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aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 1d

Future historians are going to wonder why the 21st century suddenly became so interested in finding new ways to kill Victorian children.

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aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sure there's some ancient prophecy describing what happens when the Heart of Darkness is placed where the sun doesn't shine.

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aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 1d

Well, I do like Eidolons, Veils, and Witches. I should probably try it out.

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aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 2d

I don't really know where exactly I place politically these days. I'm afraid that all of my more detailed policy preferences have just sort of morphed into "human rights for all and vote for anyone who promises to oppose and prosecute the fascists."

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onion person @junlper.beer · 2d

i’ll never get over this

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aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 2d

This is like a 12-year-old that doesn't want to do their homework. The sacred principle he refuses to compromise on is putting off doing his job until the last possible second.
Or he's just lying.

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aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 2d

So, Jesus died and then someone else showed up claiming to be Jesus back from the dead?

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Mark Jarrell @markjarrellart.bsky.social · 2d

Myself most days..

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aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 2d

It took me just a little too long to figure out this was about a video game. I'm not sure where I was going with it.

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Casey Explosion @caseyexplosion.bsky.social · 3d

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aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 3d

I like putting spikes on a high ceiling and hitting the party with reverse gravity traps.

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aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 3d

I like a little ambiguity in the title, so I'm not sure what I'm getting into until it's too late.

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aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 3d

I'm still trying to parse his statement. Who is "they"?

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aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 3d

Is this that thing where they write down prayers so they can be used to trap evil spirits?

aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 4d

I'm thinking Joan of Arc.

Joan of Arc, a woman with short dark hair. She's wearing armor.

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aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 4d

So, change the United States of America to the United States of Terra, every nation is now a state and gets legislative representation, heads of state are now governors, and everyone in the world gets to vote for president.

aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 5d

My vision isn't great anyway so for me the story of about the last 10 years of gaming has been games looking the same but performance getting worse every year.

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aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 6d

Hummingbirds with scorpion tails.
Pythons with hedgehog quills.
Crocodiles with gorilla limbs.
Badger-hawks and their cousins the wolverine-eagles.
Bear with an angrier bear.

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aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 7d

He comes from a long line of witches, each one witcher than the last.
www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/1...

Third Base! - Penny Arcade

www.penny-arcade.com

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aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 7d

Most of the space stuff in Star Wars is perfectly plausible if one assumes a luminiferous aether.

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aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 7d

Yeah, that's probably the best way to handle it.

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aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 8d

Wait, what happens if you transform while pregnant? Does the fetus pause until you change back? Get shunted into a pocket dimension and keep gestating?

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Introvert Problems @introvertproblems.bsky.social · 8d

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aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 8d

It's a suicide note written by a paper golem. On themself. Since they're paper.

aroundight.bsky.social @aroundight.bsky.social · 8d

"How to keep an adventurer busy for hours: (see other side)"

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