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Why? Nothing else in play does that.

But as I said, you start with the result you want to see. If you do that you can't end up with a ridiculous result.

I simply disagree. There is never a reasonable excuse to intentionally include a "crappy result" as an outcome. It's counterproductive to the whole process. What the hell are you doing if you think an unsatisfying, anticlimactic, boring result is a reasonable outcome?

I trust that players can come up with all sorts of goofy crap I did not see coming.

This is where understanding the core system and being a competent adjudicator come in. If this situation comes up, the first thing to do is figure out what you want out of the attempt and resolution, then leverage what you do have to achieve that for that moment in play. Your absolutely are NOT...

Oh, gawd, that poor AI.

I don't understand your reasoning that it is going to produce a "cruddy result." Can you elaborate on what you mean by "cruddy" and explain why you think it will be so?

Podcasts yes, but I find it easier and preferable to just switch to Turbo of Lithium when I need music.

That is not what I said. I said that the difficulty of the game is up to the GM, and if there is a problem with the difficulty (too easy or too hard) it is the GM's fault.

My condolences. I can't take DJs or commercials, so Serius XM is well worth the cost.

Sure, so those two things are going to be covered by 95% of hypothetical game systems. But if you are playing a ER medical drama RPG, chances are there isn't going to be a detailed system for climbing and sneaking or swimming. But RPGs being RPGs and players being players, there is a nonzero...

I just want some non-sterotypical non humans. Show me a halfling barbarian and a tiefling monk and an assimar warlock and a dragonborn bard.

It is weird that people think noobs won't walk in to a game store and see that and be like "Cool! I want it!"

Yeah, and you aren't going to get too many unexpected intrusions of non-genre appropriate music on XM stations.

If you expect to climb, swim or sneak, those things will be covered by the rules. If that isn't part of the expected play activities, making a Fitness check (or whatever) should be sufficient.

Related to doing the 5E SRD in 100 pages: I think they intentionally crippled the SRD PDF so it is a giant PITA to get the text out. I was going to do an example with the Dwarf race entry and every word was on its own line after cut and paste

Wait, people listen to the radio still?

I'm not saying you can't run a cozy game with D&D if you understand what D&D is and does and you have a clear vision of what you want to do. I'm just saying that someone who saw that book cover and bought it because that's the kind of fantasy they wanted to play would probably be disappointed by...

That doesn't alleviate the GM's responsibility to set the parameters of play, including difficulty.

And often it has nothing to do with quality. Nothing is for everyone.