u/CrazyCoKids

Basically? The responder focuses mostly on the outcome to downplay the claim.

Claimant: I think Steven may have had an advantage in the contest because he was allowed to see the criteria in advance.

Responder: But he only took third place.

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Claimant: That was a risky turn you took. You shouldn't do that again, you could have gotten hurt if someone kept running.

Responder: But we made it.

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Claimant: You scared me!

Responder: I was trying to get your attention.

Claimant: By shouting at me?

Responder: Well it worked, didn't it?

The Responder is not responding directly to the Claimant, who is criticising methods.

"I don't see it, so it must not be as widespread as you claim it is."

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Claimant: You should keep a fire extinguisher in your house in case of fire.

Responder: Why?

Claimant: It is better safe than sorry. You would much rather have it if there is a fire.

Responder: That's something that rarely happens in my experience.

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Claimant: We should test our game so that players who make it to Pachysandra without having picked up the McGuffin don't get softlocked.

Responder: Well it rarely happens, so I don't think we should spend much time or resources accounting for that specific scenario.

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Claimant: We should put a crossing on this road, a lot of people are jaywalking and that is dangerous cause they might get hit by a speeder.

Responder: I get that cars hitting a jaywalker might be a thing in some places, but it doesn't really happen here from what I have seen.

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Somewhat of an inverted "Perfect Solution" Fallacy in which the responder dismisses the Claimant's stance cause they personally have never seen that.

This was derived from a season I imagined.

Once you are voted out, you are out - no rescue island. But, eliminated contestants would sometimes compete at the Losers Motel to give a player still in the game an advantage or reward.

Then when the number of pre jurors and jurors is equal, the pre jurors team up with a juror to give a player still in the game an immunity challenge advantage to sow discord.

The idea is that this would allow some early boots to have some time to shine and have development.

Claimant: "How would you like it if I did this in your room?"

Responder: "My room is too small for you to be in, so what does it matter?"

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Claimant: "How would you like it if your friend did that to you?"

Responder: "They wouldn't though."

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In both situations, the responder is refusing to hear out the claimant's question. I think there might be a term for it?

Cause he kissed his mother with that mouth.

Tell me if this could have been interesting.

Ie, Lae'zel at first thinks you are different if you are a Githzerai, but is shocked at how much she appreciates you as a Githzerai.

At the Githyanki Creche, maybe you get options to *pretend* to be a Githyanki or can get different dialogue options when you comment on the culture?

Most people don't see you as any different than any other Githyanki but you could have TavGithzerai correct them.

Maybe you still get the option to side with Vlaakith? I can imagine she might be all "Ah... Nice try. You may have fooled these people but not me, *Githyanki insult*." That can still lead to the evil ending.

I definitely imagine that this would make for more interactions with Orpheus and Voss. Perhaps Voss is all "Ah, Githzerai... Have you heard of..."

It might be able to provide a fairly unique paired ending with Lae'zel wherein TavGithzerai takes Lae'zel to meet up with Githzerai, or one wherein TavGithzerai goes make Githzerai join the Githyanki rebellion?

What all do you think?

Given that this is an animated medium, what're some funny ideas you have for challenges? Just for fun.

Pâte aCHOO!

A common criticism of Soap Operas, Sitcoms, as well as many Romance and Romantasy [especially in the YA and NA groups] is how immature the characters behave.

The bullies in Zodiac Academy are college aged. The peeps in Fourth Wing are also college aged. Yet a common criticism is they come off more like high school aged teenagers.

...The sad thing is? That's surprisingly realistic.

I work multiple jobs in a university. What surprised me a lot were how many of the professors watched Big Bang Theory and would alternate between laughing their asses off and cringing - cause the selfish and immature characters all reminded them of at least one or two colleagues and several students. The Big Bang Theory's understanding of "Nerd culture" may have veen based off of stereotypes from the 80s, but it sure as heck understood how many people in heavy STEM fields could often be.

One of my coworkers used to work HR in Microsoft. His horror stories would make you wonder if he worked in a daycare. A grown ass adult once out peanut butter in his shoes... And the culprit was in his **40s**. My aunt had horror stories of working as an ER nurse that would make you think she lived in a Shojo Manga. (Yes, even putting thumbtacks in people's shoes). My parents work in tech and some of their coworkers act like entitled teenagers who think the world owes em something.

...The scariest bit? Many of these people were married and had kids...

We think of the "Man child" as someone like Pegasus from Yu-Gi-Oh running a cartoon themed deck while sipping ~~wine~~ err I mean Fruit Punch (...Honestly 4Kids that change kinda made sense). Or Waylon Smithers collecting Malibu Stacy dolls. Or Pee Wee Herman.

Truth be told? They're more likely the people gossiping about their coworkers and spreading rumors about them behind their backs. Or making group chats to do the same. Or trying to bully newcomers.

So while it may be weird... Just take into account that yeah, there really are grown ass adults who are constantly being grumpy and sniffing like Wheel of Time. Trust me... It's a **lot** more common than you think for real ass adults to behave this way. Sure they may not be likely to give you a swirlie like in a 90s show cause that leads to criminal charges... But they sure a F will do things moee indirect.

For example, things like "So how do they handle the poop?", "Can mages seal someone's butthole then force them to shit?", "What's their junk like?", "So what happens if you infect a eunuch with therianthopy?", "Can werewolves be killed by chocolate covered raisins?", or "Are there nuns with pet gators in the sewers?"...

Incredibly bizarre thibgs or flat out CinemaSinsesque things. Sometimes funny, sometimes frustrating. What are some examples of this you have received?