Mapache
@mapachtle.bsky.social
Trickster god. Snarky progressive curmudgeon. Swears in four languages. I stand with 🇺🇦& 🏳️⚧️.
Every day, someone with poor understanding of statistics is tantalizingly close to discovering that people in live in cities, yet seldom is enlightenment achieved.
January 14, 2026 at 4:14 AM
Every day, someone with poor understanding of statistics is tantalizingly close to discovering that people in live in cities, yet seldom is enlightenment achieved.
Most days I feel like Mr. Lynch here.
But then sometimes I read the news and see what’s happening and think of the people enthusiastically doing all that to others, and I begin to understand why someone would want to build the Torment Nexus…
But then sometimes I read the news and see what’s happening and think of the people enthusiastically doing all that to others, and I begin to understand why someone would want to build the Torment Nexus…
January 12, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Most days I feel like Mr. Lynch here.
But then sometimes I read the news and see what’s happening and think of the people enthusiastically doing all that to others, and I begin to understand why someone would want to build the Torment Nexus…
But then sometimes I read the news and see what’s happening and think of the people enthusiastically doing all that to others, and I begin to understand why someone would want to build the Torment Nexus…
As far as this research shows, while the term sorcerer was occasionally used as a title or synonym in pre-3.0 D&D, it was never specifically associated with spontaneous casting, innate ability over learning, or charisma over intelligence.
rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/15...
rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/15...
What is the oldest published version of the Sorcerer class/kit in D&D?
I'm wondering if the absolute first incarnation of a Sorcerer EVER in the history of D&D (and D&D compatible published works) was 3rd edition. My gut tells me there's probably been 100+ hom...
rpg.stackexchange.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:11 AM
As far as this research shows, while the term sorcerer was occasionally used as a title or synonym in pre-3.0 D&D, it was never specifically associated with spontaneous casting, innate ability over learning, or charisma over intelligence.
rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/15...
rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/15...
And yet, they keep bringing up the distinction between sorcerers as innate spell casters versus wizards as trained magic-users, when this difference was invented whole-cloth for D&D 3.0 which wasn’t published until the year 2000.
January 2, 2026 at 11:19 AM
And yet, they keep bringing up the distinction between sorcerers as innate spell casters versus wizards as trained magic-users, when this difference was invented whole-cloth for D&D 3.0 which wasn’t published until the year 2000.
I’m surprised they didn’t order everyone to switch to 𝔉𝔯𝔞𝔨𝔱𝔲𝔯.
December 10, 2025 at 6:34 AM
I’m surprised they didn’t order everyone to switch to 𝔉𝔯𝔞𝔨𝔱𝔲𝔯.
Broken machinery that gets parts into the food, followed by failure to scan the finished products magnetically or with X-rays to check for metal fragments, as is supposed to happen.
December 6, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Broken machinery that gets parts into the food, followed by failure to scan the finished products magnetically or with X-rays to check for metal fragments, as is supposed to happen.
Maybe the Nobel Piss Prize…
October 19, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Maybe the Nobel Piss Prize…
Actual wolves would have done a significantly better job of raising a person.
October 19, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Actual wolves would have done a significantly better job of raising a person.
Most people, when giving a press conference that they themselves called in advance, would at least read over their prepared statement beforehand, maybe even rehearse it once or twice—but not Donald “Confidence” Trump. He’s so confident, people can’t stop talking about how he wins confidence games!
September 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Most people, when giving a press conference that they themselves called in advance, would at least read over their prepared statement beforehand, maybe even rehearse it once or twice—but not Donald “Confidence” Trump. He’s so confident, people can’t stop talking about how he wins confidence games!
It’s just throwing its CPU to the audience!
July 8, 2025 at 8:58 PM
It’s just throwing its CPU to the audience!
Grok is from Stranger in a Strange Land, which is after Heinlein’s fascism-is-cool-phase, and more or less marks the beginning of his dirty-old-man phase where most of his books are about self-insert character Lazarus Long self-inserting into his own mother and underage female clones of himself.
