Welp
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One of them dies and the rest of us are dealing with the consequences.
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Look up 'pyrrhic victory.'Oh no, don't give the nazi regime pretense for the things they already did and already were planning to do! That would be horrible!
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Did you flip out yet? What, exactly, did you do?
Very incisive question, thanks for asking. I left the country.
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Not in America. In France, yes. Still humans in France.
wrote last edited by [email protected]Your mindset is why this is happening. Their propaganda has worked on you.
Either go to protests, do something more dangerous, or shut the fuck up
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Most of his supporters are okay with the things he's doing.
Epstein is what sickens them
Trump supporters don’t care that he is a pedo or fascist. The only folk who can be influenced are the non-voting undecideds. Getting folk out to vote is the only way we have a chance out of this. That’s why the MAGATs are trying to reduce voting participation. They know that is their Achilles heel. If more people vote, they lose, and they know it.
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But Baldurs does right? I played it for like 2 minutes
wrote last edited by [email protected]Yes but not in that way.
Initiative determines the order of action. Usually in combat, but it could theoretically be applied elsewhere, a debate for example, or if a Bard challenges someone to a rap-battle (I guess those are both kinda just verbal combat though).
Action points are how many actions you can perform per turn of initiative. Usually a movement, an action, and possibly a bonus action.
Slipping on a banana peel could be done if you rolled acrobatics to leap over the banana peel but failed the skill check. Say you're a Gnome whose lost their legs, taking a -6 modifier to Dexterity. This could cause an acrobatics roll of 12 to fall to 6, which could below the 7 you might contextually need to succeed at leaving over the banana peel.
"Using your powerful gnome arms you make a mad gorilla dash and leap with all your might, Unfortunately the loose dirt under your right hand gives way and you slip. You manage to catch yourself with your left hand, but before the squelch of the banana peel registers to your ear your arm slips out from under you and you strike your head upon the ground"
Take 1 Damage and Roll a Con save to see if you're concussed.Edit: I brainfarted and described a potential DnD or PF situation, this cannot occur in BG
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But Baldurs does right? I played it for like 2 minutes
Not in the sense people usually use the phrase "action points".
In D&D, on your turn, you get one action. That might be hitting someone with a sword, casting a spell, or whatever. You can also move, but that's not typically an "action". Some classes also get what are confusingly called "bonus actions", which are extra things you can do on your turn. Rogues, for example, can try to hide as a bonus action even after they did a normal action like shoot someone. A regular fighter who shot someone with a bow wouldn't be allowed to try to hide on the same turn, but the rogue could.
Because you only get one action (and bonus actions), no one calls them action points. You might say "you already took your action" or something.
Compare with a game like the original Fallout. You get a number of action points based on your stats. For an average character, it's 7. Shooting someone typically takes 2, a called shot takes 3. I think movement also takes action points. So on your turn you might shoot someone 3 times (six action points) and move a little (1 action point). Or take a called shot (3 AP) and move a lot (4 AP). Lots of options. Divinity Original Sin 1 and 2 also use action points in a similar way.
This is way more explanation than you probably needed. The key thing is on D&D you typically do one thing on your turn (eg: attack, cast a spell). Pretty much every action has the same "cost" in this sense. You can't really mix and match, and there's not as much tactical depth on your turn. (Pathfinder 2e gives you three actions per turn, but I don't think anyone calls them points there, either.)
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The US has always been fascist, since Manifest Destiny up to and after WWII. Fascism is just now turning inward towards the people who never thought they'd see this end of the stick.
Still, despite all the hatred and forces pushing us apart and pinning us down, this is our opportunity to restructure the country and make reparations to those we've wronged.
Have radical optimism in the face of radical hatred.
Top take.
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Pretty wild how when Jimmy Kimmel left the Man Show, he was replaced by rogan.
i forgot all about that show. never watched it. but i remember it existing.
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Pretty wild how when Jimmy Kimmel left the Man Show, he was replaced by rogan.
Yeah this is a point I'd long forgotten. Ziggy ...etc
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I voted for Jill Stein. I was part of the 0.5%.
Congrats, you fell for a Republican trap.
