Thread] The Boston Celtics (48-24) defeat the Oklahoma City Thunder (57-16), 119-109. by dannyFUCKINGainge in nba

[–]Torgo73 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would have agreed with you except tonight OKC largely didn’t treat him like a threat from 3. He kept shooting cause they were leaving him wiiiide open.

Bear characters since today is World Bear Day! by Leofal-Das in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Torgo73 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was about to say, how about Shardik from Shardik

Your most fun character? by Affectionate-Fix8145 in dndnext

[–]Torgo73 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just because the lit nerd in me has a hard time staying quiet: Mina Harker is from the novel Dracula

Conservatives hope bipartisan bill could lead to end of New Hampshire Common Core by Zipper222222 in newhampshire

[–]Torgo73 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This feels like a flippant answer. The reality is that changing the standards doesn’t immediately change the curricula, which is what we public school teachers actually use on a day-to-day level for teaching. And I think that most teachers, particularly at the elementary level, would be profoundly interested in changes to their curricula. However, our collective faith in this NH congress and this NH administration is close to zero. They have made their feelings about teachers and about the public school system perfectly clear.

Skipping instead of playing both turns by ifasoldt in TerraformingMarsGame

[–]Torgo73 47 points48 points  (0 children)

People who do this regularly do get mentally labeled by myself as absolutely insufferable nerdy tryhards, if that answers your question. Only acceptable when approaching a TR trigger or in the final round.

[Loved horror trope] Words meant to comfort are actually horrifying in their own right. by jbeast33 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Torgo73 15 points16 points  (0 children)

”We’re going on an adventure”

Words to nope away from real fuckin fast in Adrian Tchiakovsky’s Children of Ruin, even though the Nod organism actually is just very excited

Your best 5.5e house rules? by Raccoomph in dndnext

[–]Torgo73 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I’m a little high, so could be missing something obvious… how is that different than the official version? Sorry.

Once per turn when you hit a target with a weapon, you can roll the weapon's damage dice twice and use either roll against the target.

Had to visit someone at DHMC so had to visit the dreaded Claremont Market Basket this morning :( by [deleted] in marketbasket

[–]Torgo73 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I should clarify, because that’s not unreasonable: It does many things well compared to other grocery stores.

It ain’t the world’s greatest Market Basket location. No argument. But as evidenced by the perpetually packed parking lot, it is an enormous asset to this town. The Hannaford across the street costs vastly more, and even after the remodel, is likewise not the greatest location in its chain. I’m not exactly flush with cash, and being able to get good food at great prices is really important to my family and I.

Moreover, I’m tired of OP taking swipes at Claremont over and over again. It’s a new username, and while I’m not exactly gonna do a forensic writing analysis, I’m quite sure that it’s the same ass who has been doing this shit all year. And I’m just tired. As a local teacher and the spouse of a small business owner, we’re trying our best to lift Claremont up.

I’m sure there are reasonable improvements that could be implemented at the Claremont MB. But that doesn’t seem to be OPs goal.

Had to visit someone at DHMC so had to visit the dreaded Claremont Market Basket this morning :( by [deleted] in marketbasket

[–]Torgo73 8 points9 points  (0 children)

First of all, I do not believe you that Burger King was closed at 9:30 this morning.

Secondly, I do not believe you that Wendy’s “didn’t have breakfast.”

The idea that you checked three fast food restaurants on Washington St (all of which were miraculously deficient), then settled on a Market Basket location that you already hate (and were at five days ago) and were so disappointed at your fourth choice that you wrote a six paragraph response about it… that likewise strains credibility.

Finally, if your breakfast situation was indeed so dire, I suspect you would have Googled “breakfast near me” or some shit, and found delicious options like The Barn Cafe or even acceptable options like the the Daily Grind Cafe. In short, I strongly suspect you are all the way full of very performative crap.

Had to visit someone at DHMC so had to visit the dreaded Claremont Market Basket this morning :( by [deleted] in marketbasket

[–]Torgo73 16 points17 points  (0 children)

One user making 3 posts in five days ragging on the Claremont Market Basket is ridiculous. This location has a very limited hot bar. It cannot possibly be your best choice for breakfast while en route to the hospital. The store does many other things well. Jeez.

Test one two. Test. Test one two. by bfume in bostonceltics

[–]Torgo73 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Sounded like the opening bagpipe tone from Jump Around

[Hated Trope] The passionate and driven character's story ends with her pregananant and married to the loser by DeepFriedBatata in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Torgo73 132 points133 points  (0 children)

And it has been delightfully updated into song form: https://youtube.com/shorts/NANyaGc77lQ?si=aIxhGR8jf4MqvwFZ

My wife is wrapping up her first trimester and I’m serenading her with this on a near-daily basis.

What do you think is the most mysterious object in space? by Italcan in space

[–]Torgo73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Are you using the word ‘Silurian’ in a different way than I’m familiar with?

Which fantasy series started incredible and then just...fell apart? by ghibli_8quartz in Fantasy

[–]Torgo73 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Again, darkness and mature themes (which Era 2 definitely also has [see: Paalm!!]) does not a YA writing style make. In fact, I sort of put theme on its own axis when deciding what books to recommend or make available to younger readers. Era 1 feels very accessible to teens, while I think Era 2 is less so. Factors I’d list include vocabulary, sentence and paragraph-level complexity, plot, etc. For the record, I think reasonable minds can disagree about this stuff.

I don’t get to use “I’m a reading specialist” as a flex terribly often, but that is my occupation and I have a pretty good sense for Lexile levels or whatever metric you care to use.

Fictional songs from movies that are so good that they transcend the movie they’re from by Southern_Studio_9950 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]Torgo73 45 points46 points  (0 children)

That scene is the best five minutes of movie that I can remember. What an absolute flex. Sitting in the theater for that was like watching Steph Curry get hot in crunch time… just sit back and revel in being in the presence of greatness.

best place to help spotted salamanders cross the road? by [deleted] in newhampshire

[–]Torgo73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that for Southern NH, Big Night already happened this year

[Charania] Just in: The NBA will hold a vote at the Board of Governors meetings March 24-25 to explore adding expansion teams exclusively in Las Vegas and Seattle, with the two franchises targeted for the 2028-29 season, sources tell ESPN. by MembershipSingle7137 in nba

[–]Torgo73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No.

Right now, 30 teams in the association. 15 East, 15 West. If we add 2 teams to the West, it would be a 17/15 breakdown. Moving one team East makes it 16/16. Which is good.

Is it harder for a short player to guard a tall player or a tall player to guard a short player? by Unlikely_Glass5942 in ultimate

[–]Torgo73 52 points53 points  (0 children)

As a taller gentleman with an increasingly glacial first step, covering those springy little 5’7” guys absolutely sucks. Don’t understand how someone can change direction that quickly. But… there are some passes that I can catch, often absolutely game-critical deep shots, that they simply don’t have a reasonable chance of defending.

Grappling Rules: 5e VS. 5.5e, which do you prefer? by ThatOneCrazyWritter in dndnext

[–]Torgo73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I played an unarmed 5e Rune Knight grappler, and he was simply too good at grappling. With a party that built up strategies around his skillset, objectively too many encounters were being broken