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🦋 | 15 | 3.71% | |
🦇 | 115 | 28.47% | |
🪰 | 12 | 2.97% | |
🐦 | 67 | 16.58% | |
dragonfly | 94 | 23.27% | |
🦟 | 14 | 3.47% | |
🐝 | 87 | 21.53% | |
Total: | 404 votes |
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Majorian posted:It's an interesting question, and I appreciate you posting the video - but remember, we're not talking about GBS or another other forum in this thread! I could rephrase it as the anti- vs. pro-ukrainians if you'd prefer. I am interested in the more underlying, conceptual conflict between opposing ways of understanding both this conflict and the world in general. Specific subforums or threads might resemble certain positions more than others, they do little more than reproduce the underlying conceptual pre-assumptions. edit: like this. oscarthewilde posted:reading the godawful QCS thread (rather, it started it out good, but then descended into the exact kind of moralistic slapfighting it was meant to address) I was suddenly reminded of Thucydides' Melian Dialogue. It looks to me that what I'd vaguely describe as the anti-Ukranians, of which this thread is a decent example, resembles the Athenian, 'realist' position that understands politics and warfare as fundamentally determined by raw, naked power, while the moralistic Melian position - preferring death in defeat over life in negotiated surrender - can be recognised in the more loud voices in the Western pro-Ukrainians (not to mention the Ukrainians themselves, once you've found yourselves in an existential life-or-death struggle you can hardly interpret the conflict in any other manner). Interesting to know what you all think. oscarthewilde has issued a correction as of 01:51 on Nov 4, 2022 |
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Dixon Chisholm posted:Anyone excited about the fact that world war 3 has started? Because it has. i hope russia and nato lose.
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 01:49 |
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Dixon Chisholm posted:Anyone excited about the fact that world war 3 has started? Because it has. uh its just an internet poll, we can still all be friends regardless of the results
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 01:49 |
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oscarthewilde posted:I could rephrase it as the anti- vs. pro-ukrainians if you'd prefer. I am interested in the more underlying, conceptual conflict between opposing ways of understanding both this conflict and the world in general. Specific subforums or threads might resemble certain positions more than others, they do little more than reproduce the underlying conceptual pre-assumptions. Sure, that would be interesting. Thanks!
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 01:49 |
Ardennes posted:Either way, it is certainly going to have an effect, supply lines and energy prices really didn't need another shock coming in after COVID and the much of the West is in a rather intractiable economic mess. The UK is already saying the recession is going to be 2+ years in part because it is going to be very difficult to provide the type of stimulus measures available during COVID because of inflation. https://www.ft.com/content/088d3368-bb8b-4ff3-9df7-a7680d4d81b2 quote:Inflation remains at — or close to — its highest level in decades in many countries, with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine pushing up energy and food prices, and squeezing households’ real incomes.
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 01:49 |
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we need to talk about Greater Tartary's role in this conflict
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 01:49 |
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Dixon Chisholm posted:Anyone excited about the fact that world war 3 has started? Because it has. I am exited to see the new and innovative ways Britain will destroy itself
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 01:50 |
Cao Ni Ma posted:I am exited to see the new and innovative ways Britain will destroy itself What can bombs do that policies aren't going to do far more effectively
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 01:51 |
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https://twitter.com/korry1389/status/1576124102758178816
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 01:51 |
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Ytlaya posted:I think people need to define what they mean by "imperialist" (or come up with another term). In this content, the term is almost always used to attempt to draw some sort of parallel with the US. there are two kinds of imperialism: one for the US (which is fine and the lesser of two evils) and the other is for the US’s enemies (all of whom are Hitlerian and unforgivable)
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 01:56 |
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Good Soldier Svejk posted:What can bombs do that policies aren't going to do far more effectively por que no los dos???
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 01:56 |
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These are no hit-and-run skirmishers or snipers. Orcs are brutes. They’ll charge, they’ll fight hand-to-hand, and they’ll retreat only with the greatest reluctance when seriously wounded. (Being fanatical valuers of physical courage, orcs—unlike most creatures—are more willing to fight to the death.)
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 01:57 |
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Lostconfused posted:Everyone will be extremely shocked if USA manages to find the real red line.
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 01:58 |
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5e sucks btw. AD&D 2e is GOATed
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 01:59 |
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If Minsk 2 had been upheld thousands of Ukrainians wouldn't be dead, thousands of Russians wouldn't be dead and Europe wouldn't be in danger of freezing while going broke. The war is going to end with a pen and paper eventually but the money had to get its' way. loving poo poo sucks. Our leaders are monsters.
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:01 |
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This looks very goofy.
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:01 |
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Killin_Like_Bronson posted:If Minsk 2 had been upheld thousands of Ukrainians wouldn't be dead, thousands of Russians wouldn't be dead and Europe wouldn't be in danger of freezing while going broke. The war is going to end with a pen and paper eventually but the money had to get its' way. loving poo poo sucks. Our leaders are monsters. Any parley with the orcs will be brief (no more than a handful of chances to cajole, bluff or bully them) and somewhat one-sided, as the orcs will issue nothing but demands and threats. At this point, any hostile action on the PCs’ party, including moving closer than 30 feet for any reason, will end the parley immediately and initiate combat. But a smooth talker may be able to stave off an attack by making a Charisma (Persuasion) check with disadvantage—against DC 15, say, or maybe DC 20 if the orcs are there for a specific purpose, such as guarding something or staking a territorial claim. If it succeeds, the orcs’ attitude will shift from hostile to indifferent; if it fails, however, give the party only one more chance to successfully reach a détente.
