Definitely a positive there. It might not always give you the right answer or lead you down the wrong path from time to time, but I’ve always found it to at least give me a good enough direction to go in rather than spending the next hour trying to find the right set of key words on google to find my answer
I think there’s a few different things worth addressing here, so please bear with me since this might be a long reply.
What you experienced here is, unfortunately, very common for anyone getting into tech. A lot of us can recall the first time reaching out somewhere for help and receiving a mixture of belittlement and vague answers as a response. I’d argue it’s probably one of the biggest issues we have in this space.
If I had to guess why tech forums are so vitriolic to newcomers, I’d say a lot of us simply forgot what it was like to be inexperienced. They forgot how daunting it is to want to learn, to run headfirst into a bunch of errors you barely understand, and then try navigating a sea of concepts and terminology that practically requires a dictionary of its own.
While the forums rarely get better (unfortunately), never let those people drive you away. It’s incredibly overwhelming at first, and there’s a lot of us who are long overdue for a slice of humble pie, but someday things will start to click and the things you want to do will start to come to life.
It’s late, I’m rambling, but you’ll your footing. When you do I hope you get the satisfaction of telling one of those assholes on the forums to shove it while giving another newcomer the welcome they need
Back in my Reddit days I made a meme for the D&D memes subreddit about how my players decapitated an enemy with a bag of holding
That somehow ended up on the front page of Reddit and I very quickly learned about a TTRPG series called dungeons and daddies that did the same thing
I jumped during the API fiasco, but in my case the story is a bit different I think.
One subreddit I used to spend a lot of time on was r/dndmemes. I was a relatively new DM at the time and loved hearing everyone’s stories and takes on things there. I even made a number of memes on the shenanigans that happened in my own campaign. Some of them took off way more than I could have ever imagined.
When the API fiasco started, that subreddit was one of the ones that participated in the blackout. When Reddit started sending threats to the mods to open it up, they asked what the community wanted. That’s when it went into what they called ‘goblin mode’. Basically everything had to be an NSFW meme since Reddit couldn’t advertise as much on those subreddits.
Reddit ended up removing just about all the mods and left the subreddit in a broken state. Practically nobody could post there. When they spun up attempt.network, I made the jump and haven’t looked back since
Now you’ve got me wondering when tldr became a thing on the internet
I might get down voted too but I think i follow what you’re talking about
I had to look up a source again but I remember reading that they were having major equipment issues like rockets getting fueled with water and stuff like that.
If that is the case, then something like this doesn’t sound that surprising
Bit unpopular, but I actually prefer servicenows ticketing system over Jira. Although a big part of that comes down to how my team worked for a while
For a while I had to use Jira for any cloud work and ServiceNow for any dev work on that platform. Keeping track of 2 different boards is maddening
In my experience Crunchyroll is probably one of the most solid. It’s got the widest variety that I know of and while other platforms might have exclusives, I’ve seen them eventually make their way over
I want to participate more with the food banks in my area.
My parents struggled when I was growing up. They’d bend over backwards to make sure my siblings and I always had food on our plates and clothes on our backs. While they’re better off now, I still remember the times when they wouldn’t eat to make sure there was some for us.
I used to be more active as a teen when I was in the boy scouts, but now that I’m working full time, I want to get more involved again.
If nothing else, people should never have to go hungry
Early game is a bit confusing and direction less last I played but once you get your bearings its a load of fun
Welp, that’s one way to teach that the scope is important when pen testing.
Lol, they didn’t outright kill all the bandits so they ran into them again several levels later. It was a fun time
Different scenario but in my first time dming I ended up naming two characters Phil… they were both bandits.
I’m sure I can write something for it if I spend some time. I’d just have to brush up on my javascript
Now I’ve gotta find a way to implement something like this in my foundry server. That would be amazing!
It was common in the 2000s and early 2010s for people in voice chats for games to claim they fucked your mom; usually people who were clearly teenagers.
Guess it was one of those things where you had to be there to get it
I’m not sure how much of an outlier I am, but for me it usually goes
How much I use each one really depends on the day
In the first campaign I ever played in, I ran a necromancy wizard that was neutral good.
Basically, he grew up a hermit and has zero awareness of the taboos surrounding his school of magic. However, because of his alignment, he has a very different approach to how he uses his magic.
Whenever he has to raise undead to fight for him, he does it by asking for their aid rather than outright raising them. He approaches the practice more as a way to preserve the lives of the living rather than a way of amassing servants or power. When he no longer needs their help, he thanks them and tries to make sure they either return to their resting place or are given a proper burial.
His overarching goal is to ensure everyone lives a long, full life and wishes to find a way to resurrect others in the way other classes can to help achieve that goal.
Didn’t get to play him for long since the group kinda fell apart
I probably should have just said lightning instead
The women I’ve met in STEM both during my college days and in my career have always been far more welcoming and willing to share their expertise than the lions share of men.
Never going to forget the TA I went to back when I was a freshman who not only juggled 5 different people asking questions but helped take a concept I was struggling with and made it clear as day.