"You should get the Electrum tier. It comes with a +5 to all d20 rolls. It's only $80 a month if you do a 5 year plan."

When in a playful mood, my cat will turn sideways and become h shaped, arched back and tail up. It's fleeting and I haven't managed a picture yet so here's his paws.

"Roll for initiative."

"Sorry, give me just a minute. I got logged out of my dice."

I'd like to be able to give feedback without escalation. I don't engage in extra risky driving behavior for a whole lot more reasons than guns. My point is I have to have that as a factor, not that it consumes my every thought. If guns were the only thing keeping me from behaving badly, I don't think I'd like myself very much. If you think guns are or should be a primary motivator for good behaviors, I'm pretty sure we wouldn't get along either. I'm done with this for today; I've been given the maintenance dose for my misanthropy.

Allow me to clarify: I don't want to ram someone off the road, I just want there to be a way to give feedback without it being escalated from there. Thumbs down, not finger up. Not that people who already drive like that give a shit about other people and any feedback lesser than a major accident. I'm real tired of the car culture here, too.

We do this all the time when on foot. Somebody bumps into someone else, maybe somebody says sorry or watch where you're going. Or maybe someone decides to pull a gun. That's more what I'm getting at.

No, I did not indicate it's an improvement. Please get your words out of my mouth.

The possibility of getting shot has broadly convinced the general public to improve their own behavior.

No. Guns give assholes carte blanche to be an asshole without consequences.

Your argument makes no sense. We should deescalate but fear for our lives so we behave? Who's gonna escalate to put the fear into people? Rethink and try again.

It sounds like it's such a part of our culture that you're missing the point: you cannot opt out of gun culture in America. Anywhere.

I'll disagree. I've been mugged. There have also been two times I've visited friends that have been casually cleaning guns when I arrived. A person I do martial arts with has a conceal carry and has come in with it a few times. Every cop has at least one. There's a gun store that's on my commute route. I was hiking and crossed paths with an elderly couple on horseback and they were packing. I've known two people that have killed themselves with a gun. I drilled with fake guns in NJROTC in high school and there were opportunities to train and compete in marksmanship with actual guns. I shot BB guns in Cub Scouts (those two are just examples as to how young gun culture becomes part of an American's life). When I was growing up, Walmart sold guns and ammo. They still do in certain places.

I have to factor into my interactions with people if they have a gun. Like I put up with a lot more shitty behavior on the road because I live in a state with a high incidence of guns being involved with road rage incidents. If I get into an argument with my neighbor, is that conservative asshole going to do something stupid if things escalate (yeah yeah, don't escalate, just an example). All the POCs I know have been taught how to behave during a traffic stop to reduce their chances of getting shot by a cop.

I've never even held or shot a real gun, but guns permeate my life.

Edit: Christ, the people who are advocating fear of gun violence being good for society is how idiotic of a gun culture there is in the US.

It's always a good day for parallelograms. They're not so fickle as the seasons or tax laws.

What's the chunky version have in it?

Our "heroes" are an asshole secret agent, a bioengineered super-ace, a living airplane, and a mechsploitation hound.

That instantly made me think of DS9's Garak, Bashir, Odo, but I got nothing for the last one. Dax? Borg?