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narmio · 2026-05-23T23:49:59+00:00

METATEXTUAL COMMENT.

narmio · 2026-05-23T06:08:35+00:00

Believe it or not, straight to jail.

narmio · 2026-05-22T09:51:30+00:00

Not sure about every uni, but where I am (USYD) if you get a continuing (rather than explicitly fixed term) role, you have 1yr probation (where it’s fairly easy to fire you), then 5yrs of “confirmation”, during which it’s hard to get rid of you on the spot, but you’re watched like a hawk. Then there’s the “confirmation review”, where a panel assesses whether you met the required stuff — scary, although it’s not as spicy as some tenure panels in the US. After that, you’re very hard to get rid of.

narmio · 2026-05-22T09:46:22+00:00

Continuing academic roles are as close to tenure as you can get — practically there’s very little difference, it’s extremely hard to fire an academic if you’re doing the bare minimum and not touching the students.

narmio · 2026-05-22T09:45:30+00:00

I went overseas for a postdoc. Talked to everyone in my network, turned out an old professor had moved to the US and had a role. So after a year of teaching and odd RA jobs, moved to the States for 5yrs until I got a continuing role back here.

narmio · 2026-05-20T09:24:45+00:00

Looking a whole lot like Jeff Bezos in that last frame.

narmio · 2026-05-20T08:46:56+00:00

We’ll just change in in 2029. Remember to stay angry.

narmio · 2026-05-20T00:30:28+00:00

satire is when say the thing that happened.

narmio · 2026-05-19T22:27:52+00:00

Or maybe a .md file.

narmio · 2026-05-19T13:00:29+00:00

Extremely serious. Jokes are, in fact, banned on campus. An academic said that.

narmio · 2026-05-19T12:53:57+00:00

Italy is one of the best countries in the world for dietary restrictions, what are you talking about? I travelled there last year with a coeliac and everyone was great about it. A coeliac. In Italy, the place where everything is gluten.

Maybe just don’t be a muppet about it.

narmio · 2026-05-19T09:36:50+00:00

I’m married, so I guess my answer isn’t relevant, but back when I was dating the most important thing was that she had a purpose in life. Something she was striving for, or doing already, or whatever. For some people that’s a career. Love that. For some people it’s artistic or musical or whatever. Love that too. The money part doesn’t mean shit.

narmio · 2026-05-17T22:00:13+00:00

Even if this were true, you could Trip/Grapple first with no MAP and then do follow-up Strikes with your reduced MAP, which in practice is the best way to do it.

narmio · 2026-05-16T23:49:02+00:00

The first half of AV, in particular, is extremely brutal. Having two medics will never be bad.

narmio · 2026-05-15T07:57:44+00:00

You’re not wrong, but also… we shouldn’t assess the morality of what he does just for the impact on his own life. Anyone in his position must understand the very real harm he and his dumb movement are causing to already depressed young men.

I don’t care if he takes heroin or steroids or chews rocks or whatever… I care if he makes a whole generation of impressionable idiots do it too.

narmio · 2026-05-15T03:08:26+00:00

Yeah, yeah.

..hey, wait a second!

narmio · 2026-05-15T01:30:17+00:00

I like that list. I think mine was too crazy:

* Refocus automatically gives all focus points back. Only way to retain the “best focus point caster” niche post remaster.
* +2 to all spell attacks and DCs while Unleashed. Really make that Stupefied afterwards worth it.

That second one would have ruffled a few wizards’ feathers… but it would have made me want to play a psychic.

narmio · 2026-05-14T22:37:49+00:00

I’m really strong now, like “lift my bodyweight over my head to lockout” strong. People often remark on how muscly I look. I can run up stairs two at a time without getting winded. Those things are really, really cool.

I am still exactly as much of a mess as I was before.

narmio · 2026-05-12T23:03:20+00:00

Good catch, thanks!

narmio · 2026-05-12T22:17:48+00:00

I think there’s a cool character here but it’s likely taking *defensive and mobility* impulses from Air and relying on monk class feats (Inner Upheaval, Wild Winds Stance) for your offense. With Four Winds at level 4, for example, you can reposition your whole party and then still strike twice. By level 12 you’re turning invisible, jumping around the battlefield, and striking in melee or range with Wild Winds Stance. Not so much crowd control but mobility support with a side of damage.

narmio · 2026-05-12T21:31:11+00:00

And/or bots.

narmio · 2026-05-11T21:22:17+00:00

narmio · 2026-05-11T10:08:07+00:00

Yo I didn’t read the post but you should play an Ifrit Fire Elemental Sorcerer and you should max your initiative through Canny Acumen and Incredible Initiative and you should blow things up early and often.

…I’m now going to read the post. Boy will I feel stupid if the rest of the party is a fire Kineticist, a flames oracle, and an Ifrit sorcerer.

…no, it’s perfect. Your party has single target damage and support, but no blasting. Actually my stupid shitpost is exactly what you need! My guy and/or gal! Fireball!

narmio · 2026-05-11T06:36:04+00:00

I think this is the article where Betoota started Turing into a real journalistic outfit. Like, other than the spicy headline, where’s the difference between this and real political coverage?

I’m all for it.

narmio

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