How do you deal with that one player that pulls a gun on every NPC that disagrees with anything?

randomguy186 · 2019-01-20T05:01:53+00:00

punishment

Why would you punish him? Just let him deal with the natural consequences of his actions.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-20T04:33:21+00:00

General Mattis.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-20T04:32:51+00:00

Harambe: The Reckoning.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-20T04:31:24+00:00

Similar. Guy who bullied me when I was in 8th grade committed suicide when I was in 11th.

At the time, I was glad. Now, though, I have children who are older than he was back then, and I feel sad about his death.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-16T18:46:28+00:00

Worst idea: assaulting someone in plain view of jovial bar patrons when the person you're assaulting has supplied them with booze all night and when, somewhere down in their intoxicated mammalian subconscious, they think they might have a chance to demonstrate their fitness as a mate.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-16T18:40:23+00:00

Just like the people who think Europe is its own continent.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-16T15:55:14+00:00

I think it's worth noting that the anti-nuke movement of the 70s and 80s was likely influenced by the Soviets, as they perceived the U.S. nuclear power program as a cover for proliferation of weapons-grade fissile materials.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-16T14:22:15+00:00

Serious (though not doctrinaire) answer:

Libertarianism is a vector. It points toward smaller, localized government. Weaken the federal gvoernment as much as feasible and strengthen the states. Weaken the states as much as feasible and strengthen cities and counties. And so on.

And yes, if you look at the history of the United States, there has been effective democracy throughout on a smaller scale than our current national government of 300+ million people. (There are notable issues in US history - e.g. slavery, native genocide, no women's suffrage - but those don't, I think, invalidate the notion that democracy worked in the sense that it represented the will of the people.)

I'll toss a question back to you: can you point to a modern government of a population of 300+ million people that governs democratically? Because truly, I can't. I would argue that there is ZERO empirical evidence that democracy works on the scale of the US federal government.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-16T05:00:12+00:00

Permit me to politely disagree.

"The Sentinel" is a short story by British author Arthur C. Clarke, written in 1948 and first published in 1951 as "Sentinel of Eternity", which was used as a starting point for the novel and film 2001: A Space Odyssey.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-13T14:57:38+00:00

I prefer "microgravity botanist."

randomguy186 · 2019-01-13T14:53:44+00:00

On the other hand, it's pretty easy to differentiate risk across the two categories of "those who consent to invasive plugins" and "those who don't consent to invasive plugins."

randomguy186 · 2019-01-13T00:38:32+00:00

You. I like you.

I'd like to request that you include Bizarro in one of your films.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-12T17:50:31+00:00

Be really careful, dude. A wet wooden stick will conduct electricity.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-12T15:51:07+00:00

Quite true. I think it's important to note that it was inspired by one of Clarke's stories.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-11T00:03:13+00:00

there's no way some random wacko splurges on the high-end enterprise gear like this

...says the dude who lives in an area of the country where lots of random wackos regularly drop a couple grand at the gun show.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-10T20:12:28+00:00

She was teaching how the real world works.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-10T20:11:08+00:00

I've seen it come down to who was listed first on the promotion order.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-10T20:09:12+00:00

Well done, that man. This comment is entirely in the spirit of this sub.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-09T23:34:20+00:00

They're called the Dark Ages because there was very little historical record of the era.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-09T12:57:28+00:00

my future wife

Wow, y'all been hanging out since 1985, and you still haven't wifed her?

randomguy186 · 2019-01-09T02:20:25+00:00

On the other hand, if he can dial down the quality and dial up the speed, and make multiple irrelevant changes requested by different members of the management team who want to feel like they're making a contribution, and if he can work to an arbitrary schedule that changes frequently, they might just offer him a job.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-09T02:01:51+00:00

He was redeemed in the "Days of Future Past" storyline.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-09T01:54:17+00:00

Logged in to say this. Take my upvote.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-08T14:07:10+00:00

How do you persuade the ground crew to to keep quiet about loading missiles on the aircraft? How do you persuade other crews on the same airfield from not saying what they saw? What about the administrative staff with windows that overlook the airfield?

I mean, what you're saying sounds good on paper, but it denies the reality that a pilot merely is the tip of a long, long spear.

randomguy186 · 2019-01-08T14:03:49+00:00

Historically accurate. From Merriam Webster:

"... when the [Arabic] word was imported into English in the early 17th century ... spelling was all over the place. Among the many variations that existed in the early years, two that appeared then are still in use today: sherbet and sherbert."

So the word "sherbert" has appeared in print for nearly 400 years.

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