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Dungeons & Dragons - It's cheaper than therapy!

Anyone else feel like we were transported to a different universe right after Avengers: Endgame ? Not only does the world seem to be a far worse one, with global pandemics, civil unrest, wars, and mumble rap, but it also seems like we accidentally stepped into a universe where Marvel isn't doing too hot. Remember the time when Marvel could do no wrong? When every single movie they produced broke box office records and got both the fans and the critics excited? Because I remember that! But now w…

Memes discovered deep in the pits of your party's Bag of Holding

Time stops for no one, not even for the rich and famous. One day you are a teenager goofing around in front of the camera in your parents living room, and the next moment you are one of the richest people on earth. One second you are nervous about taking your yearbook photo and the next you have become a rock and roll legend. It's fun to look back at old pictures of famous people and see them as they were before their life had become something else entirely. A young Tupac opening Christmas pres…

Nerdiness is a hell of a drug . Once you try one science fiction movie and like it, it's impossible to stop. One of your friends suggests you give Star Wars a try, and a week later, you are binge-watching Battlestar Galactica and buying Star Trek Funko Pops. You read one chapter of Lord of the Rings, and you suddenly find yourself knee-deep in a Dungeons and Dragons session with a bunch of sweaty, role-playing nerds . Also, your very definition of what is cool changes completely. You used to th…

Even better than wizard chess

In a game where everything is decided by the roll of the dice , it's no wonder some gamers get irrationally angry at their inanimate dice and feel the need to publicly shame them for their 'misbehavior.' It's funny to see how Dungeons and Dragons players treat their dice as if they are a spiritual entity that has a mind of it's own and can be appeased (or angered) by certain behaviors. Some players kiss the dice before rolling them, some whisper a little prayer to them before an important roll…

Dog, rat, deer or maybe a beetle?

It's time to get random! who says everything has to be structured and ‘by the book’? In fact, the more I look at it, the more I realize how much we value randomness, especially in this point in history. Just look at the way you spend your free time - either channel surfing on TV, doom-scrolling on social media, or listening to a randomized playlist on Spotify - we love randomness! I personally get really annoyed with algorithms if they start offering me the same type of content over and over. S…

I think part of my geeky “Rizz” (as the kids today would say) is that I have none. This was, of course, a huge problem back when I was a teenager, just trying to get girls' attention, But I feel like times have changed a lot. Back in the 80s and 90s there was nothing less appealing than a nerd. You were a “Steve Urkel” or a “Screech” - meaning the least desirable person in the entire school, destined to be forever ridiculed and taunted. You were social poison!. However, times have changed , esp…

Sul Sul!

Save this list for later use: We all know Star trek fans are known as “Trekkies” and Dr. Who fans are known as “Whovians”, And you might know Firefly fans call themselves “Browncoats”. So here are several more fandoms and the nickname they refer to themselves: Harry Potter fans: “Potterheads” Sherlock Holmes fans (BBC version): “Sherlockians” Marvel Universe fans: "True Believers" The X-Files fans: “X-Philes” Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans: “Scoobies” The Walking Dead fans: “Deadheads” Battlesta…

What happened to horror films ? I remember going to the movies with my friends back in the 80s and 90s and watching some truly disturbing horror movies filled with blood and guts and all kinds of monsters and serial killers. But for the last 20 years I feel like all horror movies are exactly the same - A family moves to an old house, weird stuff happened, people are killed, turns out it was haunted. That's pretty much it. They have become so formulaic and lean so heavily into jump scares, I jus…

Being witty is better than being correct.

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