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I agree with you that white chocolate is not chocolate.

I say that as someone who eats chocolate.

That said, I have feel mostly disappointment (with occasional hint of contempt or desperation*) when faced with white chocolate.

Which, again, is not chocolate.

*desperation when there is nothing better than white chocolate around


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NobodysHome wrote:
Chocolate-free candy using carob instead? Check. Another throw-away. I don't know how he got fooled into buying this one. But "chocolate-free chocolate" really is a thing.

Yeah, it's called white chocolate. Throw it away.


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NobodysHome wrote:

I have no idea what he's going to do with them, but he was cacklingly ecstatic to get them.

*sigh* They both are going to be villains in the end, aren't they?


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NobodysHome: Impus Major, can you come and help me with something for my work?
Impus Major: Sure dad! ... Wait, why are you pulling out your knife?!


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Well, they still haven't reached the point where you have to spill the blood of your firstborn each time you log in.


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Fantasy Monster: Grave Worms

A swarm of corpse-fed earthworms.


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NobodysHome wrote:
(...)Yes, maintaining correct inventory is one of the hardest things a retail outlet does. I used to do it at the video store, and the number of employees who sold stuff without so much as writing a receipt was appalling. But with "modern" UPC codes and scanning, all you need to do is buy software that tracks that s***.

*gets flashbacks from job in England, hides in the corner of the warehouse looking through the dozens of phones stashed in out of place crate*


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BigNorseWolf wrote:

A partial eclipse must have been more confusing to the ancients than a total one.

"Why's it dark and getting cold? Oh something is blotting out the sun"

*Big Norse Wolf is devouring the Sun!*

Quote:
"Whys it a little dark and getting cold.... " looks at the sun and sees mo difference "weeeiiirrrd"

*Big Norse Wolf is nibbling on the Sun?*


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Fantasy NPC: Livya Arna, Failed Golddigger

Her prospects for marrying rich aren't particularly good right now...


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Scintillae wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:
Scintillae wrote:
I will not mark down presentations for using Comic Sans. I will not mark down presentations for using Comic Sans. I will not mark down presentations for using Comic Sans. I will not mark down presentations for using Comic Sans. I will not mark down presentations for using Comic Sans. I will not...

I truly wish I'd been able to send Impus Major to one of your classes.

Oh, he of the, "An advantage of the potato blight virus was that it killed Irish people," fame. Yes. On a real, turned in, graded assignment.

English ancestry, I see.

Now I want to see Impus Major as 18th, 19th, or early 20th century British idle rich aristocrat or at least landowner.


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Freehold DM wrote:
Drejk wrote:

Fantasy NPC: Honorable Belzaine, The Pale Squire.

Not-a-vampire.

I really really really like this!!!

My first idea was making some kind of weird vampire, but then it evolved into a construct that looks like a vampire, and then a backstory of being vampire's body double grew from that.


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Fantasy NPC: Honorable Belzaine, The Pale Squire.

Not-a-vampire.


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Fantasy NPC: Honorable Belzaine, The Pale Squire.

Not-a-vampire.


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Freehold DM wrote:
Drejk wrote:
And finished. The final mission was actually fun. Nothing exceptional, but still fun.
But did you play the SPECIAL mission?

That depends on what was special about it?


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Whatever wrong happens in the Bay Area, it's not my fault anymore!


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And finished. The final mission was actually fun. Nothing exceptional, but still fun.


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Ugh. I hoped that the mission I have started on Watch Dogs 2 will be the last one, but apparently there are four more...

NobodysHome, if you hear about an young Afro-American male rampaging across the Bay area, don't worry. I'll try to finish before the end of the month.


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NobodysHome wrote:

EDIT: And for those who want to defend Apple's software,

You lost me complete there...


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It's definitely your fault for not working on night between Friday and Saturday!

Spoiler:
Yes, I was working on Friday/Saturday night, finishing a text and sending it further on 2:52 AM


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Facewhat?


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I am not sure whom should I be cheering for...


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Fantasy Monster: Gallows-wight

Hang them high!


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Fantasy Monster: Gallows-wight

Hang them high!


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IT Support: What is your problem?

Worker: I can't log into my account on my work laptop.

IT Support: You need to authorize your log-in attempt with your mobile app.

Worker: My old phone broke. The system doesn't let me authorize the log in attempt with the new one.

IT Support: You need to connect your phone to the laptop via Bluetooth.

Worker: The Bluetooth is waiting for confirmation of the pairing from the laptop...

IT Support: You need to open your Bluetooth settings on the laptop and confirm the pairing.

Worker: I can't log into my account to do that.


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You are married for as long as I play roleplaying games.


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Fantasy Monsters: Toll-o-Bell.

Ring the bells of doom!


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Fantasy Monsters: Toll-o-Bell.

Ring the bells of doom!


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David M Mallon wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:
While I understand that Americans' understanding of geography is a constant source of ridicule, and those on opposite coasts frequently get things ludicrously wrong (when GothBard was a child she accused a friend of lying because he claimed he was going to drive across three states in a matter of hours), I expect the New York Times to do better.
I once got into an argument with a native Iowan who flatly refused to believe that there are mountains in New York State.

There are mountains in NEW YORK?!

Freehold, you need to show us photos!

Spoiler:
What do you mean New York State? Yeah, right, as if we gonna believe you that New York is a state, everyone knows it's just a very big city!


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NobodysHome wrote:
Limeylongears wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:

I was reading it and thinking, "Under $50k, but fully remote and working on RPG game design... I can think of a lot of people I know who would like that..."

...then I saw that:
(a) They're looking for someone with a college degree, and
(b) union dues are over $500/year.

Yeah, good luck with that search, Paizo!

