Nick O'Less
@ikisnick.bsky.social
Paperwork obsessive. Dutch, sorry. Languages | (Board) Games | TTRPG | History (Long 17th C. Dutch/English in particular) | Maps | Books | Trains | He/him | 34 | 🏳️🌈 | Antwerp-based |
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ok I'm digging this "working from a coffee place" thing but... what do people do when they have to piss?
November 14, 2025 at 8:29 AM
ok I'm digging this "working from a coffee place" thing but... what do people do when they have to piss?
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need to kill the recurring thought of "no I can't replay/reread that, I have other stuff to check out"
no. I am a poor little peasant living just after the advent of the printing press. I have five books at most and I will reread them so much they will know the death of the author was caused by me
no. I am a poor little peasant living just after the advent of the printing press. I have five books at most and I will reread them so much they will know the death of the author was caused by me
November 14, 2025 at 2:56 AM
need to kill the recurring thought of "no I can't replay/reread that, I have other stuff to check out"
no. I am a poor little peasant living just after the advent of the printing press. I have five books at most and I will reread them so much they will know the death of the author was caused by me
no. I am a poor little peasant living just after the advent of the printing press. I have five books at most and I will reread them so much they will know the death of the author was caused by me
London I am INSIDE you
November 14, 2025 at 5:55 AM
London I am INSIDE you
Nearly got back onto the wrong bus once we'd arrived in Dover 💀
November 14, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Nearly got back onto the wrong bus once we'd arrived in Dover 💀
Ask me anything while I am on this long bus ride, I promise I'll answer truthfully
November 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Ask me anything while I am on this long bus ride, I promise I'll answer truthfully
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you can tell this is a site for over 30s because my throwaway post about old sourdough yeast is STILL GOING. is this irony. the yeast that will not die
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
you can tell this is a site for over 30s because my throwaway post about old sourdough yeast is STILL GOING. is this irony. the yeast that will not die
just said bye to Martin as he's off to London... I'll still see him there this weekend, and it'll only be for a couple of weeks probably, but... Do Not Like : (
November 13, 2025 at 12:01 PM
just said bye to Martin as he's off to London... I'll still see him there this weekend, and it'll only be for a couple of weeks probably, but... Do Not Like : (
Similar to this, I annoy Martin to no end when he sees me play Pokémon with an almost identical team the whole time, and he tries to get me to change it up or use different strategies... "don't you think it'd be fun to use a different Pokémon?" and I'm just like... well this works, so...
Something that's often annoyed me is that I seem like the kind of person who *ought* to enjoy puzzles, but generally speaking I really don't. They annoy me to no end, I'm far too impatient for them 🥲
November 13, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Similar to this, I annoy Martin to no end when he sees me play Pokémon with an almost identical team the whole time, and he tries to get me to change it up or use different strategies... "don't you think it'd be fun to use a different Pokémon?" and I'm just like... well this works, so...
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science fiction fans: oh jeez imagine if the epstein drive were real what kind of future would we live in
science fiction fans: that's not what we meant but we'll take it
science fiction fans: that's not what we meant but we'll take it
November 12, 2025 at 10:21 PM
science fiction fans: oh jeez imagine if the epstein drive were real what kind of future would we live in
science fiction fans: that's not what we meant but we'll take it
science fiction fans: that's not what we meant but we'll take it
Something that's often annoyed me is that I seem like the kind of person who *ought* to enjoy puzzles, but generally speaking I really don't. They annoy me to no end, I'm far too impatient for them 🥲
November 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Something that's often annoyed me is that I seem like the kind of person who *ought* to enjoy puzzles, but generally speaking I really don't. They annoy me to no end, I'm far too impatient for them 🥲
I ran a character funnel one-shot (that ended up taking like five sessions) recently and it was so much fun to just... let loose a little bit and reward cool and creative ideas, rather than immediately go for "but what do the rules say about this?" Let to some very funny moments and clever plotting
Hot take, I think "Rule of Cool" should apply to every D&D campaign in some shape or form.
Yes even your grimdark low-fantasy high realism gritty survival focused game.
I personally feel way more engaged when my DM lets me still pass a check I rolled low on because my idea was cool, or giving my-
Yes even your grimdark low-fantasy high realism gritty survival focused game.
I personally feel way more engaged when my DM lets me still pass a check I rolled low on because my idea was cool, or giving my-
November 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
I ran a character funnel one-shot (that ended up taking like five sessions) recently and it was so much fun to just... let loose a little bit and reward cool and creative ideas, rather than immediately go for "but what do the rules say about this?" Let to some very funny moments and clever plotting
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Thought that came to me today; DnD is the Bethesda Game of ttrpgs, the base product is semi okay with some big glaring bugs, but it gets fixed by passionate third party stuff.
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Thought that came to me today; DnD is the Bethesda Game of ttrpgs, the base product is semi okay with some big glaring bugs, but it gets fixed by passionate third party stuff.
Good morning poor night sleep when I needed it the most because I know I won't sleep that much on the overnight Flixbus tonight morning
November 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Good morning poor night sleep when I needed it the most because I know I won't sleep that much on the overnight Flixbus tonight morning
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Jeffrey Epstein every time he sent an email.
November 13, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Jeffrey Epstein every time he sent an email.
Mind if a white boy gets a little Japanese with it
November 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Mind if a white boy gets a little Japanese with it
Are you even a True Lover if you don't carry your wife everywhere?
Taking my wife up, carried her to Charing Cross, and there showed her the Italian motion, much after the nature of what I showed her a while since in Covent Garden. Their puppets here are somewhat better, but their motions not at all.
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Are you even a True Lover if you don't carry your wife everywhere?
Because this is a short working week, lots of coworkers have taken the remaining three days off too and the office is incredibly quiet. This is wonderful for me.
November 12, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Because this is a short working week, lots of coworkers have taken the remaining three days off too and the office is incredibly quiet. This is wonderful for me.
Vicious slander from the other place
November 12, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Vicious slander from the other place
tag urselves
Went to an “antique books” show.
Saw these book covers.
Died. 🤣
Saw these book covers.
Died. 🤣
November 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
tag urselves
good morning Wednesday that feels like a Monday morning (I had a four-day weekend)
November 12, 2025 at 7:32 AM
good morning Wednesday that feels like a Monday morning (I had a four-day weekend)
opening up my timeline:
Damn me, but all things are queer
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 AM
opening up my timeline:
Will be working from a cafe or maybe the British Library in London on Friday, anyone around tomorrow who wants to join me, just to work or for a coffee or something?
November 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Will be working from a cafe or maybe the British Library in London on Friday, anyone around tomorrow who wants to join me, just to work or for a coffee or something?
Finally got to the bit of Legends:ZA with Jacinthe in it and Martin has been fangirling out next to me
November 11, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Finally got to the bit of Legends:ZA with Jacinthe in it and Martin has been fangirling out next to me
This is more about the recent past but it holds true for any period of history. Looking at reports on what "normal" people left behind after their death in e.g. the 17th c., and it is amazing how many people owned... one tankard, a stool, a bed, maybe, and a table? If that. Furniture was a luxury.
It is genuinely hard for most people to grasp how poor the past was.
November 9, 2025 at 8:53 PM
This is more about the recent past but it holds true for any period of history. Looking at reports on what "normal" people left behind after their death in e.g. the 17th c., and it is amazing how many people owned... one tankard, a stool, a bed, maybe, and a table? If that. Furniture was a luxury.