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In case it’s not obvious, he didn’t think that. He’s saying he did so he can point out how it’s not so bad. He’s sane-washing himself at this point.

A powerful fae has charmed the largest distributor in the city, such that every barrel of ale he sells, he charges one more piece of silver than the last barrel. So prices are steadily climbing, and everyone thinks it’s just the distributor being greedy. The fae’s true agenda could be whatever makes sense for your larger conspiracy.

Magic Missile normally burns a level one spellslot. If its cost is decreased by 2 points, does that mean your Magic Missile recovers level one spellslots?

If so, your DM is way too nice and also likely to deeply regret giving you such an ability.

How is it cheating? Who is being cheated? Out of what?

Reading the article, it sounds like these students still need to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the material.

Do employers ask for transcripts? I’ve never had that happen before, and I’d find it incredibly odd if I got that request.

We have no options

That’s just not true. You can call your representatives and ask them to, you know, represent you. You can organize or participate in protests, boycotts, and mutual aid programs. You can have tough conversations with the conservatives in your life that are also having a bad time now. Hell, if you truly feel this powerless in your own country, you can stash cash, get your documents together, and flee if you really want.

I’m an American. I acknowledge that this situation sucks. But I’m not throwing my hands up and saying, “Ho hum. Nothing i can do until 2028, when I might get to vote for the lesser of two evils again…” Like, you do need to try. Democracy is falling apart because a third of the country figures their political actions don’t matter, so they don’t try.

I don’t hate Lawnchair. I just hate Nova making the switch necessary.

Patois is a catch-all for non-standard languages, like a pidgin, a creole, or a dialect. It’s not one specific dialect.

OP is saying MAGAs speak in a unique language that only shares superficial similarities to American English.

I’m old enough to remember this is basically how Leisure Suit Larry did it. Asking a series of trivia questions that theoretically indicate how far back you remember, and the more you get right, the more explicit the graphics become.

Uh… No. Kathy Hochul is the governor of New York. Mamdani is definitely just a mayor.

Honestly? That ending scared the hell of of me three first time I saw it. I was very young the first time I saw it, and that end stuck with me for years.

Maybe they just want a big shield?

I mean, George W also spoke directly to God and was told he was God’s emissary to on Earth, leading America into its Christian future, too.

And just like with Bush, once Trump is out of office, they’ll find someone else that actually spoke to God for real this time, pinky-promise. It’s like the Reasonablists, just moving the goal posts every time they’re wrong.

But Nilbog is goblin spelled backwards!

So Penn & Teller used to do a show called Bullshit where they would investigate things and explain why the “common knowledge” on them was, well, bullshit.

In the episode on handwashing, they took samples from people’s hands, faces, and groins before and after using the bathroom. They came to the conclusion that the before/after on hands was negligible, because most people’s groins are under multiple layers of protection and don’t get exposed to germs.

What they didn’t bring up in the show is that that’s not why you wash your hands when you’re in the bathroom. It doesn’t matter if your asshole is downright sterile, because it’s everything else in the world that is filthy. You wash your hands when you’re in the bathroom because you should be washing your hands regularly throughout the day and it’s easiest to do when you’re already in the room with the soap and running water. It’s got very little to do with anything else you may be doing in the bathroom.

New York City did. Chuck is running at the state level, and the rest of the state ain’t all blue. That’s why he’s comfortably gotten re-elected while imagining that he’s appealing to a conservative Long Island couple for the last 25 years.

And even on the topic of New York City, Mamdani wasn’t initially backed by the party and he spent his first 100 days pushing the boulder uphill on most of his key initiatives. His predecessor, Eric Adams, was a centrist who campaigned as “tough on crime.” And he got elected in response to everyone thinking De Blasio was too far left (he wasn’t). The city was run by Republican mayors for the 20 years before De Blasio.

Keep dreaming. As much as I hate him, he’s always played to his base: conservative New York jews. There’s literally no other Democrat they’d vote for. New York is closer to swinging than people realize: any progressive primary contender would lose in the general.

A buddy of mine lived in the same apartment building as him for a few years. Every time I saw him, he was friendly and polite.

Can’t make a gun registry, but you’ll get put on a list for buying a GPU.

Overdraft fees were a normal and expected part of my budget until I was 30.