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Dark-mode social media post from Senator Meow, with a Meowth cartoon avatar, posted "vor 6 Jahren" by @senatormeow@masto... The text reads: "when I first ran D&D, my grandmother, who had bought fully into the IT'S SATANISM hype, insisted on sitting and watching the first session" and "about an hour in, she threw her hands up and yelled 'THIS IS JUST MATH' and stormed off"

Grandma Discovers D&D Is Just Math

A grandmother who bought into the 80s D&D satanic panic watches a game session and storms off yelling it's just math. A Xennial nod to Dungeons & Dragons panic.

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Dark-mode social media post from Senator Meow, with a Meowth cartoon avatar, posted "vor 6 Jahren" by @senatormeow@masto... The text reads: "when I first ran D&D, my grandmother, who had bought fully into the IT'S SATANISM hype, insisted on sitting and watching the first session" and "about an hour in, she threw her hands up and yelled 'THIS IS JUST MATH' and stormed off"

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