Remember when all those boomers were making Facebook posts about how they don’t consent to Facebook doing the things in their terms and conditions?

I spend some time on Lemmy, obviously, but a lot less than I did on Reddit. It’s been great! I’ve been getting outdoors a lot more with daily walks and weekly hikes. I published a short children’s book a few months ago, and now I’m about 15,000 words into the first draft of an adult scifi novel. I didn’t appreciate how much time I was pissing away. Thanks, u/spez!

Rectum? Damn near kilt 'em.

South Korean (ROK) soldiers were heavily involved in the US-Vietnam war and had a reputation for being effective but brutal. Maybe this is related to that?

I’m fairly new myself, but a few ideas come to mind:

1. Can you make the plot queues a little more enticing to make your players curious? Is there anything specifically unusual about the odd couple when they see them this time? Is there any weird body language? Do they see the characters and then look away suddenly? Is there anything about them that could connect to character backstories or motivations and trigger a desire to have a conversation? Are NPCs having a conversation amongst themselves that sounds interesting when the PCs overhear it, even if it’s not really about the plot itself?

2. It can be helpful to make multiple routes to plot queues and clues. That way, if they miss one opportunity, there are other options, rather than having the plot just get stuck. If they bypass the couple this time, could they see them again later somewhere else? Just roll with the digression a bit then and then give the PCs another chance to engage. Could you also make a redundant way to get the same info in another form? A letter with the same info that would have been shared verbally?

3. Can you make the plot queues more active? Can the odd couple approach the PCs and start a converstation? This brings the plot to them. You can do it without taking agency away from the players if you’re careful about having a reason for the approach that would occur to the PCs or could be explained briefly during the encounter.

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Pack my box with five dozen liquor jugs.

A nonfunctional one, with a slide that can’t operate.

“Iraq has WMDs” - W

I see that in your post now. Thanks for the prompt to read more closely.

Nice. Now do /buildapcsales, /gundeals, and the like.

Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE&ab_channel=RobertPalmerVEVO

American politics seeping into every damn thing. And to top it off, with a clear bias in one direction. I resent having the feeling like there’s an astro-turfing effort going on, even when I agree with whatever stance is being pushed. Reddit is really tainted with that sort of thing.

Hopefully it doesn’t take hold here, or at least stays contained so I can decline subbing to magazines that would pertain. I’d rather not have to swim in the “political party A is evil and political party B is angelic” muck in unrelated magazines.

Subbed and looking forward to an answer with the math explained.

It gets harder and harder to tell what the truth is in this age of disinformation and astro-turfing. It seems like there’s a pretty clear motive for certain interested parties to take the wind out of the sails, so keep your bullshit detector turned on for now.

Edit: Now that I think about it, this probably applies in both directions.

It’s hard to get a good pic of her because her fur is so dark, and it looks like she moved just a little while taking this, but I think you can still get a good sense of how cozy she is.