Katana314 @ Katana314 @lemmy.world

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Every time some incel wants to start a conversation about DA:V, I just point them to Baldur's Gate 3.

That game is inclusive and diverse, and also fucks - both in the "adult content" sense, disproving their myths about diversity somehow siding together with censorship, and in the quality sense.

The dramatic fall in writing has happened across the industry and should be no surprise to anyone.

Very doubtful that it would work, but out of all the weird, crazy, and creative stories generated from World War 2, I wouldn't put it totally outside of any plausibility.

Red Hood Has A Point

Everyone here was alive when the invasion started. Russia invaded Ukraine. THEN Ukraine considered entering NATO. They were happy to stay out of it as long as Russia stayed away. They didn't. Some saw it coming, as Russia has violated just about every treaty they've entered.

There's a few points I maybe want to bring up on this, though.

Through Trump's installation, many learned what USAID was for the first time. For all it does in the world, it was never tooting its own horn. Sure, its existence is a tradeoff we made to allow for the fact of having one of the strongest military presence. But I still don't think its existence and actions up until now should've been taken for granted.

Plus: Other nations in Europe cannot currently claim to be beyond manipulation via far-right rhetoric and misinformation. Germany is currently dealing with those issues in its own elections, and the very identity of that country is rooted in acknowledging the evils of 1940. Vladimir Putin targeted the United States because it was their biggest singular obstacle to expansion, acknowledging that there's no single presidency to easily "corrupt" the European Union.

I agree that much blame lies on the USA's population for so gullibly accepting such terrible campaign lies. I just don't think that kind of evil ignorance is uniquely American, and the rest of the world needs to stay vigilant, rather than assuming all threat will come externally.

It's erroneous to claim the judge orders blocking the executive orders have done anything.

As judge of Lemmy, I order you to stop posting. /s

^ There, that statement alone had just as much effect as the judicial orders. Fact is, DOGE still has extensive access to most of the systems that they breached, and judges have largely been ignored, or have given rulings complicit with Trump's actions.

See, this is why I like relying on public transit and my e-bike, even with their annoyances.

Health care gives us enough financial terrors. I don’t need my mode of transport to also sometimes need Wad of Cash Implants to live.

I've wanted to develop a conversation on this subject for a long time, because it's a fallacy "both sides" have fallen for: The fact that illegal actions are often right, and legal actions are often immoral.

People will often harp on the fact that an act was "technically not legal"; yet throughout history, we have needed illegal acts to frame what's right in the world. When we discuss these things online, it's more honest to talk about "What the harm is" - a subject that often leans in favor of left-leaning opinions both for what's illegal (living in the USA illegally, generally causing negative harm) and improperly using presidential powers to shut down government agencies (not just illegal, but also extremely harmful).

If you disagree and specifically want to harp on legality, then I invite you to see what happens if you start shooting jaywalkers in the street for their flagrant violation of the law. Prosecutorial discretion exists for a very important reason.

Check out “Aquaria”. Not quite the same thing, but a Metroidvania playing as a mermaid with song powers. Lots of boss fights! And you can even breech the surface when you get there!

Laws are often ignored in history through periods of change; I’d say it’s a matter of people agreeing or disagreeing with them.

In this case, it’s about a very strong push by very wealthy people to trick masses of followers into thinking their billionaire daddy’s are fighting for them.

Ostensibly, that push would be harder if there was not such a uniform path to wealth disparity where one idiot owns so much.

The sudden rush of tankies in the comments indicates to me that this is a strong enough move to make some oligarchs worried.

It's definitely a distraction tactic, but at the very least looking at Google Maps and Bing Maps makes very clear to people which megacorps are riding the oligarchy; just in case anyone held hope their favorite "techbro revolutionary" might side with them. PS: Mapquest gets it right.

Man, I think my playthrough of N:A was absolutely ruined by the RPG mechanics. I was lategame trying to get to this rumored "amazing story", and something about my numbers wasn't adding up because even switching to easy mode it was taking AGES to beat the bosses.

So yeah, I'm not even generally a fan of soulslikes, but S:B's action-based difficulty was definitely more to my tastes.

They have a much better design than the blue shell.

In Mario, the guy in 8th place sends a bomb into the ether, and sends the guy in 1st place to 5th…while the guy in 8th stays there.

In Sonic, the guy in 8th sends a swarm of hornets, essentially a minefield. The guy in first CAN evade them skillfully, but has the most to deal with. As more people hit some, others will have fewer. The whole crowd gets slowed just a bit (and the person who threw it is unaffected when they reach them)

That clause very much seems to be written under expectation of moving personnel or equipment. Prisoner transport (not to mention prisoner management even were they stationary) very much crosses the line between "police and military" that is often warned against in government function.

My thought: Point out to them that there is no "permanent winner" here in terms of ending violence unless they stop Trump.

The people believing in his agenda are often aimless, and very often extremely violent. See the January 6 rioters, who continued to be aggressive after being pardoned, as well as fringe groups going on the attack now that they think Trump will pardon them. Emboldening them any further may mean years and years of continuing to deal with such violent offenders, AND without the support of experienced FBI staff able to track threats on a national level.

Can I confirm whether this outage was affecting downloaded singleplayer games? I didn’t think that would be the case.

There’s an alternative, to make it popular with the American people. Republicans look bad to their constituents each time they vote against policies that would relieve the American people as a whole, such as net neutrality and healthcare for all.

Make some noise about it! Make it known that Democrats fight for everyone, and that a certain sect is very vocally rejecting that fight.

There’s a very good bill for achieving this result by a senator from my state, which requires companies to elect their board members through employees.

https://www.wbur.org/news/2018/08/15/warren-co-determination-capitalism-act

When Bernie Sanders brought forward another fervent request for free healthcare for all Americans, and the only retort the R he was addressing could come up with was a completely fabricated lie about Bernie taking money from pharmaceutical companies, I stopped believing anyone sensible could oppose it.

"Ew, Obamacare? I'd rather have the Affordable Care Act!!"