Very similar experience in 2012ish, definitely had a rough time of it. That’s when I learned I have a deadly allergy to penicillin.

It did just that for me, gets those creative juices flowing!

If you’re looking for a TTRPG and not wanting to worry about the lfg hassle, check out Ironsworn! Grimdark low fantasy, playable in solo or co-op. Just takes some getting used to, and reading lots of player advice, but playing solo become very easy if you already have that rpg brain leading the way. Also free materials online, but I bought the core rules and the “dungeon” expansion hardcopies for about $50 (USD).

I’ve since converted a couple of things and am solo playing to beef up the plot of a book I’m writing in a world I’ve been working on for about 5 years. Makes that process engaging for the gamer side of me!

Can’t help you with the bees, I’m afraid…

I’m a department manager where I work, so not very high on the ladder, but I run a 14 person team. That being said, I get where you’re coming from. I’d never try to be my employee’s friend, though I am most certainly friendly. I might grab a beer with one or two of them every now and again (usually on me, as why not?)

It’s a hard line to tow, as I’d like to think of myself as a pretty agreeable person that wants to connect with people, and I’ve done that to an extent with my team. It has made certain work facets difficult though, especially “behavioral notices” and the like.

Ah yes, I too value the mastery of the Thu’um in my partner.

Ah, so even the “landed gentry” made the migration… /s

That anxiety bit is too true, it has me fairly despondent when I think about it too long. It’s fair assertion you make, for sure.

Nah, existential is spot on

Relating to existence

Seems all too apropos in this context.

Thanks for the solid source! I do understand the need for keeping the discussion real, but the article clearly states,

…concluded that to avert catastrophic health impacts and prevent millions of climate change-related deaths…

Sounds pretty existential to me, at a scale we have never experienced.

While your numbers, if factual (no source posted), are statistically correct (in that it won’t make our species go extinct), you have to remember a simple fact: those numbers represent individual human lives. Family, friends, neighbors, your pizza guy, etc. Pretty brutal to be so flippant about.

Also, this doesn’t take into account the potential for cascading environmental system failures that could be caused by such warming. These unknowns could greatly change the equation.

I realize you are mainly arguing the point in response to “existential threats” being bandied about, but it’s a weird stance to take here.