I suspect that eliminating Asperger's would have catastrophic effects for humanity.
Well, I do know the sonic the hedgehog franchise would vanish, Katana sales would plummet, and /r/drama would be empty but I think earth would keep going.
That's it. I'm sick of all this "Masterwork Bastard Sword" bullshit that's going on in the d20 system right now. Katanas deserve much better than that. Much, much better than that.
I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine katana in Japan for 2,400,000 Yen (that's about $20,000) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can even cut slabs of solid steel with my katana.
Japanese smiths spend years working on a single katana and fold it up to a million times to produce the finest blades known to mankind.
Katanas are thrice as sharp as European swords and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a longsword can cut through, a katana can cut through better. I'm pretty sure a katana could easily bisect a knight wearing full plate with a simple vertical slash.
Ever wonder why medieval Europe never bothered conquering Japan? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Samurai and their katanas of destruction. Even in World War II, American soldiers targeted the men with the katanas first because their killing power was feared and respected.
So what am I saying? Katanas are simply the best sword that the world has ever seen, and thus, require better stats in the d20 system. Here is the stat block I propose for Katanas:
(One-Handed Exotic Weapon)
1d12 Damage
19-20 x4 Crit
+2 to hit and damage
Counts as Masterwork
(Two-Handed Exotic Weapon)
2d10 Damage
17-20 x4 Crit
+5 to hit and damage
Counts as Masterwork
Now that seems a lot more representative of the cutting power of Katanas in real life, don't you think?
tl;dr = Katanas need to do more damage in d20, see my new stat block.
In all seriousness, one of the best weaponss in Baldur's Gate II was a katana. You had to randomly break into somebody's home and then refuse to leave when asked to get it, though.
The funny thing is that katanas are shit irl, literally just a tool for hacking up unarmored peasant soldiers. The "folded a bajillion times" thing was due to the fact that Glorious Nippon Steel was of such shit grade quality that they had to keep folding it just to work out impurities. On top of that, actual samurai were known for their archery, not their swordsmanship, which was mythologizing by "samurai" hundreds of years later.
Yeah swords began to be designed with heavy pommels as plate armour became common for knights so that an armoured person could grip the blade with their gauntlets and bash another armoured dude.
That's it. I'm sick of all this "Masterwork Bastard Sword" bullshit that's going on in the d20 system right now. Katanas deserve much worse than that. Much, much worse than that.
I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine katana in Japan for 120 Yen (that's about $1) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can't even cut wooden boards with my katana.
Japanese smiths spend years working on a single katana and fold it up to a million times to produce some of the biggest pieces of shit known to mankind.
Katanas are barely half as sharp as European swords and half as hard for that matter too. Anything a longsword can cut through, a katana can't cut through at all. I'm pretty sure a katana would break trying to cut a knight wearing full plate with any kind of slash.
Ever wonder why feudal Japan never bothered conquering Europe? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Knights and their Oakeshott types X through XXII of destruction. Even in World War II, Japanese soldiers targeted the men with the mamelukes first because their killing power was feared and respected.
So what am I saying? Katanas are simply the worst sword that the world has ever seen, and thus, require worse stats in the d20 system. Here is the stat block I propose for Katanas:
(One-Handed Exotic Weapon)
1d4 Damage
x2 Crit
-2 to hit and damage
Can never count as Masterwork
(Two-Handed Exotic Weapon)
1d6 Damage
x2 Crit
-1 to hit and damage
Can never count as Masterwork
Now that seems a lot more representative of the cutting power of Katanas in real life, don't you think?
tl;dr = Katanas need to do much less in d20, see my new stat block.
That's it. I'm sick of all this "A More Elegant Weapon of a Civilized Time" bullshit that's going on in the d20 system right now. Lightsabers deserve much better than that. Much, much better than that.
I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine lightsaber on Ord Mantell for 2,400,000 Imperial Credits (that's about $18) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can even cut slabs of solid steel with my lightsaber.
Jedi smiths spend years working on a single lightsaber and refocus the crystal up to a million times to produce the finest blades known to mankind.
Lightsabers are thrice as sharp as Kaminoan vibroblades and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a vibrosword can cut through, a lightsaber can cut through better. I'm pretty sure a lightsaber could easily bisect a Imperial Officer wearing a fetching black uniform with a simple vertical slash.
