Kenzie

Kenzie

@kenzius.bsky.social

Extremely amateur RPG enthusiast. SF native. Anti-Athena. I own 4 copies of Wuthering Heights. I will immediately crumble under any pressure so if you pick a fight with me I hope you realize you will gain 0 XP. I write at https://snakebiterpg.blogspot.com/

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Hi! I'm Kenzie, and I'm writing an RPG! 'll tell my story in this thread, in case anyone is at all curious. I started playing DnD when I was 11 and my dad saw me flipping through his books; he got me my own set a few days later. I've played it quite lot since; and read quite a bit more.

The only sport I ever participated in was coed, but I hope my trans friends here know they'd have been fully welcome in it and I don't think anyone would have given them a problem. And we could be vicious but we weren't monsters. The team would have stood up for them! 💜

it's possible I did a one shot of something like Honey Heist or Ten Candles in between some of these, now that I think of it.

I have now witnessed three bar/bat mitzvah and I feel like I can safely say that Hebrew might be the most complicated-sounding language there is and I do not believe I am capable of singing it 😭

Okay Kenz, you have a chance to try and sound literate. This isn't your subject area but you have put a lot of thought into this. You are a good student. The stakes are low. Just be calm, try to not type too fast, and make sure you don't repeat yourself or say anything foolish. "I read one boo"

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I'm not good at philosophy and especially ethics, so forgive me for sounding kind of awkward but I will try! Esp because I only really read 1 boo, the Nicomachean Ethics. I guess the short answer is it's the only one that makes sense to me in any way. Maybe this is cheating? But I have tried

I read a lot

We talk a lot about how "crime is so bad" and "the economy is the worst it's ever been" are both not really supported by the data but frankly the one claim I see the most with no pushback that isn't really based on anything is the zoomer/gen alpha illiteracy crisis

a weird extension of this is every time I mention like a single historical fact that is critical of the USA, even if it's like literally 8th grade stuff, people start saying stuff like "THEY DONT TEACH THIS IN SCHOOLS!" I mean there are a lot of schools but yes they do

"critical of the USA" as like Trump would see it; I personally don't see like, discussing slavery or the Indian Removal Act as critical of the USA! Quite the opposite, I think if anything it's patriotic to know your own history 💀

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This wasn't a bit; this character is perfect in every way and I'm upset whoever she is isn't in 1000 hack novels that I could consume by the dozen. If I could be voluntarily isekai'd into literally any other world this would be the form I'd choose. Yes I would need the wolf, stupid question.

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My queen 💕

if my hair was about 3 times longer, which I am working on, I could pull this off. I already have the complexion! I will need a lot of hides but I think that can be arranged. The scimitar might be a hassle too but we move. Can't do without the bone shield. God she's perfect.

Is Vadania her name? That's suspiciously similar to свидания, svidaniya, which means like, 'meeting'. She looks and feels Russian so this checks out. I think it's a sign. I am going to become a druid.

There is a small but nonzero chance you will even see a Me if you do this

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My strong advice is to go into a used bookstore or library and start reading older books. The industry is understandably biased towards what’s new and shiny, but you shouldn’t let that determine what you read next.

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The MackenzieR Promise: Come for the RPG chatter, Stay for the random discussion of book spines

I know almost literally nobody cares but this actual physical book is so *nice* I'm kind of floored. My 5e books aren't this well-bound! My Curse of Strahd in particular *scuffs*! The ink smears if you press too hard on the page. The binding is *glue.* This PHB is SO much nicer! What happened?

In fact all my 5e books have glue bindings, which sucks but I didn't really think about it much. If you care: glue bindings are cheap and easy but they're worse in every other way over a sewn binding and a reference book has no place being glued. I'm kinda disappointed now that I think about it.

Update: the equipment, skills, and feats are all VERY cool. The art might be the coolest art I've ever seen, in any RPG. The scope is genuinely incredible. I also don't know how to grapple and ohhhhhh, THIS is what people mean with all the "hope you like math" talk 💀

Just saw You Can See Everything and I left the theater almost unable to speak; if you know me, this is not a common occurence. I'm still just sort of. Mulling. Chewing. Sort of in awe. No, entirely in awe. What a dazzling, insane movie; I don't even know what to say about it. Hey go check it out

I keep seeing people say stuff about it and I don't want to spoil it for anyone because SEE THIS MOVIE IF YOU THINK IT LOOKS AT ALL INTERESTING TO YOU but like yes she's a liar, yes she's aware of it, yes it is all an OBVIOUS con, are you people mad, do men really fall for stuff this easily???

