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It's frugal.
... It's not. Yarn is expensive as hell, even more so if you want any type of durability or wearability or comfort.
I think people would notice early (work would definitely be the first to know), but would take a while to actually report something.
I think it's pretty universal; people don't want to make a fuss or be a bother.. like it would be embarrassing or something to report someone missing for not showing up to work, or missing a gym session. Not to mention the not-so-missing will probably feel quite upset about getting reported missing because they took an unprompted nap or lost their phone.
It's not strange for adults to not answer their phone, and in NPF-circles it's even less strange for someone to go into social hibernation with very little warning.
Unfortunately this will lead to (single household) adults being missing for longer before people get worried enough to actually tell someone, and then they'll try to get in touch with other friends or family before the actual police.
Ooh, I like this. I'm in!
Time, and patience. There's no rushing it, so might as well enjoy living slow and thinking slow. No need to finish every thought
Woke up in bed, turned off the alarm, went to bathroom, brushed teeth...
Then the damned alarm went off and I woke up in bed, but for real.
Happens way too often that I have to slog through multiple boring morning routines before actually getting to start my day.
I don't plan for every character to have their personal arc advance every short session. Sometimes it's only main story with perhaps a minor recall/reminder of an earlier point.
I draft the next few plot points for each character by: knowing the What; have a couple of ideas for How; maybe put in a loose relative chronology, but not deciding When.
So I can always throw in another characters What and semi-improvise with their most suitable How. The missed character plot point can happen next time.
Depending on the players and the story: The king wouldn't demand the Orb if the player was unavailable, or another player would magically have had the Orb the whole time, or the king would get upset and the adventures would now be wanted criminals at risk if beheading for refusing to give up the Orb, or the kingdom would fall and the Orb would implode and warp everyone to a separate dimension made of goo.
All my groups are very good at showing up. Sometimes they can only show up online for an irl-table, or half the session, but we make it work.
If I had one be a no-show a lot I would probably suggest they DM a mini-adventure. It might make them more engaged if they're the omniscient role and have to do the planning, or they'll quit, or they'll learn to appreciate the DMs time. Depending on their reason for being unreliable I would perhaps ask them to pause and return when they can prioritize the group more. And I would definitely make their arc detached from the main story and the other characters.
I've only invited people who have enthusiastically agreed to take the time for the campaign, and are proactive in creating their character ahead of time. The players who left so far told us several sessions in advance, so I could weave their personal finale into the story.
Not every group or player is able to do a set schedule, some tables can only book one session at a time. We make that work too.
Put on a higher weight than you can safely lift to not be outdone by the guy next to you, especially if your bro is watching.
Grunt/scream really loudly and slam the weights down, regardless of if your doing your max or just warming up.
Don't spot exercise your glutes, never stretch or train mobility or balance or cardio.
Don't wipe the equipment after use.
Don't take the plates off of the machines afterwards.
Do spill pwo and protein powder and don't clean it.
Use deodorant or body spray instead of showering after ("I already showered this morning").
Insist on jumping in between sets when someone else is working out, especially if it's a woman.
Offer (mostly poor or extremely basic) advice on technique to everyone who uses lighter weights than you, regardless of their actual form - especially if it's a woman.
Be insistent than any woman with headphones needs to take them off and pause their workout to hear the most pointless question or comment you can think of ("where did you get that?" & point to a bag clearly printed with a chain store name, or "it's good you keep your hair in a pony tail, don't want it to get stuck in the machine!", or "why do women always do that leg-kick-excercise? You don't need it, I like small asses anyway", or "have you tried this gainzzZ-drink?(hold up a half-drunk ready-made shake), it's not too chalky compared to their previous recipe").
What an odd little word...So unspecific; could never have guessed it. But yes, that's it, thanks!
[edit: I'm rambling about a lanyard!]
I don't know what it's called, but I chord you put around your neck, goes down to the belly with a metal hook at the end? Used to keep backstage/security passes visible, but I keep my keys on there instead.
Keys always end up at the bottom of my bag, and it can be frustrating and even painful to dig them out. I don't always have pockets suitable for keys. I have a place for them at home, but still misplace them constantly.
With this chord I can keep my keys around my neck when in use, like at work or going to the store, and even if I put them in my bag I can loop the keys around a handle and down through their own chord and they'll hang there to be pulled out when I need them.
The chord is long and colourful and way easier to find than just the keys, and often hang visible out of a bag when I haven't put the keys in their place.
It's great. I have different colours for different sets of keys, one colour is home+bicycle, other is work. Other keys I add only when I need them. It gets annoying having too many keys on at once.
Sure, but I was also an alcoholic. Very high functioning, but still at the end 100% dependant on it.
The slope is so treacherously flat, you don't feel yourself slipping. I still have no idea how I ended up where I did, or for that matter how I ended up actually managing to quit.
I'm sure some people can use liquid courage without it turning into depending on it to do the hard things, then more and more things turning hard and needing a boost to do it, or can wash away work with a drink at the end of the week, without having to wash it away at the end of every day, and then having a quick rinse-and-reset at lunch, and so on... But it's impossible to know which one you are until it's too late.
Its not forced or an concerted effort or a conspiracy to get content creators to use/promote AI.
It's laziness/simplicity.
They Google the question and screenshot the first result, which nowadays happens to be the AI-answer due to how the search engine presents the results.
Not everyone does it this way, but those that do show AI don't do it because they want to show AI specifically. It's more likely those that does differently does it because they specifically don't want to use that first option because it's AI.