do these stories about nightmare players (and the dms who allow it) baffle anyone else or is this just really common and i've somehow gotten lucky with my groups? like, how is there such a severe lack of respect and communication in these groups? do people not have session zeros? how do people go into games with strangers without establishing what will or won't be tolerated??? op says in the thread two players spoke out against it and he still did it anyway and the dm let him go on making it through every puzzle with luck points like HUH? 💀
This problem is nothing new, but this specific example with these numbers puts it into a fucking brutal perspective.
To put these numbers a different way: A Taco Bell burrito that used to cost ~7 minutes and 20 seconds of minimum wage work now costs ~30 minutes and 30 seconds of minimum wage work.
You used to be able to work at Taco Bell anywhere in the country and make enough money in one hour to buy at least 8 burritos (maybe 9 if you're a manager or something) and feed, like, 3-4 people a decently-filling meal. But now, the same amount of work at the same job will get you one meal for one person. And this change has happened over a mere 15 years.
Remember this whenever you see rich people demonize younger generations for our financial situations, when they call us irresponsible for not investing a ton of money in savings accounts.
The Minotaur was named that because he was the son of King Minos. Anyone with a bull head has to be named after their dad, like the Kyletaur or something.