Looking at the picture above, hoods seem to count. If not, then half of them don’t apply to the rule.

They use cheaper materials and pass they savings onto themselves!

Agreed. Good instructors tell you to run if you can, and teach you to fight if you have to.

Payday loans don’t suggest this. Those are predatory businesses aimed at the poor and desperate.

When you’re one month from disaster and you break a leg, it’s a payday loan or your family doesn’t have a home/food when you work a job without paid leave. And good luck with the disability approval, because even if it eventually comes through, you are on the hook until it does.

Being poor has very little to do with budgeting. I’m sure a substantial portion, if not the majority of them, could figure out how to budget with a $100k income instead of a $30k income.

I’m getting my men.

That’s what I’m seeing too. It hurts, but he’s glad to have the sense of purpose.

If you can help it - sign up for nothing with a direct bank withdrawal or debit card. Use a credit card, because it puts an important barrier between you and your purchases. It’s way easier to get help with stuff for credit cards, and it’s easier to cancel than getting a new bank account. Bonus: charge backs punish these assholes.

“Well, the statistics show that the rate of dolphin deaths are declining.”

“Yeah, that happens when the rest are dead.”

Big ol’ post below:

Every LARP has a different system, which in our game is light-touch(1) and kinda light-hearted. We use latex weapons like those from Forgotten Dreams and Mytholon (two manufacturers I know of off hand), and there’s a hit point system, and vocally called damage and skills with different effects.

Example: Hitting an opponent and calling “Strength 5” indicates to the opponent that they need to take 5 steps away from the attacker in the direction the attacker chooses. They also take basic weapon damage of 1 HP in this transaction.

While every LARP has its own system, there is a lot of overlap because of the limitations presented by a physical (ie. in-person) system. You can do a way larger swath of things in a tabletop.

Look for LARPs in your area online, and I’m sure you’ll find a few.

(1)Different games handle it differently, but we have players stemming from single digits to upper double digits, and we try to be accommodating to the needs of a diverse age group with varying degrees of disability.

Seriously, you’d think people could just be happy for someone’s happiness, instead of being miserable. I’m over those feelings. You don’t have to like the same stuff to get along.

Primary motto: Do your best not to hurt anyone, but otherwise do what you want. Enjoy life while you have it.

Secondary motto: Enjoy seeing other people’s happiness. Sometimes giving up something (small) you want for someone else to have something they really want (or even need) feels even better.

Have fun, and do good. Thanks for your kind words 😊

Red Dead Redemption 2 for so many reasons.

I’m a semi-secretive LARPer. I pack my stuff at night, don’t talk to my coworkers about it, and just go about my life as if I don’t.

I’ve found people are pretty judgy about it, so I just don’t mention that I enjoy getting into a neat costume, playing some little mini-games, having a drink or six, camping, and (most importantly) seeing my friends once a month in a structured activity.

It’s fun stuff if you find the right group. That last part is hard.

It appeals to a broad group of new users, and Lemmy needs posts. I think it’s ok for a few days or even weeks. It’s topical - people are going to talk about something important to them. To tell them to shut up, and/or to shove it makes them feel unwelcome, which is counter to the growth Lemmy needs.

Sometimes it’s ok to be annoyed by something, but to recognize it’s worth to others.

That just means not to have PIV sex. No biggy - gay men have a tendency to avoid that.

I was just commiserating with my wife about how we both exhibit a bunch of signs of ADHD but can’t get medicated because doctors are highly discouraged from prescribing them, because of the misuse associated with them.

GPs won’t prescribe them because of societal pressure, and yet there is also a nationwide shortage of psychiatrists.

The end result is that people who need something to get them to baseline suffer because politicians need to make a hammer-style policy for a scalpel-style problem.

I had this exact thought. It was time to shorten, and make it less weird.

What do you have? Maybe I’ll make it two.