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TehBamski, (edited ) in What made up board/card game would be hard to sell to the public either by name or by concept?
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Pedophilia Trivia - A card game where you guess as closely to correct as possible. Question types would include, ‘As of 2023, where was the biggest pedophile ring ever found?’ ‘How many Catholic clergy members have been convicted of crimes to date? (2023)’ ‘What US state has had the most reported pedophiles from 2010 to 2020?’ ‘How much money has the Mormon church paid out to victims of sexual abuse by appointed leaders of the church, to keep them quiet?’ ‘How many cases have there been of drag queens sexually abusing kids?’

tacosanonymous,

This is just an ultra specific version of trivial pursuit.

toomanypancakes, in What made up board/card game would be hard to sell to the public either by name or by concept?
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Abortion Wars TCG

davidgro,

According to my mom, “Garbage Pail Kids” was this (besides the ‘game’ part of TCG)

tacosanonymous,

I’ve never thought of it that way but it fits.

postmateDumbass, (edited ) in If you could go back in time and stop any one person or group's musical career, who or what would it be?

Ted Bundy. Charlie Manson (Oops, swaped serial killer names when i typed it out)

Maybe without music and the Beach Boys connection he never gets his cult off the ground.

LemmyKnowsBest,

woah the Beach boys had connections with Charles Manson too. what’s going on with the Beach boys?

postmateDumbass, (edited )

Yeah i swaped my serial killers, oops.

I knew what i meant but typed the other one.

businessinsider.com/charles-mansons-relationship-…

jordanlund, in If you could go back in time and stop any one person or group's musical career, who or what would it be?
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Milli Vanilli

LinkOpensChest_wav,

I can’t help but think that Rob may still be alive if it hadn’t been for their musical career. What a sad story.

AtariDump,

On 3 April 1998, on the eve of a promotional tour for a new Milli Vanilli album, Back and in Attack, featuring Pilatus and Morvan on lead vocals, Pilatus was found dead from an alcohol and prescription drug overdose in a hotel room at Friedrichsdorf, near Frankfurt. His death was ruled accidental. The album has never been released.

LinkOpensChest_wav,

Yeah … they weren’t even a genre I really listened to at the time, but the whole thing’s just so sad

lemmy_nightmare, in If you could go back in time and stop any one person or group's musical career, who or what would it be?
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Justin

corsicanguppy,

Timberlake, Bieber, or the Canadian PM who kept the country from bankruptcy despite the blinkered conservatives and their expendable constituents trying to kill the country and all its inhabitants on the daily?

Sagifurius,

On what fucking planet…That PM has been the ruination of this country.

No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston,

Obviously Justin Vernon, also known as Bon Iver. Let’s see them hipsters without their leader.

Toes, in What made up board/card game would be hard to sell to the public either by name or by concept?

Monopoly, except you start the game with the bank owning everything

somePotato,

Real life the board game©

Kolanaki,
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Actually just the Landlord’s Game that the Parker Brothers turned into Monopoly.

KpntAutismus,

Monopoly, except you live paycheck to paycheck. the game continues until everyone is either homeless, insolvent, died of old age or has comitted suicide.

Toes,

Haha exactly

otter,

Isn’t that how the game works? You buy everything from the bank, but at least the bank doesn’t take advantage of that monopoly

768, in What’s your favorite fantasy universe and why?

Alagaësia, 1st high fantasy book of mine + interesting magic system

TheMinions,

Ah did you like Murtagh? I wish it was a bit longer.

768,

I did finish it in English some days ago and will read it in my language again once it’s translated. I really liked it, but it feels either like the beginning to a whole new saga or likea long side quest.

TheMinions,

I agree. It feels like it’s setting up a lot of future works, especially with the way magic worked for the main antagonist.

768,

! Bechel and Azlagur feel like a beginning of laying the explanations for Guntera. !<

The book also made clear how much elvish literature Eragon read in Ellesmera and how important it was that Oromis, Glaedr and Arya talked to Eragon in the Ancient Language. Galbatorix was not a good teacher to Murtagh, but Murtagh was a good student.

I did not quite understand what ‘Concentrate air and light’ was supposed to be. Is it something nuclear?

TheMinions,

I don’t recall that quote off the top of my head. What chapter is it in?

768,

It’s in the language addendum, Vindr something.

lyam23, in What's a great podcast you'd like to share?

The Blindboy Podcast

Blindboy Boatclub, famous as one half of The Irish duo The Rubber bandits, shares intimate and interesting “hot takes” on various subjects, interviews with interesting artists, and original short fiction all against the backdrop of an original soothing ambient piano track. This is my comfort podcast.

DrZoidbergYes,

If you haven’t seen it already check out Bobby Fingers on YouTube. Only 4 videos so far (all amazing) and is the other half of the Rubber Bandits. Very talented VFX artist

Rhynoplaz, in If you could go back in time and stop any one person or group's musical career, who or what would it be?

