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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago

Yep and CR10 when you're level 7 and decided to fuck around is also a proverbial dildo

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Just from DMing perspective I feel this when my players decide to fight a NPC they weren't supposed to fight at a level I don't have a block for lol. "Well your options are cr3 and cr10 and you're level 7 so....10 it is and imma just shave some stuff off while hoping for the best" lol. Shout-out to every time my party says they're looking for shady people to circumvent the legal way to do something then balk when the pricetag isn't a handshake and an IOU their reputation proceeds them will never be collected.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Last week of 1997 I think (got a computer programmable barbie for xmas and somehow my older sister took this as "time to put her on the internet" lol). First thing she did was sign me up for AOL chat then put me in a "kid friendly" chat room (think there was a suggested list or smtg). Ended up being a roleplaying animals chat and.......well it wasn't just kids in there lol. Half of us were just typing "turns into a panda and rolls around" and others were typing "bear sits at bar and winks at panda". We quickly exited that and she searched me a cat facts site and left me to it.

With the new found power of search I started looking up where we were blocked in whatever the current Tomb Raider was which led me to fanfic porn which led me to what's 69 which actually led me to a couple different groups of older people who were very chill and "you shouldn't be here", but also gave me a lot of advice on sex ed (which was appreciated, my mom's period talk was vague and conducted like I was in a war now lmao), keeping private on the internet and what's an inappropriate conversation someone's trying to have with me, saying no and I don't have to talk to anyone who's making me uncomfortable. Also taught me how to download music and safe practices. So thanks "perverts" of the 90s, I appreciated learning what reverse cowgirl was, no means no and how to download music for free so I could stop tape recording my favorites off the radio lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

5 lol have a test today and feel both prepared and unprepared at the same time 🙃 written portion is random questions which may or may not be written confusingly and skills portion is also random so I could get a 5 step or a 30 step skill

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I'm not a mineral person going to be honest (I work in healthcare lol), so not sure I can really answer your questions. Also sorry being a bit cagey didn't want to dox myself before a google, like felt 99% sure this was a common mineral, but again not a mineral person.

Basically I lived in some foothills along a ravine made of granite. Home 1 I think we had a neighborhood well and home 2 was a personal well. I can't list the equipment being used to soften the water (if at all), I just know neither were on town water and home 2 I helped my dad install a softener since there wasn't one (which tbh didn't help too much besides making the water coming out of the faucet less cloudy and mildly less thirst inducing).

I don't think my hometown has a lot of limestone (idk may be wrong, like said I'm not a mineral person, all I know it's a granite ravine) so can't comment too much beyond that. This was just my experience with water growing up and what put me off it for a long time.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

Bit confused here. There's levels to water hardness and what I listed you'd know pretty much instantly. It doesn't sneak up on you or anything. If it makes you feel better I grew up in a town on a ravine lol it was all rock. You may not be dealing with the same situation.

ETA also limestone wasn't the mineral that was the issue there, was a different one

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

I drink it now...on town water lol. Growing up outside of town proper in my area it did not taste good and left you more thirsty than when you started drinking it. The water was hard enough taking a shower felt like washing down with iron wool and if you stayed in more than five minutes you came out peeling. I was actually amazed the first time I lived in a town center on town water and the water didn't make my skin feel raw lol. I was floored when I lived in a beach town and not only was the water mild, something in the area made the water taste slightly sweet and enjoyable to drink instead of "somewhat metallic from old pipes, but inoffensive cause it's thirst quenching instead of thirst exacerbating".

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

My cat feels he's got to be invited in and demands I open the window so everyone and sundry can see me crap while he enjoys a nice breeze and wildlife voyeurism. Then while I'm mid-crap he decides we're done here and if I don't let him out prompto the whole house is gonna burn down.

Meanwhile if I don't let him in he's scratching up the door like he's trying to call 911 for a murder. Honestly don't know which is better but I guess my shits have gotten faster...

Ftr this wasn't better when we lived alone and I'd leave the door open. He'd just stand at the entrance yowling like he was reporting a fire. I have been informed by family his shits smell worse than mine so idk what he was complaining about. Especially cause when he craps he immediately tries to vacate the premises like he just left a bomb and a quick sashay out will save him from the shrapnel.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Honestly just miss everyone working together. I only did about 1.5 seasons each of Picard and Discovery, but I just couldn't take all the "the enemy is each other". If I wanted that I'd watch the expanse? Ftr I will watch them in entirety and fully judge at that point, rn I haven't so can't say they offer nothing. SNW seems to get it though which I appreciate and hope continues. There are so few optimistic sci-fi shows I really want trek to stick to that niche.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

Sometimes it's just a passion project by crazy people. My town has a shack on a busy non-walkable intersection without even parking spaces that sells only angel figurines. Let me be clear, this isn't general angel knickknacks, this isn't specific saints, it's angel figurines ONLY. You will find no bless this house signs. No Christmas tree toppers or ornaments. Not a single holiday decoration, religious or otherwise. You won't even find Jesus on the cross.

Angel. Figurines. Only. I always assumed it was a front for something until my mom helped with some taxes for them. No, it's just one crazy couple who are obsessed with the sanctity of the angel figurine. They feel very strongly about it and asking if they do garden angels now that spring's coming up and you'd love to patronage them is apparently offensive enough for them to take their taxes elsewhere lol.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

That's not true for women's clothes... It's sundresses right now and I'm getting all the ones with pockets I can find and so are a bunch of other women, they sell out fast. The issue is the pockets are usually incorrectly positioned and rotated in such a way anything you put in them falls out on top of being tiny so now things are 2x more likely to fall out AND you're constantly patting yourself down to find the damn pocket. I had one I really wanted to buy, but couldn't cause the pocket was angled for me to be covertly groin shooting someone with a gun, not making sure my keys stay on my person lol.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No, I mostly read romance like said. I do read some male isekai, but I'm generally not a fan of the tropes in them. I'll check it out though, thanks. And yep I know about the name swap with cmmd, I've just been reading it for literal years so I remember the first one better.

 

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Hello! Your friendly mod PassingDuchy again with a few community updates!

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Hello!

I take care of a few hospice individuals and am looking for breakfast ideas! Dietary requirements are as follows:

  • low carb
  • low sugar
  • low dairy

Since most of them have no teeth they need ground/pureed soft food as well (though I can always blender hard foods so I'm not listing it as a dietary requirement, but things like curries or soups are a big time saver for me since I can skip the blender step).

Currently my recipe list is as follows:

  • Shakshuka
  • Frittata
  • Miso Soup
  • Gazpacho
  • Vegetable/Fruit salads (I don't have a specific recipe for this so if anyone has one I'd love one!)

I'm not really a breakfast person so I'm looking for some recipe ideas since right now they mostly just get cereal or yogurt every morning which doesn't really fit the doctors' orders and has to be pretty boring for them.

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