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ART would *absolutely* set up one of its cleaning drones with a knife duct-taped to it, a la Stabby the Roomba.

Discuss.

I'm watching the latest video about the press ban on Nebula, and in the nebula outro there are several moments where what was clearly intended to be a cut take was left in. If I remember right this happened in some previous episodes, too. This feels... out of character, for a channel that's generally very professional.

>“They call me Johnny Goldenbow -
But let’s move this right along,
Cuz it’s the oldest kind of story,
And I’m sure you’ve heard my song.
I was just a boy ten years ago,
Sawing on my violin,
When a dark and hornéd figure came
And tempted me to sin.

A fancy golden fiddle
Was that competition’s stake,
Whose tone would never waver
And whose strings would never break.
And though my greed and pride would feed
The Devil’s dark design,
The second I set eyes on it,
That fiddle would be mine.

I’m not the sort to mince my words,
So let’s make this very clear:
I won that golden fiddle,
But I lost me something dear.
So now I walk the kingdom’s roads,
A-seeking any track
To find that dark-eyed devil
And win what I lost back.”

Say, 5.5ed, 5th level. I'm imagining probably some combination of bard and warlock. Ideally mechanically viable if not optimized. I'm imagining a focus on sound, flame, beauty, and fear.

I cannot say how much I've failed at this boss.

I saw a post on Tumblr recently - I forget the context now - that made me realize that Steven’s love for fry bits (the stuff often thrown out by those seeking normal fries) is another manifestation of the show’s intentional love for things deemed imperfect. If every French Fry were perfect, we wouldn’t have the Bits.

What fun little realizations have you had about this show?

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?

https://preview.redd.it/vquzafs06r5h1.png?width=684&format=png&auto=webp&s=f00dbcc69d62d62e938a38bdc67d85a7d8014d1d

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?