I would like to know more.

The first 3 characters I made for D&D were aspirational versions of me, one way or another. Then came a short-lived evil campaign and since then its been more about making characters with room to develop as people, and who will get into the right kind of trouble.

The more people feel like the only path to security is "get lucky," the more the Skinner-box vampires can feed.

Race, gender, history. So much reactionary anger seems to really be people getting mad that they're expected to learn something new after they've grown up.

Are those train buffers on the front of the horse?

Because of politics or, um... geography?

Better estimate higher, then.

IIRC this is the thinking behind Dwarf Fortress. Write stories, then identify the systems you'd need for that to happen organically, and add them to the never-ending list of things to add.

I'm one who follows you, anyway.

Most of my actual posting happens at wandering.shop/@thecorodon

*Crosses Kingfisher off list*
Okay, we're starting to narrow it down...

In seriousness though people get blamed for the garbage situations they're given to work with every day and it's enough to drive one mad.

Probably should have bought better tools before you started, though. Unless you were too poor...

I've got their Sesame Street pinball spot in my head now, so the day has improved.