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  1. Comment on Top Riot executives suspended without pay following investigation over workplace misconduct in ~games

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    Is this actually "real action"? Two months without pay isn't going to mean much to top-level management of one of the most lucrative companies in gaming at the moment. He's the kind of person who...

    Is this actually "real action"? Two months without pay isn't going to mean much to top-level management of one of the most lucrative companies in gaming at the moment. He's the kind of person who had to be told you shouldn't be ball-tapping your employees, so I have to question how effective "training" is going to be.

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  2. Comment on All the criminal charges to emerge so far from Robert Mueller's investigation in ~news

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    You have to give the little fish incentive to rat out the higher-ups, unfortunately. They're recommending a steep sentence for Cohen, at least.

    You have to give the little fish incentive to rat out the higher-ups, unfortunately. They're recommending a steep sentence for Cohen, at least.

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  3. Comment on Any advice for a first time DM? in ~games.tabletop

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    Pay attention to this one. My DM is a rules stickler so he leans into the debate, but every other session there's a point where I want to cut in and just tell him to make a decision.

    On that note, the rules are more like guidelines, and as the DM you have total control over the rules. I personally discourage rulebooks at the table, but if you do allow them, remind your players that what you say goes, regardless. If you accidentally fluff a rule and they correct you on it, say something like "Okay, we'll do that next time, but it'll hold for now" or even "Ah okay, let's fix that", but don't allow them to dictate the game.

    Pay attention to this one. My DM is a rules stickler so he leans into the debate, but every other session there's a point where I want to cut in and just tell him to make a decision.

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  4. Comment on Any advice for a first time DM? in ~games.tabletop

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    This seems obvious, but be a nice person. And reasonable about the world. My current DM keeps giving us this mocking tone when we're paranoid about exploring a seemingly empty room, but then will...

    This seems obvious, but be a nice person. And reasonable about the world. My current DM keeps giving us this mocking tone when we're paranoid about exploring a seemingly empty room, but then will say things like "no, you can't read that text" when I have Eyes of the Rune Keeper ("You can read all writing. You can comprehend any written word or symbol, should it hold any linguistic meaning").

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  5. Comment on Looking to cancel Amazon Prime for ethical reasons (and quality decline) - what are my alternatives for online shopping? in ~tech

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    I'm trying to figure out the best way to do this myself. Costco is about as ethical as you can go. I'd also recommend finding smaller, specialized shops for more specific products. I'm into board...

    I'm trying to figure out the best way to do this myself. Costco is about as ethical as you can go. I'd also recommend finding smaller, specialized shops for more specific products. I'm into board games, for instance, and there are plenty of smaller sites that are more expensive than Amazon but still offer reasonable savings (and I can know I'm getting what I ordered--there have been a lot of counterfeit games shipping out of Amazon in the last few years).

    @biox's post is really what we need to think about. What we need to do is wean ourselves off of thinking we should get everything in a few days.

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