We're both in unions - none of our dues (nor those of anyone else I know) approach $500 a year...
It was a while ago, but last time I was in a union it was $40/year. Putting it into the handy-dandy inflation calculator, that would be... $79.93 today. A far cry from $500.

Political lobbying costs and lawyer fees went up.

I guess.


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TriOmegaZero wrote:
Even over 500 a year is less than the 70 a month I pay for internet.

o.O

Does it come with instantaneous Galaxy-wide subspace connection?


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NobodysHome wrote:

Speaking of Helldivers 2, it's clear that someone has played way, way too much...

Looks like a typical rpg party IN SPACE!


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Uhuhu...

If GothBard IS starting a new job... Does that mean that her old work laptop is no longer off-limits?

Asking for a kobold acquisition team friend?


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Back from Dune, part 2

Excellent sound and visuals. The narration and story presentation fares much worse.

Acting is good with some excellent scenes, though some could work better with better direction and better scenes. I am pretty sure that underusing talents of Christopher Walken qualifies as a crime against art.

Some of the changes to the story make sense, some contribute to disjointed narration and make the story worse, sadly.

Lady Fenring can lead me to her chambers anytime she wants... Wait... What is that? AaarghhahaaNNoooargh!

My current verdict is that translating Dune to the screen requires multi-season, insane budget series, akin to Games Of Thrones to do it justice where long discussion or monologues regarding politics, sociology, and psychology (which are vital part of Dune) could be fit in.


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NobodysHome wrote:
Because they listened to their employees.

What a silly idea. It will never catch on!


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NobodysHome wrote:

I hope everyone noticed and appreciated my attempt to avoid going into one of my biannual rants about Daylight Savings Time, but I just spend 10 minutes waiting for a technical meeting to start because the host is in India and didn't realize he needed to start an hour earlier than usual.

But I'll try to leave it at that until more stupidity happens later in the day...

*crosses check box "paladin admitted to deliberately not speaking against pure evil"*


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Speaking of paladins...

I have just lost approval from two party members for offering to speak with druids... At the moment Astarion is on a black list for that –1 penalty I got to all rolls because of <spoilers>, but he is the sole person in the group capable of opening locks...

Being paladin (oath of ancients) is hard.


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NobodysHome wrote:
My favorite: "What was the exact date you moved into your current residence?" Seriously? And it had to be day-month-year or it generated an error.

A proof of their exquisite sophistication, or at least sign of being civilized people.

Spoiler:
Ok, ok, the proper-proper format is year-month-day, but day-month-year is still ahead of that 'Murican abomination of month-day-year.


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captain yesterday wrote:
Drejk wrote:

Do you use reinforced boots, or is there a little risk regarding feet?

(I would not be surprised if Big Norse Wolf might want to dispute the latter notion)

She already has reinforced boots.

It's one of those things that everyone in the Midwest gets upon reaching adulthood regardless of profession or need.

*looks at his own reinforced boots that are better than anything that can be bought in a regular shoe shop at that price range*


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Fantasy Monster: Chimeswarm

Does this ring a bell?


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Do you use reinforced boots, or is there a little risk regarding feet?

(I would not be surprised if Big Norse Wolf might want to dispute the latter notion)


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NobodysHome wrote:
Holidays: 8 --> 25. Yes. Her old company sucked. Her new company somehow finds 25 holidays a year.

Well, technically every day of a year is a holiday of one or more Catholic Church Saint...


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Huh. 48% already?


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Ah, well, the moment has came.

I have made enough space to install Baldur's Gate 3.

Now lets wait for two or three hours before it finishes...


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"The problem exist between the chair and the keyboard" (or was that the other way around?) takes a new meaning.


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Fantasy NPC: The Thirsty Prince That Drowned

An ancient prince who drowned in an oasis in the middle of the desert...


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Fantasy NPC: The Thirsty Prince That Drowned

An ancient prince who drowned in an oasis in the middle of the desert...


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Freehold DM wrote:
NobodysHome wrote:

I swear, am I running a household or a restaurant? I'm about to hunker down for the 6-hour magnificence that is Julia Child's been bourginon, which she herself describes as, "certainly one of the most delicious beef dishes concocted by man". Yes. It's a simple beef stew that takes at least 6 hours to make, then I'll be serving it with mashed potatoes and green beans.

Then our week goes:
Sunday: Leftovers
Monday: Shrimp scampi with asparagus and garlic bread
Tuesday: Takeout. Kids' choice
Wednesday: Leftovers
Thursday: Fettucini alfredo
Friday: Takeout. Kids' choice

Not a bad week-o-food, but our menus are beginning to get a bit silly.

What a coincidence! I was planning on absconding with GothBard around dinnertime on Monday AND Thursday!

After you finish your plate you will be too languid and groggy for absconding.


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How introvert I am?

On my way to get groceries I ran into my first player ever, whom I haven't seen in ages.

Ten minutes of talking about not much and I am feeling tired and weirded...


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This my be the time to teach her that occasionally, it isn't worth being the best at something, and stick somewhere in the upper middle of the group for results that are practically better.


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NobodysHome wrote:

And the fates have conspired to make me a "success"!

I signed in this morning before my mortgage payment went through and saw my Quicken total was at -$1,328. I knew GothBard had around $2000 in a 401(k) at her abusive company that Quicken hasn't been able to see in months because they changed payroll vendors. I'd just checked on Monday, in fact.

But being desperate for that 0, I checked the 401(k) one more time and it was there!!!

So I linked it in to Quicken and my Quicken net worth is now +$800!

(Tiny victory dance)

Impus Freehold And Impus Mediocre in unison: Our net worth!

Actual Impuses Impii Imps: *stink eye*

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