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Karl "deadlight" Williams

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He/Him 28mm wargaming, P&P RPG, old stones (like, really old), tech (but, you know, the good bits), radical politics ("radical" like every person deserves to live), folklore, etymology. Other stuff too...

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I'm going to go with, "Running and playing RPGs is a folk art."

I think that sounds better than trying to talk about how "Every game played is bespoke, by nature, because of the unique contributions of each participant."

I like Folk Art better because it evokes a tradition shared by the group.

04.03.2026 21:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 17 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
a digital collage with a pink, purple, green, yellow, and teal gradient overlaid on all the images. the images include a horse carrying a bucket, a cluster of mushrooms, a grub, a birds talon, a cicada, five spiders, two flower buds, a hand with an eye over the back of it, and a microscope slide of atoms. there is white text that reads "get weirder or die miserable." the background is black and there is a slightly grainy texture

a digital collage with a pink, purple, green, yellow, and teal gradient overlaid on all the images. the images include a horse carrying a bucket, a cluster of mushrooms, a grub, a birds talon, a cicada, five spiders, two flower buds, a hand with an eye over the back of it, and a microscope slide of atoms. there is white text that reads "get weirder or die miserable." the background is black and there is a slightly grainy texture

get weirder ๐Ÿซต

23.02.2026 22:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 10767 ๐Ÿ” 4651 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 28 ๐Ÿ“Œ 36

No, Starmer is a hateful bigot but he's not that bad.

04.03.2026 18:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The barista at my usual coffee shop asked if I wanted my usual.

"Nice to be a regular with The Usual"

"We talked about magic when I asked about your tshirt that time so it kinda stuck in my head."

"Honestly, I'm not mad. That's pretty on brand for me"

"cool, you're the black filter wizard then"

03.03.2026 15:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh sure, we can hope that the rich get what they deserve, but they are absolutely paying to leave just like they have done from every warzone.

03.03.2026 00:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The guys with the nazi tattoos in the US administration have never worked a blue collar job in their life.

03.03.2026 00:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, Microsoft developers are actively encouraged to use code generation as much as possible.

03.03.2026 00:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yup, constant failure since 2000

03.03.2026 00:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Do you really think that laws apply to the rich?

03.03.2026 00:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's like the billionaires are fighting over starting the least necessary wars.

01.03.2026 12:36 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's wild that you can't post that to Insta; social media is so puritanical and wildly out of touch with society.

That's the level of explicitness that's allowed on a daytime TV ad, who are they protecting?

01.03.2026 12:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's wild what a little perceived success pandering to the "concerned citizens" (right wing agitators) who were "just asking questions" (pushing a far right agenda) has done to make Labour double down and fuck up so badly that they're, at best, going to be a minority opposition party in the next GE.

01.03.2026 12:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

"that's just his online persona", nah, turns out he's a creepy asshole.

28.02.2026 11:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

his time is eternal.

www.reddit.com/r/Grimdank/s...

28.02.2026 09:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 2216 ๐Ÿ” 503 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 19 ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Want to "upgrade" your carrots to parsnips? Peas to green beans?

27.02.2026 14:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

So we've proven that swinging right in the UK makes you less electable than the actual rat rigjt... right?

27.02.2026 13:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't know what the opposite of nominative determinism is. But Matt Goodwin does.

27.02.2026 06:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 429 ๐Ÿ” 86 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 10 ๐Ÿ“Œ 7

Remember when constant political defeat and sex crime scandals were resigning matters for a PM?

27.02.2026 13:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ah, yes, swapping a potato for another potato of the same cost, the very epitome of an opulent treat.

27.02.2026 13:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That would make a nice change from making eye contact with them as the walk up the path not holding the parcel to not ring the doorbell and put the sorry we missed you note through the door.

25.02.2026 06:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow, you post dozens of pissbaby responses a day. So pathetic.

23.02.2026 07:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wow, I got you so mad that you lashed out with the world's worst attempt at an insult. "durr you have a hobby durr durr".

Anyway, thanks for admitting defeat.

23.02.2026 07:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This aged like milk.

22.02.2026 22:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's adorable that some people believe that Labour are going to exist after the next election.

22.02.2026 22:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Are you claiming that Starmer isn't deeply unpopular, that Labour haven't utterly fucked up their chance, and that they have any chance at the next election?
Adorable. Fucking dumb as hell, but adorable.

22.02.2026 22:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Why are you laughing. Starmer is deeply unpopular and Labour have no chance of winning an election because he has gone after right wing culture war bullshit and appeasing gammon racists.

You can't be serious.

22.02.2026 20:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thank you. It's quite obvious.

22.02.2026 20:11 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

His name is "Nick" but his account is named "Henry". 100% bot.

22.02.2026 19:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Just go for a block and add him to any block lists you subscribe to.

22.02.2026 19:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, it's the usual Russians supporting anything that'll get their pet racists in.

22.02.2026 19:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0