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Bookshelves and AI Slop (opens the original)
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Hello everyone!Today I will be ranting about attempting to buy a bookshelf. I may then forward this on to trading standards. Because I’m really peeved off about it.Let’s start with background:I need to buy some bookshelves.Ok, background done. Let’s get to ranting.My wife found a lovely set of bookshelves online. A corner unit, sold by a reputable brand named Wilko, who I have no concerns naming because A) this will reach roughly 8 people, B) 4 of those are probably bots and 2 of them are on her
Random Chances of Consequence (opens the original)
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Good day1 to you all!I am a Dungeon Master in a long-running campaign2, and as this campaign moved upwards in level, I found a little niggly issue which began to manifest in the game. Not a problem, really, but something which made maintaining the mystery of the campaign a little bit challenging.Scrying.Legend Lore.Sending.Nothing combat related - oh, for such small issues to deal with! No, I have the problem that the party has acce
What’s in a Name? (opens the original)
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I recently posted a note on here which, with the massive help of a restacking from , has apparently reached over 6,000 people.That note asked the simple question - what should I name my character?The character in question is a Mr Familiar, who I had in my mind should have a 2-syllable name, and for the life of me, I couldn’t come up with one. So, rather than going for a random name generator or consulting the AI slop generators, I decided to enlist actual people who, by and large, are probably b
Shrek's Backstory is Sadder than you Thought (opens the original)
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Unless you’ve been living under a boulder1, you’ll know Shrek. He’s big, green introverted, doesn’t like people, lives alone and is happy about it, and is subject to more theoretical backstories than you can shake a stick at during a stick-shaking competition.I’ve seen loads of theories and titbits explored online to do with Shrek’s backstory. There’s the lore-drop where Shrek tells Arthur that his father tried to eat him in Shrek the Third, for instance:
A Perfectly Organic Maniacal Cackle (opens the original)
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Once upon a time, a few years ago, shortly after everything re-opened after Covid, my then-fiancée and I were holidaying in Wales.We’d pitched our tent up, and were merrily foraying into the south of Wales from our little canvas fortress. We’d been to some very pretty gardens, and we’d been to an exceptional falconry display at the British Bird of Prey Centre in which red & black kites had swooped through the crowd1.But our destination for the day was the Dan Yr Ogof caves, the National Showcave
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