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[Shook]

Ach, i am once again struck by the problems of not living in 'murica. See, i'd like to buy a big bunch of dice for roleplaying, and this seems pretty much perfect (there's also a half-size mound, though i'm not quite sure if that's enough since it'll be shared with some others), and i would be able to handle price... If not for the $25 shipping. It'll also likely take a long time before it gets here. I'd LOVE to get this, but it's a bit too expensive right now, and again, shipping's too much. There are roleplaying stores over here, but none of them seem to offer a big fat bag of dice, instead "just" selling individual sets, which would push the price way up for a big bunch of them. I'll have to ask my GM if he knows any non-murican places to buy a shit ton of RPG dice. :I

[TD1]

You should totally try Mat Cauthon Ltd.

Many dice - he seems to just be giving them away.

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Please don't look up Mat Cauthon Ltd. It doesn't exist. If it did, I would live there.

[hops]

Well it's why I suspect I just have a bad attitude. I'm not inexplicably sad. I know I'm sad because things never meet my standard of being good enough. It's exhausting being an overly critical asshole.

Ach, i am once again struck by the problems of not living in 'murica. See, i'd like to buy a big bunch of dice for roleplaying, and this seems pretty much perfect (there's also a half-size mound, though i'm not quite sure if that's enough since it'll be shared with some others), and i would be able to handle price... If not for the $25 shipping. It'll also likely take a long time before it gets here. I'd LOVE to get this, but it's a bit too expensive right now, and again, shipping's too much. There are roleplaying stores over here, but none of them seem to offer a big fat bag of dice, instead "just" selling individual sets, which would push the price way up for a big bunch of them. I'll have to ask my GM if he knows any non-murican places to buy a shit ton of RPG dice. :I

Generally speaking, a good solution for the price of a shit ton of dice is to use electronic ones, but I can understand why you'd want real dice.

But then in that case you shouldn't complain about the price you purist buttock. :v

[BlackHeartKabal]

Well it's why I suspect I just have a bad attitude. I'm not inexplicably sad. I know I'm sad because things never meet my standard of being good enough. It's exhausting being an overly critical asshole.

I know I'm not in much of a position to speak about the subject of depression but people say I'm depressed and I feel I have reasons to be sad too.

...god, I wish I had the ability to help anyone.

[TheBiggerFish]

BHK, you're helping right now.

Cinder:Just because you have a reason to feel bad doesn't mean you're not depressed.

[Shook]

Generally speaking, a good solution for the price of a shit ton of dice is to use electronic ones, but I can understand why you'd want real dice.

But then in that case you shouldn't complain about the price you purist buttock. :v

Ain't the dice price i'm complainin' about. ;o
But really, i'm totally fine with electronic, it's just that rolling dice in meatspace feels better than *click* *number*. That, and i kind of want a collection. (... and a violently oversized d20)

[TheBiggerFish]

Violently oversized d20 is best d20.

Now I want to make a mace out of a hyperviolence-sized d20 and d4s for spikes.  Just because it'd be cool.

Or maybe a flail?  Something.

[Solifuge]

I'm still not sure if I have depression.

Spoiler: Quasi-Educated Psychology and Personal Experience ahead: (click to show/hide)

One way I try to talk about Depression as I experience it, particularly with family who think it means "a person who is sad right now", is that it's a brain-chemistry issue that makes you unable to see meaning or value in yourself, your life, or other things outside yourself. Motivation can be very hard, or seem impossible. When in a depressed state, you can't just decide to change your "mood"; you're stuck on feeling vaguely detached, hopeless, purposeless, or listless and lacking motivation for even basic needs like food or work that's otherwise very important. Sometimes you may fake what it's like to feel good when around others... because you can still see the meaning and value in other folks, and maybe you don't want them to feel bad about you, or whatever.

Odd as it may sound, Depression was most likely an evolutionary advantage in the past, hence why a lot of people have it today. For folks who have mild Manic episodes after they come out of a Depression (also me), they can sometimes motivate themselves to power through very difficult, unpleasant, or complicated tasks, work hard for days on end with little rest and feel fine, etc. Hypomania has it's own problems and dangers (bipolar disorders can make people very excited to do very stupid stuff if they're not self-aware or careful). That said, that cycle of Depression and the resurgence of energy and motivation that comes after, is like conserving mental and physical energy for a kind of Sprinting... an ability to sustain feelings of confidence and motivation for longer than a Neurotopical person. Your depression re-sensitizes you to your body's own Neurotransmitters, allowing them to motivate you more powerfully, and for a longer time.

That said, some people have more extreme forms of these than others; they're not binary on/off conditions, but are gradients or spectra. Just like anything else in psychology. It hits some people more extremely than others. If a person's Depression (or Mania), cause them significant hardships in life, that's generally when disorders are diagnosed and medication is used.

[BorkBorkGoesTheCode]

Generally speaking, a good solution for the price of a shit ton of dice is to use electronic ones, but I can understand why you'd want real dice.

But then in that case you shouldn't complain about the price you purist buttock. :v

But then the players will think you're using code-fu treachery to finagle the dice.

[Helgoland]

@What is depression: Maybe it doesn't apply to everyone, but AFAIK for most folks it's not so much 'sadness without reason' but rather 'crushing, soul-sucking emptiness' (or a milder version of that). When you wake up, swing your legs to the side, and then just sit there for ten minutes because you just can't manage to get up and brush your teeth or put on some socks or have a shower - that's depression. When the concept of purpose has vanished from the world, taking life and color and coherence with it. Indifference towards everything, but most of all yourself.

Rule of thumb: If you think you're depressed, go see a doctor. It certainly won't do any harm*.



*Unless you end up taking medication unnecessarily, but that can usually be avoided by telling the doc that if possible you'd rather not take medication. There is the type of person that goes to that kind of doctor and is not content until they're prescribed something - make sure you're not taken for one of those folks.

[Arcvasti]

Sickness. Being sick is annoying.

[Frumple]

Bleh. Second time in the last few months we've noticed grandparent forgot to pay a bill for... a few months. Last payment in july, just put one in the mail today. Lost the mail from 'em, didn't remember they were behind, etc. Starting to look like someone else (probably me) will need to start keeping track of that instead of giving the person the benefit of the doubt that they're on top of things. Another sign of a mind going to rot from age, which is as unpleasant as ever

[TD1]

That's not so bad. My granny thought I was a gypsy invader for a while. Before that, she simply thought I wasn't part of the family.

But I suppose that's different - dementia.

[Frumple]

... there being worse doesn't mean it's not particularly bad.

[TD1]

I didn't mean to imply that it wasn't, sorry.

Just sharing the sad your comment recalled.