Ever wonder why the Empire never bothered conquering all known space? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Jedi and their lightsabers of destruction. Even in the Galactic Civil War, Imperial soldiers targeted the men with the lightsabers first because their killing power was feared and respected.
So what am I saying? Lightsabers are simply the best sword that the world has ever seen, and thus, require better stats in the d20 system. Here is the stat block I propose for Lightsabers:
(One-Handed Exotic Weapon)
1d12 Damage
19-20 x4 Crit
+2 to hit and damage
Counts as Masterwork
(Two-Handed Exotic Weapon)
2d10 Damage
17-20 x4 Crit
+5 to hit and damage
Counts as Masterwork
Now that seems a lot more representative of the cutting power of Lightsabers in real life, don't you think?
tl;dr = Lightsabers need to do more damage in d20, see my new stat block.
Seriously though, I think so many people with Aspergers way overvalue their capabilities. Most people with Aspergers aren't geniuses, or even particularly good at math or science.
Are you serious? There's not much to suggest that the average person who actually has Aspergers has exceptional academic achievement. Definitely not out of the ones I met
Yes. Totally serious that ninth-graders who've spent all night playing CoD instead of doing their Bio homework because it's soooo easy -- obviously they've got Aspergers.
And failing the class.
And why Lynn's going out with Rob even though he's a total douche.
It would be like being a different person if someone's aspergers were cured overnight.
I think that the condition should be prevented before birth if possible; it's a tragedy that kids are born with autism at all. However, I'm autistic and I'd be wary of taking a cure now that I've lived over 20 years of my life, it's part of my personality.
It would be like being a different person if someone's aspergers were cured overnight.
I think that the condition should be prevented before birth if possible; it's a tragedy that kids are born with autism at all. However, I'm autistic and I'd be wary of taking a cure now that I've lived over 20 years of my life, it's part of my personality.
You'd be surprised. There's a lot of romanticism of their mental illness in autism communities, eg. "I'm not the weird one, everyone else just is" and "Assburgers makes me unique and special and makes me who I am"
I don't think that's specific to autism, I think that's how mental illness is being treated in general nowadays
Like, I understand that we should be accommodating and not discriminatory towards the mentally ill as best we can but some people try to push an agenda of mental illness not being a bad thing at all and possibly even like a superpower. I think movies making mentally ill people all look like savants just adds to that
I actually had a friend of mine tell me one time that basically the issues with social interaction that people with autism face are more because of society and could be fixed with more tolerance and understanding, which I thought was confusing. That's a situation where liberalism has gotten too extreme imo
I think the vast majority of that shit is special snowflakes who are self-diagnosing. Like the assholes that love to talk about their gluten allergies. As opposed to the people with Crohn's disease. You'll notice they are way less interested in discussing how an exposure left them shitting blood for a week.
I've worked with a few kids that were on the high end of the spectrum and they never struck me as being super happy to be in their situation.
Lots of them will learn to accept their disability over time, but that's way different than being happy about it.
Aspergers normally comes with positives which negates the negatives.
If we are talking about genetic engineering, couldn't we keep all the positives and just remove the negative effects of Aspergers? I mean, that seems like the most logical solution.
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n/a Neon_needles 2017-01-31
Well, I do know the sonic the hedgehog franchise would vanish, Katana sales would plummet, and /r/drama would be empty but I think earth would keep going.
n/a Malevolent_USB_Drive 2017-01-31
That's it. I'm sick of all this "Masterwork Bastard Sword" bullshit that's going on in the d20 system right now. Katanas deserve much better than that. Much, much better than that. I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine katana in Japan for 2,400,000 Yen (that's about $20,000) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can even cut slabs of solid steel with my katana.
Japanese smiths spend years working on a single katana and fold it up to a million times to produce the finest blades known to mankind.
Katanas are thrice as sharp as European swords and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a longsword can cut through, a katana can cut through better. I'm pretty sure a katana could easily bisect a knight wearing full plate with a simple vertical slash.
Ever wonder why medieval Europe never bothered conquering Japan? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Samurai and their katanas of destruction. Even in World War II, American soldiers targeted the men with the katanas first because their killing power was feared and respected.
