I'm curious what might be out there beyond the traditional Fiend, Old One, Undead, Celestial, Fae, etc. Any suggestions for well-balanced, well-made Warlock patron types?
Anyone know of a business that performs repairs on the big on-ground AC units that hook up to the window with a big hose? Ideally northern suburbs, say Lincolnshire to Gurnee area
Disclaimer: This post is gonna include plenty of semi-pretentious English Class Bullshit about a cartoon. If you're not interested in that, you may wanna move on.
There's been plenty of Discourse around here about the finale, and specifically Jax's trajectory in the story. I actually really enjoyed the finale when I saw it, and that left me wondering: why was I experiencing the show so differently than other people? II think that one potential reason might be that I was primed to experience the show in the mode of Tragedy, not just horror-comedy.
What do I mean by Tragedy? I'm using the term in the traditional theatrical mode, not simply to mean "a sad story." A Tragedy (in the vein of Oedipus Rex or Hamlet) is a story in which a terrible end is fully preventable, but at the same time is ultimately inevitable due to the flaws of the primary tragic character. In Hamlet, the title character could have avoided many deaths (including his own) if he'd taken resolute action against Claudius, but instead his caution and self-doubt (his Tragic Flaws) led to delays and mistakes which ultimately doomed fully half the court of Elsinore Castle.
In most traditional tragedies this tragic character would also be the protagonist, but in TADC, it's Jax, rather than our PoV character Pomni. Jax's Abstraction (as well as Ribbit's and Kaufmo's) was easily preventable; if Jax had been able to reach out to others, to accept help and connection when offered, and/or to accept and forgive herself, things could have ended very differently. Sadly, though, she was never able to overcome her trauma; this is her Tragic Flaw.
Why does this make me enjoy the story better? Well, the purpose of Tragedy is Catharsis, a controlled experience of sadness and ruin without needing to actually *experience* ruin. For me, the show performed that job. I was able to dislike Jax at the beginning of the show, grow to sympathize with her over the course of the show, then grieve her at the end. It didn't strike me as a bad character arc, or an incomplete one, just a Tragic one. Like some Tragedies, it's also a cautionary tale. There, but for the grace of decent mental health support systems, go I. I don't have as much of a tendency to lash out as Jax does, but I *absolutely* can struggle with pulling away. The show is something of a reminder to maintain my connections.
I'm not saying other people need to enjoy the finale, nor to interpret it the way I do. Your opinions are valid, even if they disagree with me or with Gooseworx. Just felt like adding one more voice to echo in The Void.
How do I turn off that "feature" so it never procs again?
I unwisely left a big batch of hard candies together in a hot car, and they have fused into a single lump. Is there a simple way to separate them while preserving their shapes, or am I just chipping them apart and eating them myself?
I've got a bluetooth wired jibxt earbud set (the form factor works best for my needs; I'd prefer to keep these rather than swap for a different form factor). The left earbud's volume is normal, but the right earbud is *very* quiet. Is there any way to determine why and to fix it, or is likely a physical issue?
I'm working on a roleplaying game supplement about legitimate clowns who hunt monster clowns, especially the ones who prey on children - basically, if Red Skelton was monster-hunting Pennywise the Clown. I have a *little* experience in clowning, but it's been a while and my experience was limited. What sorts of terms would be helpful to include in a "clowning glossary" attached to the supplement?
Auguste, Wisconsin. A quiet, small town, just far enough from Milwaukee to be considered rural instead of suburban. Recently, Auguste has been dealing with a rash of problems. Children have been disappearing. There are whispered rumors of a monstrous figure, a dreadful apparition with bone-white skin and bloody red lips. Arrayed against this horrific creature are a handful of unlikely defenders: A bunch of clowns.
You are members of the Grimaldi Family Circus, A Compact of clowns and children’s entertainers who’ve taken up the Vigil to defend children and the good name of clowning from monsters who wear the motley to do their ill deeds. Will you find the children before they’re lost forever? Can you track down the creature responsible for these disappearances? And when you do, can you kill it?
Digital game (discord), $25 per session, fewer than 12 sessions expected. Up to 5 players desired. More information at Rough Magic Games.
