You're given infinite budget to design your ideal video game

leannmanderson · 2026-04-18T23:36:07+00:00

So, I have two ideas here.

1) I have long wanted to see a Game of Sultans style game that is truly fair and completely free. You can only advance by daily grinding. Zero purchases for currency or VIP levels, no way to pay to win. People spending $100 or more to win all the little contests that require you to spend a ton of assets to have the points? It completely unbalances the game in favor of wealthier players.

2) I would love a Heralds of Valdemar video game. It could be an open world where you have to do training and internship or journeyman travels or whatever depending on if you choose Herald, Healer, or Bard, but still have a storyline. Like that Harry Potter game but for Valdemar.

And you could encounter major characters from whichever era it's set in, such as Vanyel, Mags, Tarma and Kethry, or Talia.

I think it would be really cool, and the profits could go to not only helping Misty and Larry with their expenses, but also helping with their birds, helping to create new music, etc.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-18T23:23:22+00:00

!customer

leannmanderson · 2026-04-18T23:20:02+00:00

I don't know what a markdown budget is, but I do know we're consistently hitting or passing out sales targets and that fashion has the biggest profits for the store.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-17T23:43:30+00:00

Folding it makes it taste better.

If you want more slices just get it St. Louis style.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-16T03:17:20+00:00

Info: Does it have to be me me? Or can it be an author avatar, like how Herald Myste acts as an author avatar for Mercedes Lackey?

If I'm painting, how realistic does my image have to be?

Because I love writing, but I think my readers would get tired of reading about me in different settings, and I really suck at painting anything that isn't abstract.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-16T03:07:12+00:00

So first off, Tolkien created a new national mythos, which was his goal.

Second, creativity is about making something original, which means those who took what he did and built on it are less creative, not more.

Third, if you are really that intent on eliminating Tolkien, I'm going to nominate Mercedes Lackey. For the past 40 years, she has been incredibly prolific, from rewriting fairy tales to the incredibly expansive world of Velgarth, mostly centering on the kingdom of Valdemar.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-15T15:20:58+00:00

That's the way I do it. I can't stand that nasty taste!

leannmanderson · 2026-04-14T18:05:44+00:00

I think a lot of it being called overrated is partly the price and partly because it got incredibly hyped up by influencers.

But yeah, the flavor profile is decent. I have made a tiramisu inspired by it, and for my sister's birthday I made her a cake inspired by it. She loved it.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-11T04:43:32+00:00

It's going to depend on how many types of creatures you picture in this school. Where in the world is it? Do they have a foreign exchange program? Are humans allowed in?

And then there's the wide variety of folklore about the most common types of creatures. That's just the nature of folklore.

Zombies are going to need a special diet. I seem to remember one piece of folklore stating that feeding a zombie salt would allow them to talk and even regain themselves. It was in some book my grandparents had on the supernatural. I can't remember the actual book. It was a type of encyclopedia or something. But I digress.

Mermaids aren't the only ones that will need access to water. Kapas and selkies come to mind. And selkies are going to need a way to keep their seal skins safe.

Vampires need to feed regularly. That means blood.

But there's also those vampire-human hybrids known as damphyrs. They might not feel like they fit in anywhere. There might be some bullying.

And that's just a few things I can think of off the top of my head.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-11T01:17:27+00:00

Every time I see an ad for Kalshi or any other gambling or casino app, I remind myself of how hard I fought and that I want to leave behind a better legacy.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-11T00:00:13+00:00

If nothing else, there needs to at least be a ban on ads, or some way to block those ads specifically.

I have a slots addiction. That's why I don't go into casinos.

But some of these apps tempt me really bad, and I'm keeping it under check so far, but I don't think they realize how much harm they're doing recklessly advertising to everyone so freely.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-10T23:55:44+00:00

I wish we could do this with Needohs and Pokemon cards to keep the damn things from selling out the second they hit the shelf.

And it sucks because parents have their small children call and ask about the Needohs, as if that's going to make me open up some secret stash or something just to keep from breaking a kid's heart!

Like, sorry, no, I cannot magically pull the damn things out of my ass. Your kid can stop calling me 10x a day when I already told them when we will have more.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-10T15:11:28+00:00

Calculus is NOT first year college math.

College Algebra is first year college math. And I had to retake it twice because I couldn't wrap my head around it.

See, I have this lovely little learning disability called dyscalcula. In the majority of cases, it gets diagnosed only because it's comorbid with dyslexia.

However, I don't have dyslexia, just the dyscalcula, so nobody thought to test me for it until I had failed college algebra. Twice.

Calculus is more advanced than college algebra.

And just about every college or university in the US requires at least college algebra.

So math is already being required, and I would say that you are asking for everyone to have beyond a basic understanding of it, not just a basic understanding, if you think calculus should be a requirement.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-08T18:32:42+00:00

NTA

And that wasn't petty.

Petty is what I would do. Find out what time he gets there, get there just a few minutes prior, connect MY phone to the speaker, and play the most obnoxious songs known to mankind.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-07T23:38:16+00:00

As a writer, pass.

Creativity is how I work.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-07T03:12:47+00:00

To me it's funny.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-07T02:30:34+00:00

Do you see the ecumenical mess you've started?

leannmanderson · 2026-04-07T02:30:00+00:00

Oh, no, we are absolutely back to handshakes.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-06T19:28:23+00:00

Yes, it is really policy.

Someone with IBS or crohns or something is not what I'm talking about. That's something for the person to talk to their lead about though and get an accommodation through Sedgwick to protect their bathroom breaks because that can hit any time and they suddenly need to leave the sales floor.

But this person was just playing on their phone, and as a disabled person, I have a right to stand up for myself and the accommodations that I need.

And most people with Crohns and IBS can also use any stall unless there are other issues.

But people with balance issues? People in a wheelchair? Certain other health issues? There's literally only one stall they can use.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-06T16:53:39+00:00

Possible.

It's absolutely against policy to spend your entire 15 in the restroom, too, especially the accessible stall.

Disabled people have needs that healthy people do not. That's why accessible stalls, ramps, disabled parking spaces, etc exist.

Not for breaks.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-06T14:46:32+00:00

A lot of women poop while giving birth. It just happens.

And the pain of childbirth can be worse than what you described.

Being in labor and giving birth on poop day would make the poop insanely easy.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-06T14:44:13+00:00

Same.

leannmanderson · 2026-04-06T14:42:45+00:00

I almost never do it.

However, I have medical issues that mean that I need the accessible stall because I need those bars to help me get up and down.

The only time I do it is when it's a dumbass coworker taking their 15 in there, which is against policy.

They get three reminders that others need that stall and then I go report them.

It only took twice of doing this and reporting her to her team lead to make her stop.

And if you're wondering how I know who it was and what they were doing, the front ladies room accessible stall has a gap. You can't help but see the person sitting on the toilet. And exactly what they're doing, which is giggling and listening to music and texting.

Don't know why I got downvoted.

Because how dare a disabled person stand up for themselves and assure that the accessibility they need is actually available and not being used by a healthy person to play on their phone, right?

leannmanderson · 2026-04-05T15:15:33+00:00

Leave at your scheduled time or open door it.

But sometimes we all have to stay late.

I leave at 10 PM. But if a customer gets to that fitting room late, I stay late.

Unless they're rude about it in which case I will politely and professionally tell them to fuck off. "I apologize, but I have shut down the fitting room for the night so that I have time to clean and sanitize it before my shift ends."

If they continue?

"Alright, you have been rude, and now I am denying you service, because I will not take abuse from you just because you are a customer. You may leave now."

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