Orator is already a phenomenally comical class to take into combat, but to let them use GUNS?! "I will turn the tide with words of praise for my allies and cutting putdowns to enemies... and if that doesn't work, they can eat lead"
... I really want to know the thought process going on in the mid-90's when the Final Fantasy Tactics dev team were like "okay, so, we can't limit Guns to the Machinist special characters, feels like a waste, so how about Chemist and Orator classes can also use them?"
Lol, lmao even
I should be able to just do stuff in my capacity as Weirdo Scottish Elections Boffin without having to instead go "no, sling your hook, you don't get the benefit of my expertise whilst you're actively participating in the hate campaign against my community"
Strapping in for an evening of feeling absolutely rotten after that call, not because I regret taking the position that I did, but because having to do so is a reminder of how truly horrible our country has gotten in terms of LGBT rights (emphasis on the T, of course) that I felt I had to do so
Having principles: important, but also, sometimes sucks hard. Refused an opportunity out of hand - didn't even let them tell me what it was, though I could guess the generalities were "by-election commentary" - because I refuse as a matter of (LGBT) principle to work with the outlet in question
Found quite possibly the greatest example of "Bluesky user unfamiliar with the concept of jokes" in the wild thus far.
My guy you can see her begin to smirk in the last frames of the clip, she's not "admitting she's too depressed", she's obviously joking, and it's a very funny joke as well!
This bit especially: "hey, morons, if the Greens did way better in 2016 than in 2015, what do you think a really good 2024 result in Glasgow will mean for 2026?"
The answer: 24.5% (within city only, with estimated Cardonald chunk folded back in from West), vs 27.2% for SNP and 18.9% Labour!
Looking back at this piece I wrote in 2024 and once again doing (mental) victory laps at how absolutely prescient I have consistently been about the Scottish Green Party's prospects, based on the raw, hard data of actual election results rather than wishcasting and vibes...