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2017-10-14, 08:28 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-14, 10:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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I would really like to see a game made by Obryn, Kurald Galain, and Knaight from these forums.
I'm not joking one bit. I would buy the hell out of that. -- ChubbyRain
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2017-10-14, 10:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Hmm, let us see.
1. Pretty sure no one likes being referred to that way. "The Straights" would be an equally incorrect way to refer to straight individuals.
2. Lots of reasons, even if we ignore the biological determination question. Men smell different, often have different body shapes/more muscular/lower BMI, and will have a different relationship to society and thus to their lover.
3. I think there is some self-loathing going on here. Why would you classify half of the population as inherently undesirable and unlikable? And going beyond that, it comes off as more than a little objectifying. Women are not passively pleasing things for desiring, they are as capable or incapable of being gross boors as men.
4. Lots of individual reasons that can't be widely assumed.
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2017-10-14, 10:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Right... so while it might be a troll question, there are indeed folks around who just don't understand. And he's not saying it's morally wrong or disgusting, so I'm going to try to answer honestly.
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Mojo - you need to keep in mind that you're seeing this from a skewed perspective. You are attracted to women. You are intrinsically wired to find them attractive. So seeing how someone could not be might be difficult.
So yes, women are amazing, beautiful creatures. This is great. Yet a majority of THEM are attracted to men. If men are as you say, how is this possible? They are women! They should know how great they are, right?
But just like you are attracted to women because of your own internal wiring, those women are attracted to men because of how they're wired.
Now, the big thing is, this wiring isn't consistent. Some women aren't very sexual at all. Some are extremely sexual and will obsess over their crushes. Some are bi, and attracted to both men and women. And some are only attracted to women. The target and level of attraction varies from woman to woman.
This is also the case in men. Most are attracted to women. Some are attracted to men. Some are attracted to both. And the level of attraction varies from person to person. But it isn't a choice, it's part of their internal wiring.
So the ultimate answer is just: Why are gay men attracted to men? Because that's just how they are programmed. And they couldn't help it any more than you can help being attracted to women.
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Though you bring up one other point. "Most men are selfish and disgusting huge jerks."
You're overstating this, but not 100% wrong. Society's current form of "ideal masculinity" encourages this behavior. Men are encouraged to be rude, condescending, consider themselves superior to women, not express feelings, and be violent, while women are encouraged to be submissive and demure.
This is part of a concept known as "toxic masculinity". http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Toxic_masculinity
It isn't a good thing, and is a learned behaviour. Men aren't intrinsically any of these things (though we may have some tendency towards aggression due to hormones, it isn't overwhelming). Men can be soft, caring, beautiful people, just like women can.
Currently society pushes them in the other direction. There are many people out there today trying to mitigate this harmful effect.
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2017-10-14, 12:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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I think this one is applicable here.
I'm unable to grasp what it is people get from looking at art. I can respect the skill that goes into making a painting, sculpture, etc., and I can look at a picture and go "oh, that's cool" but that's the sum total of my reaction. I don't have favorite art pieces, I don't feel any need to buy art to hang in my home, and there isn't any imagery that I feel passionate enough about to want to have it tattooed on my skin. I certainly don't begrudge people who are moved by art, and on an intellectual level I can understand discussions about one art style vs. another, but none of it really means anything to me in the same way that it seems to mean something to other people.
The same goes for dance as well. For me it's just... there.
Music, theatrical performances, stories, those I understand the appeal of and can appreciate.
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2017-10-14, 12:07 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-14, 12:46 PM (ISO 8601)
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I would really like to see a game made by Obryn, Kurald Galain, and Knaight from these forums.
I'm not joking one bit. I would buy the hell out of that. -- ChubbyRain
Current Design Project: Legacy, a game of masters and apprentices for two players and a GM.
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2017-10-14, 12:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-14, 01:32 PM (ISO 8601)
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I am much the same: paintings, drawings, etc. rarely move me. Sculpture never does. Painting is moving; paintings . . . really not.
Music, stories, and poetry teach my soul how to fly.
I can possibly relate to how people feel when they look at art, because it may (or may not) be how I feel when I hear music. I suspect that it's hardwired and there's a disconnect between how different people experience the arts (see the discussion that's also going on around sexuality?). So I can't really explain the answer to this question, but here's a related thing that I've noticed: most "looking-at-art" type people that I know either disregard or actively dislike music. Just another part of how humans are different from each other?
As for why people get tattoos, that seems like a whole other discussion.
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2017-10-14, 01:40 PM (ISO 8601)
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Undoubtedly, but I think in my particular case it's related. I can't think of any image that's meaningful enough to me that I'd want it on my skin all the time. Even if there were, depending on where it went, either I wouldn't care to look at it all the time, or I wouldn't be able to see it anyway. So based on that, I would rather spend the money on something else.
And I'm sure my complete and utter terror of needles has nothing to do with it.
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2017-10-14, 02:19 PM (ISO 8601)
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It may be a southern thing or an older generational, but I've hear plenty of people refer to aluminum foil as tin foil.
Also, quick googling: tin·foil
ˈtinˌfoil/Submit
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noun: tin-foil; noun: tin foil
foil made of aluminum or a similar silvery-gray metal, used especially for covering or wrapping food.
So it's even more common than I thought, apparently.
