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  1. Bear Ribs

    What would you do if you were thrown into the last world you read about?

    Hmm, last thing I was looking at was Azur Lane so... 1) I guess I either get the Shikikan's affinity for Wisdom cubes or become a Kansen. 2) Holy cow, this is probably more valuable than #1. Given the sheer number of alternate timelines and how often the cast gets stuck in alternate...
  2. Bear Ribs

    How to make my stories not be cringe?

    Write for what you love, not against what you hate. Cringe comes from bashing and bashfics. "I don't like X so I'm going to make them really stupid and also pee their pants and die in an autoerotic asphyxiation accident" is pure cringe, no matter who X is. Mockery and vicious satire may get a...
  3. Bear Ribs

    If you could Jump thru the multiverse what powers would be the easiest to get?

    If anybody mentioned Dave Duncan's Man of His Word series I missed it. It's got one of the more unique magic systems in fantasy and is also very cogent to this thread. Words of power can potentially be a huge and quick power-up. To gain power, you just need to hear somebody say a word of...
  4. Bear Ribs

    Plowing Her Fertile Fields: QQ's Gardening and Horticulture Thread

    I'm using bell siphons on a flood and ebb system so no more than maybe an inch at the bottom is always submerged and the ebbing water always pulls in fresh air under it. The beds are half barrels so maybe a foot deep or so.
  5. Bear Ribs

    Plowing Her Fertile Fields: QQ's Gardening and Horticulture Thread

    I use a UV filter to kill waterborne algae. I'm planning on adding some channel catfish the next time I get a chance though. I had gone with shrimp last year but as it turns out, hybrid Bluegill have significantly larger mouths than normal Bluegill so...
  6. Bear Ribs

    Plowing Her Fertile Fields: QQ's Gardening and Horticulture Thread

    I'm in my second year experimenting with an aquaponic setup. I have three IBC tanks (250 gallons each) with hybrid bluegill for the aqua source and split barrels above filled with expanded clay growing media. I'm running it for the second year now. Notable experiences: Half-barrels of...
  7. Bear Ribs

    Worst Isekai Settings To Be Tossed In?

    1984. The state is all-powerful, sees everything, has total control of the population, and believes their primary job is causing as much suffering as possible. It's illegal to have sex with a person you're attracted to, the food is ghastly, your TV spies on you and all the entertainment is...
  8. Bear Ribs

    Do you think that all stories could be real somewhere?

    How would all universes existing work alongside retcons? There's plenty of fictional universes where the past changes pretty dramatically as the author makes new things up and changes their mind, Star Wars f'rex, or Monstergirl Encyclopedia.
  9. Bear Ribs

    Money Making Ideas for Teleporters

    Well, I am a little curious as to what you're expecting to be able to steal from stores that would net any real profit. Bear in mind a fence will give you maybe 10-15% of the retail value for something, so you're going to need to go for something big-ticket and that won't be easy. Virtually...
  10. Bear Ribs

    Do you think that all stories could be real somewhere?

    Just to be clear, are you suggesting traveling at warp speed caused Janeway to behave completely irrationally, while leaving other major characters like Sisko unaffected?
  11. Bear Ribs

    Money Making Ideas for Teleporters

    It's not what I think, it's a matter of public record. We absolutely know they're using it for low-level civilians. https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/blog/how-facial-recognition-works/ Okay, so you've teleported to some ultra-remote location outside of any first-world countries, presumably...
  12. Bear Ribs

    Do you think that all stories could be real somewhere?

    I don't think all stories are possible. Ones that are tightly scripted and have an internally consistent framework, yes. Like, I could see Lord of the Rings being a real alternate universe. OTOH some universes are so inconsistent, constantly retconned, and internally contradictory that it...
  13. Bear Ribs

    Money Making Ideas for Teleporters

    I genuinely don't know how anybody could possibly keep their teleportation a secret, honestly. Facial recognition cameras are everywhere, some nations more than others but still they're everywhere. Cameras are going to note that somehow you moved 500 miles in ten seconds. If you bring your...
  14. Bear Ribs

    News and Headlines...

    We’ve been dealing and struggling with those animals for decades now. Feral hogs are a serious menace down south, enough that the limit is “please kill as many as you can” and normal sportsmanship laws go out the window. That’s how stuff like Helibacon got started. https://www.helibacon.com
  15. Bear Ribs

    Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic

    I know Jehovah's Witnesses took COVID very seriously, and went virtual attendance only for several years, full masks aside from whoever’s on the pulpit after that, and even now have every session zoom optional. in other news I’ve been down with COVID the last three days according to a home...
  16. Bear Ribs

    The Experiment Continued (BT)

    We can take them, we just need every single clan to build up to around 10 times the Snow Raven's current fleet. Easy peasy.
  17. Bear Ribs

    Blood on the Horizon (Battletech SI)

    Seems like you're missing a few threadmarks. I do quite like the opening to this one, the Manassas is an unusual but logical entry point of weirdness into the setting.
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