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He/Him Code Knapper (C#, PHP, JS/TS, SQL) [Part-Time Goblin King] Game Dev (1 complete, 10k+ plays) Wife haver, Child haver, ADHD haver

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Latest posts by jbloodthorn.bsky.social on Bluesky

No kidding. Like, using the rules that are general enough to cover any situation the DM comes up with, to cover situations the DM comes up with is SOO HARD! Can't do that, we need explicit detailed instructions for every single thing that might come up. /s

21.10.2025 15:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you need concrete rules for every situation and can't adapt general rules, you shouldn't be a DM.

21.10.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The DM tells the story using the mechanics, yes. What part about that is confusing? That there aren't rules for telling the story? That you aren't specifically told that there is more than just combat?

21.10.2025 13:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Read again. Not a single roll. Multiple. You versus someone else. Specifically "Win X before lose Y", replacing X/Y with numbers. Like "best 3 out of 5". I even pointed out how to add guard rails.

Using the combat system was an extra for murder hobos.

21.10.2025 13:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Unless they've removed skill checks and saving throw, yes. "Get X wins before Y losses" is classic. Add a set number of saving throws the avoid losing for flavour.

Hell, if you're a combat junkie you could just use those rules, replacing your attack with one skill and armor with another.

21.10.2025 12:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some people over there are incapable of understanding that things in their feed are not directed specifically at them. I mean that literally. Just like the people who answer product questions with "I didn't buy this why are you asking me?"

21.10.2025 05:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I really wish bluesky had an option for videos in between "too small to see anything" and "the entire screen".

21.10.2025 05:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just because the books include combat rules, doesn't mean you have to run a combat every session. Sometimes a dance competition is more fun.

21.10.2025 05:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How did you avoid replying with "citation needed"?

21.10.2025 05:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

People really seem to be missing the "work computer" part. Literally the fourth and fifth words.

I'd bet that each of those programs was requested by someone, and then distributed to everyone so IT had to do less work individualizing or grouping the systems.

21.10.2025 05:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow. Glad I learned that now, before I bought my wife one. Not being able to play music from all the youtube musicians she finds would ruin our car rides, lol.

21.10.2025 05:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iphone doesn't have a built in music player? That seems like a weird thing not to have.

21.10.2025 05:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Whatever, I'm just so bored of key lime...

20.10.2025 23:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's so enshittified that I've started hearing people say "searched" instead of "googled" during meetings.

20.10.2025 23:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's banned by the church.

20.10.2025 19:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It doesn't matter - his daddy bought the Supernintendo.

20.10.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

He prefers to be known as a Colussal Dumbass.

20.10.2025 16:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
A massively complex block castle, with dozens of small block towers on top of larger block towers, on top of towers of giant blocks. At the bottom, the left side is well supported, while on the right side only a single frail block is supporting the whole thing. The overall structure is labeled "All modern digital infrastructure". The frail support is labelled "A project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003".
Added to the image is one block that is supporting the entire structure has been labelled with the Amazon Web Services logo.

A massively complex block castle, with dozens of small block towers on top of larger block towers, on top of towers of giant blocks. At the bottom, the left side is well supported, while on the right side only a single frail block is supporting the whole thing. The overall structure is labeled "All modern digital infrastructure". The frail support is labelled "A project some random person in Nebraska has been thanklessly maintaining since 2003". Added to the image is one block that is supporting the entire structure has been labelled with the Amazon Web Services logo.

I modified it a bit to help show.

20.10.2025 16:14 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 31    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Masks are to protect the people around you, because there is a lag time between being able to infect others and showing symptoms yourself. Idiots like that guy assume that the mask is to protect one's self.

20.10.2025 14:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Those toilets need giant googly eyes.

20.10.2025 13:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeast is a microorganism. Bread kind of requires it.

Yeast is also a food source for other, less friendly microorganisms. Any homebrewer or fermenter can testify.

20.10.2025 12:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This fooling so many people proves we're fucked.

20.10.2025 12:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Flag has 11 stripes. (should be 13)

20.10.2025 12:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

HSA's are a Pain In The Ass. Not just for the user, but also for every front desk person at the docs office. Not only do you need full receipts with specific information on them every time, half the time that isn't enough and you have to go back to the docs office months later to get more.

20.10.2025 12:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"We oppose fascism, but not enough to run someone palatable to our supposed allies on the left"

20.10.2025 12:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Or people with disabilities.

20.10.2025 12:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I miss the first season of RWBY.

19.10.2025 20:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also that guy who did the famous reddit post about how to use cheap spices to stretch your food even further.

Tried googling it, but google doesn't work well enough to find it anymore.

19.10.2025 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So not only did they escape, they escaped in a way that made mockery of every bit of security apparatus. That's amazing to me, to be honest.

19.10.2025 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You can say that for just about everything, lol.

Maybe not for long, if all the corn subsidies switch to soy.

19.10.2025 17:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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