Also, just in case I'm being dense and you're being serious, no, the "tin" thing was my phone's new (well, relatively) onscreen keyboard being incredibly stupid. I think I'm gonna change it again. It was supposed to be thin. And then it was too funny to change it.Last edited by Peelee; 2017-10-14 at 02:24 PM.
Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2017-10-14, 02:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Art is intended for two main purposes (plus a secondary "author showing of skill" purpose). Leaving aside the obvious "record what someone/something looks like for posterity", the other reason is to instill an emotion. I suspect that most art that attempts this fails (just like songs and films fail: Sturgeon's law: 90% of everything is crap). But just like you may find a song blah while others are moved by it, same with art.
In case it helps, I am like you. I have visited museums all over the world, and while I too appreciate the skill in art, I am mostly unmoved by it (it doesn't help, of course, that museums just overload you with art). But once in a while, I do come across this or that picture that does resonate with me. And it's not necessarily the famous ones - I once came across a picture in a private collection of a harbour city in flames at night, with a ship moored off of it, which somehow impacted me far more than anything else in the collection... and as far as I could tell, I was the only one affected so. I couldn't even find the stupid thing in catalogues.
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2017-10-14, 03:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-14, 04:31 PM (ISO 8601)
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The stars predict tomorrow you'll wake up, do a bunch of stuff, and then go back to sleep.~ That's your horoscope for today.
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2017-10-14, 05:55 PM (ISO 8601)
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Girls just don't know any better. ;p
Yeah that was a joke, sorry it was a bad one, I suck at... Pretty much everything.
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2017-10-14, 06:41 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-14, 07:00 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-14, 07:28 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-14, 07:45 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-14, 08:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-14, 11:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Late to the party, but I'm firmly on Team Wear Shoes In The House. Why? Because I wear hiking boots with ankle support, and I do so because my doctor told me that if I wanted to stop spraining my ankle several times a year just walking around, my two choices were to wear ankle braces or to wear fancy hiking boots.
Living in Oregon, hiking boots were the more fashion-conscious choice, and I've been happily wearing my boots everywhere ever since. I sprained my ankle twice the year in which I finally gave up and bought them, and zero times in the five years since (I have two pairs of the older version of these, which I get re-soled as needed and have otherwise held up just fine as my only two pairs of shoes for five years now), so I am going to keep on with this wearing boots everywhere thing. (One of the two times I sprained my ankle that last year was simply walking down a normal set of carpeted, indoor stairs. The other was stepping down a curb. I don't trust uneven surfaces of any kind at this point.) If I know I'm going to the house of someone who doesn't allow shoes indoors, I bring my ankle brace so I can go shoeless, but I need advance warning to do so since most houses around here allow shoes and I don't generally haul medical equipment around with me "just in case".
(The flannel shirt, on the other other hand, is a fashion choice. No doctor's recommendation involved.)
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2017-10-15, 05:27 AM (ISO 8601)
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I would really like to see a game made by Obryn, Kurald Galain, and Knaight from these forums.
I'm not joking one bit. I would buy the hell out of that. -- ChubbyRain
Current Design Project: Legacy, a game of masters and apprentices for two players and a GM.
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2017-10-15, 03:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-16, 05:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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Here's another one...What exactly constitutes Old School Gaming? I see people post about it a lot, and I don't really get if it is a mere mechanical thing, or if there are certain themes and plots to the actual story that really make it feel old school.
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2017-10-16, 05:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Cuthalion's art is the prettiest art of all the art. Like my avatar.
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2017-10-16, 06:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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Beats me. I played RPG's in the late 1970's and early 80's (so arguably the "old" era), but when I read about "how it was" I remember different (maybe my tables in Berkeley, California were different?).
@Yora has posted a lot on the subject, maybe search his old posts.
The OD&D in the Playground? thread, has posts by some old-timers, maybe that's a start, but I get the distinct impression that what is meant by "old-school" is not the same as "how it was". I'm reminded of certain other bogus claims about "how things used to be" that I hear more and more of.
When I get some more time, I'll do a compare and contrast, maybe in a new thread.Last edited by 2D8HP; 2017-10-16 at 11:19 PM.
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2017-10-16, 11:05 PM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-17, 12:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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2017-10-17, 01:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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"Old-school gaming" really just means playing old games and games which try to emulate those games. As time passes, the definition naturally changes as more and more games become old.
The confusion comes from the arguments over what are the important parts of "old school" games. Because even when the games are the same, newer players may appreciate different things in them than the old ones. Then there's general "back in good old days / bad old days" biases which warp the discussion, especially noticeable when the person talking of "good old days / bad old days" couldn't possibly been there themselved is essentially reciting biased history from someone else."It's the fate of all things under the sky,
to grow old and wither and die."
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2017-10-17, 09:10 AM (ISO 8601)
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Just so I’m clear - you don’t ever do something and think, “Oh man, I said I would never do this”? Or is it different because you’re not doing so regularly?
Everyone’s hypocritical in some way, small or large. Believing otherwise is self-delusion. Now, if you’re specifically targeting a group you find “particularly” hypocritical (I can take a couple guesses as to who), there are some blatant examples of hyper-hypocrisy, but let’s not pretend we don’t all have core values we betray every now and again for someone’s benefit (whether our own or another’s depends on the value betrayed).