Hmm?

Generally, behavioral shifts that happen quickly like that aren't a great sign. But no, expecting your home to be treated in a more respectful manner than if you were just hanging out in a cafe isn't being an asshole. On the other hand, he might just have trouble reaching out or figuring out boundaries. Odd, but not ill will.

Yeah, unless there is something outside of that influencing him to not want to be where he would normally be. Age makes a difference here. A teenager might be having issues at home, a young man might be struggling to connect with people socially. An older guy, it's almost always a loss of some kind (in my experience.

Also, hello Dotty

Right, that's a tougher one then.

Yeah, loneliness hits hard when you get to that point where you realize you're essentially stuck in it and can't find your way out. That'd be the explanation I'd put down to it. But yeah, good luck trying to get him to realize that. It's hard to break through to people who feel that dread. It sucks because it pushes people away, which is exactly the opposite of the goal.

Yep. It's essentially that same process. It's just increasingly disconcerting as the person gets older. Don't have the experience of them dropping by the house all the time. That'd get old quick. Does he acknowledge when you try and create distance?

Yeah, can't really fix that for him.

Yeah, that's forward as hell.

I'd say just get him out at a bar and have a chat over a few beers or something. But yeah, you also can't take personal responsibility for his mental state.

It's definitely a cry for attention. It's not a great sign for his mental health.

It's not cold, it's just realistic about how much you can personally do for someone else. Reach out if and when you can, but if it's an issue with him it will have to be him to solve it. Even with help.

I've made that mistake before. Trying to help someone who was too far gone to really benefit at that point. It's brutal but there's a reason there's a billion dollar mental health industry. Unfortunately, al of the time you realize someone needs help is also after the point you can really help.

It's also a thing he can do on his own if he needs to, and exercise helps lift the spirit.

Yeah, it's the manifestation of apathy. Actually feeling apathetic. And it tears everything of meaning down from the inside out. Been there.

Yeah, no worries man. Hope you can sort it out.

Heya.

Hello.

Whats up?

About the same. Playing some EFT

Read anything good lately?

Showa? I'm unfamiliar. What's that?

Oh , right on. Dude definitely left his mark then.

What time period roughly would that be?

Definitely would be interesting then. Especially with a post-war Japan and the, I'm sure, complicated nature of recalibrating your society after Japanese imperialism.

Part of saving face I assume?

Also, iirc, there's a lot of politics about the war that still gets brought up today so its probably not the easiest topic to talk about to begin with.

Check the beard

Can I be offended that the BBEG rolled a natural 20 on the attack roll?

My character has a strong attachment to living.

And yeah, good intention but even with a group that used it I am guessing most players would feel pressure not to use it, even if everyone would be fine with it. Just because you're messing with the game. Easier to settle that with the DM beforehand. Some guys get down right creepy with how much they want to go on about how dark their world is.

Nothing wrong with a dark world. or graphic content. WWII setting could be really interesting.

Lore bards do pretty well for being archers too.

If it makes plate it can make scales/rings for armors that would count as medium. Just drop the effectiveness down to match from their dragon plate counterparts if that's a concern.

Weight increase corresponds to a dex modifier penalty, if you so choose.

Also true.

Also, daggers, scimitars, sickles, and spears tend to have pointy metal bits.

Bone works.

Come on now. Definitely the furries.

They shapeshift man.

I'm just RP'ing my character man. Don't make it weird.

That sounds amazing.

Are you avoiding the nazi zombies or nah? Because the nazi's would definitely do necromancy.

That'd be interesting. It's late in the war but a reimaging of operation Valkyrie as the official splitting point.

Failed like the original of course.

reimagining even.

Hey man.

Yep.

Nothing. Just saying hey. We were talking about your WWII campaign earlier. Just being friendly.

Suppose I could screech at you, if you prefer.

Well then. REEeeeee and all that.

Presumably behind the immigration controls.

Though, if you have a topic, feel free.

Yeah, I kept getting a dead invite from the other ones. Probably because they had to kill those invites because the server was a target of a harassment campaign.

