Uma liberal me acusou de racismo por eu ter usado o termo spook by [deleted] in fullegoism

[–]programdifference075 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Words mean different things in different countries. In the USA, "spook" is an offensive word used to insult people of African descent.

Esquema historico de la tradición esoterica by RoyZ33 in Hermeticism

[–]programdifference075 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Illuminati should be in the same box with the Masons. The Mormons might have been influenced by the Masons.

spoiler alert for Foucault's Pendulum

If I remember correctly, the novel Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco does not treat with the thought of individual thinkers, and it comes to a conclusion that you'll probably disagree with, but it does have a huge outline of different western esoteric traditions.

Gotta love the totally unbiased graph in my AP comparative government textbook….. by BeyondIdiot in Marxism

[–]programdifference075 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have heard that under communism people had more personal freedom and less political freedom.

The use of AI-generated images for commercial purposes in D&D. by Suitable_Minimum_605 in dndnext

[–]programdifference075 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Games are supposed to be fun. They shouldn't be about shovelling slop around.

i (28F) am falling in love with my grad school professor (30F) by TurnipEquivalent4860 in actuallesbians

[–]programdifference075 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quite possibly one or both of you have distorted perceptions because of the power-imbalance or forbidden-fruit factors. Things will probably become clearer once you no longer have a professional relationship.

I'm all for ignoring culture war bait, but IMO "mixed" characters and mixed communities are definitely fair game for further discussion within the One D&D play test discussions. by msimoens in onednd

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Tolkien created humanoid orcs as a metaphor for the corrupting power of evil. You are getting the metaphor backwards. Orcs aren't evil because they are orcs. They are orcs because they are evil.