John Carter (@martianwyrdlord)

White people tend to like contact sports - hockey, football, rugby - in which violence is a formalized element of game play. Thirdies are in love with soccer, in which a core tactic is writhing around in performative agony to try to get the ref to call a penalty. This is very similar to the stra...

The devs 100% knew exactly how this would play out. I can see the conversation now. The gender goblin insisting on inclusive representation. Devs rolling their eyes. A dev puts his hand up. "What if we include a pride parade?" he asks with angelic innocence. "That's a great idea," she/they exclaims...

I asked grok to draw up stat modifiers for HBD&D. ...

So we're doing this argument again. It's a case of "you're both right" imo. On the one hand, if people don't want kids, more money won't make them want kids, and yes, if you're willing to be poorer, you can have more kids. On the other hand, it is obtuse to pretend that people don't self-regul...

Academia is women’s work now. That spells it’s doom. A 🧵 about status arenas, male flight, why dudes rock, and the death spiral of academia. 1/22 ...