tired_lemming

joined 11 months ago

I suppose one could say Game of Thrones has surpassed the source material in quality so much that it managed to do it twice in both directions.

[–] tired_lemming@sh.itjust.works 21 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

Just take anyone who speaks a second language and ask them to explain their expertise in the second language. Almost everyone will start sounding stupid trying to do the translation in their head to the second language.

Edit: Just to be clear, I don't think said person is stupid at all. There's just difficulty speaking about a concept you would innately know and have learned in one language and translate it to a second one. Except for all those genius polyglots out there of course.

[–] tired_lemming@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh yes, I love it when the drinks are flat. I find the carbonation kinda burns so having less of that makes the drink better.

Also, you don't get it back up the nose when you burp.

[–] tired_lemming@sh.itjust.works 40 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I like how Pathfinder 2E does it. A 20 brings your result one tier higher. A 1 brings your result one tier lower. With a high enough base expertise, you can still succeed when rolling a 1, just not as awesome as you normally are. And a 20 isn't a guarantee against really strong foes.

[–] tired_lemming@sh.itjust.works 7 points 7 months ago

Aximili-Esgarrouth-Isthill

Man, I miss that series.

[–] tired_lemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Huh, so that's a completely new concept I've learned today. Time to do more reading. Thanks!

 

So just something that's been on my mind. At my workplace there's an automatic road barrier that lifts up and down when vehicles arrive. However, it's not used for a carpark system when people wave their tickets or something. It just goes up and down when a vehicle shows up.

However, it sometimes goes up for when say a pushcart is being rolled over whereas it wouldn't for a guy pushing a bin.

So tldr, how does an automatic road barrier decide that yes, a vehicle is coming, and therefore opens up?

[–] tired_lemming@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Patricia C Wrede. The Enchanted Forest Chronicles. The titles for the series are below:

  • Dealing with Dragons
  • Searching for Dragons
  • Calling on Dragons
  • Talking to Dragons

Fantasy stories with each book centered around one protagonist and a meta take of your usual fairy tales. And includes wizards, dragons, princesses too.

[–] tired_lemming@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

I just view it as a way of supporting the creators and maybe some day there will be some more material and/or a fellow player comes across it and maybe we can game together.