Elvis. Just to see what happens.

AmosBurton,

If we are going down that road. What if the Beatles never happened

Susaga,
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We’ve had that movie. Now let’s see the Elvis one.

givesomefucks,

Nothing.

Elvis didn’t invent anything musically, he was just the first white guy to do what Black guys had been doing.

If it wasn’t Elvis, it would have been someone else a couple months later.

someguy3,

Well maybe he was the one with the charisma to do what black guys were doing.

AtariDump, (edited )

“Though I’m not the first king of controversy
I am the worst thing since Elvis Presley
To do Black music so selfishly
And use it to get myself wealthy (Hey!)
There’s a concept that works
Twenty million other white rappers emerge
But no matter how many fish in the sea
It’d be so empty without me” - Eminem

Rhynoplaz,

Actually, that was one thing I considered. If he hadn’t become a superstar by never writing a single song, would it have changed the industry’s thoughts on using pretty faces to sell other people’s songs?

sangriaferret,

A lot more piano probably.

Jerry Lee Lewis was poised to be one of the first white rock and roll superstars until his career was rocked with scandal. Had that happened it is very possible that the piano would become the predominant instrument in white rock.

The genre already has its roots in jump blues and boogie woogie, both piano driven styles. Little Richard and Fats Domino were at the top of the charts.

Had a piano player been the king of white rock then you would have likely seen a lot more artists picking up that instrument rather than the guitar.

Tippon,

Nah, guitar is the musical equivalent to football (soccer). It’s cheap, easy to learn, you can take it with you, and you can play with your friends.

The trope of a kid turning up with their guitar couldn’t happen with a piano.

sangriaferret,

You’re right. I shouldn’t have suggested that the piano would be more popular than guitar, only that you might have heard a lot more piano if Jerry Lee had been the face of white rock instead of Elvis.

People are going to play whatever they can get their hands on. I remember reading in a Muddy Waters biography about someone who started off writing songs using an old piano wire attached to a shack because that’s all he had available.

Tippon,

Nothing wrong with suggesting a different idea :)

It would have been cool to watch 90’s kids humping pianos to band practice with their friends though :D

BottleOfAlkahest,

Jerry Lee Lewis became fairly successful in Country after his Rock career faltered. Most country musicians still play the guitar rather than the piano though.

sangriaferret,

True, but many of country’s conventions were well established when he got into it. When he got into rock it was new, especially white rock. I think he would have a more significant influence there.

radroot, in What's something you'd like to leave behind in the old year and not carry into the new year?

English. It’s not going to happen though

Ludrol,
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The nationalist Frenchman would agree with you.

ohlaph,

Oh? Go on?

Kase,

They’re not gonna answer if you ask in English smh /s

TheGreenGolem,
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You… you want to forget a language?

TheDoctorDonna, (edited ) in What song you got on repeat right now?

I had a girlfriend who would listen to the same song on repeat all night long, at an unnecessary volume while she slept. It drove me nuts. I won’t listen to the same song twice in a day usually.

LemmyKnowsBest,

I hope you broke up with her immediately

TheDoctorDonna,

…if by immediately you mean 4 years later- then yes.

I’m a masochist apparently.

LemmyKnowsBest,

I hear ya. I’ve never been in any healthy relationship whatsoever and a couple of them went on 6 to 10 years way too long.

Pratai, in If you could go back in time and stop any one person or group's musical career, who or what would it be?

Why would anyone in their right mind want to?

Delphia,

Ian Watkins.

Pratai,

Who?

gibmiser, (edited ) in What made up board/card game would be hard to sell to the public either by name or by concept?

Never Have I Ever: Civic Duty edition

Never have, I ever littered.

Never have I ever voted for someone without researching them

Never have I ever stayed home and not voted. Because I just didn’t feel like it.

Never have I ever Shopped at a store that I knew was using unethical business practices because it was cheaper.

squid_slime, (edited )
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I’d play that

Would imagine most would go blind

ryathal, in USA news specific to your city.

If you want local news with minimal tracking you buy a newspaper or put up an antenna to get local broadcast channels.

If you want it to be online, get a VPN and an email address only for the news and use that exclusively for news.

elcheaponcod,

New emails and passwords for every an opportunity to ask a question is ridiculous. I had an EX that was obsessed with stealing passwords

ryathal,

Privacy comes at a cost of convenience.

jubilationtcornpone,

I actually subscribe to our local newspaper and one of the smaller statewide papers. Support local journalism or else it will cease to be.

gens, in What's a great podcast you'd like to share?

Safety third - chaotic chat podcast from sciency/maker youtubers.

KyuubiNoKitsune,

Was going to suggest this too.

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