Looks like… one of the Number islands from FireRed? I like the scale we get of the normally unreachable highland area.

Lots of great tips here, but one that works pretty well for my group, is to think of myself less as an actor playing a character, and more like a narrator. Which is to say, I’ll often describe the actions and/or thought process of my character before saying what I think they’ll say (in my normal voice).

This is easiest for mages since cantrips like Prestidigitation become powerful roleplaying tools, but even something like holding a Fire Bolt in the air over the person you’re trying to intimidate can have an interesting affect on the mood of the scene.

Don’t listen to the haters here, you make a fine point. First, we stop criminalizing it. Let the hatred and the worship fade a bit. Then we can focus on objectively determining it’s uses, it’s dangers, and it’s place in society.

Up to now, you’ve been following the track your society has laid out for you, growing and building yourself into a useful and civilized adult. Unfortunately, this where the tracks end.

No one will blame you if you fall into the perpetual cycles of materialism and let the world grind you up in exchange for occasional pleasure of increasingly empty quality.

The only escape I have encountered is to find something that calls to you, and to treat it as more important than yourself. The hard part about that is that other people, your friends and family and strangers online, who do not themselves worship the same, will criticize your choice. And you’ll have to decide which you can afford to do without.

Oh man, I’ve been looking for one of these. Does it let you customize the homepage as well? I can’t stand being blasted with eye-catching recommendations whenever I browse, it often makes me forget what I was going to look up in the first place!

I just got back from the Chiropractor, and can attest the effectiveness of a good one if you can find them. There aren’t a lot of other nonsurgical quick solutions that aren’t just masking the symptoms.

I know you said no doctors, but Chiro’s often have same week apts and cost a lot less, especially on first meeting.