It's just designed this way. My support worker was telling me last week that a client with life long learning difficulties was denied a pass renewal this year, for reasons that made no sense to anyone.

The harm is intentional. The more people who give up, the more money is saved.

Anyway, my disabled person's travel pass runs out on Sunday, I have hospital appointments I'm going to struggle to make and there's absolutely no chance I'm going to be able to even attempt to be social through December, because fuck me, right? Fuck us. We're fucking subhuman, we don't get holidays.

But I've got to contact that person myself, and ask for the extra info, and then POST THAT BACK TO THESE SACKS OF SHIT, who obsequiously apologise in advance that things will take up to SIX WEEKS from when they get the info.

Why ask for their fucking contact details in the first place?

FFFFffffflibbertygibbet!

Yeah, no, that tracks:

I dunno, do I?

Knowing the prep that can go into Italian Wedding Soup you might not be saving yourself that much effort! 💜

I had it as my ringtone for a couple of years in the late 00s, and it was ever a delight when I got a call on public transport.

People's faces would light up at suddenly hearing it.

making a sticker sheet of bunnies and calling it "nice buns!"

He's officially the world's coolest dog (sit down, Joe Cool) and nothing can take away the fact that he's had a life well lived, absolutely full of adventure and love. 💜

Much love, to you both. Give him a fuss and let him fuss you, for us.

Being willing to call a game early is a hard learned thing.

Sure, to be fair some groups love to be left on cliffhangers each week, but when you've seen so many "ok, Steve was about to be executed, but now Steve's not here" sessions, one learns to adapt.

I hope that Valefisk submits his friends to an attempt, like he's jokingly promised to for a long time now.

I did wonder if he'd peaked with "Diplomacy, but it's multiversal and there's time travel" as a board game, but I think he might be our hope for CNA.

Phil you're a proponent of D&D 4e where, specifically, everyone is mostly responsible for their own healing to stop this shit.

Same with SotWW.

You're already on the train, you can't get off, now put your nostalgia goggles in the fucking bin.

If the characters are in a dungeon at session start, then I'll clearly describe the absentee character's slipping down a shaft or through a door that seals.

"But what if they're the healer?!" Stop playing games that put ALL the healing responsibilities on one person.

I'm begging you.

Stop.

...then the players spend some momentum to have another character from their section in the scene, controlled by everyone.

Without that luxury, in other games, the players can still burn some time or resources to muddle through, cursing the missing character who didn't make the rendezvous.

It depends on the game as to how easy it is.

One thing I desperately try to do is not end a session mid scene. Yes, adventures are often going to go beyond one session, but I try to land on the end of an act.

With Star Trek Adventures, they're just not in the next act. If the character is vital...

I'm sorry, Ian. Give the lad some fuss, from all of us. We love you both.

My next task is to make you think you can smell burnt toast every time you hear the word "MERP."