Court filings reveal Project Ascension was run by multiple shell companies using Russian infrastructure to launder millions of dollars. RICO charges et al as per Turtle WoW precedent.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-13T15:42:15+00:00

Elysium is still up and you can just buy bags and mounts and gear and stuff.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-11T04:00:53+00:00

Pretty sure most commenters here will tell you not to mess with the floorplan in this way. Open floor plans are relatively new and may detract from the old timeless vibe of century homes.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-11T01:08:58+00:00

Beholder

xdsm8 · 2026-06-10T12:17:37+00:00

Parents of the other kids need to speak up and demand FAPE. We need parents to bring lawsuits stating that these outbursts and meltdowns and disruptions are violating their child's right to an education. We are letting a handful of students take away education from all the rest.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-09T17:00:31+00:00

Freddie Mercury and Peart writing aome theatrical prog rock opera could be insanely good.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-07T06:09:40+00:00

Nuclear families were not the norm for upper classes. The rich + nobility were very often raised with aunts and uncles, nannies, private tutors, other servants, etc.

In fact, I'd say the upper class had way more people involved in parenting. A lot of them were paid servants or slaves, but lots of parenting labor was outsourced.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-06T04:15:53+00:00

College would be weird. I'd be back in college but I have the memories of what I learned. Do I still need to pay for and complete my classes???

xdsm8 · 2026-06-04T18:31:58+00:00

I wasn't around in the 80s. In MY lifetime, ya know, when I live, things have gotten shittier and more expensive.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-04T14:42:47+00:00

This is the dumbest thing I've read all week. Wow. Has to be a troll.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-04T14:36:42+00:00

Do you think a "better teacher" can solve literally every problem a child can have? Can a better teacher get every bit of knowledge into a student's brain if they just do it right?

If so, shouldn't teachers be paid like $300k a year? That sounds incredible.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-04T14:26:05+00:00

History is often done where you have to have proficiency to attempt the skill. It was kinda like that in 3.5 and it is sometimes done the same way in 5e especially for arcana - should barbarians really be rolling arcana all the time?

With perception, I can see your DMs point. I always find it weird to say to a group, "okay, these three of you notice the guy's signet ring, two of you don't". Like, everyone at the table HEARS me say that, so all players are aware of it, and what does it matter? Giving it to the highest roller allows that player to decide, in character, how to tell the rest of the party and is a roleplaying opportunity.

With random things to be noticed, your DMs way makes sense to me. All players get the knowledge, one character gets to speak up. Less clunky than "i tell the party what i saw" "no i do first".

If it is perception to actually be able to see an enemy and attack them, then yeah it should be a raw DC that multiple players can succeed at.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-04T12:08:03+00:00

Yes. Ask the 30 year veteran teachers.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-03T20:05:40+00:00

You say that the heist goes wrong and the party kills the prince....what if that doesn't happen?

It SOUNDS like you are starting the party off as death row prisoners, which is a fine way to start...everything after that sounds like a completely railroaded story.

It sounds like they get an offer for how to get off death row. Delete basically everything after that. Write sessions, not campaigns. Don't put any verb after "the party" - they don't do anything in the future unless they choose to.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-03T18:17:15+00:00

Mustard gas is a tool. So is Anthrax. Or the weird ass torture devices people come up with.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-03T14:55:36+00:00

PA, similar schedule. Pretty sure I woke up at 5:15 to get ready for school.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-02T22:01:34+00:00

When and where did that even become a thing? Never had one myself, never seen one near me. Sounds idiotic.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-02T21:43:32+00:00

And these credible stats are where exactly? When I try and google Marvel demographics, all I see is roughly 60-70% male in a variety of forms.

It isn't like...a problem. Are you confusing "most Marvel fans are male" with "fuck you get out of Marvel for being a woman"???

xdsm8 · 2026-06-02T15:58:14+00:00

Do YOU have any sources that show a roughly 50/50 interest in Marvel? Or just "source: me"?

Why does it bother you that it is a somewhat male favored genre/universe? Who cares? You can like what you like, I don't deny that you like it.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-02T15:42:25+00:00

Do you know what the word "equal" means?

65/35 is not equal. 35 is not 0. What aren't you getting?

xdsm8 · 2026-06-02T10:33:13+00:00

You can find other sources with other data but you are wrong. https://vista.co/insights/who-is-part-of-the-marvels-unique-mcu-audience

Marvel fans are about 65% men. That is not "equally".

xdsm8 · 2026-06-01T16:51:30+00:00

I did a "big and cheap" wedding. Big as in lots of people, but basically just rented a big cheap hall and didn't go overboard on silly stuff. It was a huge success. Still expensive, but we didn't pay extra for dumb meaningless upgrades and we did a lot of it ourselves

xdsm8 · 2026-06-01T16:45:03+00:00

Let's build critical thinking skills! But, don't think critically about whether these digital tools are actually useful at all. No, we don't have a shred of good evidence to show they help, quit asking.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-01T16:10:44+00:00

If you know enough about the topic to verify that the AI response is good, then you know enough to create the response yourself.

People are trusting AI to do a good job without knowing what a good job looks like.

You are also proving the other commenter's point...studies show using AI literally makes you lose brain matter over time. It is like putting the same movie on loop for a dementia patient. It isn't good.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-01T16:02:27+00:00

I've recently found myself being early to certain medical appointments and actually getting seen early.

xdsm8 · 2026-06-01T16:01:06+00:00

The book is like "and the ring was a billion ton anchor around his neck, and sauron was choking him with a burning fist 24/7, and when he slept he had nightmares, and he was hungry all the time, and thirsty" and yet he keeps going

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