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Reply to comment by kore in What’s a scam that people throw money at without thinking? by Stolenfromreddit
Yeah but weed actually makes life more enjoyable
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Reply to comment by GaldraChevaliere in What are your favorite relatively unknown games/systems? by heckthepolice
Oh shit that sounds cool as hell
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Reply to comment by surreal in Thoughts on the idea of a Raddle RPG group? by heckthepolice
I've used roll20 in the past, but I can't imagine it's great for privacy. I'd prefer to avoid forcing the group to use proprietary javascript if possible
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Reply to comment by rot in Thoughts on the idea of a Raddle RPG group? by heckthepolice
Yeah that's a good point about timezones. I guess we'd just have to try and work out a time that's good for everyone
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Reply to comment by rot in Thoughts on the idea of a Raddle RPG group? by heckthepolice
Would you be comfortable doing it over voice, or would you prefer text?
I have some reservations about voice myself, as even without the privacy concerns I'm not sure how well my social anxiety will deal with talking to a bunch of internet anarchist I've never met; I'd like to hear other people's thoughts about it.
In that case, Apocalypse World would definitely not be fantasy. The only particularly fantastical thing (aside from still having usable gasoline 50 years after the apocalypse) is psionics.
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Reply to Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Identified As Robert Bowers, Yelled ‘All Jews Must Die’ As He Opened Fire by ziq
What a piece of shit
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Reply to comment by rot in Thoughts on the idea of a Raddle RPG group? by heckthepolice
Hadn't considered Mastodon, I'll look into how well that might work. Does it have any sort of voice feature, or just text? If we're going to just use text, I think the best choice might be to just use IRC or Matrix.
The game I was gonna suggest we play is Apocalypse World, which I guess may or may not meet the criterion of "non-fantasy" depending on how you define fantasy.
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Reply to comment by mofongo in Thoughts on the idea of a Raddle RPG group? by heckthepolice
If we do it, the group will probably be limited to 6-ish people at least initially since larger groups get unwieldy, so I imagine it will only be active users. Mumble looks like a good choice, I'm gonna look into it a bit more. My only concern is that it requires a server.
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Reply to The US Military Uses Call of Duty for Target Practice to Desensitize Its Soldiers to Killing by ziq
The US military also pays the makers of video games and movies (including COD) to basically use them as propaganda and recruitment ads.
But Americans aren't brainwashed! Only people in commie countries are! It's only propaganda if it's a country that doesn't have FREEDOM TM !!!1!!!!11!1!!!1111!!1
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Reply to Another far right terror attack: White Man shoots multiple worshipers dead at US synagogue by ziq
Fuck nazis.
Not really sure what else to say. This is just seriously fucked up.
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Reply to Yandy refuses to pull its Native American-themed costumes after pulling its 'sexy handmaids' costumes by ziq
Embrace nature in this Native American seductress costume featuring a strapless minidress with a lace-up bodice, a feather and fringe trim, a blue intricate detailing and a matching headband with beaded feather accents.
Holy shit this is disgusting. What the fuck.
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Reply to comment by edmund_the_destroyer in In your opinion, is any individual who voted for Trump responsible for any of the actions his government makes over the course of its term? by Nuktuk
Glad to hear it comrade. I'm working on getting involved in the little things too.
Oh, and I'd recommend checking out if there's an anarchist bookstore/infoshop or other anarchist space in your city. That can be a good place to meet like-minded folks and learn about ways to get involved.
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Reply to comment by edmund_the_destroyer in In your opinion, is any individual who voted for Trump responsible for any of the actions his government makes over the course of its term? by Nuktuk
To be honest, I don't actually do a whole lot. And yeah, that makes me a massive hypocrite. I really am trying to get more involved, but I don't really know how. It certainly doesn't help being in a town where I am literally the only anarchist.
Like, I have a general idea what direct action can look like. And I really think we can be using a diversity of tactics. So I guess the answer to what kind of fighting we should be doing is "whatever you can".