So what am I saying? Katanas are simply the best sword that the world has ever seen, and thus, require better stats in the d20 system. Here is the stat block I propose for Katanas:
Now that seems a lot more representative of the cutting power of Katanas in real life, don't you think?
tl;dr = Katanas need to do more damage in d20, see my new stat block.
n/a toynbeeidea16 2017-01-31
In all seriousness, one of the best weaponss in Baldur's Gate II was a katana. You had to randomly break into somebody's home and then refuse to leave when asked to get it, though.
n/a base_model_android 2017-01-31
The funny thing is that katanas are shit irl, literally just a tool for hacking up unarmored peasant soldiers. The "folded a bajillion times" thing was due to the fact that Glorious Nippon Steel was of such shit grade quality that they had to keep folding it just to work out impurities. On top of that, actual samurai were known for their archery, not their swordsmanship, which was mythologizing by "samurai" hundreds of years later.
n/a aonome 2017-01-31
Katanas were really effective for combat against people with minimal armour. Remember that armour didn't advance in Japan like it did in Europe.
But yeah the European longsword is underrated.
n/a Malevolent_USB_Drive 2017-01-31
blunt weapons are underrated tbqhwyf since you know, armour doesn't do shit if you bash it in with a blunt instrument or give the wearer a concussion
n/a aonome 2017-01-31
Yeah swords began to be designed with heavy pommels as plate armour became common for knights so that an armoured person could grip the blade with their gauntlets and bash another armoured dude.
n/a AntiLuke 2017-01-31
That's it. I'm sick of all this "Masterwork Bastard Sword" bullshit that's going on in the d20 system right now. Katanas deserve much worse than that. Much, much worse than that.
I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine katana in Japan for 120 Yen (that's about $1) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can't even cut wooden boards with my katana.
Japanese smiths spend years working on a single katana and fold it up to a million times to produce some of the biggest pieces of shit known to mankind.
Katanas are barely half as sharp as European swords and half as hard for that matter too. Anything a longsword can cut through, a katana can't cut through at all. I'm pretty sure a katana would break trying to cut a knight wearing full plate with any kind of slash.
Ever wonder why feudal Japan never bothered conquering Europe? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Knights and their Oakeshott types X through XXII of destruction. Even in World War II, Japanese soldiers targeted the men with the mamelukes first because their killing power was feared and respected.
So what am I saying? Katanas are simply the worst sword that the world has ever seen, and thus, require worse stats in the d20 system. Here is the stat block I propose for Katanas:
(One-Handed Exotic Weapon) 1d4 Damage x2 Crit -2 to hit and damage Can never count as Masterwork
(Two-Handed Exotic Weapon) 1d6 Damage x2 Crit -1 to hit and damage Can never count as Masterwork
Now that seems a lot more representative of the cutting power of Katanas in real life, don't you think?
tl;dr = Katanas need to do much less in d20, see my new stat block.
n/a Malevolent_USB_Drive 2017-01-31
That's it. I'm sick of all this "A More Elegant Weapon of a Civilized Time" bullshit that's going on in the d20 system right now. Lightsabers deserve much better than that. Much, much better than that.
I should know what I'm talking about. I myself commissioned a genuine lightsaber on Ord Mantell for 2,400,000 Imperial Credits (that's about $18) and have been practicing with it for almost 2 years now. I can even cut slabs of solid steel with my lightsaber.
Jedi smiths spend years working on a single lightsaber and refocus the crystal up to a million times to produce the finest blades known to mankind.
Lightsabers are thrice as sharp as Kaminoan vibroblades and thrice as hard for that matter too. Anything a vibrosword can cut through, a lightsaber can cut through better. I'm pretty sure a lightsaber could easily bisect a Imperial Officer wearing a fetching black uniform with a simple vertical slash.
Ever wonder why the Empire never bothered conquering all known space? That's right, they were too scared to fight the disciplined Jedi and their lightsabers of destruction. Even in the Galactic Civil War, Imperial soldiers targeted the men with the lightsabers first because their killing power was feared and respected.
