tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post5557922448820737380..comments2024-03-28T17:27:58.052-07:00Comments on Playing D&D With Porn Stars: Talking (Literally) to Story-Gamers--Ron Edwards, Vincent Baker, Mark Diaz Truman, et alZak Sabbathhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-59125309625518664692021-11-21T21:37:46.794-08:002021-11-21T21:37:46.794-08:00@Necropoulos
I don't use this platform to pro...@Necropoulos<br /><br />I don't use this platform to promote misinformation if I can help it.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-33625900441469040932021-11-21T21:35:07.370-08:002021-11-21T21:35:07.370-08:00Got a link to that Ron Edwards video? Sounds like ...Got a link to that Ron Edwards video? Sounds like an interesting watch.Necropoulosnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-8721058939096854612021-02-22T18:53:48.728-08:002021-02-22T18:53:48.728-08:00@persistent
no problem: make a comment listing th...@persistent<br /><br />no problem: make a comment listing the names that you have used previously on this blogZak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-16002895077011552332021-02-20T02:35:48.170-08:002021-02-20T02:35:48.170-08:00@BM
Use a persistent identity.
Or, if this is yo...@BM<br /><br />Use a persistent identity.<br /><br />Or, if this is your first-ever comment on the internet: say so now.<br />Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-12191985812999062262021-02-19T16:00:19.977-08:002021-02-19T16:00:19.977-08:00@Sinon
Repeat: no anonymous comments. Use a persi...@Sinon<br /><br />Repeat: no anonymous comments. Use a persistent identity.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-53191073384166138332021-02-17T11:21:18.445-08:002021-02-17T11:21:18.445-08:00@Anon
Erased. No anonymous comments allowed.@Anon<br /><br />Erased. No anonymous comments allowed.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-62713858912181314552021-01-11T06:49:38.041-08:002021-01-11T06:49:38.041-08:00@Mosdrosh
Nearly everyone in the RPG community ac...@Mosdrosh<br /><br />Nearly everyone in the RPG community accuses anyone they are in conflict with of autism and/or narcissism, so I am cautious of overdiagnosing them in any serious context or using that alone to explain things.<br /><br />However there is a consistent set of social permissions people give themselves--permission to avoid conflict, permission to refer to hurting their feelings as "harm", permission to lie in order to avoid discomfort, which they often, themselves, call autism or "being on the spectrum". Whether or not it's medically true, it definitely is wielded as a way to dodge repsonsibility and sucks.<br /><br />It also makes it so that the only way to be sure you're understood by them in print or otherwise via text is to talk in hyper-clear precise language (like I'm doing now), so they can't claim to have been bamboozled by your colorful speech.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-5708515152551519202021-01-11T06:42:26.615-08:002021-01-11T06:42:26.615-08:00Autism.Autism.Mosdroshnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-49604676362462234062021-01-05T23:36:12.867-08:002021-01-05T23:36:12.867-08:00@Trent B
Jez blocked me, won't talk to me and...@Trent B<br /><br />Jez blocked me, won't talk to me and has continued to follow, talk to, and promote hatemob members so I'd say he's definitively picked a side.<br />Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-56085737856262362392021-01-05T23:34:15.696-08:002021-01-05T23:34:15.696-08:00Fascinating and confusing behaviour, as usual.
An...Fascinating and confusing behaviour, as usual.<br /><br />Anyway: I was not aware that Jez joined the hatemob - are you sure he did? I thought he just kinda stayed out of it?Trent Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-25533598997688402352021-01-05T22:57:57.590-08:002021-01-05T22:57:57.590-08:00@Penny Dreadful
Here are the goalposts. This is y...@Penny Dreadful<br /><br />Here are the goalposts. This is your claim:<br /><br />"I would call this an exaggeration in that he didn't explicitly say you used the specific techniques he described, "<br /><br />He doesn't claim I tampered with his food and drink (though I offered drinks left over from the party and maybe food idk) and that is not part of his claim. It's also not part ofmy claim. So that's not relevant to your claim, either, which was (to repeat):<br /><br />"I would call this an exaggeration in that he didn't explicitly say you used the specific techniques he described, "<br /><br />He claims I intnetionally used an organized program of intentional influence techniques. The breathing thing is an example.<br />Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-88453673791783978572021-01-05T22:50:32.031-08:002021-01-05T22:50:32.031-08:00I think we disagree only in that he at no point sa...I think we disagree only in that he at no point says "Zak tampered with my food and drink."<br />I contend he is being more sinister (employing *gasp* <i>techniques</i>, perhaps?) in collecting all of these ideas and presenting them in a manner that communicates that you did all of the things he mentions without an explicit accusation.<br />He doesn't say, "Zak got me drunk" rather "I had been drinking and Zak is friendly."<br />He skirts accusing you of direct action by saying "Zak knows techniques" and "I am usually resistant to techniques" and "after speaking with Zak, when I was vulnerable, I left in bad shape."<br /><br />I'm not saying he isn't trying to implicate you, I'm saying if he wanted to do so while avoiding civil liability, this might be how to do so.PinkOkamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010424936529723568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-84657945567204362712021-01-05T20:08:46.086-08:002021-01-05T20:08:46.086-08:00@PennyDreadful