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:02 |
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mlmp08 posted:Cold take: it’s gonna get cold and slow and then the narrative will be truly unbearable leading up to the spring offensives. Agree, if Ukraine doesn't get a toehold on Kherson before first snows this fall, it's going to be much harder to take the city after the Russians have had six months of winter to dig in I don't know how cold it gets there, but I'd imagine it's pretty miserable come January March of next year will be brutal
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:03 |
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Pretzel Rod Stewart posted:5e sucks btw. AD&D 2e is GOATe It has got the best settings, but the mechanics aren't the best. The fact that people to this day are this running generic Tolkien-style games is kind of sad though. --------- Guys, the average temperature in March in Kherson is 48 degrees. It doesn't really get that cold there. Not every place in the former Soviet Union is the Battle of Moscow style snowdrifts. It is like thinking Viriginia gets the same weather as upstate New York. Ardennes has issued a correction as of 02:11 on Nov 4, 2022 |
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Killin_Like_Bronson posted:If Minsk 2 had been upheld thousands of Ukrainians wouldn't be dead, thousands of Russians wouldn't be dead and Europe wouldn't be in danger of freezing while going broke. The war is going to end with a pen and paper eventually but the money had to get its' way. loving poo poo sucks. Our leaders are monsters. yeah but at least putin is hurting whats that? hes not hurting from this?
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:06 |
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my main aim when running D&D is getting drunk and protecting my npcs from the neverending advances of horny
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:07 |
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Janitor Ludwich IV posted:my main aim when running D&D is getting drunk and protecting my npcs from the neverending advances of horny what kind of dnd games are you running?
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:08 |
speng31b posted:what kind of dnd games are you running? sexy ones ... apparently
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:09 |
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Frosted Flake posted:The GURPS historical books are annoyingly well researched and written for a game not intended for anyone to play. I tried GURPS once as a young lad and hated it for being unwieldy and not particularly fun. While I was dating my future wife she gushed about a GURPS game she was in and eventually she got me to join a different GURPS group with her. It quickly became very apparent that the 'GURPS' group she liked so much was only using the books for flavor text and the occasional 3d6 roll and had homebrewed replacements for basically every other GURPS mechanic. That group dissolved the session after we had our first 'combat' encounter because nobody wanted to navigate the combat rules again.
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:09 |
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Pretzel Rod Stewart posted:5e sucks btw. AD&D 2e is GOATed Using my first post in this thread to agree with this
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:09 |
Jose Mengelez posted:i can't imagine why wealthy american financiers would want to keep this war chugging along, maybe the epstein thread can cast some light on this mystery within an enigma?
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:10 |
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the Russian 5 will be victorious Larionov is still looking great and Konstantinov will be healed
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:12 |
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speng31b posted:what kind of dnd games are you running? The last horny session was a wild party at a mansion and one of my players was sexually harrassing one of the live performers, they were very interested in her feet and other body parts also, but mainly the feet. I've also had other players have sexual advances laid upon them while taking a piss or ripping a bong or whatever players do when I'm talking too much
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:12 |
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:13 |
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stop DMing for bust rodd
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:14 |
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Nix Panicus posted:I tried GURPS once as a young lad and hated it for being unwieldy and not particularly fun. While I was dating my future wife she gushed about a GURPS game she was in and eventually she got me to join a different GURPS group with her. It quickly became very apparent that the 'GURPS' group she liked so much was only using the books for flavor text and the occasional 3d6 roll and had homebrewed replacements for basically every other GURPS mechanic. That group dissolved the session after we had our first 'combat' encounter because nobody wanted to navigate the combat rules again. It's been nearly a decade now but GURPS was the thing that made tabletop rpgs "click" in my head. I'd played through Icewind Dale and other infinity engine games before but never quite understood how they worked, but GURPS's basic mechanic of "roll three six-sided dice, and the thing you attempt succeeds if the total is less than your stat for the thing" was what made the basic principle make sense. From there it was possible to grasp D&D's "roll a twenty-sided die, plus bonuses, and the thing you attempt succeeds if the total is greater than a certain number"
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:14 |
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Yeah this is when I learned sexual harrassment is real and not good. It's really difficult to defuse the situation without just calling them out and having it become a drama as well. The victim player resigned after that incident and blocked everyone. We were all RL friends too.
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:15 |
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Janitor Ludwich IV posted:The last horny session was a wild party at a mansion and one of my players was sexually harrassing one of the live performers, they were very interested in her feet and other body parts also, but mainly the feet. I've also had other players have sexual advances laid upon them while taking a piss or ripping a bong or whatever players do when I'm talking too much you're running d&d seshs at wild mansion parties with horny creeps? this entire scenario isnt making sense in my head
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:15 |
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That's a lot better than https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvqCWCJMMh4
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:15 |
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redneck nazgul posted:stop DMing for bust rodd lol
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:15 |
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Hadlock posted:Agree, if Ukraine doesn't get a toehold on Kherson before first snows this fall, it's going to be much harder to take the city after the Russians have had six months of winter to dig in Even if Russia withdraws to the other bank and cedes Kherson city, likely gonna be a lot of sitting around staring at one another across obnoxious natural and manmade onstacles and firing artillery.
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:15 |
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speng31b posted:you're running d&d seshs at wild mansion parties with horny creeps? this entire scenario isnt making sense in my head One horny creep, the others had a great time. The horny creep in question was not always a horny creep at every session but the signs were there.
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:16 |
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how have we already strayed off topic?!
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# ? Nov 4, 2022 02:16 |
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Raskolnikov38 posted:i do think the vitriol of the pro-ukrainian side is largely confined to social media. lol of course, nobody cares about this crap.
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CODChimera posted:how have we already strayed off topic?! I know, it's so unlike us!
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