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Edna sounds like the Karen of the 20th century

Give out the best candy possible to the few who come by. The rumor of the amazing trove will spread. But then “run out” early so that some of them will miss out and learn the lesson for next year

Man, you took it too real too quick

What’s the knot you are referring to??

+1 for her book. Recommended that the neurological watch a Russell Barkley lecture or presentation as well

My reference points for modding, Skyrim and Cyberpunk, both seem to produce sufficient content that having separate communities would seem to work better. A shared community risks building a high noise to signal ration for any particular subscriber

To the other great responses here, I want to add that the act of creating cards for your deck, especially when you go beyond a straightforward multiple choice format, is in itself a form of study. To create a good test question usually you are digesting the information more deeply

Zeitgeist material

It’s less cognitively taxing for me if you just comply with whatever I’ve decided

Gen X is least likely to do this, if you buy into the idea of generations.

Exactly

I can imagine the appeal. Like watching insufferable influencers get their comeuppance

I appreciate this measured take. Whenever generational differences get brought up, they oftentimes seemed framed as if generations are biologically different creatures or willfully choosing to be stupid in some sector. In all, or at least must cases, it’s what you suggest: people responding and developing based on what the environment has presented them.

Hogg by Samuel Delany

Depends in what way you mean ‘wild.’ Crazy even psychedelic, but nonetheless benign? Or are we including disturbing?

‘Make any difference’ in what sense?

I do recall an exchange where you gracefully bowed out of a discussion with another commented. I appreciated seeing that

Do you identify as being part of this class?

I find it kind of creepy. And, ultimately, because of the legacy of things like power(mad) mods, disappointing. Excessive participation leads to possessiveness and all that

Basketball court

Dental procedures helped me understand that most of us would quickly buckle under torture