Andy Shamel

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Theologian, priest, nerd, dad
So, it has come to my attention that Wizards of the Coast are releasing a new #planescape product this year. Planescape is *by far* my favourite #dnd campaign setting of all time. I wonder how this iteration will turn out…

society: damn misinfo at scale is getting a bit out of hand lately. seems like a problem.

tech guys: i have invented a machine that generates misinformation. is that helpful?

Over many years, I have been gradually replacing all of the paragraphs in the Ship of Theseus Wikipedia article.

Developmental Stages of White Guys

0-17 - so much potential

18-48 - youthful indiscretion zone

49-100 - he's a product of his time, you can't judge him by today's standards

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It seems as through Dice Friends is on a bit of a hiatus, but should it return, I just want to put my vote in for a Legend of the Five Rings game. All of these episodes of FNPF and North 100 showdown with the L5R books peeking over the shoulder of (usually) Ben Wheeler have me keen to find out what LRR would make of it. @Graham_LRR @ihorner #l5r #loadingreadyrun #dicefriends

If anyone ever tries to convince you that your nation would be better served by a private health insurance system, rather than having government managed healthcare, that person is your enemy. They are trying to kill you.

Sincerely,
Someone paying 10x as much for Insulin.

I don't consider companies like #adobe or Hasbro as anything other than gigantic corporate diseases, so far removed from their founding vision that they've become a behemoth better off slain.

Let’s Take A Minute To Talk About D&D’s Open Gaming License (OGL) | by Noah "MyLawyerFriend" Downs | Jan, 2023 | Medium
https://medium.com/@MyLawyerFriend/lets-take-a-minute-to-talk-about-d-d-s-open-gaming-license-ogl-581312d48e2f

#DnD #opendnd #ttrpg #ttrpgs #dungeonsanddragons #hasbro #wotc #mtg #indieweb

Let’s Take A Minute To Talk About D&D’s Open Gaming License (OGL)

Hi all! My name is Noah Downs, aka MyLawyerFriend! I am a licensed attorney with a focus on business, and intellectual property issues in the tabletop and digital gaming industries. There is a lot of…

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“Booty call” and “butt dial” has been offered up as an example of where the literal meaning of two phrases is the same but the implied meaning is very different (denotative vs connotative meanings).

Today a coffee mug gave me another example: “dad bod” and “father figure”

#linguistics #wordplay