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People fight back against the leopards who ate their faces, let's help them

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It is surprisingly difficult to admit when you were wrong when doing so means you're severing yourself from the community you're a part of, and you stand to lose friends, family, or even your own identity from a simple change in ideology or a realization of one's own mistakes. It's how cults trap people (because maga is a cult, of sorts,) and it's how people get trapped in abusive relationships. It's easier to brush off evidence and morality as lies or whatever when you stand to lose much more than an argument if you admit you're wrong.

It's a toxic cycle that maga, like all cults, preys upon. Cognitive dissonance is surprisingly hard to overcome when you have so many voices telling you to remain complacent.

As for it being some grand soul cleansing or whatever, I doubt people would buy it if that's what they're trying to portray it as, but it is better than nothing. In my opinion, the more people we have leaving maga and the more we normalize, perhaps even reward overcoming cognitive dissonance, the better.

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You did what now?

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There's an air and space museum near where I grew up that has a real SR-71, and one time when I was visiting, one of the old pilots happened to be there and he gave my girlfriend and I an up-close tour of it. He showed us where him and his buddies signed it and put handprints on the underside. Very fascinating experience.

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Androgny in Fantasy

part of what i love about orcbarbies' artstyle and worldbuilding. she makes hella spicy stuff, but it's consistent within her world, and each race (primarily orcs and goblins) has its own unique gender characteristics. also they're all hot as fuck.

i wouldn't really describe the characters as androgynous, but they do stand outside traditional gender norms.

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Skill checks

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You should at least have a general idea of your PC's skillsets. As in, don't let the country bumpkin make Arcana checks about monsters he's never seen, or let the stick figure try to punch down a wall. If you look at a character in a situation and think, "there's no way that could succeed," then they shouldn't be making a check.

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Most normal walk cycle

Dude, i legitimately love PilotRedSun's work. His art style appears crude, and it is at first, but it evolves into something deliberate and evocative. He has a very unique style that gives weird ethereal feelings that are difficult to place, on top of being funny and absurdist. His music, made under the name PilotRedSky, is also fantastic, as all of it makes me feel weirdly nostalgic for a time that never existed. He's an incredible artist.