Are there any rules on what avatars we can choose?
Because someone came in the form of a dachshund the size of a small apartment building, I have instituted a rule that you cannot have an avatar larger than an SUV.
But I feel most comfortable when instantiated in a body of supernormal size. Can you make an exception?
Is an SUV not supernormal enough to satisfy this bizarre impulse?
Let’s say it isn’t.
Well, you see, your size imposes a negative externality on other users, decreasing their enjoyment of the meeting. We have to account for that. So unfortunately, I can’t make an exception.
What if the utility I gain from being a dachshund the size of a small apartment building exceeds the summed decrements in utility this causes others?
Well…then we are all in luck. You see, the Hubs metaverse is scaled such that the average avatar, were they transplanted into our world, would be the size of a small apartment building. It is merely an illusion of perspective that most avatars do not appear to be the size of a small apartment building. Thus, merely by showing up as a dachshund you will gain the utility you crave while avoiding imposing upon others.
What if the utility I gain from being a dachshund that, relative to the median avatar, appears to be the size of a small apartment building exceeds the summed decrements in utility this causes others?
Then you would be a sort of positional utility monster. Unfortunately, here at the SSC/LessWrong Mozilla Hubs Meetup we have precommitted to following a strict deontological rule which obliges us to ban all such creatures.
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#fun with loopholes #anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #(I didn’t laugh *this* time but I remember laughing the first time I read it)
Fortunately for blue mages, everything can be countered. ;-)
Just cast Time Stop. It’s like Wrath of God for spells, nearly reading ‘Destroy all spells on the stack. Even the uncounterable ones.’ Speaking of WoG, I agree with Indestructible being a terrible keyword, the worse for becoming so normal it began to replace regeneration and circumnerf WoG.
indestructible was fine as a block keyword that only came on overpriced creatures, at a time when properly priced creatures were more expensive.
idk what it’s like these days
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#Magic the Gathering #discourse cw? #anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #(”what is the slur for blue mages‚ imagine I said that”) #((note: I don’t actually speak Magic the Gathering))
Before COVID shut the library down, I was helping a little boy and his mom find books.
“What do you like to read about?” I asked. “Dinosaurs!” This is common request, but can mean different things, “Okay. Do you want a story about dinosaurs, or facts about dinosaurs?” “Facts.” I took him to the dinosaur section (567.9) of the juvenile nonfiction. He picked out a couple books, and I asked him if there was anything else he was looking for. “Do you have anything on DNA?” I had to think about that for a second. “I think so…but I’ll have to look it up.” The boy beamed, “I want to find out how DNA works, so I can bring them back!” “We just saw Jurassic Park,” his mom explained with a smile that did not waver when she added, “We didn’t learn anything.”
Me being semi-face blind, useless with my left and right, AND unable to remember names would mean I stand there just sweating profusely with anxiety as I try to not be rude.
Mr. Fisher’s daughter showing you how to definitely not be rude at all
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#art #prosopagnosia #storytime #anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog
I know it’s 2020 but Merlin AU where Uther notices a bunch of problems that could only be solved by magic ~spontaneously~ getting solved around Arthur, and concludes that this must be a side effect of Arthur only existing due to magical intervention. An intense bigotry-versus-parental-love internal conflict commences, followed by some that’s-pretty-hypocritcal-of-you-isn’t-it-dad screaming external conflict, generally upending everything. Merlin is standing in the corner the entire time holding a serving jug of mead and sweating.
Morgana, dramatically slamming open the throne room doors with both arms: I’M ALSO UNWILLINGLY MAGIC. Arthur: What???? Morgana, raising one fist at him: Solidarity, motherFUCKER! Arthur:What????????
What’s Uther gonna do? What’s he gonna fucking do???? Execute his secret Scottish child, but not his nonsecret blond heir child??? They’re ganging up on him now. He’s fucking cornered.
#anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #cordyceps tcftog #infohazards #amnesia cw #also what kai-skai said #(”are you just going to skip cenedict or”) #though koito-yuu’s and yieldsfalsehoodwhenquined’s responses are also very good #(respectively ”next is francis‚ right” and ”is there a canonical ordering to all the different ways you can prepare eggs?”)
You are Docetism! Docetism (literally, “to seem-ism”) is the belief that Christ only seemed to be human and that his physical body was an illusion. Because he did not possess a physical body, Jesus’s death on the cross could not really have taken place, and his apparent suffering was also illusory. Another variety of docetism held that Jesus was a normal human being but that Christ was an immaterial spirit who entered his body at his baptism, gave him the power to perform supernatural acts, and then abandoned him prior to the crucifixion, perhaps by switching bodies with Simon of Cyrene. Docetist Christology was criticized by a number of early Christian theologians, and was definitively condemned by the Council of Nicaea.
Hell of a quiz…
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#anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog #(the quiz itself not the post) #meme #Christianity #history
AU where Zuko realises very early into his banishment that he’s been sent on a hopeless goose chase and, actually, he doesn’t want to return to the oppressive Fire Nation and his abusive father. And he sticks with this decision even after Aang wakes up from the iceberg
Except then Aang meets Zuko – probably when Zuko jumps in to save someone, because his sense of justice is too strong to just sit back while someone is hurt, even if he is trying to remain apolitical – and his brain goes “!!!!” Because that’s a good firebender. They do exist. And now Aang knows someone who can teach him firebending without trying to kill him
Except Zuko wants nothing to do with the Avatar. He especially doesn’t want to get entangled with his father’s war. So the rest of the season is about Zuko running from the Avatar, and Aang and co trying to capture the reluctant ex-Prince of the Fire Nation so he can be Aang’s firebending teacher
The Gaang ends up stopping by the tea shop one time not realizing it’s Zuko and Iroh’s ship and spot Zuko but Zuko is like “this is the busiest time of day on our busiest days at one of the busiest ports. I do NOT have time for this.” So he plays dumb. Like really dumb.
Toph, who knows he’s lying but is an agent of chaos: Lee? I remember you! You came to visit my town a few times. Do you still carry that lovely Jasmine tea?
Katara: Toph isn’t your town landlocked?
Toph: Yes, your point?
Katara: This tea shop is a giant naval vessel??
Zuko, panicking: THIS VESSEL CAN FLY
Toph: Yes, exactly.
Sokka: …Katara, let it go. Let’s just get our tea and get out of here before Aang finds out that–
Aang, sprinting over to them: ZUKO?
Toph, without missing a beat: No, this is Lee, humble tea server who got his scar in a wild tea accident.
Aang: What? No it’s not, it’s–
Toph: I can tell when people are lying Aang. Are you calling me a liar?
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#Avatar: The Last Airbender #fanfic #story ideas I will never write #embarrassment squick #anything that makes me laugh this much deserves a reblog
Brinens and Things 