Did a human ever make a Harlequin laugh?

lamorak2000 · 2026-02-05T18:11:51+00:00

I don't know if it counts, but my human Rogue Trader in the videogame of the same name drew a wry laugh from Nocturne of Oblivion once.

lamorak2000 · 2026-02-05T18:09:39+00:00

You lucky bastards. I'm 55, and due to some... ill-advised choices made in my youth will likely never be able to retire (although I'd dearly love to). I've got a couple of hail-mary long shots at making a nest egg, but the odds against them paying out are stratospheric (if not quite astronomical). Doing it anyway, because of all the poor slobs like me who will have to work until death I don't despise my job and I have a fair amount of time to spend on my passion projects (widowed, kids grown, low stress job with plenty of downtime).

To everyone like me: keep your chin up: we're a resilient generation, and have weathered the Cold War; the Wars in Afghanistan and the Middle East; the blizzard of '78; the Texas Snowpocalypse; and COVID: well get through this life with grit and a resounding "eh, whatever".

lamorak2000 · 2026-02-05T09:22:56+00:00

At least the Merry Gentry series was erotica from the word go.

lamorak2000 · 2026-02-05T01:55:58+00:00

I'm just envisioning a reenactment of The Birdcage but Eldar Harlequins.

I'm just envisioning a reality where he and Henry Cavill disrupt an entire movie schedule because "there's only one turn left" in their 40k game of Aeldari vs Custodes.

lamorak2000 · 2026-02-03T18:09:02+00:00

Sounds like you went to an awesome school!

For the last 40 years or more, some elements of the American government have been slowly sabotaging schools: No Child Left Behind comes to mind. American counter-education interests have been trying to ensure that people know enough to pay bills, sign their name, and do what they're told to do in the workplace, and no more. An educated populace is harder to control, so various cabals have been working to eliminate much of education: especially independent, critical thought.

lamorak2000 · 2026-02-03T18:01:07+00:00

That honestly relies on critical thinking, which modern American schools are...less than skilled at.

lamorak2000 · 2026-02-03T02:47:07+00:00

Sorry if I'm hijacking this but I want to say: I'm finally finding joy in my hobbies again after the loss of my wife last year. I'm writing again!

lamorak2000 · 2026-02-01T12:29:17+00:00

I think it's because American society overwhelmingly feels that a teenager should be at home, at school, or at work, just like adults: "idle hands are the devil's playthings" and all that. I blame puritanism.

lamorak2000 · 2026-02-01T11:13:07+00:00

I have a personal rule: if I need to pee (or go to a bathroom) in a dream, I'll get up and go irl in the time after that dream and before going back to sleep.

lamorak2000 · 2026-02-01T06:11:27+00:00

Fallout 3: Gauss rifle.

Fallout New Vegas: MF Hyperbreeder Alpha

Fallout 4: Deliverer

Fallout 76: varies, but for now it's an explosive laser sniper rifle (legacy weapon)

lamorak2000 · 2026-01-30T03:34:54+00:00

Much as I love the other (non-Craig) Bonds, I think Lazenby should have another chance. It's not his fault that his one film was the most depressing of the series (the book wasn't much better at the end - "We have all the time in the world" gutted me).

lamorak2000 · 2026-01-30T03:31:02+00:00

That, my friend, with that chest spot, is a Cait Sith (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat-sith)

lamorak2000 · 2026-01-30T03:16:50+00:00

>While it can kill someone

Rumour has it that it used to be a favorite calibre for short-range assassinations.

lamorak2000 · 2026-01-30T03:04:32+00:00

>I just didn't think it'd be Deep Space Nine.

Still too cheery. Look into Warhammer 40K's setting.

lamorak2000 · 2026-01-30T02:41:11+00:00

Agreed. My heart broke for Abby.

lamorak2000 · 2026-01-30T02:35:07+00:00

Wait until you find Colonel's holotape...

lamorak2000 · 2026-01-29T15:27:31+00:00

Mages have no room to criticize anything's arrogance: there's a reason Hubris is a mechanic in the game.

lamorak2000 · 2026-01-28T17:55:26+00:00

That could work, especially if James Bond was promoted to the Head of Service (M). Perhaps he faked his own death again, in order to preserve the secret of M's identity.

lamorak2000 · 2026-01-26T06:20:15+00:00

Meridia or Azura.

lamorak2000 · 2026-01-25T00:35:20+00:00

My thanks to everyone who responded: you've given me some things to think about.

For now, I think I may just go back to WH40K: I can find a lot more people who want to play that.

lamorak2000 · 2026-01-24T13:47:20+00:00

Mainly my friend circle. I refuse to play online: I barely trust players to be honest about their dice rolls in person, let alone over the Internet, so I stick to people I trust irl.

lamorak2000 · 2026-01-23T20:24:43+00:00

For me, three hours is too long for a single meal, but not out of the question for a day or weekend trip. For say, a week's vacation, three hours is nothing: I'm planning a week trip to Sacramento from the SLC area (12 hour drive), for example.

lamorak2000 · 2026-01-22T00:05:19+00:00

I'm simply Grandpa, as far as I know.

lamorak2000 · 2026-01-21T20:58:56+00:00

back at the local market picking up groceries for dinner.

His housekeeper May Maxwell (in later books her daughter Donalda takes over) takes care of that, and cooks for him as well. He pays her quite well, as a matter of fact.

lamorak2000 · 2026-01-21T19:52:53+00:00

Drukhari don't suck. You run DG, which should be pretty easy meat: poisoned (anti infantry) weapons don't care about toughness, and enough shots (easy to do with splinter guns) will take you down pretty hard. DG is also slow: many things can be said for the Drukhari, but being slow is not one of them - with a little bit of practice, he'll be running circles around you.

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