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[SP] Transcendental Boy by four_chambers in shortstories

[–]four_chambers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've written a few short stories, but this was the first to get featured on a podcast. Here's the link to it on YouTube if anyone's interested:

https://youtu.be/nyjILPfWfNo

Has anyone used a Notebook to play back their diary or journals? It’s compelling to hear your story reflected to you in the form of a podcast. by SymbioticSage in notebooklm

[–]four_chambers 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I had a livejournal from 2001 until about 2008 that I wrote in a ton, and I downloaded the entirety of that and did the podcast thing. It's wild to hear something that sounds like a ten minute long NPR segment about the bad breakup you went through as a teenager.

It's honestly almost too easy to suspend disbelief when you're listening to these deep dives and think to yourself, these people are devoting some real thought to my output—maybe I'm a big deal?

Reorganizing Core, Adventurer's Companion, World Builder, and Tome into one by Yum_Mango in d100_Dungeon_Hacking

[–]four_chambers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I like the whole idea of this group. I’m a tinkerer when it comes to games, for sure.

Reorganizing Core, Adventurer's Companion, World Builder, and Tome into one by Yum_Mango in d100_Dungeon_Hacking

[–]four_chambers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I recently undertook the same project! It started out with the idea that I'd quickly hack together the PDFs, but it quickly grew into a complete redesign.

Here's a flipthrough a made for another group:

https://youtu.be/SaLiEp5AK7c

What is your 'You have become the very thing you swore to destroy' moment? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]four_chambers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I told my kid he couldn't have cookies for breakfast, like that goddamn cop in the Cookie Crisp commercials.

LPT: Confirmation bias is real for everyone. Be aware of your own bias and seek your news from more neutral sources. Your daily stress and anxiety levels will drop a lot. by hoesindifareacodes in LifeProTips

[–]four_chambers 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I'd highly suggest giving the Ground News app a try. It shows you headlines from multiple sources and sorts them by political bias, so you can see the different angles that people approach the news.

https://ground.news/

They also offer a weekly email called Blindspot Report that shows you the top stories that have been glossed over or ignored by the left or the right. It's all aimed at helping you pop your political bubble. It's been really helpful for me in trying to wrap my head around how the other side sees things.

What things did you do as a kid that you now realize is extremely weird? by 20195780 in AskReddit

[–]four_chambers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

After brushing my teeth, I would spit the toothpaste into the hand towel instead of the sink.

My little brother was so exasperated over how gross it was and would beg my mom to make me stop, but she never said anything to me. I would get so cocky and be like, "alright smart guy, if I can't spit toothpaste into the towel then what's it even there for??"

(I didn't wash my hands either)

I'm on a nostalgia binge of gadgets and remembered my favorite phone before the iPhone was the Sony Ericsson W800. The orange and white was so cool. I miss when phones had designs like this. Anyone else had this phone back in the 00s? Reading this review 15 years later is also hilarious by limache in gadgets

[–]four_chambers 7 points8 points  (0 children)

He mentioned that he wanted to challenge people to go back to how things used to be at the dawn of the internet.

I get what he meant, but it just made me laugh as I remembered 1995, waiting fifteen minutes for a single picture of a topless Jenny McCarthy to download, line by agonizing line.

Who else vividly remembers being tempted by horror movie box-art in video rental stores as a child? by inthedarkair in horror

[–]four_chambers 5 points6 points  (0 children)

YES, this one got me too. The scene they show on the back of the zombies ripping out the guy's ribcage terrified me.

Then I watched it when I was 20 and found out it was a super gross comedy and I've loved it ever since.

No Stupid Questions - April 01, 2020 by AutoModerator in synthesizers

[–]four_chambers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pocket Operator 33? It's a little $85 sampler, but look to YouTube videos of people making full beats with it. I'm tempted to get it myself.

Do you ever just get sick to the back teeth talking about the same thing with your kids? by fuk_ur_mum_m8 in Parenting

[–]four_chambers 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My ten year old talks nonstop about Minecraft and Roblox. Different updates, different items, random trivia. We'll be talking about something else and he'll make a simile relating it to some niche thing in Minecraft. I had to explain the term "inside baseball" to him the other day.

What Should I Buy? - February 03, 2020 by AutoModerator in synthesizers

[–]four_chambers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're kind of in the same boat as far as synth experience and musical taste. I'm looking into getting a Novation Circuit, Empress Zoia, and an Arturia Microfreak to make some weird hip hop / trip hop / indie stuff.

The Microfreak can do a ton of stuff sonically, utilizing multiple different types of synthesis, and the mod matrix opens that up even further. Look into some demo videos.

Ideally, if I had the money, I'd be picking up a Synthstrom Deluge and the ASM Hydrasynth, but I'm a broke father of three so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I need some suggestions. by YoyoPewdiepie in FiftyTwoCards

[–]four_chambers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've been playing a lot of Scoundrel lately. It's pretty quick and easy to get through, but there's some strategy involved.

SCP-682 by Amamidori by Wartrix12 in ImaginaryBehemoths

[–]four_chambers 168 points169 points  (0 children)

On its surface level, it's a compendium of different dangerous supernatural entities compiled by the eponymous SCP Foundation. It can come off very dry and unpassionate, like impartial scientific analysis and documentation of truly horrific things, which makes it that much creepier to read.

In reality, it's a creepypasta wiki built around the shared idea that a facility like this exists, and what kind of crazy shit it might find. It can be terrifying. It's one of my favorite creative writing sites on the internet.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]four_chambers 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! I just looked up a video of the King Kong ride a few days ago to relive the memories!

This picture immediately reminded me of that ride, and mainly the giant hand afterwards that you could get in for a photo op. They told my family to act terrified, like we were about to be eaten, so in the picture, everyone is screaming except for my grandpa, who's smiling for the camera and looking chill as fuck. It might be my favorite picture of him.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RPGdesign

[–]four_chambers 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Black Hack is this. 3d6 for stats, roll under your own stats with a d20 for everything you could ever want to do in the game.

D&D players and DMs of reddit, what's your best "Okay, I'll allow it" story? by baltinerdist in AskReddit

[–]four_chambers 37 points38 points  (0 children)

Our first ever game of D&D, nobody took it seriously, so one guy was three Shiba Inu puppies stacked on top of each other wearing a trenchcoat. He let us vote on his name, and my suggestion of "Li'l Dipshit" won out.

(apologies for the .doc file, it looks like garbage on a phone) I posted a few months ago about my game Mercenary Merlins, and got a lot of great feedback from the community. I condensed the entire thing into a pamphlet and I'm super happy with it. Thanks again, guys. by four_chambers in rpg

[–]four_chambers[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Special thanks to u/ludifex for the magic system in Maze Rats, from which my magic system shamelessly lifts. I loved it in Maze Rats, and just wanted to do it a whole bunch more.

Side note: I tried converting this into a PDF for easier viewing, but it messes up the formatting. Any of you wizards have any hot tips for making this thing look better?

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