July 8, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Grok is from Stranger in a Strange Land, which is after Heinlein’s fascism-is-cool-phase, and more or less marks the beginning of his dirty-old-man phase where most of his books are about self-insert character Lazarus Long self-inserting into his own mother and underage female clones of himself.
The conference presentation is a must-see: youtu.be/yL_-1d9OSdk
Chicken chicken chicken
YouTube video by Yoram Bauman
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May 9, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The conference presentation is a must-see: youtu.be/yL_-1d9OSdk
I didn’t even know Waffle House had a severed floor!
March 11, 2025 at 12:04 AM
I didn’t even know Waffle House had a severed floor!
Too late, I already let the upside-down mayonnaise packet confuse me…
March 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Too late, I already let the upside-down mayonnaise packet confuse me…
Ah, for the days of true Presidential leadership, when we got proper speeches like JFK’s vow to lower egg prices:
“We promise these things not because they are over-easy, but because they are hard-boiled!”
“We promise these things not because they are over-easy, but because they are hard-boiled!”
March 10, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Ah, for the days of true Presidential leadership, when we got proper speeches like JFK’s vow to lower egg prices:
“We promise these things not because they are over-easy, but because they are hard-boiled!”
“We promise these things not because they are over-easy, but because they are hard-boiled!”
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Thinking outside the box can be desirable, but not when that box is objective reality.
February 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Thinking outside the box can be desirable, but not when that box is objective reality.
I ran BitD followed by Scum & Villainy for a combined three years or so (currently running a FitD supernatural secret agency hack of my own design), and honestly forgot the claim map even existed. We managed to have plenty of player-driven story without it.
February 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
I ran BitD followed by Scum & Villainy for a combined three years or so (currently running a FitD supernatural secret agency hack of my own design), and honestly forgot the claim map even existed. We managed to have plenty of player-driven story without it.
Hey, Elon, thanks for confirming we got the right names!
February 4, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Hey, Elon, thanks for confirming we got the right names!
I suspect he’s rapidly learning a lot about how other people are capable of both reach and imagination…
February 4, 2025 at 5:23 AM
I suspect he’s rapidly learning a lot about how other people are capable of both reach and imagination…
Importantly, though, anthologies are not full of short stories that completely fail the launch.
January 14, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Importantly, though, anthologies are not full of short stories that completely fail the launch.
Ah, yes, lasers, famously known for their loud booming sounds, caused by uh, well, hrmm…
January 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Ah, yes, lasers, famously known for their loud booming sounds, caused by uh, well, hrmm…
Just wait for the Roman fire department model to hit health insurance: Before the ambulance will take you to the hospital, you’ll need to sign the five-year indenture contract (plus a pending credit check, of course, and if they don’t like what they see, they’ll dump you out on the road halfway)…
January 8, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Just wait for the Roman fire department model to hit health insurance: Before the ambulance will take you to the hospital, you’ll need to sign the five-year indenture contract (plus a pending credit check, of course, and if they don’t like what they see, they’ll dump you out on the road halfway)…
I describe it as the feeling that you are the voice in your own head, screaming at yourself to get up and do the thing, sometimes even a fun thing that you want to do, but the part of you that’s in control of your body just ignores you and keeps doing some mindless low-reward task instead.
December 30, 2024 at 2:48 AM
I describe it as the feeling that you are the voice in your own head, screaming at yourself to get up and do the thing, sometimes even a fun thing that you want to do, but the part of you that’s in control of your body just ignores you and keeps doing some mindless low-reward task instead.
And I’ve seen dozens of posts from people stating that Astarion in Baldur’s Gate III either helped them realize they were or had been in an abusive relationship, or helped them come to terms with having been in one and accepting that it was not their fault they’d been victimized.
December 29, 2024 at 12:20 AM
And I’ve seen dozens of posts from people stating that Astarion in Baldur’s Gate III either helped them realize they were or had been in an abusive relationship, or helped them come to terms with having been in one and accepting that it was not their fault they’d been victimized.