Joe Walsh

This board needs a laugh-cry reaction option.

59 minutes ago, unclevlad said:

Not really.  Far too often, it's all about the cost.

Like during the Gilded Age?

59 minutes ago, unclevlad said:

It is somewhat surprising this has gone on as long as it has;  it's not new:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ups-drivers-heat-exhaustion-death/

 

But the managers' reactions are pretty typical.  I remember issues with back injuries with, IIRC, the package companies and Wal-Mart, at different times.  Quite similar.  Managers are going to do everything possible to minimize the issue;  workmen's comp claims look bad on their record, and probably tend to draw unwonted attention from OSHA.  Not just one claim, but multiples.  

 

One also has to wonder...if it does come to OSHA's attention, how diligent are their people with their investigation?  Especially in a situation like this.  It's quite plausible to me that the legal demand for every i to be properly dotted, every t to be properly crossed, every one of the 217 blanks filled in properly, makes it exceptionally burdensome for the inspectors to actually DO anything...and that the companies KNOW this.

I'm confused. Doesn't that sound like "almost as easily as 150 years ago?"

Hard to believe companies can get away with such blatant abuse now almost as easily as they did 150 years ago.

We finished S1 of Tokyo Vice (HBOMax). This series "based on a true story" is about a white guy from MO becoming a reporter in Tokyo, and what he finds there as he intersects with the Yakuza and underground culture. Each episode feels like a movie, and it's mostly very well done. I'm not completely sold on the season-ending cliffhangers, but we'll see how they address them in Season 2.

Reactionary Dude just needs one knock-out punch to beat Liberal Person, but Liberal Person could still theoretically turn the tide if they tried hard enough and got a little lucky with the dice. So, sure R-Bro is still being a bit careful and not getting overly cocky, but the end is still all but certain.

We've been watching Men of a Certain Age (HBOMax) and it's a strange one. It's funny, but also boring. Not sure we'll keep watching it.

On the other hand, Chewing Gum (HBOMax) continues to be bizarre, hilarious, and extremely watchable.

We watched the first episode of Light & Magic (Disney+). Anyone interested in Star Wars and/or special effects has seen so many of these sorts of documentaries, so I was skeptical going in. But the first episode was worth watching, so we'll keep going and see what happens.

We've been enjoying The Old Man (Hulu) so far, too.

We finished s2 of Made for Love (HBOMax) last night. It continued to be a good show right up until the end. It was a good techno-horror/comedy and I'm sad they didn't renew it for a third season.

Used to be 'frack' or 'frell', but lately in professional situations I've been using 'poop' or 'well, poop' when things go poorly.

It usually gets a chuckle, which is way better than when I said "f--- you, I quit" to the CEO that one time.

1 hour ago, slikmar said:

As I recall, was sort of trying to setup a new Knight Rider series with the girl on the show taking over the lead, but didnt get enough ratings. They also did one as part of their action pack series, iirc, but it was more set post apocalyptic, I feel like, and wasnt really a knight rider show, more mad max.

What passes for original thinking in Hollywood: "What if Knight Rider, but it's Mad Max!"

The cover material and the way the lettering is done make it look like a custom job to me.

4 hours ago, Ragitsu said:

You are not a true enterprising American, Joe; where you see a (highly subjective) lack of optimism, these pillars of the community correctly perceive a prime business opportunity.

I forgot that our most important right is to be a human resource. Withholding that from a child would be criminal, actually.

That's bleak.

D'oh! I forgot to update this thread. Thanks, LL!

4th Edition is what I use, but sorry, I haven't run PbB with it.

I went down this path with 4e recently, looking into what to include from 5e and 6e. In the end, I decided to not only not import anything, but to also strip away most of the house rules I've built up over the years and just run 4e RAW aside from using 1/2d6 for the STUN multiplier (which I've been doing since the early 80s). If anything comes up in actual play that can't be solved with a simple spot rule or table ruling, I can look into importing something from 5e or 6e, or just make something up like we used to do.

And it's been working well so far. No complaints, no issues. And no need to reference a document filled with rules changes! Just open the book and read.

(I did incorporate the errata into the text with handwritten notes and pasted-in printouts).

Finished S1 of Ms. Marvel (HBOMax). I enjoyed the series, and the ending was pretty good. It's sort of a mixture of the MCU and a Disney Channel show, but it works.

Steve Jackson laid it all out for the world to see, and I'm here for it:

http://www.sjgames.com/ill/archive/July_08_2022/Roe_v_Wade

I was wondering if it'd improved, given it got a decent run.

I'll have to give it another try sometime.

15 hours ago, death tribble said:

Now that would explain a lot for everyone. Absinthe will do strange things to you

Yeah, I've heard it also makes your heart grow fonder.

Anyone else enjoying Jet Lag: The Game, on YouTube? The first game was pretty fun: the competition was to play Connect 4 by flying to US States and completing certain challenges. Now in the current game, they're racing to circumnavigate the globe. Budget's limited, but teams can get more cash by completing challenges. Fun stuff!

Here's the first episode of the current, circumnavigate-the-globe game:

Here's the first episode of the Connect 4 game (the two additional episodes are posted to their YouTube channel).

It would depend to a large extent on what "not real" meant, and how extensive "not being real" was in the society I experience.

If it was a Truman Show type thing and I was the only "not real" person and everyone I knew and loved was just doing their jobs and didn't really have any feelings for me, and everyone out in the real world knew what was going on and was manipulating my life for their entertainment, it would be devastating to me.

But if everyone I knew and loved was genuinely who they seemed to be, but it had turned out we were not genuine homo sapiens sapiens but some sort of simulacrum or even disembodied "minds" in a computer, it wouldn't bother me nearly as much.

Of course, in a Westworld type scenario, in honor of Yul Brynner I'd kill the meat people.

2 hours ago, Cygnia said:

Hubby's getting his.  I'm still too damn young 😕

My wife is older than me, so I understand where you're coming from.

Unfortunately in our case, she came down with shingles after she was eligible, but before she could actually get in there and get the first shot. Her terrible shingles experience prompted me to get them as soon as I was eligible. Hopefully you'll be fine until you can, too. 🤞

I'd heard that before. I hope everyone who is eligible will be getting their 2-shot shingles vaccine if they haven't done so already!

Watched the first two episodes of S2 of Warrior (HBOMax) and it's turning into a bit too much of a melodrama for us, so we're going to stop watching at this point, having enjoyed season 1.

Also tried out a couple of series we missed a while back, Chuck and The OC (HBOMax). Neither turned out to really be our kind of thing. The OC seems well done, but that sort of family melodrama isn't really our thing. Chuck has some good gags, but otherwise it seems like a kinda dumb show to us.