What is your favorite cursed item?

>>96029764 (OP)
recently had the worst nightmare of my life after eating a 6x6 cheeseburger meal from in n out before bed, so I can confirm this is true. incredibly vivid and paranoid dreams.

>>96029764 (OP)
I tried a Burger King Four Cheese Whopper™ once and it gave a very potent wet dream except I didn't have to clean up irl

>>96029921
what did your dreaming about?

I need to eat more cheese. I'm desperate to dream of ANYTHING anymore.

>cheese causes nightmares
>Whites invent a way to never sleep
>Instead of not eating cheese

>>96031073
after inventing ways to inject insulin extracted from other creatures instead of not being fat this feels like small time

>>96029764 (OP)
The cursed belt of genderswap is a classic for a reason. Its the perfect "baby's first cursed item" to throw at a new group of players, because it has zero mechanical impact that would potentially cost them a fight, but it throws a pretty hard to ignore roleplay curveball at them until they find a way to get it fixed. Its an embarrassing slap on the wrist that lets them learn how cursed items work, while also throwing them into an unexpected situation that pushes them to set their own goals beyond you just throwing quests and dungeons at them (assuming, of course, that the affected played feels motivated to undo the curse) and also acts as a good litmus test for the roleplaying chops of the group as a result.

If the player just completely ignores the effects of the curse and refuse to acknowledge it happened, you know you have a player that you can't really do anything with story-wise. This is a guy who made a combat machine and gives zero fucks about anything when initiative isn't rolled.
If the player shits himself over it, you know you have a player that can't handle *anything* happening to his character, not event things that are temporary and don't actually harm them, and is probably self-inserting as a power fantasy.
If the player player can't resist screaming about trannies OR turning it into a magical realm thing, you've revealed important red flags, etc.

For such a simple item it tells you a lot about the group of players the moment the curse goes off. Its an excellent filter.

>>96031165
Man, have you been to america? Those poor fucks were set up to be fat, the game was rigged from the start. They don't even realize how much sugar is being shoved down their throats with every meal. They make a sandwich and put it between two slices of cake and think its bread, and then wonder why all of them are so overweight.

>>96031183
You should spot red flags before you play the game with your players, let alone are at the point you're able to drop cursed items on them.

>>96031183
I necer really considered it this way, as a sort of filter. I'm definitely going to try this if I ever have to play with a new group again. You've definitely sold me on this item.

>>96031073
We already know for a fact that ultra processed foods in general both cause cancer and increase risk of depression. It cannot be mitigated and can be avoided only by not consuming ultra processed foods at all. But it is not an issue for either governments or consumers, got to have that quick and easy slop on the plate despite it objectively making eater's life worse.

>>96031214
The problem is that while we know that ultra-processed foods are bad for you in the ways you already mentioned, we don't know what *specifically* is bad for you. "Ultra Processed" is a term almost as meaningless as "premium". Is it a specific set of ingredients in the ultra processed foods that cause the problem, which could be eliminated or replaced with less harmful alternatives? Is it the sugar? The preservatives? Some kind of food dye? The plastic wrapper it comes in? A combination of the of the above? And so on.

Abstaining from those types of foods is currently the only remedy because everyone knows there is a minefield out there but no ones knows where the mines are. We need studies that actually isolate the specific problem factors so that we can have legislation that targets them, but no one seems especially motivated to fund them and I am sure than the food companies will lobby rather strongly against them on principal because they get fucked over no matter what the findings are. Nobody wants their product to be the next cigarettes and have surgeon general cancer warnings on the side of their TV dinners.

>>96030877
the 6x6 cheeseburger

>>96031183
>Its an embarrassing slap on the wrist
What do you mean?
Are you implying that being trans is embarrassing?

>>96030877
Imagine being drugged, stuck in a non-euclidian Dave and Busters, trying to escape in your intoxicated haze, but every time you find the exit, it's just more and more Dave and Busters. Your motor functions and brain functions aren't working right; as if you have dementia.

>>96031342
Have your character changed against your will is embarrassing, regardless of whether that change is being turned into the opposite sex, an animal, or simply turning bright green.

