Not OP but I loved Visions, not worrying about canon really freed them up to tell good stories

They’re teaching a kid through example the benefits of powerful people affecting change faster than all that nonsense about “consent of the governed”

I kept the hazards in mind, “Time travelling adventure” is short for “Yanked into the past due to an apocalyptic event that cannot be replicated” and the time travel is a problem to be solved, not a solution

My party doesn’t use lemmy so I can drop some setting spoilers

They don’t know that the adorable orphan they adopted in their time travel adventure is actually the evil lich queen in the modern day, and I’m looking forward to dropping that bomb on them

The West Wing had a segment with some kids arguing for suffrage, and it convinced me. Everyone else I’ve talked to, however…

It’s possible to think both “these people deserve to have their fingernails removed” and “a just society cannot inflict cruel punishment”

FATAL

Back in my day, cantrips weren’t free.

And the slots didn’t scale with the casting stat, so any wizard worth their guano would have more first level spells per day than cantrips

In geocentricity, neither Venus nor Mars are closer to Earth than Mercury is

This is actually (kind of) true, mercury is the closest planet to every planet on average

With a 9th level slot, sure

That’s why in my setting criminals get tossed into a kiln if they’re sentenced to death without parole

Ni!

Dolly Parton knows what’s up

One of the Humanity, Fuck Yeah! settings that multiple authors have contributed to?

The first step is to organize. Find other people who also want reform. Get doctors and nurses who use those programs, get patients that depend on it. If they won’t join, at least get them to sign a petition.

Once you’ve got a bunch of like minded people, start lobbying the goverment. Show representatives and officials how many lives are being held up by old abandoned software that could go out at any moment. Show them your collection of incomprehensible doctor signatures saying that this is important.

Find or train a spokesman to talk to the press or goverment officials. Don’t repeat the AntiWork debacle with letting unprepared people represent your cause to hostile interviewers.

If you’re in the US, maybe start with California, the state isn’t deadlocked politically and has the power to affect both Silicon Valley and Hollywood.

If you’re in the EU, they seem to like passing consumer protection laws, so talk to your… representative? I don’t know how that goverment works.

Lastly: Stay on mission. We all hate climate change, we all want police reform, we all want to abolish capitalism (at least most of us). They’re all important goals to work to as well, but you’re trying to fix abandonware, right?

I’m going to give that a try, that sounds like a great breakfast now that eggs are back to their normal price

Like in The Expanse?

“He’s the top student in his class”

With studying, or without?

In my experience, being top of the class without working for it is a great way to wind up crashing and burning as soon as one gets to college and suddenly isn’t the smartest in the room

When the doctor tells me to eat more salads, yes

I don’t miss the Yuuzhan Vong, I’m glad they got the axe