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[–] CombatWombat@feddit.online 57 points 4 days ago (4 children)

This is the most boring d&d party. How about:

  • firefighter
  • policerogue
  • mailcleric
  • fisherranger
[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 24 points 4 days ago (2 children)

"I cast Detect Dead... Letter."

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

“This letter is simply addressed to “Johnny” in red crayon.”

casts deduce address

“10225 Arcadia Drive.”

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 days ago
[–] Malgas@beehaw.org 6 points 3 days ago

fisherranger

Favored enemy: bass.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 35 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

They can't all be the same class tho.

Firefighter

Policeranger

Mailmage

Fisherbard

And let's assign their race, too.

Human Firefighter

Elf Policeranger

Gnome Mailmage

Half-Orc Fisherbard

[–] boomlandjenkins@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Why do you have to bring race into it?!

/s

[–] black0ut@pawb.social 7 points 3 days ago

So the policeranger has an excuse to shoot the rest of them

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 3 days ago

So the DM knows what bonuses they have. 😌

[–] _stranger_@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

Horcfard, the half orc Fisher bard.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

eh, fishers are more rangers than police.

[–] kunaltyagi@programming.dev 3 points 3 days ago

Some lotta police is more orc (organized, following orders, and if you see a group of them, just turn back)

[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

Excel level autocomplete

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 24 points 4 days ago (2 children)

If somebody told me this was how German worked I would believe it so I wonder if the reverse is true

[–] dan@upvote.au 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

In frontend development, it's pretty common to use German to stress test UIs, as it's a commonly used language with a lot of long words. It reveals all sorts of UI issues - text that doesn't wrap properly, buttons that are pushed off the screen, etc.

I don't know German, but I do like the idea of using compound nouns rather than inventing new words.

It's also common to test UIs with Arabic, to test handling of right-to-left languages. At work we have a "fake RTL" language that's English but rendered RTL. It's interesting because everything is flipped - for example, a left-hand sidebar is instead on the right side in RTL languages. Company logo is at top right instead of top left.

[–] FiniteBanjo@feddit.online 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You will be happy to know I have confirmed your identity as a Non-Israeli.

[–] dan@upvote.au 4 points 3 days ago

Because I used Arabic as an example rather than Hebrew? Or because I'm unfamiliar with RTL languages?

In any case, it's pretty easy to figure out that I'm Aussie :)

[–] affenlehrer@feddit.org 11 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

This does not work in German because fighter (Kämpfer) is gendered as male. There's is female version of it though (Kämpferin). We have Feuerwehrmann and Feuerwehrfrau. Correct gendering in German is (I say that as an older a male) a bit complicated and makes the sentences usually mich longer or sound weird.

There was a joke solution to this that I really liked: add a "y" to the end or all gendered words: Feuerwehry, Frisöry, Mitarbeity, Erziehery, Arzty etc.

Monster or Ungeheuer would work too. Feuerwehrmonster.

[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Degendering ala Phettberg may have started as a humours way toward gender neutral language, but it evolved IMHO into a serious way next to *, :, Innen.

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[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Streetman = streetfighter

Idk what's streetman though.

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[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 11 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Fooman = FooFighter

[–] Beehaw_Girl@beehaw.org 20 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Stewardess = Airline Passenger Fighter

[–] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

There are no such thing as fellow passengers, only foe passengers.

[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 2 points 3 days ago

Nah.

Airline Passenger Paladin.

They cast 'banish' and you're out of the plane.

[–] Dookieman12@piefed.social 19 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Garbageman = Garbagefighter

Lineman = Linefighter

Airman = Airfighter

Seaman = Seafighter

Axeman = Axefighter

[–] MakingWork@lemmy.ca 18 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Repairman = Repair fighter

Handyman = handyfighter

[–] StillAlive@piefed.world 38 points 4 days ago

Woman -> Wofighter

[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 16 points 4 days ago

Hackerfighter

[–] NewDark@lemmy.today 16 points 4 days ago

Excel be like

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (4 children)

Policeman = Police officer

Fireman = Fire officer

Repairman = Repair officer

Mailman = Mail officer

Fisherman = Fisher officer

[–] Rooster326@programming.dev 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm just saying nobody ever wrote a song called "Fuck the Fisher Officer..."

[–] Rubanski@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] sukhmel@programming.dev 3 points 3 days ago

Same with Fishfighter, sounds much closer to the truth, and I can't stop imagining a person wrestling with a large tuna or catfish in a shallow water

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[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

Groomsman = Groomsfighter

Chairman = Chairfighter

[–] decolo@piefed.social 7 points 3 days ago

Gun shooty man = warfighter

[–] i_love_pancakas@thelemmy.club 5 points 3 days ago

woman = wofighter?

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 7 points 3 days ago
[–] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] lemmygarden@lemmy.today 5 points 3 days ago

A mailman is a letter carrier.

[–] BaraCoded@literature.cafe 4 points 3 days ago

Streetman = Streetfighter

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)
[–] DmMacniel@feddit.org 8 points 3 days ago

Its a concept called generic masculine.

[–] GarboDog@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago

Firefighter, pig, courier, fisher

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I know this is a joke but I will be pendantic and say there is already a gender neutral word for fisherman, which is fishmonger.

[–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Fisherman - Fishmonger

Mailman - Mailmonger

Policeman - Policemonger

Fireman - Firemonger

[–] Godric@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

It's sad, the few things one can monger.

War, fish, rumors, cheese, fear, and whores, not much else to be a mongerer-of :(

I chose whoreman last game night

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I thought a fishmonger was someone who sells fish at market, not the person who catches them.

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