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Jemmargh! Topaz (halloween edition) @jemma.bsky.social · 16h

Anthropologist: Hmm, these people seem to know what they are. People near them also seem to know what they are.
Anthropologist: But none of them are anthropologists; so I had better make up what I think they really are.
Anthropologist: I'm doing science!

Saffron @dragonsaffron.bsky.social · 16h

I hate cis anthropologists I hate cis anthropologists I hate cis anthropologists I hate cis anthropologists

Muxes identify with lo femenino or
what is feminine and many dress in traditional female attire, but they are not gen-
erally seeking to be transgender, or to be accepted as women.

The gay men I interviewed were even more emphatic and quick to differentiate
themselves from muxes. Mario, an articulate twenty-four-year-old gay man, for
example, said that
For me a muxe is a man who identifies as a woman and likes to dress like a woman. I
am not muxe. I am gay because I have never wanted to dress like a woman or to be one.
They work in female trades. I know I am a man.

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Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar @redophiuchus.bsky.social · 16h

Renako is mostly into FPS' though so that's mostly it.

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Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar @redophiuchus.bsky.social · 16h

Sometimes they play video games!

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headfallsoff @headfallsoff.com · 17h

>looking for a new action game
>ask if the action game is meter management or cooldowns
>she doesnt understand
>pull out illustrated diagram explaing what is meter management and what is cooldowns
>she laughs and says “it’s a good game sir”
>buy the game
>its cooldowns

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Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar @redophiuchus.bsky.social · 21h

I'm anxious over here in Arkansas. Our state is bad enough but I really don't want it following Texas.

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Cordy Fox 🔜 Milwaukee @cordula.breloom.club · 21h

I, a trans woman who fled Texas, runq Pokémon League at a store staffed by two Texas expat trans women, and my partner is a trans Texas expat who keeps a Whataburger cup charm on its keychain.

ghostly gwen howerton @kissphoria.bsky.social · 22h

My dope friend Adrian, who is trans, interviewed 90 transgender Texans. His project is finally out: www.dallasnews.com/news/politic...

We surveyed 90 trans Texans. Most said they’re living in fear and weighing a move

Respondents said anti-trans policies have complicated their sense of home in Texas and pushed them to consider leaving the state.

www.dallasnews.com

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kc @allaganeyes.bsky.social · 1d

happy international lesbian day

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Tolarian Community College @tolariancommunitycollege.com · 1d

We're going back to the plane of New York City.

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mr pussy @mrpussy.xyz · 1d

oh my god I'm watching someone watch a live twitch streamer waterbirth (like inflatable pool in the living room, a bunch of WoW streamers sitting around watching) the future is so stupid. does this count as hot tub streaming? someone in the chat said "W push" lmfao

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Rumble The Imp @rumbletheimp.bsky.social · 1d

If it was any other industry.

“We have to steal the raw materials because if we had to actually pay for them we wouldn’t be profitable”

Would be a death knell for that industry.

But I guess ai gets a pass cuz fuck artists in particular right?

The Verge @theverge.com · May 26

Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry

Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.

buff.ly

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Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar @redophiuchus.bsky.social · 1d

Classic D&D had a different die roll for calculating attack in one edition, and different maximum values in another, though for many races when it came to different max values they were actually equal except when using the exceptional strength trait. It was very unnescessary and gross, but not this.

Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar @redophiuchus.bsky.social · 1d

This problem is further compounded by the fact that stat bonuses from level ups are determined as a % of existing stats. Meaning not only do they start with a disadvantage, but that disadvantage scales all the way to max level.

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Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar @redophiuchus.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of people talk about how sexist classic D&D is but Final Fantasy Tactics said, "hold my beer".

What do you mean the initial female rage of starting HP value ENDS where the male range BEGINS. (It's reversed for MP)

In addition, Physical Attack and Magick Attack have a simlar 25% inversion.

Screenshot from the Final Fantasy Tactics wiki breaking down initial raw HP by gender. Males have a range from 491,520 to 524,287, and Females have a range from 458,752 to 491,519.

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Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar @redophiuchus.bsky.social · 1d

My manager was talking about getting together to make preprompts to get copilot to generate unit tests for us and I felt my heart drop.

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Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar @redophiuchus.bsky.social · 2d

In short: 11 or 8 if you want voice acting and a more modern experience. I'd wait for the remake if you want 7, it looks beautiful and I have full confidence in it. 3's HD2D is really good if you want to try a 2D one with 1&2 coming later as another good option.

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Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar @redophiuchus.bsky.social · 2d

5 is one of the best video game narratives of all time and for a game from 1992 that's impressive to me. 5 and back are all fairly old at this point so you'd have to be interested in old sprite designs. You could start with the HD2D remake of 3, or the one for 1 and 2 coming out this month.

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Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar @redophiuchus.bsky.social · 2d

9 is like they took a lot of the design choices from 8 and then retroactively applied it to the class system from 6 and 7 so if you really like the class customizing aspect those two could be really fun for you.

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Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar @redophiuchus.bsky.social · 2d

11 is so good that I cried more than once. 8 is also a really good choice. 8 and 9 were both co-developed with Level 5 so if you like 9 there's a good chance a lot of the design choices in 8.

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Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar @redophiuchus.bsky.social · 2d

The DQ7 remake looks so pretty and has rekindled my hope so much.

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Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar @redophiuchus.bsky.social · 2d

WE NEED A DQ9 REMAKE SO BAD PLEASE SQUARE ENIX PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE

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Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar @redophiuchus.bsky.social · 2d

You already said it but it's just like impossible to believe she thought it was literal when she knew the context she was in was a rap battle. Lol

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Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar @redophiuchus.bsky.social · 2d

I'm pretty sure she answers back with a sarcastic tone in the song too, right??? Like it very much didn't feel literal. She knew what she was doing. I refuse to believe it went over her head.

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Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar @redophiuchus.bsky.social · 2d

exclude women, and lgbt people from gaming spaces, while hiding behind past experiences of being bullied and attempting to bully-jacket those whole groups.

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Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar @redophiuchus.bsky.social · 2d

I can't speak to the particular moments that happened to you. It's entirely possible you were actually bullied online.

But I can speak to the actual trend, you know the posts that blew up and attracted attention, and how they were a response to predominantly Gamer Gate and calls to bully and

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Asmoranomardicadaistinaculdacar @redophiuchus.bsky.social · 2d

You know that was a joke, right? And largely making fun of people who were using the fact that they were bullied as teenagers as an excuse to bully other people as adults.

There was a throughline of "I was bullied and I became more empathetic, maybe you weren't bullied enough if you act like this."

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