calamityandrew.bsky.social
Academic. Game Studies, medievalism, and fantasy. Generally tired. "Vell, he's just zis guy, you know?" he/him
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I really like the boots I got at Son of Sandlar, but they are expensive. The have a booth at Sherwood and Tex Ren Fest. 😁
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Been there, Barrett. Rest up and take care of yourself!
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As my advisor would always say, "good enough is your friend!" But I bet you did great!
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Oh I'm never satisfied! 🫠
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Usually about 3 minutes before I deliver it.
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I mean, there's a variety of reasons why, including visibility, context, and culture. Kojima didn't wear it at a major live broadcast, did not use it while dismissing other creative works, and that phrase is bound to American culture in ways that Kojima can't fully connect with.
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I can see that! I do think it solves the clunkiness of the "agency of triad of player/designer/action ..." construction. But the importance of writing to your audience may outweigh some awkwardness in phrasing.
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I will concur with everyone else on "triad," but I like dropping the preposition and making it "agentic triad."
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As a professor, it's very disheartening. I don't think most of my students who use ChatGPT consider it to be cheating, but they also don't appear to understand that they are outsourcing their thinking, undermining their own agency and voice.
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I did notice that was an image of Grendel and his bag, but I guessed something older! Should have gone with my first instinct.
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The Odyssey?
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This is a four-sentence note, and two of those sentences begin with the same inarticulate construction. It's terrible.
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Congratulations Ed!!
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I think the semicolon is safe because the general population is too afraid to use it, but they are not afraid of the em-dash.
Source: am writing professor
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Bluebonnets are beautiful. Dr. Pepper is delicious. I love Whataburger.
Unrelated: I hate fascism.
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It's really upsetting.
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I'm sure it would have been a great show!
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I was just at B6!
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Also, the whole deal with Wikipedia is its independence. If it's purchased by anyone, even someone who doesn't meddle, it gives off the appearance of meddling, which is bad for Wikipedia. The independence is the entire point!
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I never have! I keep hoping, haha.
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Jealous!
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Everything is fine except I lost some shingles due to wind damage--everyone is fine and the dogs don't seem scared, even the nervous one! But it was a little alarming to find this out mid-class.
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That old sales mantra, "Location, location, location!"
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Oh well that's definitely prime haboob territory, then! You get those big dust storms that roll in and blow everything away and cover what remains in sand. You should look up some aerial pictures of haboobs online--they look really dramatic!
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Haboobs are normally something I associate more with West Texas, since there's more sand and dirt to get whipped up, but yeah, I can see that applying to today's weather.
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William Butler Yeats wrote this about World War I, and unfortunately it seems authentic even today, over 100 years later.
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How bizarre for him to talk about how well the article aged FOUR DAYS after the article came out! That's going into it with a predetermined response and not authentically engaging with the content of the argument.
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I propose we name them after Obra Dinn: "Dinners!"
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Spitting facts!
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But bullying myself is my favorite hobby!