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The last time we were on a long flight, my wife and I invented a game we call "Little Guy."

You start a game of Little Guy by saying, "I'm gonna hand you a little guy." The little guy is some kind of baby animal you are imagining. "Oh," she might say in response, "Okay," and hold out her hands for it. I will then mime handing her the animal. This provides some clues as to the little guy's size, weight, and general ungainliness.

She then gets to ask questions about what kind of little guy this is, BUT NO QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS ACTUAL APPEARANCE OR SPECIES ARE ALLOWED. Qualitative questions, or questions about his behavior, are the only ones permitted. She can ask "Is he soft?" or "Does he seem nervous about being held?" or "If I put him in the bathtub, does he seem okay with that?" or "Would he like a lil grape?" or "Is he the sort of little fellow who would wear a vest in a children's book?" but not "Does he have fur," "Is he a reptile," "Is he from Asia," etc. Some questions are in a grey area so you have to follow your heart, but the point is not to identify the animal as fast as possible: the point is to guess the animal purely based on vibes + how he would act if he were in your living room right now.

And I'm not limited to yes or no answers! If she asks, "Would it feel appropriate to see this little guy in a propeller hat?" I can reply, "Oh no, he has a gravity to him. A bowler hat would be a more appropriate hat." Or if she asks, "Does this little guy have protagonist energy?" I can say something like, "he probably wouldn't be the main character in a children's cartoon. He'd probably be the main character's ditzy best friend who's always eating sandwiches, or something."

We're big Twenty Questions to kill time in a waiting room people, but Little Guy is more about the journey than the destination. It's got a different kind of sauce that's nice if "killing time" and "lowering anxiety" need to happen hand in hand.

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My brain: You have so many tight deadlines. So many things on your weekly schedule. So many important jobs. You have to get important work done!!!

My hands:

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Inspired by recent discussions of an Actual Play.

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leave your laundry on the floor for them

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Oh you absolutely can. That's a killer closing line for a short story designed to put the reader's soul through a mincer.

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Please check out this blog if you need any gender-ignoring clothing ideas, they have collected some awesome suggestions!

Statement of purpose

https://extraextraclothes.tumblr.com/post/643344933242159104/statement-of-purpose

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im cooking

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I've slowly been chipping away at drawing scenes from that imaginary Muppet retelling of the Princess Bride, figured it was about time to share what I've drawn on Tumblr!

#sign me up

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My 7 year old was allowed to make a dragonborn and see just the first couple minutes of gameplay AFTER the Nautiloid,

He knows how much I love the game, and that it's not for kids - but he wanted to make me a present anyway.

This is what he made

I'm dying

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Fanart?  Fan-tableaux?  The door to my lab cosplaying as the door to a Preservation Alliance auditorium?

POV: You are a Preservation Alliance resident coming to the quarterly planetary town hall after Dr. Mensah’s return to ask your elected officials about some normal infrastructural issue or something and you see this.

(Comments added by Murderbot, Ratthi, Pin-Lee, and Gurathin, respectively.)

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#want

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i think actually that being kind and silly is literally the point of life and if youre not kind and silly then what are you doing? you could be out there being kind and silly!!! like right now!!!

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So I have been watching Star Trek and I couldn't help myself.... have some TOS Queens.

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it actually pisses me off that tanuki/raccoon dogs aren't widely appreciated on here fuck you what more do you want

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