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Ben Novack
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South Philadelphian, tech-skeptical tech worker, involuntary cider enthusiast, occasional woodworker. Descended from refugees. Never interested in zero-sum.
Wait you can get financial products from… a ent?!
December 1, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Reposted by Ben Novack
i think all the time about the discourse around the oscars slap. i forget who it was who said this but their takeaway was "listen, these are three highly specific and extremely strange individuals colliding at once in a singular event. there is nothing to be learned or extrapolated here"
November 27, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Permission? What does permission have to do with anything? He breaks the law a dozen times a day and nobody can stop him apparently
November 26, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Please do! It's an absolute blast and your work is *everywhere*, I feel like No Tell Motel was at as many vendors as MTG product.
November 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is why I don't think Gritty is a character at all, but a series of tables. A Mork Borg supplement that's easy to adapt to 5E and other games. A character has stats, and stats are constraints, and Gritty recognizes constraints only to barrel through them joyously and without hesitation.
November 25, 2025 at 1:55 PM
DMPC for sure but also I'm horrified that bard isn't leading the pack. His *entire thing* is about pumping others up! When has Gritty ever had rage!?
November 25, 2025 at 1:30 PM
“Pete Hegseth doesn’t understand mirrors” seems about right, let’s just go with that. It casts him in a much more positive light than the other possible explanations.
November 25, 2025 at 1:12 PM
An hour long! Perfect. Thank you!
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
…yeah but now I want to watch it - what’s the title?
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 AM
That's the game. The places are also often inside orbs. Orbs within orbs. Welcome to orbs.
November 24, 2025 at 6:05 PM