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[Flying Dice]

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Personally I think you'd get enough fun out of just having the key require the person to open any locked object they encounter, without all that conceptual stuff. Imagine the fun situations that would put the character in every time they tried to go to the bank or the marketplace? It's something that's a fun play on the concept, but doesn't run into "the ability to do anything by parsing it as being 'locked away' " problem.

The first was specifically intended as the 'this is actually reasonably balanced both objectively and in terms of the drawbacks and benefits', while the second was likewise except for being

...way too open-ended and will likely lead to disaster one way or another.

Of course, for the 'compulsion to open locks', it'd be even better funnier with a set of cursed lockpicks.

[FearfulJesuit]

Duck Dynasty makes the news again, with...a Nicholas Cage movie?

[MetalSlimeHunt]

I guarantee to you that Left Behind has created far more atheists than Christians.

[Sergarr]

jesus christ

[IronTomato]

Looking through metal gear rising videos and randomly finding irontomato twice.
NANOMACHINES SON.

SO YA LIKE PLAYIN' HIDE AND SEEK YA LITTLE BITCH

[smjjames]

jesus christ

Theres several wtfs in that article itself. That's what happens when you let religious conservatives run a college.

[Flying Dice]

jesus christ

Theres several wtfs in that article itself. That's what happens when you let religious conservatives run a college anything.

Bronze-age victim-blaming and superstition do not the basis for a good society make.

[Persus13]

jesus christ

Theres several wtfs in that article itself. That's what happens when you let religious conservatives run a college.

No, this is what happens when you let people who are more concerned about college image run a college.

[Flying Dice]

jesus christ

Theres several wtfs in that article itself. That's what happens when you let religious conservatives run a college.

No, this is what happens when you let people who are more concerned about college image run a college.

Sure is convenient how all of the good that comes from a cultural artifact is always associated with it, but any evil begotten by it is completely unrelated to that same cultural artifact, eh?

[LordSlowpoke]

jesus christ

Theres several wtfs in that article itself. That's what happens when you let religious conservatives run a college.

No, this is what happens when you let people who are more concerned about college image run a college.

Sure is convenient how all of the good that comes from a cultural artifact is always associated with it, but any evil begotten by it is completely unrelated to that same cultural artifact, eh?

dice, religious conversatives are responsible or a lot of bull but now you're just making shit up to suit your own agenda

this kinda shit is being pulled in colleges all over the states, no matter if it's ran by

specifically because of what persus said

[TamerVirus]

Here's an article related to that specific brand of Christianity.

for any school of thought! there is extremism

Edit: then there's the recently viral story of the Columbia student protesting her alleged rape. Columbia, you know? Ivy League?

here

[Baffler]

The school consistently prioritizes keeping its spot-free image (necessary to maintain its far-right, hyper evangelical donor base happy), over the well being of its students,” she wrote in an e-mail.

Herein lies the rub. The school is a business, and they have to keep their image clean. The same despicable bullshit happens all over the nation, but this seems to take the cake.

[Flying Dice]

jesus christ

Theres several wtfs in that article itself. That's what happens when you let religious conservatives run a college.

No, this is what happens when you let people who are more concerned about college image run a college.

Sure is convenient how all of the good that comes from a cultural artifact is always associated with it, but any evil begotten by it is completely unrelated to that same cultural artifact, eh?

dice, religious conversatives are responsible or a lot of bull but now you're just making shit up to suit your own agenda

this kinda shit is being pulled in colleges all over the states, no matter if it's ran by

specifically because of what persus said

Not denying that, but I probably could have been clearer.

Most universities will still do a quick turnaround and come down like a hammer on the perpetrator if the story gets out, because that is the optimal approach from a public-relations perspective. Of course they won't disturb the status quo if the victim stays quiet. I'm arguing that in most cases the university in question, although not particularly ethical, is fundamentally a rational actor, and will quickly shift from victim-blaming to a crackdown if it suits their needs.

On a related note, where do you think we get the elected officials that victim-blame or outright argue that there's no such thing as rape? They don't spontaneously generate from a pile of hypocritical, metaphorical crap. They're a product of the same strain of religious extremism, and they are demonstrating learned behavior.

Also note: I am not suggesting that all Christians are like that, or even the vast majority of them. I am not even suggesting that the majority of the U.S. religious far-right is like that. But neither am I going to pretend that none of them are, or that they have nothing to do with this sort of attitude. I'm not even necessarily saying that the specific individuals involved are evil or whatever, but just because your mindset was formed by a pretty fucked up worldview espoused by previous generations doesn't mean you get a free ride on continuing it.

And frankly, on a personal note, if I ever found that I was affiliated, be it directly or indirectly, with people who (pardon the pun) preached this sort of ideology from a subset of a group I belonged to, I'd be working to discredit them rather than plastering the behavior over with generalizations about larger wholes that don't espouse the same sort of hatred and fear.

[Mustard Elemental]

In 2006, a Czech research team[37] discovered women with high levels of toxoplasmosis antibodies were significantly more likely to have baby boys than baby girls. In most populations, the birth rate is around 51% boys, but women infected with T. gondii had up to a 72% chance of a boy.[38][39] In mice, the sex ratio was higher in early latent toxoplasmosis and lower in later latent toxoplasmosis.[39]

Well, I can imagine people in China purposely infecting themselves with this.

Inb4 outbreak

[BlackFlyme]

Buses. I hate them. It took an hour before I was actually able to get on one today, because of how many people were on them. The crappy part is that most of the occupants of the bus I was on got off at a highschool. Practically emptied. Because the kids aren't on a proper school bus route.

My schedule had apparently changed, unbeknownst to me. Went to the wrong class. A half hour late.

When I do find my proper computers class I find out that the room has no computers. We bring our own. Thankfully I did have my laptop with me. Unfortunately I did not go down to IT before class and get them to allow me onto the network, so I couldn't do anything that class. Also, Macs and other apple products aren't allowed as the software we use isn't compatible, unles you perform some sort of infernal witchcraft ritual, according to the few Mac users who got the program to work.

So after class I went down to IT and picked a number. I waited a while, and when I got up to the counter, I was told that this was not where I was supposed to go to get help getting onto the wifi. Somehow I didn't notice all of the vibrantly coloured signs informing others of where to go to access the wifi or reset our passwords. So I went to the room, only to find the doors locked. I went back to IT, when I noticed that the signs from earlier had arrows on them pointing in a different direction from where I originally went. One side of the room was locked, but not the other. Hell, there were even arrows on the floor to show you which way you are supposed to go.

So I waited in line, and got my password reset. I went to a nearby computer to quickly sign in and change my password, but nothing I tried would log me in. I tried all sorts of common passwords, but none of them worked. So I waited in line again and asked what the password is reset to. "Oh, it's (password)"

I already tried what he told me. Turns out that when I tried to put that password in, I accidentally capitalized the first letter.