Stamets@lemmy.dbzer0.com to RPGMemes @ttrpg.network · 2 months agoCareful what you wish forlemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square42fedilinkarrow-up1977arrow-down117cross-posted to: lemmydirectory@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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minus-squareceenote@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up82·2 months agoThe king answering with anything other than some variation of “Because I ordered you to” broke my immersion.
minus-squareTheObviousSolution@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up11·2 months agoIronically, this king was the one exception that was benevolent and fair. The knight, of course, was a member of MAGA - Make Arcadia Great Again.
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoOne of the reasons I can never stomach Nick Bostrom’s Fable of the Dragon Tyrant because it depicts the idea of a stoic king who cares about his people. (Also, glosses over completely how an ageless soceity would be stacked under feudal-capitalism)
The king answering with anything other than some variation of “Because I ordered you to” broke my immersion.
Ironically, this king was the one exception that was benevolent and fair. The knight, of course, was a member of MAGA - Make Arcadia Great Again.
One of the reasons I can never stomach Nick Bostrom’s Fable of the Dragon Tyrant because it depicts the idea of a stoic king who cares about his people.
(Also, glosses over completely how an ageless soceity would be stacked under feudal-capitalism)