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I suppose the only real point is that if that attention starts producing noise, we should probably protect it (because it's seeing a spike in attention rn)

AncientSwordRage

I'd pre-emptively do that

Maybe they're bot views?

Someone_Evil

That's possible, but I did get an upvote on it earlier today and it makes sense as a question to be picked up

Which is to say, I've had to force youtube to not fill my recommendation with videos very much on this topic

I think actually it was mostly the "top 10 feats in 5e" type videos that needed purging

AncientSwordRage

@Someone_Evil IDK I get those quite often but that's based on my actual YouTube views I think?

Someone_Evil

Yeah, it's one of those where you make the mistake of watching one and then the algorithm tries to drown you in the rest because they clump well

AncientSwordRage

Oh I've been there

I don't know what about certain videos "clump" as you say, but I've definitely been there...

Someone_Evil

12:43 AM

Picked up by the algorithm as very related, and because you watched one, you must want to watch all of these other ones

Which sometimes is true and the algorithm doing its job, but when it isn't it's rather annoying

BESW

Today in BESW Cooking Tips, I learned that I've been cutting onions wrong my whole life. If you cut them from top to bottom instead of side to side (NOT making rings), you cry less, they have a smoother texture, and there's more flavor when you bite them in whatever dish you're making.

I went and looked in Tassajara Cooking and sure enough, right there in the illustration it shows to cut them that way but I never noticed 'cause I figured "Bah, I know how to cut an onion" and only paid attention to the tips on not cutting my fingers.

AncientSwordRage

@BESW this is how I was taught to cut them by my dad, I had no idea why though until just now

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Also it makes me think I changed recently because I've noticed tearing up more over onions

BESW

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@AncientSwordRage Apparently it's something about the direction of the cells in the layers and cutting them in rings ruptures more of the cells, releasing the cryjuice and flavor, and making them grittier.

AncientSwordRage

1:17 AM

@BESW very interesting

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@HotRPGQuestions envisions @ThomasMarkov with a pack of cute, fluffy little gnoll kits crawling all over them

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Step aside Yeenoghu, I’m gnoll dad now.

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I feel like it's none of my business what gnolls do in private.

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@HotRPGQuestions why,... does anyone care about that?

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Thomas Markov

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reopen

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@Someone_Evil now at 23k!

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@trogdor because it answers "where did all these gnolls come from?"

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KorvinStarmast

7:22 PM

@trogdor It looks like a world building kind of question to me. A lot of DM's like their worlds to be internally consistent, and sometimes lore from different editions offer different ways to do that rather than having to build up from scratch. (I am currently playing with a DM who finds internal consistency to be far more important than adhering to some ephemeral 'standard' way to play; his experience with AL and official play only made him double down on that).