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And when that canary croaks, it'll be another. And another and another, so long as we don't have to get up off our asses and stamp out these evil fuckers and undo their shit
It's not that easy though. We are at the conclusion of a decades long campaign to poison not just our government and politics, but our society as well. Take out every fascist tonight, and we still have to contend with the fact that, as a people, we are no longer capable of operating a democracy. Healing the divides and fixing generations of indoctrination takes time we don't have.
I'm not saying there is no hope, but we have to sober about the tasks ahead of us if this country is ever going to heal.
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I'm sure that the same folks who couldn't get Harris elected will be able to create an international pact more powerful than the UN.
Well we're not allowed to vote in US elections, so the Harris situation doesn't really reflect on our abilities.
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Ehh naw we just need to let it reset. The house of cards will crumble as soon as Trump croaks, then once ceaser is gone Rome will burn. Hopefully what comes after is better, but it probably won't.
Personally, my family came to this foreign land, that's not ours, to seek out a better economic life and freedom. 2024 was the first election that the youngest voting generation went more conservative in the last 100 years. The beliefs of this nation no longer align with my own, so I'm returning back to Europe where my family once came in search of those very values. I realize a lot isn't great there either, but I have more trust in the EU protecting my fundamental rights than I do the US Constitution.
Failing that, at least Europe has better wine and I'll just enjoy the view while the world ends.
If you think europe is better you really haven't been paying attention. This is a worldwide concerted effort.
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He’s definitely also weak, he flip flops on every move. They would be further along if they weren’t handcuffed to a senile narcissist with one foot in the grave. OTOH they have only gotten this far riding his cult of personality, once he kicks it I have a feeling the whole party will collapse into infighting and not get anything done.
Oh Trump is definitely weak, but the progression of fascism under him is not. These two things can be true at the same time, especially because the issues he flip flops on (mostly tarrifs) aren't actually necessary for the fascist takeover.
They would be further along if they weren’t handcuffed to a senile narcissist with one foot in the grave.
I'd say the opposite: Trump's aggressiveness and recklessness has actually been a boon to MAGA (and a bane to everyone else). A more careful fascist might've actually had to win the midterms.
OTOH they have only gotten this far riding his cult of personality, once he kicks it I have a feeling the whole party will collapse into infighting and not get anything done.
I see this view a lot, but to be frank I think it's naive. I mean, up in Canada fascists have rallied around Pierre fucking Poillievre (here's hoping I spelled that right); these guys will take anyone as long as they can do their fascism. Fascism isn't an artificial construct; it's a political phenomenon that arises under certain conditions and no one person is necessary for its success once those conditions are met. That is to say: After Trump dies they'll just find someone else, probably after a brutal and bitter internal power struggle.
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They have literally taken charlie kirks death and used it as a means to attack left leaning people from all walks of life.
- This is a full blown government takeover of the American media
- They're forcing left leaning people out of their jobs in almost every industry.
And what makes this even worse is that it is so blatantly obvious that the info surrounding kirks shooter is almost a complete invention of the trump administration. The ridiculous bullets. The note that magically disappeared. The text messages that sound as if they were written by a 55 year old....
This country is so good and truly fucked. It just so depressing and sad. And even more depressing because it seems like no one is really even trying to fight back.
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I don’t doubt they wanted to gauge reactions. I doubt ABC was part of that in any way.
ABC execs only care about money, same thing with every other corporation bending the knee
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"Why repairing the tunnels would be devastating for the prosthetics industries around the mines."
Well, you did it. Your comment just made me laugh/spit fish allllll over my dog. He thanks you.
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The time to do something was back a few decades ago... back in November there was a good chance to buy some time... now it's all uphill but it will only get harder the more you guys keep on "waiting for it"
Out of all the possible ways out of this, 99% of them started with Republicans not having full control of the government. Buying time would have allowed more Boomers to die and more Millennials to pull their heads out of their asses and start voting, getting elected and involved in party politics.
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The US has always been fascist, since Manifest Destiny up to and after WWII. Fascism is just now turning inward towards the people who never thought they'd see this end of the stick.
Still, despite all the hatred and forces pushing us apart and pinning us down, this is our opportunity to restructure the country and make reparations to those we've wronged.
Have radical optimism in the face of radical hatred.
Right. I briefly didn't feel the stick for a month in 2015 but other than that the last time was last millennium.
