In Toronto I ran into Styx at the airport.

I mean it literally. I bounced off Tommy Shaw and kind of reeled into James Young. (Totally my fault.)

They were actually really nice, checking if I was OK and once it clicked who I was talking to, putting up with my squeeing fangurl behaviour. Both of us were waiting for our respective flights so I got to talk with them a good half-hour before my flight started boarding.

Oh, God. Freeze Peach has reached the UK.

When I had lots of money I preferred giving, partially because it made me feel good, but partially because often gifts I received were just not very well thought-out. (“I noticed you have a lot of RPGs, so I got you this new D&D module.” Never mind that the one RPG I don’t have is D&D in any flavour… That sort of thing.)

When I have less money (like now) … I still prefer giving, but only marginally.

Jade is quite a bit harder than even a hardcover book. ;)

It’s not all that posh, though. That example there costs the equivalent of about $35.

I agree with you. I use pillows of that shape almost exclusively these days.

You consider that a difficult pillow?

Try these on for size. The first turns your WiFi into 5G. The second into 6G, and the final one turns it into an ansible.

Yes, this last one is, in fact, a solid piece of jade. Why do you ask?

And here you come SO FUCKING CLOSE … and still fumble the ball. Tsk. Tsk.

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Aside from him having always been an asshole (that story he tells of being bullied to the point of hospitalization neatly overlooks that he incited that attack…), I genuinely believe that Musk was “red-pilled” to the lunatic extent he is today because of his daughter’s transition and subsequent permanent rejection of him and everything he stands for. Kaptain Ketamine Kidd, the father of the year who refers to his living child as “killed by the woke mind virus”, went hard alt-right after she did the very public name change rejection.

(Hint: Check your assumptions. And while you’re at it check the thread history.)

The smell of fresh tea when the package is opened.

“Stinky tofu” when passing the street carts selling it.

Freshly-made lard-cooked french fries.

A “strong-scented” baijiu.

A good Indian restaurant, that moment you walk inside and breath.

I’m pretty sure that any murder is a death sentence.

(Hint: check your assumptions.)

Yes it is, actually.

So you got permabanned for using code used by white supremacists and literal Nazis to identify Jews and you’re surprised?

You’re not even trying to pretend at good faith, are you?

No, I meant real RPGs, not the computerized abominations. Pencil, paper, optionally a randomizer, and imagination.

Coming across as victims.

“I’ve got new socks on.”

I find it very strange that with all the people complaining about being banned from Reddit or subreddits, they never actually share details. Almost as if they know the details would undermine their position.

Pick up a new language. A whole language in the course of a normal hospital stage is not really plausible, so narrow the goals. Like only learn how to swear in another language, say. Or learn how to say all the sexual acts you can think of in another language fluently.