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  • I don’t despise paid DMing as much as you do, but I agree that it’s negatively shifting the expectations of hobbyist/enthusiast DMs and commodifying what was originally a personal investment into a social group.

    In addition, a paid DM is more inclined to make conditions favorable for the players… as they do not want to get fired from that role.

    It’s true that DMing can be hard work and that the DM will spend many more hours on DnD than anyone else in the group, but last time I DM’ed, my friends ran a food rotation (usually big macs or taco bell) and I always ate for free :)

    Burgers won’t make me fudge dice to keep the party happy, but a paycheck sure would.




  • Welp. Almost all of the conversations I’ve read about this change have devolved into “hopefully the new owners don’t enforce their political views.”

    They always say shit like “if you don’t like a mod, don’t use it,” but they can’t wrap their heads around the idea that if they can’t tolerate the (ex-)site owner exercising his own moral beliefs, they can find a different platform.

    Fun.







  • TheOakTree@lemm.eetoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldLate
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    Some classes don’t require labs. A handful of people that I’ve seen will only show up for quizzes and exams and still pass the class. Why they do it? No clue.

    In particular, the classes I’ve seen this happen usually provide a semester-long list of what textbook chapters will be covered in which weeks. If the textbook is thorough enough and the course adheres to the text, it’s doable.






  • You can’t actually change time, just your perception of time.

    If you can’t perceive anything while time is frozen as a consequence of biological structure, then your “side-effect” is just complete nullification. You wouldn’t be changing your perception of time at all. Not much of a side-effect.

    If your brain and senses can act at super speed but everything else in your body acts in real time, you’d still have an advantage in reaction time as you would be able to recognize and initiate your first reaction near-instantly.