Hey there TOZ. I hope that you are doing well. Tell the wife that I said hello. I hope that you both have a good week.We are pretty stable. Today was a good Labor Day of friends and anime and games.
Glad to hear that.
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What really enrages me about my local school district is that they're supposedly in the top 10% in the state, yet their sheer incompetence in dealing with online learning shows such a deep lack of management skills that I wonder how they possibly have jobs, much less managerial ones.
Last semester we had the infamous, "I'm going to give all the kids all the homework for the entire semester and then sequester myself in a cabin in the woods," teacher, who never faced any disciplinary action for vanishing for two months during a school year.
This week started off with a holiday. Typically that means that the schedule gets reshuffled. I dutifully checked all the announcements and read all the emails. Nothing.
This morning I got frustrated and checked the web site. And there was the notice of the schedule change.
Rule of Work #1: If you change something, you must actively notify people affected by the change. "Well, I changed the web site and I expect you to check it every day" is never OK.
Grr...
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....but isn't family supposed to forgive?Who told you that? And why do you believe it?
In my universe that's not a true statement.
In my universe as well.
Even in ones where it's sort of a thing, that forgiveness is usually contingent on the offending party doing what the offended party wants.
And if the reasons the offended party is offended are bad, then maybe earning that forgiveness isn't worth it.
In your case you have every reason to be offended, and they've done nothing to actively fix that offense, so I'd say even at the most generous they've not reached the point of being ready to be forgiven yet. They've still got to show that they've actually changed. Which they very much have not.
Forgive when the situation is mended, not a second befoee. And contrary to popular phrasing, never forget. Forgetting is the fast track to getting abused once again.
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I was doing the laundry when it occurred to me I was supposed to add pants to the rest of washed things... When the laundry was nearing finish. Good job, Drejk.
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Damn. I'm sorry.....but isn't family supposed to forgive?Who told you that? And why do you believe it?
In my universe that's not a true statement.
I've been trying to figure out how to respond to this, Freehold. I think it has to do with the different uses of the word "family".
So, 'forgiveness' is a relationship concept that has to do with desire on both sides to continuing a social/emotional relationship. But is not based on shared DNA, only on healthy(ish) emotional ties. Being stuck in a hurt/forgiveness relationship sometimes unnecessarily prolongs emotional entanglements that need to be let go because they are unhealthy.
The opposite of love is not hate, it is indifference. Both love and hate are intense emotional connections with another person. If you step away from that connection for your own mental health and safety, then there's nothing to be sorry for.
Being related via DNA to someone who isn't capable of emotionally healthy connections is no different that being related to someone with Down syndrome. There's nothing to be sorry for, it's just how they are.
So many people buy into a fairy-tale*, and then struggle because their reality doesn't match it. When I ask "Who told you that?" and "Why do you believe it?", I'm asking people to examine where their "rules" come from and whether they have willingly and consciously adopted them as useful in living out their own story.
If that heuristic is simply something someone else has imposed on you, but it's making your life worse, not better, then it's time to examine assumptions and outcomes and adjust them as necessary to fit your own reality.
*I'll fund my retirement by winning the lottery; a knight will rescue me and remove me from this environment; mothers always love their children unconditionally; there is some action I can take/something I can do that will win my parents' love
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Thank you again for words of affirmation, especially those who directly addressed me. You really have helped.
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I was doing the laundry when it occurred to me I was supposed to add pants to the rest of washed things... When the laundry was nearing finish. Good job, Drejk.
I shouldn't make light of your forgetfulness, but for some reason this made me think of a Mr. Bean-but-he's-a-red dragon skit.
I got Dead Reign, The Zombie Apocalypse.
Looks pretty fun, which is a given with Palladium Books. Whether or not it's playable is another matter entirely.
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I also got Nightbane and I decided I'm going to have the Nightlands resemble the Upside Down.
I'm still working on the details in my head and I should watch the whole Stranger Things series again.
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I'm also going to frame Rifts as more like Fallout but that's obvious.
That's what you call a misdirection.
Or perhaps I should try baiting.
Batman would be a Paladin!
I'm also going to frame Rifts as more like Fallout but that's obvious.
I do think that would breathe much needed life into the setting. Post apocalyptic nazi Germany got old quick, even when they tried to get away from it in other works.
That's what you call a misdirection.
Or perhaps I should try baiting.
Batman would be a Paladin!
There you are!
Get to blowing things up! This thread has been naughty and needs to be punished! And not in the fun way.
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Jake has been put to rest. His mind had started to go and these last few days he had been going downhill rapidly to the point he didnt really recognise where he was anymore with the added burden of therefor not recognising the waterbottle and most of his food.
Reast in peace in the big soft rat heaven where you can have pasta and sweet corn every day.
Appropriately socially distanced internet hugs from someone who only knows you virtually.
It is so hard to lose fur family members.