No, hedefinitely claims in the vid...@PennyDreadful<br /><br />No, hedefinitely claims in the video that I used a number of techniques on him and that:<br /><br />-"normally" he's very good at resisting such techniques,<br /><br />-BUT because he hadn't eaten, was maybe tired, alcohol etc.<br /><br />-he did fall for them<br /><br />-that is why (he draws a cause and effect here) apologized for being a dick online<br /><br />-and that's why he went home and then felt horrible like it was the worst feeling he'd ever felt<br /><br />Because of that cause-and-effect logic (how was he fooled into doing the horrible thing: -apologizing for being a dick on the web- ? techniques!) He's clearly claiming I used these on him.<br /><br />If he's not the middle part, where he (for example) says I consciously waited until he was about to speak, watched his breathing, and interrupted him at exactly that moment, doesn't make sense.<br /><br />It isn't subtle--he only even mentions my alleged SoCal upbringing in order to explain why I might have these powers.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-60035883834508434612021-01-05T17:06:40.628-08:002021-01-05T17:06:40.628-08:00@Zak
"[Ron Edward] claims ... this was [a] t...@Zak<br /><br /><i>"[Ron Edward] claims ... this was [a] technique I used on him."</i><br /><br />I would call this an exaggeration in that he didn't explicitly say <b>you</b> used the specific techniques he described, and rather said you used vague "techniques" and went on to describe ones he was familiar with in whatever shadowy overseas research he did.<br /><br />He <b>did</b> say these things adjacent to one another, and in that way implied (intentionally or otherwise) that you did these things deliberately but didn't explicitly say "Zak did X, Y, Z". A very subtle distinction, and one likely blurred under the definition of civil defamation, but a distinction nonetheless.<br /><br />In any case, his rambling bizarre parable of personal justification was somewhat unsettling. Subtly implying you're some kind of SoCal IndieOSR Charlie Manson is unhinged (so far as I can tell, anyway).PinkOkamihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12010424936529723568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-40378204506835378462021-01-05T07:10:33.077-08:002021-01-05T07:10:33.077-08:00@yann Abaziou
So we're back to: You're ba...@yann Abaziou<br /><br />So we're back to: You're banned for online harassment and abuse. You don't get to hang out here until you make a full public apology and take significant steps to rectify the harm you've done to your victims.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-11594966393399970232021-01-05T06:53:47.060-08:002021-01-05T06:53:47.060-08:00@Yann Abaziou
You asked for proof. I provided a l...@Yann Abaziou<br /><br />You asked for proof. I provided a link in my comment above. Unless your next comment -refers to that link- and either:<br /><br />A) Acknowledges the link and agrees it is harassment and abuse or<br />B) Acknowledges the link and gives an argument why it is not harassment and abuse<br /><br />...you're not engaging in a conversation. No further progress can be made until you recognize your request was fulfilled.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-24949756242689876942021-01-05T06:47:08.038-08:002021-01-05T06:47:08.038-08:00@Yann ABAZIOU
Proof? Always. You make a false fel...@Yann ABAZIOU<br /><br />Proof? Always. You make a false felony accusation about me here: https://armsinthewronghands.tumblr.com/post/639482426623655936/yann-abaziou-spreading-misinformation<br /><br />You are an abuser.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-47139084984706987072021-01-05T06:35:12.827-08:002021-01-05T06:35:12.827-08:00@Yann ABAZIOU
Deleted. You're banned for onli...@Yann ABAZIOU<br /><br />Deleted. You're banned for online harassment and abuse. You don't get to hang out here until you make a full public apology and take significant steps to rectify the harm you've done to your victims.Zak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-65611884955264218532021-01-05T00:48:34.024-08:002021-01-05T00:48:34.024-08:00@Семен
Well, these people aren't@Семен <br /><br />Well, these people aren'tZak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-85678837537864217152021-01-05T00:47:00.898-08:002021-01-05T00:47:00.898-08:00It all reminded me about the scene in All The King...It all reminded me about the scene in All The King's Men where Jack thinks about what could possible make a person do something wrong - love, money, fear (and just being generally evil). I doubt someone would actually pay them for acting that way (weirder things have happened, but... I doubt it), and loving someone doesn't mean you do the wrong thing, unless you're young and stupid (I did plenty wrong when I was younger and thought I'd never meet a better woman in my life). So, yes, it is probably out of fear. <br />And people are seemingly not afraid of doing the wrong thing (knowing it's the wrong thing) at all. Which is not good, and also explains a lot about our society. Simon Tsevelevhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17713339519093556701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-15729558781747795112021-01-04T23:47:10.628-08:002021-01-04T23:47:10.628-08:00@Anon
Deleted. No anonymous comments@Anon<br /><br />Deleted. No anonymous commentsZak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-88210409400364463642021-01-04T23:45:39.396-08:002021-01-04T23:45:39.396-08:00@PennyD
If I did turn out to accidentally have exa...@PennyD<br />If I did turn out to accidentally have exaggerated I’ll repost your commentZak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2638993969706011706.post-52639752413576840712021-01-04T23:45:08.983-08:002021-01-04T23:45:08.983-08:00@PennyD
I didn’t rewatch the video before posting...@PennyD<br /><br />I didn’t rewatch the video before posting this (<br />it’s hard to watch) but I am marking that as miss information since I don’t see any exaggeration at all.<br /><br />I mean that seriously though if you do think part of what I said is exaggeration “the part you did because as far as I know I’m just repeating his own theoryZak Sabbathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812410680077034917noreply@blogger.com