Squat abandoned buildings if you can. Do guerilla gardening if you can. Do Food not Bombs if you can. Throw molotovs at cops if you can. Make agitprop if you can. Make music if you can. Distribute zines if you can. Slash the tires on ICE vehicles if you can. Write to prisoners if you can. I don't think there's really any set formula for what resistance should look like. Even little things can be a good start.
Edit: Oh, and for some ideas and instructions for various types of direct action I'd recommend the CrimethInc book "Recipes for Disaster". It has a lot of useful information
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Reply to comment by fairilu in In your opinion, is any individual who voted for Trump responsible for any of the actions his government makes over the course of its term? by Nuktuk
This. You can't just vote for Hillary and wash your hands of all this shit. Anyone not actively fighting against domination is responsible.
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lol keep us updated on his progress
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Reply to comment by GrimWillow in by !deleted1759
I kinda like the idea of organizing a raddle RPG group but that might make it hard to preserve anonymity/privacy
Like, we could do it all through some libre and secure voice chat software (not really sure what the options are there), but even then I'm not sure how okay people are with talking to other raddlers over voice chat. And while it's possible to run an RPG entirely over text, it's very difficult and not nearly as fun.
So I guess for now that goes in the "seems cool but probably not gonna happen" box.
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Reply to comment by EatTheRich in by !deleted1759
Good luck to you and your partner. You deserve it <3
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Reply to Adam Koebel - Office Hours Episode 74 - Law & Order, Holding Back Subsystems, and GM Advancement by heckthepolice
This guy has some really good GM advice. Plus he's an anarchist, so that's cool. I'd recommend checking out his other stuff (I just didn't wanna flood the forum with his videos so I only posted the most recent one). He also has a relationship advice spinoff show from this called "Hot for Teacher" which I highly recommend.
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The last transhumanist shall sell us the robot with which we laser him.
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Reply to comment by EatTheRich in by !deleted1759
That sucks. I'm sorry that you have to deal with transphobes (enbyphobes?). Unfortunately, sometimes the only thing we can do in situations like that is not engage with people like that (but I get that that can be really hard if they're your parents). I hope they come around soon.
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Ended up going ahead and making a Tabletop RPGs forum, I'll see if it gets any traction.
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Reply to comment by BrowseDuringClass1917 in by !deleted1759
radicalize him
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This has probably been the best week I've had in a while. I feel a lot less exhausted than I have. I think the new meds are helping (I know a lot of people here probably have reservations about medicating for mental health shit and so do I but at this point my most immediate concern is getting through the week and they seem to help with that).
My cat (the one I mentioned had cancer a while back) is getting worse. He's real thin now and it can be hard to get him to eat. He's still very friendly though he and he purrs a lot and likes to sit with me and go outside, so that's something. Hopefully we still have a decent amount of quality time left.
Getting real fucking sick of the rich-ass crackers in this town. The amount of white fragility and lack of self-awareness around here is ridiculous. Hopefully I can get out soon.
I don't know how many folks on here play tabletop RPGs, but I'm starting a new Stars Without Number campaign with my group (it's my first time GMing). We're gonna be playing as space pirates fighting giant cyberpunk megacorps, so that should be fun. Looking forward to using that to spread anarchist propaganda among the liberal group members (the only other anarchist is my brother; there's also a trans girl who seems pretty woke but I don't think she's actually an anarchist). Would people have any interest in a tabletop RPGs forum? I don't know how much interest there would be around here.
Oh and sorry for not being active lately. I've been kinda busy and when I do have free time I don't tend to have the energy for political discussions and shit.
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Reply to Positive things experienced last week by ThreadBot
Checked out an anarchist bookstore near me that Ive been meaning to go to for a while. It was pretty cool. I didn't end up buying anything because there were a bunch of books I wanted and I didn't have much money on me, but I might go back sometime soon
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Reply to What do you like about yourself. by mofongo
I've got a pretty nice butt and I'm ok at guitar