It’s hard to be upbeat when Dems were leveraging the single piece of power left to them, saw fantastic special election results I would bet in part to that, and then flush it down the toilet for nothing.

Hey that’s something we can agree on at least

Keep on keeping on my dude.

Oh the 13th Amendment does some shifty stuff with incarcerated people to this day, I get that. That being said, maybe read through the articles of secession from the various states, it’s enlightnening.
https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/declaration-causes-seceding-states

From Georgia “The prohibition of slavery in the Territories is the cardinal principle of this organization.”

South Carolina “A geographical line has been drawn across the Union, and all the States north of that line have united in the election of a man to the high office of President of the United States, whose opinions and purposes are hostile to slavery. He is to be entrusted with the administration of the common Government, because he has declared that that “Government cannot endure permanently half slave, half free,” and that the public mind must rest in the belief that slavery is in the course of ultimate extinction. . . .”

Mississippi "Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery-- the greatest material interest of the world. Its labor supplies the product which constitutes by far the largest and most important portions of commerce of the earth. These products are peculiar to the climate verging on the tropical regions, and by an imperious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun. These products have become necessities of the world, and a blow at slavery is a blow at commerce and civilization. That blow has been long aimed at the institution, and was at the point of reaching its consummation. There was no choice left us but submission to the mandates of abolition, or a dissolution of the Union, whose principles had been subverted to work out our ruin. "

Taxes are a hassle and can frustrate me, especially when used for things I don’t agree with, but they also build roads and waterways and allow society to lift each other up. All that aside, the Civil War was fought because the Southern states wanted to continue owning people as property. They plainly stated it in their assorted articles of secession, I’m sorry you feel that knowing that somehow means I wasn’t taught US history I guess?

You may want to go reread some of those declarations of secession by assorted states…. There’s a lot of “it’s our God given right to own humans as property” in them. But also you believe taxation equals theft so who even knows man.

I’d rather roll a 17 than a 19 haha

I’m not sure I understand, isn’t this saying money was exactly the problem because outside support was blocked so they all were paying out of their personal pockets?

They’re part time legislatures with regular jobs, and being fined $500 a day that they don’t attend session. How long would you be able to hold out in that situation?

I’m pretty confident JK Rowling never met with a man who killed himself before she was born, but in this fucked up timeline who even knows.

Hell yeah man, it’s all good, I’m sorry for coming in hot there. It’s going to suck but I’m with you and believe we’ve got this in the long run. Going to be a shitty four years (again) though

My dude, we can hold both the idea of “we’re so fucked” and “we’re going to fight like hell” in our brain. Fuck off with your patronizing bullshit.

This is the one that finally got me. Sitting in my car trying to get it together before heading into work.

We’re out here with the highest wealth inequality ever seen and you’re mad that a few folks actually have enough power to demand their fair share? Fuck off you 0.1% apologist.

What an amazingly ignorant take. 2/3 of the country is overall in favor of abortion rights so hey, you happen to live in a state against it, often due to court stacking or gerrymandering? Fuck you, maybe you die now.

I started a Pathfinder game because I wanted to get away from D&D, and because two friends really got into Dimension20 stuff and wanted to give RPGs a try. I was digging the rules a lot but they’re watching 6-8 hours of D&D content a week and playing PF2E every couple of weeks, and it was just a huge disconnect for them. With Abomination Vaults getting a 5e release, it just seems easier to make the switch back to something my players are more comfortable with.

Now to convince my cousin he wants to run a PF2E game so I can get that bard life going.