Auguste, Wisconsin. A quiet, small town, just far enough from Milwaukee to be considered rural instead of suburban. Recently, Auguste has been dealing with a rash of problems. Children have been disappearing. There are whispered rumors of a monstrous figure, a dreadful apparition with bone-white skin and bloody red lips. Arrayed against this horrific creature are a handful of unlikely defenders: A bunch of clowns.
You are members of the Grimaldi Family Circus, A Compact of clowns and children’s entertainers who’ve taken up the Vigil to defend children and the good name of clowning from monsters who wear the motley to do their ill deeds. Will you find the children before they’re lost forever? Can you track down the creature responsible for these disappearances? And when you do, can you kill it?
Digital game (discord), $25 cost per session, fewer than 12 sessions expected. Up to 5 players desired. More information at Rough Magic Games.
Edit: Nobody in the house is a coffee drinker. Putting this up top so hopefully folks see that.
I recently made a (very excellent) rice krispie treat recipe that called for 3/4 cup of sweetened condensed milk, which left me with between 2-4 oz of leftover. Anything particularly good we can use that for? No coffee drinkers, so that’s out of the running.
Not 100% sure this is a bug, but I suspect it is. I have a Leyak Pest that hasn't eaten since I mutated her. Not sure what the issue is.
A hypothetical next step in the story:
The player scientist(s) either chooses to enter a Perforation, or one is opened upon them. Either way, they find themselves in GATE's Skewback facility in White Canyon, NV. This facility has been taken over by Dr. Wakeman, who tries to hold the Scientist(s) as further test subjects for the next step in his human brain digitization experiments. He makes noises about digitizing mankind to protect them against the chaos of the ongoing perforation storm, but it's clear he's frankly losing it. The player(s) must escape his bizarre test environments and find their way through the facility.
Yes, it's a wholesale reference to Portal.
I know the Peccary Sow and Mushroom Peccary both have harvestable goods. Are there any other pets that regularly provide a harvestable resource?
Not sure if this is already on the radar for Ed or other folks here, but lately Facebook, Instagram, and such have been on a spree of suspending and disabling accounts for no clear reason, with incredibly inconsistent communication. Often there’s no opportunity to appeal, or the appeal is denied almost instantly.
Worse, the only way to contact a human for support is to pay for Meta Verified - and even that is incredibly inconsistent and unhelpful.
The impression I get is that Meta has offloaded most if not all of their content moderation to AI, which has been doing what AI does - making blatant mistakes. Without humans double checking its work, it’s just getting worse and worse.
There’s a whole subreddit, r/facebookdisabledme, dedicated to users suffering this issue.
Per the title. Someone going door to door knocked on my apartment and said I could sign up to get discounted electrical through them. I just want to make sure this isn't a scam and see if it's worth it.
I got an email saying that someone wanted a Meta business arrangement with me - odd, since my account has been disabled for a month. I clicked in, and it gave me the "You said you've been hacked, please identify yourself by email" screen.
Great, I thought, and put in my email.
It didn't recognize it.
I am swiftly growing Jokerfied.
I'm looking for some advice on how to do a memory justice.
Several years ago, I went to a local distillery that has a cocktail tasting room. There, I tasted a Lion's Tail cocktail, made with that distillery's homemade bourbon and allspice dram made with the distilley's homemade rum.
It was transcendant. Delicious and complex, with a flavor that evolved over the course of several seconds after drinking - and when I breathed out after a sip, the flavor continued to evolve further. It was, without any exaggeration, the best cocktail I have ever had. I've been hoping to emulate it ever since. I even got them to share the recipes they used for their dram and for the cocktail itself.
I finally replicated the recipes, albeit with storebought ingredients, and... it's not the same. I think I know some of the problem, but not all of it. For example, when I cracked the allspice, it was very uneven and many of the berries were left intact. I suspect it may have underextracted. I'm going to use a spice grinder for my next attempt.
But what else can I do to get that real, shimmering, vibrant flavor?
The recipes as I was given them:
Allspice dram:
Demerara syrup: add water to brown sugar. Bring to a boil and simmer until all sugar is dissolved.
Mix rum and allspice. Steep 4 days, shaking daily. On the 5th day, add cinnamon stick. Continue to shake daily. On the 12th day, strain and mix in syrup.
Lion's Tail:
Shake all ingredients, strain, and serve in a chilled coupe glass.
I haven't been able to find demerara sugar, so I had to just use light brown sugar.
