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[FearfulJesuit]

Today I learned about a Japanese monk during the Meiji period who penned a series of reactionary diatribes that sound remarkably like something out of a DF library.

Kaiseki Sata was a Shin Buddhist monk who published a ferocious series of essays in the 1870s, on topics such as “On the Uselessness of Bookkeeping and Ink”, “On Boycotting the Solar Calendar”, “On the Four Dangers of Western-Style Umbrellas”, “On the Great Dangers of Milk”, “On Railways: The Ruin of the Nation”, and everyone’s favorite, “A Caution Against Lamps: The Ruin of the Nation” (1880).

[Ddynamo]

Just noticed that the abbreviation for my school system is SCPS.

[TempAcc]

This reminds me that the jew fears the samurai, as you can see.

[Bauglir]

“A Caution Against Lamps: The Ruin of the Nation” (1880).

Well, look, that one's pretty fair. You never know when some jackass, who shall remain forever nameless, will come along and knock over the pillars on which the lamps that bring light to the world rest, causing not only a hell of an earthquake but also burning huge tracts of land forever marring the symmetry of Arda.

[TempAcc]

You mean you :v?

[Sergarr]

Someone tried to make mods cost money. Some very popular mods, for very popular game.

As if 1001 DLC, "Always-online" DRM, and "1.0 is unplayable buggy garbage" were not enough already...

[Flying Dice]

It's already being DDOSed or Valve is in damage control mode while they pull the service, one or the other.

[Frumple]

There's a locked (for now?)* thread right here in GD about just that :V

Relevant game thread's been talking about it, too.

... probably best to take discussion about it to one of those two, really. The situation has kinda' exploded, to all appearances.

*ninja'd by bos toade

[RedWarrior0]

Friend is in a three person dorm. One of her roommates apparently invited two other people for a sleepover at 1am and are going to stay up and chat...

Since when is this polite and considerate? -.-

Welcome to college dorms.

That sounds like the kind of thing you go to an RA about. If there's a roommate agreement, she can also use that to her advantage.

[Dutchling]

I can't imagine having to share a room with another person, let alone with another student.

I've been living in this building for almost a year and I still haven't met any of my 25 floormates

[Sergarr]

5th edition of D&D appears to be dead. There are no splatbooks, not even in project. This can't be good.

[MaximumZero]

Well, damn, that was fast.

[Orange Wizard]

Maybe it didn't sell as well as they thought, so they abandoned it?

[Sergarr]

Maybe it didn't sell as well as they thought, so they abandoned it?

That's a really pitiful end for a franchise as old and venerable as Dungeons & Dragons, though...

[Tawa]

Maybe it didn't sell as well as they thought, so they abandoned it?

That's a really pitiful end for a franchise as old and venerable as Dungeons & Dragons, though...

That's why! When it got too old, its CON mod gave out and it died of old age.