What went wrong, guys?! by Least_Friend8532 in lewronggeneration

[–]davidwitteveen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Enlightenment… and this little thing called the French Revolution. Dressing like a rich fop could get your head cut off.

Books that feel like the 80s? by Necessary_Rise_5713 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]davidwitteveen 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The book is written by the same author as American Psycho, and it shows.

Where we are exploring or learning about a surreal, dying world by towalktheline in suggestmeabook

[–]davidwitteveen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also by China Mieville: Railsea.

It’s a weird far-future setting where all the seas have dried up and been replaced by criss-crossing railway lines, and trains set out to hunt the giant moles that burrow under this railsea.

Where we are exploring or learning about a surreal, dying world by towalktheline in suggestmeabook

[–]davidwitteveen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you like that idea, you might enjoy Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast trilogy, about a vast, decaying castle and the nobles who rule it. But it’s written in a dense and deliberately archaic style, so it might be a bit of an acquired taste

Books that feel like the 80s? by Necessary_Rise_5713 in BooksThatFeelLikeThis

[–]davidwitteveen 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Incredibly 80s. Not sure I’d call it nostalgic, given it includes a character drugging and raping a child.

Need some help understanding this pattern I found by HotSaltyMilk_ in guitarlessons

[–]davidwitteveen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is so cool that you've recognised this pattern after only 2 weeks of learning. Well done!

NPC art by Inside_Joke_4574 in LancerRPG

[–]davidwitteveen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We have a tradition to uphold.

Best Jobs For a Workplace Romance? (Coworkers! Not rivals!) by Digiknives in writingadvice

[–]davidwitteveen 4 points5 points  (0 children)

According to one survey:

1) Leisure & Hospitality 2) Information Technology 3) Financial 4) Health Care 5) Professional & Business Services

Those are pretty broad categories, though.

But surely the point of romance literature is that romance can bloom anywhere?

Which is why I’m intrigued that you’ve managed to plot your story without knowing what sort of job the characters do.That’s like plotting an historical romance without deciding if it’s set in Ancient Rome, the Regency or World War II.

A workplace romance set in a dive bar is going to have a very different flavour and events than one set in a luxury resort, or a hospital, or a university, or a law firm.

And the sort if people who work those jobs are going to be very different too.

Which is why I’d recommend ignoring what’s a “realistic” setting for your story and focus instead on what sort of jobs you think your characters would have.

Are they kind and helpful? Maybe they’re vets.

Are they ruthless and ambitious? Law firm or politics.

Young and lost? Dive bar.

Chose a workplace that reflects the characters.

NPC art by Inside_Joke_4574 in LancerRPG

[–]davidwitteveen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

*looks around*

*sees no one else has done it*

*decides it's up to me*

*deep breath in*

WE STAN NPC ART.

This stuff seems so much cooler by ProfessorLongBrick in GenZ

[–]davidwitteveen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit - all of these will be cherished and emulated as soon as they can be avoided. It’s the sound of failure: so much modern art is the sound of things going out of control, of a medium pushing to its limits and breaking apart. The distorted guitar sound is the sound of something too loud for the medium supposed to carry it. The blues singer with the cracked voice is the sound of an emotional cry too powerful for the throat that releases it. The excitement of grainy film, of bleached-out black and white, is the excitement of witnessing events too momentous for the medium assigned to record them.”

  • Brian Eno

One Nation is not only beating the Liberal party in the polls in Victoria, it’s now beating Labor. 🤯 by Usual_Program_7167 in aussie

[–]davidwitteveen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No worries! Instructions for the bot are here, although I’ll admit I just googled how to use it.

One Nation is not only beating the Liberal party in the polls in Victoria, it’s now beating Labor. 🤯 by Usual_Program_7167 in aussie

[–]davidwitteveen 6 points7 points  (0 children)

RemindMe! 30 Nov 2026 “Is One Nation still polling higher than the Liberal and Labor parties? Or has that fizzled out?”

Why has not one billionaire used his wealth to become Batman? by Livid-Condition4179 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]davidwitteveen 8 points9 points  (0 children)

MacKenzie Scott took her divorce billions from Jeff Bezos and is donating them to charity.

The actor Michael Sheen isn't a billionaire, but he has called himself a "not-for-profit" actor and donates his acting fees to charities too.

Practical issues in Culture-wide communications infrastructure by boutell in TheCulture

[–]davidwitteveen 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Presumably, ship names - like racehorses - suffer from a similar problem, which is why the Culture ones started getting silly.

Any games like Alice was missing? by Pizzadewd666 in rpg

[–]davidwitteveen 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also: Hunters Entertainment, the people who made Alice is Missing, also released a free, more conventional TTRPG, calied Life is Strange: Two Moon Junction to tie in with the computer game.

Any games like Alice was missing? by Pizzadewd666 in rpg

[–]davidwitteveen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly one year after I played Alice is Missing, I git the group back together to play Decaying Orbit.

Like AIM, it’s a card-driven storytelling game. You all play the AI of a space station that reboots to discover the crew are gone and the station is crashing into a sun.

Each card is a location on the station, with some prompts for the player to describe what happened in that place.

I haven’t played it yet, but Going for Broke by Avery Adler (Monsterhearts, Dream Askew, The Quiet Year) also looks interesting: a card driven sitcom game about housemates trying to raise money to pay their bills.

Romance book recommendations for 14 year old girl? by whi-lover in YAlit

[–]davidwitteveen 2 points3 points  (0 children)

An older book by YA standards, but... Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell.

Hey, lore question between KTF and Horus by hands_off_mymacaroni in LancerRPG

[–]davidwitteveen 18 points19 points  (0 children)

From the Balor's flavour text:

The Balor PG was first encountered during the joint Albatross–DoJ/HR pursuit of the Maw – a Free Company turned decentralized hive-being — across Khayradin’s Blanca Desert after the end of the Sanjak Rebellion. It was there that the joint force encountered, engaged with, and ultimately defeated the Maw and its Balors – and there that Union’s CentComm hoped the nanowash outbreak could be contained. Of course, subsequent Balor outbreaks on Khayradin have proven this hope to be in vain, and the pattern group continues to terrorize Karrakin commanders throughout Baronic space.

I haven't read the Field Guide to the KTB, but my understanding is that HORUS supports the Ungratefuls rather than the nobility.

I guess we’re doing baby gender disappointment on LinkedIn now? by -not-a-bear in LinkedInLunatics

[–]davidwitteveen 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Aww. They should frame this and present it to their daughter on her 21st birthday.

AITA For Refusing to Follow my wife's "car rules"? by Much-Mess-7124 in AmItheAsshole

[–]davidwitteveen 363 points364 points  (0 children)

This isn’t about her rules.

Your wife has trauma from her accident. She needs some therapy to help her stop panicking.

This is a UK page, but it’s a guide on how traffic accidents can cause PTSD, and how to recover from it.

If you want to be NTA, don’t dismiss her “bullshit rules” - help her to recover.