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  • AlataOrange@lemmy.worldto196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneNCRule
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    7 months ago

    Is it better to starve for scraps in a dead world of dwindling resources or to strive to find a new one?

    Realistically irl, it’s way easier to teraform a mostly fine planet with a working magneto sphere and liquid water as opposed to going to another planet where you’d have to do all that yourself, but sci-fi likes to pretend there are thousands of lush green worlds out in the endless black waiting to be colonized.

    The larger issue would be the lack of easily available fuel to rebuild earth with, an issue only made infinitely harder by being light-years away from home and starting on a new dead rock instead of a mostly dead one.








  • AlataOrange@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldThe Critic [Toonhole Chris]
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    10 months ago
    1. What movies would you recommend that have come out since Dune as that is the last movie I have been able to care about at all? This isn’t meant to be read as sarcastic, I’m being completely sincere I would like recommendations.

    2. I’m not going to lie I just don’t trust non-indie series any more. I can’t trust them to not be arbitrarily cancelled part way through, or to be ruined after one or two seasons. There are too many burnt bridges and broken promises.


  • AlataOrange@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldThe Critic [Toonhole Chris]
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    10 months ago

    Counterpoint there has been a measurable decrease in quality of most forms of media as more and more stuff are soulless cash grabs. It used to be that games shipped completed, now they ship broken cost more and expect you to pump even more money into them on top of that. The last move I saw that I cared about was Dune. Many of the restaurants near me have reduced their quality of ingredients and staff, now when going to the nearby sandwich shop my order is wrong more often than it is correct.

    What do we do when the world is measurably becoming worse?












  • How would you react if a group of ants managed to in perfect English ask you to pretty please just take walk nominally further to go around their ant hill instead of stepping on it, and they they would feed you if you did?

    You’ve made a boss with no actual motive to destroy the town other than that the monster is lazy and can’t be bothered to walk about three extra miles on it’s trek.

    I personally would argue that this is a no roles required sort of event. Probably have them roll to make the food, they seem to already be proficient with Cook’s tools so it’s just whatever the highest attribute that they can justify + proficiency is. Then just have them talk.

    You don’t need to make them roll diplomacy or anything if you don’t want to or if it would bog down the scene. Let them beg for the life of their village, try to make their case to something that could kill them without a second thought that they are worth allowing to exist in this world. If their arguments are bad or drive the monster to anger the fight starts now. If their arguments are good and would sway an apathetic beast and have the monster walk what is to it a trivial amount of extra distance.

    Some important things to think about are why does this monster refuse to move its path. Did arrogant and believes all life weaker than it is worthless intrinsically. Is it simply lazy and doesn’t care about anyone but itself. Is it actively spiteful and hates that other things exist on principle. Does it itself feel trapped governed by forces out of its control. Etc.