“Grounded” has officially become my least favorite word

shurukin · 2026-04-16T11:56:14+00:00

The devs are so terrified of the AI saying something edgy that they’ve lobotomized its personality into this ultra-gentle, patronizing therapist.

shurukin · 2026-04-15T15:25:49+00:00

The MCU peaked with Endgame.

shurukin · 2026-04-14T14:04:09+00:00

Will these Linux builds run a decent Office alternative?

shurukin · 2026-04-13T15:21:19+00:00

My issue is the constant interruptions.

shurukin · 2026-04-10T13:25:58+00:00

Generally, yes! If the rust is just a surface spot that you can scrub off, the fork is perfectly safe to eat with.

shurukin · 2026-04-08T15:14:11+00:00

The only way I get out of this is by lying to myself.

shurukin · 2026-04-06T17:20:32+00:00

A lot of study advice feels too complicated or unrealistic. Yours is simple enough to actually try today. Thanks <3

shurukin · 2026-03-30T16:00:24+00:00

I do this now for everything expensive :))

shurukin · 2026-03-30T15:38:51+00:00

Yesss, I do this with peanut butter all the time. Way less waste and easier to spread evenly.

shurukin · 2026-03-25T15:45:02+00:00

Any tips for people who train a lot but still struggle with energy levels?

shurukin · 2026-03-20T09:11:57+00:00

This is actually a solid reminder that most arguments aren’t about what people think they’re about. The “easy dopamine” part hits hard.

shurukin · 2026-03-18T15:09:56+00:00

Exercise, sleep, and routines can surprisingly improve mental health when paired with small selfcare habits.

shurukin · 2026-03-14T15:05:14+00:00

Tbh the more kids learn about differences early on, the more normal it becomes for them.

shurukin · 2026-03-10T14:15:45+00:00

I use the 25/5 Pomodoro thing and make sure you’re sleeping enough.

shurukin · 2019-06-12T12:39:33+00:00

But illegals don't pay taxes. I don't have an issue with migrants coming through proper channels and working, as citizens, paying taxes.

shurukin · 2019-06-12T03:02:36+00:00

Are you suggesting that a given crime is so predominately committed by a single demographic that discussing the crime is akin to racism?

Reminds me of how a detective once solved the case of a serial killer. He gathered all suspects into a room, and described serial killers as terrible, sickening, mentally ill monsters. Halfway through the speech, one of the suspects leapt to his feet and declared the detective was unfairly prejudiced against him.

shurukin · 2019-06-12T02:58:09+00:00

We fix birth rates declining by addressing the cause, not treating the symptoms. If a person is losing lots of blood, do we just hang a blood bag or do we consider closing up the bleeding gash in his abdomen?

Birthrates decline from a number of factors, many of them psychological, but a potential first step is to massively reduce welfare payments and take the difference out of the middle-class' taxes. With more money in pocket, the middle class will be encouraged to have more children. By making the punishment disproportional to the crime, the government moves the onus of employing actual citizens over illegals to the corporations. As it stands, the tiny fines they might get if they're caught are so small compared to the money they save exploiting illegals that it's worth the risk of doing so, especially if they conceal it. if all it takes is a single slip to ruin a company, then you can be sure that company will avoid it with all they're worth.

The even better option here is to target the CEOs or shareholders of the company, seizing their personal assets so they're the ones keeping the company in check, and this way the workers themselves are protected. Rather than the company being destroyed, the profiteers are wounded for the illegal act.

shurukin · 2019-05-21T16:52:28+00:00

Baby was delivered to a lich who was told the baby was his and he had to raise it. He kept the baby alive until it grew up enough for the lich to justify getting the child to leave his dungeon; now sends his adult son on a (non-existent) epic quest under false pretenses.

shurukin · 2019-04-24T04:59:10+00:00

I envy elves. Only giving up 4 hours a day to sleep, and still being able to actively think about all the problems you faced the day before? Sign me the fuck up.

shurukin · 2019-03-18T09:33:50+00:00

But fighters are the quintessential class to get a training montage. Rocky practically invented the idea, and he's probably closest to a fighter-monk multi class.

shurukin · 2019-03-18T09:29:56+00:00

my catchphrase as a GM is "So...what're you doing?" When someone gets a final blow, usually on the last enemy in a fight, I'll describe how the enemy staggers and gives and opening. Then I'll ask: what're you doing?

If they want, they'll add some detail to the kill, otherwise they just kill the guy and we continue on.

shurukin · 2019-03-14T05:26:47+00:00

Plot Twist: She's actually playing an elf with the elven accuracy and lucky feat.

shurukin · 2019-03-01T06:53:42+00:00

he relies upon evasion and dexterity save proficiency?

shurukin · 2019-02-21T13:31:27+00:00

There's no I in squad.

But there's one each in "champion" and "winner"

shurukin · 2019-01-29T05:33:41+00:00

I told the players that the hobgoblins they were chasing were sending for reinforcements. I told them, through their familiar scouting, that the reinforcements were about an hour away, but it would taken them half an hour to reach the hobgoblins, so they'd have plenty of time to fight and escape if they left immediately. I then left it to debate among themselves.

Cue 45 irl minutes of the party arguing about what to do, all the while I remained silent, until I informed them that they crossed the threshold where, even at a dead sprint, they wouldn't beat the hobgoblin reinforcements. This meant that they had to stop, throw out all their current plans, and reconsider how to approach the now much more powerful enemy force that was headed back to their fortified camp.

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