>>96031484
So you're allowed to assume the worst of people when they react to what you do to them, but when the same is done to you, your reaction is completely justified?
Filtered the narcissist.

>>96029921
I have them when I miss my daily Zoloft

>>96029764 (OP)
Well, I guess that explains why the French are the way they are.

>>96029764 (OP)
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>>96031073
It's just lactose intolerance. It's straight up just lactose intolerance. Having an upset stomach when you sleep gives you nightmares. Cheese is therefore only nightmarish to the lactose-intolerant.

>okay but actually answer the question retard
The Boor. It most commonly takes the form of an intelligent sword, but could be an intelligent axe or bow or even a wizard's staff, but it's always some kind of intelligent weapon. It might even provide an actual bonus like normal intelligent weapons!
The problem is, the term "intelligent weapon" is a misnomer. The spirit of the Boor is that of an annoying dullard. A chatty, annoying dullard. A very LOUD, chatty, annoying dullard. He or she will start yapping at the most inconvenient times - whining about the lack of action when trying to sneak past a monster, announcing your plans when you're fast-talking a guard, alerting the whole floor to the fact you've just arrived and are ready for a fight, et cetera. And the Boor is terribly clingy. All its past owners have gotten rid of it for unfathomable reasons, so it has attachment issues, and will use its magical nature to stick with you like a retarded conjoined twin until you find a way to get rid of it.

>>96031289
"Ultra Processed" might not be specific but it's far from meaningless. You don't need to know what causes the problem to not eat them, any more than you need to be able to spell "nicotine" to stop smoking.

>>96032188
Correct, but by not knowing the problem we are forced to exclude a much larger array of foods and options in order to avoid whatever the action problem factor is. And the wider the net needs to be to catch the problem, the less likely it is for most people to be able to do so.
Identifying what the problem is not only makes it easier for people to avoid the real problem products without having to give up things that are not the problem, but its an outright necessary step towards getting those problem products *not on shelves in the first place*.

>>96032201
Sure but what I took issue with was you saying the term was meaningless. Which I've seen in the media from obvious food industry shills trying to dismiss the problem, which is the exact opposite of trying to understand the issue more precisely.

>>96033159
Those are people arguing in bad faith for what should be obvious, financially motivated reasons. Trying to win on semantics as an excuse to not talk about the underlying problem.
"Ultra Processed Food" is, unfortunately, a near-meaningless term. But only because it is so nonspecific. No one can really define what is and isn't ultra-processed beyond the extremes of either end of the spectrum, there is no demarcation point in the middle it all blends together. But that should be used as a reason to SEEK that point of clarification, not an excuse to disengage from the conversation. Because while the term, itself, may be vague to the point of being almost useless, the reality that word represents is very much NOT meaningless.

>>96031921
That is extremely funny, thank you i will use it

>>96033219
>"Ultra Processed Food" is, unfortunately, a near-meaningless term.
It isn't. You sound like a useful idiot rather than an industry stooge, but the result is the same fucking thing. Stop peddling this nonsense about imprecise categories being useless, because it's not remotely true in any field.

>>96038011
You didn't read the whole post before you responded, did you?

>>96033219
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova_classification
Ultra processed is clearly defined, at least in the consumer/public health context

>>96038910
I did. The term is not remotely meaningless. There is no sensible reason to claim that, and the only ones that benefit from it are the food industry who can continue to avoid scrutiny. "Nearly meaningless" terms do not attract more research, they aren't worth researching.

>>96031422
Ah yes, the classic "Dave and Busters and Dave and Busters and Dave and Busters and Dave and Busters and Dave and Busters and Dave and Busters and Dave and Busters and Dave and Busters and..."

>>96029764 (OP)
>cheese, an item made from pain and suffering, causes pain and suffering when consumed

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>>96029764 (OP)
cursed hat that makes the wearer constantly spout freeform jazz noises. Constatntly.

>>96029764 (OP)

>>96029764 (OP)
People have been saying this about cheese for fucking eons.

>>96029764 (OP)
today I dreamed that my toilet was clogged.
it was awful as I really needed to poop.
Luckily when I woke up, the toilet was not clogged.

Thank you for reading my dream blog.