I Bought a Pair of Overalls and Now I Will Never Wear Anything Else. My “look”—if I even possess such a thing—is best described as equal parts “teenage dirtbag” and “someone who is allergic to pants.” My wardrobe is comprised of jeans, jeans that have been cut into shorts, t- shirts, flimsy dresses, and not much else. But a new garment has edged its way into my wardrobe—and heart—and it has changed my life for the better. I’m talking about my brand new bib overalls, which I purchased in the Carhartt company store after a fairly productive trip to IKEA. I didn’t go in the store with the intention of purchasing this gloriously utilitarian configuration of cloth. No, I went in there because my boyfriend wanted some long- sleeve tees. I only tried on a pair because I was bored—I did it almost as joke—but once I put them on I realized there was nothing funny about how badly I needed them in my life.
With a few exceptions, it’s just generally a good rule of thumb not to put random stuff in your vagina. In the latest cautionary tale, a predatory company has been. The publisher revealed some new information as well as some gameplay for the upcoming anime adaptation during a live stream even last night. As reported by Gematsu. ![]() Honestly, I’ve been toying with the idea of buying a pair for a while now, but didn’t want to give in to nostalgia. As an alarming number of the trends of my youth come back in style, I’ve had to live in a state of constant vigilance, as I could very easily end up filling my studio apartment with scrunchies, jelly sandals, and troll dolls. Anyway. Much like Gillian Jacobs’ character in Love, I am now a person who only wears overalls, and I can’t apologize enough for how not sorry I am. They may not be the most stylish article of clothing I own, but they are the most freeing, and have awarded me freedom from the following things: Freedom from purses: You know what I like? Looking at pretty purses. You know what I do not like? Carrying pretty purses. In fact, I hate carrying most things, but the pocket situation on most lady garments is abysmal, even though women usually need to carry a lot of stuff, including random crap men don’t have room in their pockets for. The pocket situation on my overalls is the opposite of abysmal. There are pockets for days, my friends! This means my hands and shoulders are now free from the oppression of purses, and I am the better for it. I can fit my phone, keys, wallet, a lipstick, and pocket knife in my Carhartts and still have empty pockets to carry anything else I happen to acquire throughout the day. There’s a reason people who build and make things wear bib overalls, and that reason is because they need their damn hands to their job. Freedom from pants: No matter how well a pair of pants fit, they are going to pinch at times, and they are going to slide about. As someone who spends most of her time schlepping bags of groceries around, and then cooking said groceries, and then washing the dishes dirtied by said groceries, having to pause to pull up my pants when they are carrying groceries, or covered in duck fat, or covered in dish soap, is a pain. Overalls are not pants, however. True, they cover your legs as pants do, giving you the freedom to jump, climb, bend over, and manspread if you wish, but without sliding down or pinching your flesh. They’re also nice and roomy, very well ventilated, and easy to don and doff. Freedom from the male gaze: Haha, just kidding. The male gaze cannot be escaped, but I care about it a little bit less when I’m wearing my Carhartts. I think they’re cute, and I actually don’t give a damn if anyone agrees. Aesthetically, overalls are very polarizing, and knowing that they will offend the eyes of a certain percentage of the population no matter what is freeing in its own right. I wear my overalls for myself and myself alone. Basically, these overalls are the most useful and comfortable item in my entire wardrobe, and I will continue to wear them until they fall off my body. D& D's New Digital Toolset Is A Convincing Argument Against Pen And Paper Purists. When everything in the physical world is getting uploaded onto some great supercomputer in space, you will find me hiding somewhere dark, clinging to my Dungeons & Dragons character sheets. Yes, that’s how much I love playing D& D the traditional way: real dice, real paper and real damn pencils. But Dungeons & Dragons’ new companion app, D& D Beyond, is poised to drag me out of the Luddite cave where I worship graphite and tree pulp (and lose players’ character sheets). Out August 1. 5th, D& D Beyond is a web app that lets players create and store characters, peruse items and monsters and consult digital D& D tomes (on sale for $2. It’s a “digital toolset” for the game. Fans who want more character storage or to share their purchased content with friends can subscribe to the Master or Hero Tiers. And after spending a few hours with its beta, I’m convinced now that D& D can be done well digitally. Dungeons & Dragons’ transition to the digital world has had its ups and downs. In college, I stumbled upon a third- party website that hosted interactive character sheets. Automatically, it adjusted stats by adding modifiers and the like. It was an easy, quick and seductive way for me to help new players build characters, but the sacrifices were manifest: Without learning how to make characters entirely on their own—the gritty way—these players missed out on some crucial learning opportunities. They were stunted. D& D Beyond stands for “beyond pen and paper.” If you’re ever filled out a take- out order sheet for a bougie salad, you can make a character on D& D Beyond. A series of easy- to- navigate steps broken up by lengthy explanations guides you through the process. Say you’re interested in Hill Dwarves. You’re told about the race’s ability score increase, age and alignment, as well as your “Dwarven combat training” and tool proficiency skills to help you decide whether to be a Hill Dwarf. Then, after you choose that option, you’re given the option of choosing what tool you’re proficient in. And before moving on to class selection, D& D Beyond offers a few paragraphs about what a class is and how to best choose one. There’s no risk of not knowing what you’re doing. In a way, it forces you to read more information than you might have if you were just designing a character with the physical Player’s Handbook, since that information is your vehicle to the next design step. That’s a good thing. It means you’re learning how to play. D& D Beyond gives equal weight to a character’s combat statistics and role- playing background, too. While a lot of digital character sheets focus functionality on doing math, this one’s striving to make you think about who your character is. Players’ backgrounds, flaws, ideals and bonds are all laid out in the interface. And thankfully, there’s room for players’ overwrought descriptions of their hair and stature as well. All of this gets organized into sleek character sheets (with compact pull- down menus) where you can grab items from the site’s vast database and link them to into your sheet. For example, you can search for a short sword, add it to your sheet, where its stats will show up immediately. The same goes for homebrew items like the “acid flower” or “Wyrmslayer.”One downside: Last year, the official Dungeon Master’s Guild launched, allowing players to publish (and sell) homebrew adventures, rules, character options and booklets of items. A Wizards of the Coast representative confirmed that, eventually, players may be able to easily integrate homebrew content from D& D Beyond onto their DM’s Guild content—but this seems like the type of functionality that should already be there. In an interview with Io. Adam Bradford explained that his team’s goal was “to use technology to supplement and enhance the D& D experience—not to turn that experience into a videogame.” He added, “We want to minimize the negative impact of rules at the table, such as taking a long time thumbing through books to find an obscure rule or not remembering all your character’s options. If all you want to do is automate character creation and progression and print your character sheet for a session, you can do that. If you want to continue to use physical books at the table but want something to help you prep adventures between sessions, we’re still providing value for you.”When viewed as a toolset and not a replacement for D& D’s traditions, D& D Beyond is exactly the sort of digital facelift the game needs to stay accessible, streamlined and relevant. Personally, I will use D& D Beyond to store and adjust characters I continue to roll up with my Luddite equipment. I will use it to randomize non- player character stats. And I will use it to check out cool homebrew add- ons. My strong preference is still to play D& D face- to- face, without a screen mediating my interactions with players. That’s why it’s not a video game. Thankfully, though, D& D Beyond isn’t asking me to make a choice.
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