I used to ask it a question here or there if I couldn’t find the answer anywhere else, but I wasn’t too satisfied with what I got. I tried to use it for coding but I kept getting funky answers so I stopped using it for that too.

The last time I used it, I was doing a repair job and asked it a question I essentially knew the answer to because I wanted to verify a step. It gave me an answer that was not only wrong, but legitimately straight up dangerous. I haven’t used it since.

I recall asking if Santa was real and a sibling told me, bluntly, he was dead.

For some reason this made a lot of sense to me so I figured the holiday was honoring some old traditional of a red coated man who delivered presents. I figured the ‘lie’ about Santa being real was a part of that too.

I’m keeping it simple this year. Turkey, rolls, gravy, and a roasted root veggie mix (carrots, turnips, and potatoes).

I’ve given up on stuffing and cranberry sauce - I’ve never had a variant I’ve liked.

Good job Gordon, pressing right click and all, I can see your M.I.T. education really pays off.

Well I can’t answer the other parts, but for games: The games industry has been going through a massive upheaval from ~2022-2025 has seen a staggering number of layoffs, games being canceled, and studios being shuttered. We’d be seeing a lot more games right now if they hadn’t been axed over the years.

In the indie game dev side, its sort of* an indiepocalypse where battling for a smidgen of spotlight on Steam is brutal - and even financial “success” doesn’t mean you’ll have enough to follow up with another game. Also because of the above publishers aren’t funding many AA games so its hard to get those going to.

*Its a little different for niches and certain genres so this is a generalization.

I’m assuming your age but I think its normal when people hit early adulthood to start drifting a direction and possibly start losing contact. At least for a few people, not everyone.

That being said, there’s a lot of unnatural disconnect lately due to stress and such and I think people tend to ‘replace’ them with parasocial or low effort social media relationships instead. Basically if you’re overwhelmed you can get some socializing in on Facebook or Instagram or the Ask Lemmy section of the fediverse and it feels like communicating but its actually leaves you wanting more but with less energy than before.

There’s also a possibility they’re dealing with something they haven’t been able (or wanting) to talk about.

The things that have worked for me are low bar meetups. That is, not a lot of time or effort to join. Like hey I’m jumping on XYZ game tonight, who’s down. Or there’s a new coffee shop near your house, want to check it out, etc.

Just take those exact characters, give them different hair colors, match the personality to the hair color, boom you got a slice of life show that has a strong first season but then fades in quality and takes a weird turn in season 2+3 before a mediocre season 4 that fans try to justify but everyone really hates.

More than I’d care to admit.

Without much velocity/pressure from the barrel, the pellets are only getting propelled from the primer alone. This short would throw the pellets in a wide area but it would likely be Nerf gun ranges.

I’m no expert but as I understand it, a longer barrel adds more velocity/pressure to a firearm. Cutting a barrel that short would probably put the velocity in the range of ‘kind of sucks’.

No - Its a vision or something where she sees herself if she gave in to the dark side.

There’s a place that sells a 44 ounce iced coffee which is great if you need an action surge and/or second wind without getting a long rest.

I got shot with an arrow but it hit my rib and bounced off. I’m sure my jacket also did some deflection too.

A friend thought he could land an arrow next to me to surprise me - Turns out he’s a bad shot.

Maybe I need another coffee but I’m a little confused.

So this site (named after a previous writing practice workshop that shut down after a series of scandals) is trying to do the same thing but isn’t actually hosting anything and is more or less pointing to a Reddit megathread with like over a dozen other writing practice workshops?

Edit: Is the point of this just to practice writing a novel for self achievement?

The second one sort of depends on the player. I’ve had a few players that have made absolutely ridiculous characters but played them very well and it was a good experience.

The first one is a strong no. I’ve never seen anyone who does a broken meta build do anything beyond ruin everyone’s time and complain (or quit) if the DM reins them in at all.

I don’t like durability mechanics when its clearly there just to waste your time or money or whatever. Any game that makes you do more hiking to repair benches than fighting is either getting a thumbs down or I’m going to download a mod.

For some reason any time I have ever brought up playing a centaur, every DM always shoots it down either saying its a serious campaign or it doesn’t fit the vibe.

I’m not sure what everyone has against them so I’ve assumed they’re either broken somehow or that someone will attempt the centaur stacking shenanigans.

This is definitely going in the book.