The OP deleted but I'm gonna link it here: appreciate art you lazy bastards, who cares if you don't*agree* with it. Are you twelve? I don't agree with anything, I still read it! What do you even think about all day if you only read stuff you agree with? theunfinished671.substack.com/p/the-post-d...

theunfinished671.substack.comThe Post-Digestive SubjectThe pharmaceutical conquest of the belly and the return of the Cathar heresy
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I know so many guys who will take literally any opportunity to start rambling about 14th century mysticism and how it relates to Freud or Adorno or Kabbalah or Alchemy or Gnosis or Jung or Leftism or Weird Paintings and let's be real: they don't really relate. Sam Kriss does it best.

I know so many guys who will take literally any opportunity to start rambling about 14th century mysticism and how it relates to Freud or Adorno or Kabbalah or Alchemy or Gnosis or Jung or Leftism or Weird Paintings and let's be real: they don't really relate. Sam Kriss does it best.

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You're already using a stranger as a springboard to talk about Freud and leftism and the diminishment of desire. (Read Russians on this btw!) It's already rude. Might as well go further, sink those hungry teeth in. I did enjoy the essay! Just musing about how I'd write it I guess.

I know so many guys who will take literally any opportunity to start rambling about 14th century mysticism and how it relates to Freud or Adorno or Kabbalah or Alchemy or Gnosis or Jung or Leftism or Weird Paintings and let's be real: they don't really relate. Sam Kriss does it best.

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I mean she's probably not even real. When you look at a person and see Cathars that person isn't real, even if a fleshy double actually did sit in a coffee shop and inspire the essay. This person who will cry if you offer get a pie or whatever--sure-- should be used more. It'd be grotesque but make

for a crueler, more entertaining essay. She's giving up her hunger, her identity, her soul. What for? A white room? Peace? Give us some contempt. Make me feel something; don't dangle primal forces like hunger and then avoid fear, hate, contempt, and mockery. Maybe even a little lust?

I know so many guys who will take literally any opportunity to start rambling about 14th century mysticism and how it relates to Freud or Adorno or Kabbalah or Alchemy or Gnosis or Jung or Leftism or Weird Paintings and let's be real: they don't really relate. Sam Kriss does it best.

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and waste the beautiful nightmarish idea of a reality doomed by design and then waste it on "bosses at work like it when you're not hungry all the time." That's why I mention Kriss; he's willing to really commit to his insane ideas and it's usually really fun!)

As a skinny girl I can tell you that while it has its perks you'd be surprised how often people see it also as like it's an insult to them. I don't mind, I'm used to it. So the premise here, he saw a girl get thin and thinks less of her for it, is familiar. But he could be meaner. Should be, even.

I know so many guys who will take literally any opportunity to start rambling about 14th century mysticism and how it relates to Freud or Adorno or Kabbalah or Alchemy or Gnosis or Jung or Leftism or Weird Paintings and let's be real: they don't really relate. Sam Kriss does it best.

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I see people saying he's wrong, and peptides are not in fact related to an ancient heresy nor are they smothering the consumptive Fire That is Man. You're missing the point; this is for fun and using the name Freud. It's entertainment! Which is why I think it should be weirder!

Imply the skinny girl has no soul! She's trading it away; might as well imply to demons. Don't bother with the leftism; online, leftism isn't real, it's a word that just means the vague semi-political aesthetic popular in half the internet. (Like in this article. Tedium! Don't bring up the demiurge

I know so many guys who will take literally any opportunity to start rambling about 14th century mysticism and how it relates to Freud or Adorno or Kabbalah or Alchemy or Gnosis or Jung or Leftism or Weird Paintings and let's be real: they don't really relate. Sam Kriss does it best.

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Who this isn't btw! No idea who this guy is. He's similar in style but less unhinged, which I don't like as much. Still, he's a good writer! It's fun to read; I think his point is silly and absurd and vaguely rude, but I'm often those things too, I don't mind that. It should just be weirder.