That's never saved them either. I.E. Contrapoints wasn't exactly off-side. Until it became in vogue to hate her.

Eat your own.

Yeah there is definitely an element of having made the bed you're forced to sleep in now. On the other hand, I'm not sold that even the victims of the self-cannibalizing really change their positions. At least on average.

Yeah, definitely comes down to an individuals ability to process that. I feel for her, in that she's now much more isolated than she was before and undoubtedly much of who she viewed herself as was in light of her platform and positions. It's got to be brutal to have that turned on her. And yeah. Blaire's pretty awesome. Not a regular viewer but definitely enjoy most of what I've seen.

Good on her. I've missed that apparently.

What position where you assailed on?

Of course, it'll be interesting to see when/if she returns. Though it's possible she comes back more in line with the harassers position. I hope not, but that's their goal.

That's some bullshit though. I'm sorry you had to go through that. Mass hate like that has an entirely different feel to it than when you're getting it from one or two people.

Not too odd of a reaction just to take the direct opposite position. People can and will adopt pretty extreme positions merely out of self defense. Literal or metaphorical.

No worries. It's just how people work. That's why the whole hate engine that gets running is so dangerous. It encourages both sides to radicalize their position. Which does none of us any good.

Part of the issue is they want both to be comepletely accepted and yet maintain the outside of normalcy position they hold. And you can't have both. You can't have gay marriage, social acceptance, etc etc. And maintain that you're apart from the consensus that achieves those ends. It's the whole issue of rebels needing the system they claim to be opponents of.

And yeah, there's unfortunately a lot of mental illness that complicates a lot of this. Especially for the trans community, for various reasons. It attracts a lot of people who are mentally ill and then dawn the mantle of trans as a way of representing that. Which hurts everyone involved.

Yeah, there was a lot of silly behaviors that came along with it. But then again, they're mostly kids. That's when you are supposed to do dumb shit and believe dumb things. You've not learned better. Hell, most the time the concept of the self, who you actually are, is a mystery at that age.

Not only soviet. French and German philosophies popularized in the early bits of the century also led quite a lot of people down a path of reductionism. The west isn't innocent in it's own undermining.

As a society though, we've lost a lot of the valuable culture indicators that were present before hand. I.E. Ask a young man today what it means to be a man. When he becomes one. Etc.

The best system we have as of yet, but yeah. It has issues. The general populace will naturally tend toward complacency as time goes on. And just as you've said, it makes the foundation weak because it is often over looked.

Part of that is just the expression of powerlessness too though.

As an individual, there is next to nothing you can personally do to address civilizational issues. It's why the state is necessary. Its natural, once you have given the state the power to act on behalf of the commons to want it to solve issues you consider large enough to warrant it's involvement. The issue being the matters the state is involved in will naturally tend to increase. Which, along with the choice you've mentioned, also reinforces the idea that the individual can't solve an increasing number of smaller issues, be they cultural or whatever.

It doesn't mean the individual is powerless. Merely, that he feels himself to be. And therefore the state takes up the slack.

Yeah. A bit too reductionist agrarianism for my tastes. lol.

I've worked a farm. it's no fun.

^

Yeah, not feudalism then. lol

We had one once. Didn't go so well, honestly.

Seem to recall a lot of tea went missing.

Wait wait wait.

Honestly he's the worst example of it.

The Bush and Clinton family.

Kennedy's etc.

Trump doesn't have dynastic power. Yet.

Really selling me on the monarchy, friend.

True.

Take care.

So. Holy Roman Empire.

Yes?

Because I saw it mentioned

You're just jealous.

Later

As entertaining as it might be seeing the winged hussars back in action, I think we're beyond that point.

Thought deleting Europe was already official EU policy?

Seems to be going well.

I mean. Do you have oil?

We can just justify the whole thing as defending american interests.

We'll take one Romania then.

True. US has lots with fracking.

Maybe we should just take over Japan then. Get that sweet sweet rare metal deposits they have off shore.