So what am I saying? Lightsabers are simply the best sword that the world has ever seen, and thus, require better stats in the d20 system. Here is the stat block I propose for Lightsabers:
Now that seems a lot more representative of the cutting power of Lightsabers in real life, don't you think?
tl;dr = Lightsabers need to do more damage in d20, see my new stat block.
n/a chaosakita 2017-01-31
Seriously though, I think so many people with Aspergers way overvalue their capabilities. Most people with Aspergers aren't geniuses, or even particularly good at math or science.
n/a Senator_Chickpea 2017-01-31
n/a chaosakita 2017-01-31
Are you serious? There's not much to suggest that the average person who actually has Aspergers has exceptional academic achievement. Definitely not out of the ones I met
n/a Senator_Chickpea 2017-01-31
Yes. Totally serious that ninth-graders who've spent all night playing CoD instead of doing their Bio homework because it's soooo easy -- obviously they've got Aspergers.
And failing the class.
And why Lynn's going out with Rob even though he's a total douche.
n/a hlary 2017-01-31
sad to say is that usually it just fucks up your ability to socialize and thats it no "powers" attached
n/a icyhat 2017-01-31
Not all of us are autistic, some of us are high functioning retards.
n/a Hellkyte 2017-01-31
n/a icyhat 2017-01-31
Well, you got me there.
n/a theherps 2017-01-31
/u/cactus_head just came up with r/drama's new slogan
n/a takaci 2017-01-31
Fuck anyone who says aspergers shouldn't be cured, evil fucks
n/a aonome 2017-01-31
It would be like being a different person if someone's aspergers were cured overnight.
I think that the condition should be prevented before birth if possible; it's a tragedy that kids are born with autism at all. However, I'm autistic and I'd be wary of taking a cure now that I've lived over 20 years of my life, it's part of my personality.
n/a I_EAT_GUSHERS 2017-01-31
It would be like being a different person if someone's aspergers were cured overnight.
I think that the condition should be prevented before birth if possible; it's a tragedy that kids are born with autism at all. However, I'm autistic and I'd be wary of taking a cure now that I've lived over 20 years of my life, it's part of my personality.
n/a praemittias 2017-01-31
Only someone with Asperger's could think having Asperger's was a good thing.
n/a MasterLawlzReborn 2017-01-31
I imagine most probably don't
n/a PoorLilMarco 2017-01-31
You'd be surprised. There's a lot of romanticism of their mental illness in autism communities, eg. "I'm not the weird one, everyone else just is" and "Assburgers makes me unique and special and makes me who I am"
n/a MasterLawlzReborn 2017-01-31
I don't think that's specific to autism, I think that's how mental illness is being treated in general nowadays
Like, I understand that we should be accommodating and not discriminatory towards the mentally ill as best we can but some people try to push an agenda of mental illness not being a bad thing at all and possibly even like a superpower. I think movies making mentally ill people all look like savants just adds to that
I actually had a friend of mine tell me one time that basically the issues with social interaction that people with autism face are more because of society and could be fixed with more tolerance and understanding, which I thought was confusing. That's a situation where liberalism has gotten too extreme imo
n/a chaosakita 2017-01-31
I feel like people with Aspergers are the most arrogant though
n/a Hellkyte 2017-01-31
I think the vast majority of that shit is special snowflakes who are self-diagnosing. Like the assholes that love to talk about their gluten allergies. As opposed to the people with Crohn's disease. You'll notice they are way less interested in discussing how an exposure left them shitting blood for a week.
I've worked with a few kids that were on the high end of the spectrum and they never struck me as being super happy to be in their situation.
Lots of them will learn to accept their disability over time, but that's way different than being happy about it.
n/a mag19999 2017-01-31
So I should hate myself and think I'm inferior to you just because you're NT?
n/a SmurfPrivilege 2017-01-31
At least this person hasn't lost their optimistic outlook on life.
n/a DuckHuntHotDog 2017-01-31
Said the parents of every /r/drama poster.
n/a CATS_in_a_car 2017-01-31
If we are talking about genetic engineering, couldn't we keep all the positives and just remove the negative effects of Aspergers? I mean, that seems like the most logical solution.
n/a BannedFromImzy 2017-01-31
But we already have a cure for autism. It was experimented recently but provided great results.
n/a MG87 2017-01-31
How is /r/incels handling this news?