On Identity

On Identity

One could TL;DR with a snarky “well, duh, you can call a tail a leg but a dog still has five legs”, but Eric Raymond is worth listening to. He had discussed a vapid SJW-infested article on identity where all sides were huffing unicorn paint, but more things came to light, so now there’s a full length post [http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=7524]. > There was a very silly news story recently about “Claire”, a transsexual “girl” with a penis who complains that she is rejected by straight guys for ‘having…

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Another aspect of "Games are the new TV"?

Another aspect of "Games are the new TV"?

From “How the War on Video Games is Hurting Your Son [https://buildingboys.net/how-the-war-on-video-games-is-hurting-your-son/]“. > Parents who may have played video games a bit when they were younger but have now stopped, when they see their sons and daughters sitting in front of a TV and playing games, they often think that the kids are essentially watching TV. That it’s just a waste of time. > But really,  video games are so much more in children’s lives. They play with each other in games…

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You're DM'ing Wrong

You're DM'ing Wrong

First, They’re Called Modules for a Reason [https://gamingwhileconservative.wordpress.com/2017/04/28/theyre-called-modules-for-a-reason/] . > So the moral of the story is this: Modules are better than adventures.  They force the players to play like grown ups.  They force the players to make decisions and direct the play.  The give the DM infinite amounts of flexibility.  Go ahead and try dropping your average Dungeon adventure or Pathfinder movie-script – er, I mean ‘adventure’, yeah right – i…

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Girl Friday

Girl Friday

Another instagram model – Sara Underwood [https://www.instagram.com/saraunderwood/]. She’s apparently at home in nature. Have a good weekend. [![](http://thelastredoubt.com/content/images/2017/05/sara_underwood_2017-04-2815.45.23.png)](https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uZ-83C78U_0/WQOclsWMbxI/AAAAAAAAAx8/PbjI26pfI-oz1XV1LqhTnWX76FEb7HQRACLcB/s1600/sara_underwood_2017-04-28%2B15.45.23.png) [![](http://thelastredoubt.com/content/images/2017/05/sara_underwood_2017-04-2815.45.37.png)](https://4.bp.blog…

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Shaving

Shaving

Seven years ago I bought this double edged safety razor – a Parker 96R [https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002IFFSOS/] that opened like butterfly wings. That razor ($28), a $25 brush, $150 in shaving creams (I’ve tried a number of different ones) and $70 in blades and I still have 60 – odd Derby-brand double-edge blades ready to use. $250 in shaving supplies has lasted me for over 7 years. Compare that to the cost of the typical Gillette Mach3 package of 8 blades. Granted, I shave mostly every…

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