Jake has been put to rest. His mind had started to go and these last few days he had been going downhill rapidly to the point he didnt really recognise where he was anymore with the added burden of therefor not recognising the waterbottle and most of his food.
Reast in peace in the big soft rat heaven where you can have pasta and sweet corn every day.
Poor guy! R.I.P. Little Jake!
There is an interesting take on batman in the age of super equipped police departments. It gets political, but if they insist on rebooting that franchise every 3-8 years, it might be worth seeing instead of rehashing the same boring origin story.
I got Dead Reign, The Zombie Apocalypse.
Looks pretty fun, which is a given with Palladium Books. Whether or not it's playable is another matter entirely.
each character starts off with a bike, how unplayable could it be?
Jake has been put to rest. His mind had started to go and these last few days he had been going downhill rapidly to the point he didnt really recognise where he was anymore with the added burden of therefor not recognising the waterbottle and most of his food.
Reast in peace in the big soft rat heaven where you can have pasta and sweet corn every day.
May he rest peacefully.
I'm so sorry, Woran. Big hugs.
each character starts off with a bike, how unplayable could it be?I got Dead Reign, The Zombie Apocalypse.
Looks pretty fun, which is a given with Palladium Books. Whether or not it's playable is another matter entirely.
It's a Palladium Books RPG so how playable it is is entirely dependent on who you're playing with.
The “fun way” is still on the table, though, right?That's what you call a misdirection.
Or perhaps I should try baiting.
Batman would be a Paladin!
There you are!
Get to blowing things up! This thread has been naughty and needs to be punished! And not in the fun way.
You want the "fun" way huh, I'll get Hilda!!
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Impus Minor got one of those really nasty cuts on the side of his finger right next to his fingernail. I know they're quite painful, but I consider them mildly inconvenient, at worst. GothBard? My favorite-ever example of her pain tolerance was when she was in labor with Impus Major and the nurse said, "Oh, no; if you were that far along you'd be in too much pain to be talking this calmly to us... OH MY GOSH!!!!"
But Impus Minor was in so much "personal" pain that he dropped out of class because he felt he wouldn't be able to participate. He's in his room "recovering" from the incident.
And it's totally rational, and totally reasonable, and each person has their own pain point, but it's just kind of weird having two parents with really massive pain thresholds and a teenager with a relatively light one.
More interesting food for thought than anything else...
So sorry, Woran. Every time I lose a pet, it rips me up a little.
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You sure your family names isn't Addams?
At least before you changed it to (Dr) Evil?
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Jake has been put to rest. His mind had started to go and these last few days he had been going downhill rapidly to the point he didnt really recognise where he was anymore with the added burden of therefor not recognising the waterbottle and most of his food.
Reast in peace in the big soft rat heaven where you can have pasta and sweet corn every day.
SQUEAK SQUEAKY SQUEAKUM*.
* "I'll personally make sure the bowl is always full."
Just got a text from my mom that she, my sister, and my niece have had to evacuate their house because of the wildfires and are driving up to central Oregon to a hotel for the night. Hopefully they can go home in a day or two.
Jake has been put to rest. His mind had started to go and these last few days he had been going downhill rapidly to the point he didnt really recognise where he was anymore with the added burden of therefor not recognising the waterbottle and most of his food.
Reast in peace in the big soft rat heaven where you can have pasta and sweet corn every day.
You will be missed Jake.
Has anyone heard from lynora lately? How is she doing?
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Batman is a bit to on the nose for current political system. billionaire playboy punishing the poor with violence. Their are some bad people in the world (a good portion get into politics apparently) but a lot of people are bad because of circumstances. The trend of a more and more violent batman should be fused with a batman that works with poor communities if he wants to remain the good guy in the future. Beating up his rogue gallery is one thing they are violent and dangerous and more of them aren't as mentally unstable to justify their crimes (although some are and could probably just use some meds and intense therapy.) Honestly though anyone that is robbing someone in Gotham at gunpoint at night is a complete idiot anyways. Maybe not as dumb as someone doing it in metropolis but still. Best thing you can do in Gotham (for a life of crime) is be the little guy criminal who quick changes big box stores etc.
Superman at least usually only get involved if their is some risk to human life. Rob a bank may not get his attention until you start firing randomly or your get a way car starts causing accidents.
Yes crime is wrong but when you as a billionaire and have non-violent solutions to crimes and instead decide to bludgeon people with your bare hands they have some right to feel a certain way about it.
You wanted to get get Bat political! well you got it!
*hides from flaming bikes!*
Sorry about your lil buddy, Woran. That doth verily sucketh.
Most people consider DOOM a villain but DOOM's people don't go hungry and are highly educated... as well as unfailingly loyal.
(The problem with doom is his ego gets in his way all that required worship and adoration really take away from him but if doom could get past that he would be a great ruler which falls into a theory that the ideal political system to rule would be a omniscient benevolent king.)