Something clicked reading this comment and I realized how much my tabletop roleplay matches the way I approach conflict in real life. I always go for high charisma and try to talk down enemies and resolve through dialogue. I’ll usually go for persuasion before deception and intimidation. Likewise I’m super averse to lying and getting in heated arguments in my real life encounters.

Hmm.

Well first I divide the word by Eminem.

Also, furries. They like using the stickers.

The early 2000s.

Unfortunately, failing classes in public education is not at all common anymore. It requires a lot of documentation, meetings, calls, individualized curriculum adjustments, and a multitude of second chances. On top of that, administration is not a fan because it makes the school look bad in their eyes.

A lot of the teachers I worked with would vent their frustration that it was way too much work to fail a student or get them dropped from the program. Unfortunately, I was too busy figuring out how to update the curriculum from Windows 7, on machines built to run Windows 7, as well as just learning how to teach (my “training” was about half a day of sitting in on other classes), to fight that kind of battle. At some point, it’s a disservice to the rest of the class to spend that time and energy on the ones who are there to coast.

I tried my best. Hopefully everybody learned a few things. If nothing else, I certainly did.

The lack of etiquette is really frustrating. Had a tech student that was always putting in both earbuds as I was speaking. Had to walk over and wave my hand in front of the screen to get their attention.

When they graduated they said they were excited to get a job in the industry. Internally can’t help but think “with what knowledge or experience? You spent the entire class blocking it out.”

You’re seeing the wrong therapist. Look for one that practices cognitive behavioral therapy, it’s really helped me personally.

Spiritfarer, To the Moon, Gris (no words in this one but still a good story imo), anything SuperGiant has ever made with my favorite being Transistor.

Enbies? Although the base of the term does come back around to the original phrase.

And whatever you do…

Don’t! Just don’t. And if you are about to, do not. So say the hooded figures of the dog park, which, may I remind you, does not exist.

And now…the weather.

gay

I’m so exhausted. Just shoveling resumes into the void.

Woomy

“This kid has the right idea, he wore the brown pants today.”

For someone who spends so much time talking about growing up in poverty, this is a surprisingly callous thing to say.

Dementia runs in my family. I have wondered to myself in passing how I’ll be able to tell when my memory starts declining.

To fill it out to be 4 panels, obviously! The artist chose wrong on this one, it could have easily been one panel, which I feel better suits this sort of rambly relatable non-punchline formula.

Over the past few years I’ve become a blocking fiend. Transphobia? Blocked. Misogyny? Blocked. Vaccine conspiracy? Believe or not, blocked. It’s great, I don’t have to deal with terrible people and they don’t have to deal with me.

I also have the orange guy and the X guy’s names filtered out because I’m done seeing them everywhere.

If you want American politics off of your dashboard you would probably get a lot of mileage just from filtering out “Biden”, “Trump”, and “Desantis”. Florida/Texas/California could be good too but you’ll block non-political stories.

I couldn’t tell you who said the original, I was riffing on a version I read in a joke book where it was a restaurant instead of a road. “Nobody goes to that restaurant anymore…”

“Nobody drives down that street anymore, it’s too crowded.”