DongWang [comrade/them, they/them]

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Cake day: August 4th, 2023

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  • “What makes you think I sit here in silence?“

    “Im stuck living with people who think anyone that is a shade of brown is less than human and that having an immigration policy is silly when we have guns and ammo. I cant reach these people and help them see that it cant be simplified in to black and white by calling them stupid and being dismissive of their feelings and now their identity has been tied into their “political” team.”

    Considering you are still living with them, still describing them as racists, but are too afraid to call them racist…

    “ I just use a different tactic to try to win over my neighbors”

    And we can see how well that’s working out for you


  • “ stuck living with people who think anyone that is a shade of brown is less than human and that having an immigration policy is silly when we have guns and ammo. I cant reach these people and help them see that it cant be simplified in to black and white by calling them stupid and being dismissive of their feelings and now their identity has been tied into their “political” team”

    Silence is complicity. From your own descriptions you are coddling people who would kill anybody who’s not white and you want to come in here, handwringing and taking up all the oxygen in the discussion because your feelings were hurt because you respect Bernie.

    I guess someone who’s too afraid to call a racist a racist WOULD look up to Bernie.





  • I’m in the same boat, so to speak. Recently had a life altering injury that put me out of a job and on month 6 of the search. And my birthday’s just around the corner too!

    I hope your birthday went well, and if it hasn’t happened yet I hope you make time for yourself to do something you want without any expectations.

    In regards to the mental aspect, I’m really proud you’ve found the courage for therapy, and engaging with it so that it can be helpful. I need to make that decision myself.

    Don’t forget to silence the inner naysayer every so often. You’re allowed to enjoy things that don’t make you a better work slave, and now’s your chance to find those things that you enjoy.

    For me, things are getting better, albeit slowly. I’ve had to remind myself that mentally it’s like preparing for a race; not every run is going to be your best time. And some days it will rain and be shitty and feel like nothing got accomplished, but you still went out there and did the things you were scared of/didn’t feel like you could do. Patience and perseverance, my friend.



  • I think it’s just a game cashing in on people who haven’t played Nintendo games. For these people the gameplay loop is something new.

    I have seen a few locations that are just straight up dark souls/elden ring locations, made just different enough to get past laws.

    A consideration is it will make game devs argue to be able to patent (I’m not a lawyer parasite idk the right word) game mechanics more harshly. You know capitalists would love to be able to sue the pants off any other game that competes with them in the same genre by saying “your health bar/ sword looks too similar to ours, pay up”






  • Set sexuality is my initial preference. Games that handle this topic like Skyrim and Baldur’s Gate 3 don’t really have a lot to say about specific sexualities queer experiences, because they don’t want to alienate/make the player feel left out. One of the tweets mentions dragon age which is where I felt seen and heard for the first time. Another comment mentions it but in a game with well defined characters who have queer identities I can understand and want there to be restrictions. To say otherwise would be inauthentic to the story you’re trying to tell.



  • Hello! So, I did a quick cursory glance of the hero kids system, but likely missed some things, so please reach out if you have any questions.

    The easiest way to convert 5e modules to a 2d6 based system:

    The lowest you can roll on 2d6 is a 2, and the highest a twelve. So, we convert 5e’s 1-20 numbers to fit that. (Ability modifier in parentheses)

    2d6 stats vs 5e stats

    2 (-5) = 0 and 1

    3 (-4) = 2 and 3

    4 (-3) = 4 and 5

    5 (-2) = 6 and 7

    6 (-1) = 8 and 9

    7 (0) = 10 and 11

    8 (+1) = 12 and 13

    9 (+2) = 14 and 15

    10 (+3) = 16 and 17

    11 (+4) = 18 and 19

    12 (+5) = 20

    Example conversion: In 5e, an orc has an Armor Class of 13, Hit Points of 15, gets + 5 to its attack roll, and deals 9 damage on a hit.

    In this 2d6 system, it’s armor would be 8 (need to roll above an 8 to harm it) hit points would be 9, gets +4 to its attack roll, and deals 6 damage on a hit.

    Using these conversions, it should be pretty easy to add new monsters or bad guys from DnD 5e modules. There’s a few free ones on dndbeyond to look over that may help give ideas for quests! I highly recommend Frozen Sick.