Long time reader, first time poster. I think it's time for me to share my tale of a player, Sam, and his long downward spiral into madness and assholishness.
Back when my buddies and I were around 14, we started a Call of Cthulhu game Kept by my father. It was fun, and we were young, so our characters were very basic. I was a parapsychologist, Sam played John the ex-soldier, another friend played a detective and my father had a garbageman GMPC to help out, as 3 sessions of Basic D&D at 7 years old wasn't much of a roleplaying experience.
Things started out well. We ran The Paper Chase and The Haunting, two great scenarios, that went as well as you'd expect with a good GM. We had a blast, met a monster, feared for our lives and survived. We then played a scenario that would be the basis for a lot of trouble to come later. We ran The Mystery of Loch Feinn. Things were going rather well, I think, until I did a stupid, and learned why Call of Cthulhu was a dangerous game for PCs. Without going into spoilers, I read something aloud I shouldn't have, and immediately got the GMPC and me killed, drove the detective to madness and into the wild, and left only one survivor, John, who, paranoid, shot at the farmer that came to check things out and fled back to the US. He was hunted by Interpol, but saved by the CIA who needed an errand boy to go investigate weird happenings that couldn't be in the books. Basically, our GM had a new way to introduce scenarios, gave a warning about shooting people just like that and let John live.
That day, I learned to not be a complete moron. Sam learned to be a coward.
We played a few more sessions where this became apparent. My new character, an author and my last character's brother (yeah, I know, super inspired) had to take point when facing werewolves in a rescue mission because the great John didn't want to die. I lived, but the curse had gotten to me. Next, we were off to New Mexico to investigate a strange town and reports of alien abductions. At some point, John took to always be at the back of the party, laying and moving a bear trap he'd found as we moved along. We eventually faced a Servitor of the Outer Gods and while my author was fighting it with a magic sickle, John was piling up unconscious PCs to use as cover from the monster's attacks. Ou GM took pity and let my new werewolf side fight the thing, so we lived. We then got past the New York chapter of Masks of Nyarlathotep before our rhythm of a session a
... keep reading on reddit ➡Hear me out, I think the technology is already advanced enough to be able to complete the goal of having cars be successfully autonomous, given every car on the road was inter-connected.
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT CARS SUCH AS TESLAS WHERE YOU REMAIN IN THE DRIVER SEAT.
It is entirely possible (and frankly i hope) that I am wrong.
The main point being there are two reasons why this will never be mainstream
- Mass distrust of AI
We have all seen the movies, skynet etc. People dont trust new technology and if they do it takes a very long time, considering the fact that most drivers are above the age of 25, their acceptance of new tech is known to be low, they go with what they know which hasnt changed much in the 30-70 years they lived.
- Constant legal grey area.
While I believe this will ulitmately be the reason proving my point, 'driverless cars' legally cannot exist.
Scenario: you are in a "fully automonous" vehicle, the only passenger traveling 70 mph and suddenly without warning any sort of glitch in AI, or road condition, etc; causing you and you alone to carren into the car next to you. Who was driving? no one? the car? whos going to be liable?
the answer? you.
My point being and if you only take away one thing its that law is individuals behavior being restricted, so unless theres a scenario where there are literally no laws for those cars(wont happen) there will always need to be someone who is technically still in control and therefore liable for any accidents that may occur.
It would just take an overhaul of the legal system that I doubt would be at the top of the list.
I wish that its possible but if you have any basic understanding of the law you can just see its never going to happen.
Idk what to flair this but… Here’s to realizing we dont have to do whats been expected of humanity for centuries, procreating. Here’s to being able to fully enjoy your life, keep your body, your time, your sex life, your adventures, your spontaneous travels, your money, your peace, your quiet and so many other things. I truly feel sorry for the people that never came to this realization and decided to have kids because “its the next step in life”.
Hi!
I'll be going to TLV next week and I'm wondering what's the best option to visit Jerusalem, Bethlehem and the Dead Sea. I've seen tours but I'd like to plan myself and divide my time myself without having to wait for others on a tour.
I've been thinking to have a day-trip to Jerusalem with the bus, take a taxi to Bethlehem and return in the evening. The day after, I was thinking about renting a car and drive to the dead sea.
Is this a good option? Or are there better ways to visit these three places with TLV as a starting point? Rental is not always an option I read, since it's not allowed to drive your rental through Palestina-controlled territory (i.e. to Bethlehem).
I'd like to hear ideas :)
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