Brave Little Hitachi Wand

Dang. That’s a cool dice mechanic. I must be spoiled with ORE, but it feels like a lot of work to get one dice roll out of the way. It doesn’t bog things down, do you find?

That’s cool, I didn’t realise PbtA was such a broad term in its own right. I’ve played a little Dungeon World and others, but not enough to know the background of all that.

Would be interested to know how it diverges from PbtA? Sounds cool though!

It looks bleak. I try to remember that general despair and lack of faith in elections is exactly the aim of many propagandists, and that apathy only serves the aims of those who would destroy us.

It’s hard sometimes because of the difficult past the US has had. Anyone trying to undermine America often need not even lie, but they do need to convince you that it’s hopeless, and that change is impossible. I see no reason to oblige them.

We’ve had a soft landing of the empire, but now we’re also slinging our hook with one currently sinking. It beggars belief

It’s deeply chilling, yes - the normalising of inhuman sentiment.

It’s just plain bad faith. They aren’t bothered by getting caught because they don’t believe anything they say.

Time was, being a sociopath whose sole aim was to undermine all of society would get you killed or exiled. Why’d we ever stop?

I just wish it was actually helping. You catch these guys in a lie and they aren’t even embarrassed, they know already.

To shame a hypocrite, they must desire legitimacy. These are people whose ideology has no such hindrances.

Meme from 2050s be like “we once lived in a society”

It’s not bad to have high standards, as long as they don’t get in the way of making things better

Big Depression won’t allow it, it’s a scheme to sell more sad

Fox could really point at a democrat and be like “this fucker thinks it’s his job to govern well, can you believe it? Fuck him, right?!” and at least 40 percent of the viewers would be shaking their heads in angry disgust

Realpolitik

I could drink poison with a grin on my face if I’d accomplished that.

Don’t expect three hots and a cot though

Oft evil shall evil mar

80 is unnecessarily pessimistic

Ideologically divided, yes. That old rift between the two ideologies of “try to govern mostly okay” and “where’s my check from AIPAC?”.

I’m more of a fan of that one than the Turkish one. Hope it doesn’t come to that!