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Haha it can definitely be challenging at the higher difficulty levels but I probably made it sound a bit more hectic than it is.

It's pausable at all times so you can always work at whatever pace you want.

The pacing balance that I mentioned is more around having to make the right decisions. I.e. choosing when is the right moment to explore deeper into the forest for more resources. Choosing when to take on more citizens. That sort of thing.

Against the Storm! It's a city builder / roguelike mashup.

I.e., you start a new city, build it up, try to meet objectives and citizen demands before the inevitable, overwhelming storm eventually comes and wipes everything out. Then you do it all again, but better, using whatever new cool stuff you unlocked from the last cycle.

The faster you work, the more dangerous the environment becomes. But build too slowly and you won't get enough done before the storm arrives. So you have to balance growth vs caution when building.

Each run you have different resources and buildings available so your city always evolves differently and it doesn't get stale. The vibes are impeccable as well, it's moody and ominous yet somehow cozy at the same time.

Highly recommend it. This is a pretty decent run down: https://youtu.be/8SVw2ZJ73N0?si=4dcZEvyTjW_7qCbR

It's a different word. To have a whinge. Whinging. The G is pronounced like a J.

Google says it's more common in British English. I'm Aussie and we use it too. Mostly to hang shit on the English lol. I.e. whinging poms.

So I am confusion https://youtube.com/shorts/U7X7cEh5au8?si=hSmKh4IpfDwQqLkE

Man, that's such a cold and unempathetic attitude. What do you think causes homelessness? How many homeless people do you think got there because they were just lazy, useless people? As opposed to being dealt a shitty hand by life?

Once you're in that situation, it's insanely hard to get out of it. "Pulling yourself up by your bootstraps" is a satirical phrase intended to highlight the physical impossibility of such a task. If you genuinely want people to be able to improve their lives, you have to give them a helping hand to get them started.

Instead, you basically want to hand a death sentence to anyone who's unfortunate enough to hit rock bottom. That's fucked up man.

I would encourage you to look into the stats on welfare abuse and see how rare it is. The number of people who abuse the system and use it as an excuse to be lazy is tiny in relative terms. Clamping down on that small minority is only possible if you are willing to accept huge collateral damage in the form of pain inflicted on disadvantaged people who just need some help to find their feet.

If you allow people to slide into abject poverty, it just causes more poverty and social problems. Do you want to increase the number of people who are desperate, have nothing to lose, and feel like society doesn't give a shit about them? What do you think that does to a person? Do you think that motivates them to better themselves? For some people maybe, but for many it means doing whatever they have to in order to survive, including crime, drugs, etc.

I would much rather live in a compassionate society that helps people when they need help. If that means that a small number of people get away with not pulling their weight then so be it. It's a small price to pay.

It's pretty damn clear that countries with a strong social safety net are happier and more prosperous over all than those with a callous sort of dog eat dog attitude.

Right, it's the sort of person who thinks that female billionaires or black billionaires are icons of progress. As opposed to the continued existence of billionaires being a blight on society regardless of their gender or colour.

Or the sort of person who donates to a charity sleepout for homelessness, but opposes social housing development or improved renters' rights at the expense of landlords. Probably because they are a landlord themselves and are incapable of confronting the hypocrisy of being sad about the housing crisis while simultaneously profiting from it.

"Rainbow capitalist" is a great term btw.

It's a broad stroke for sure. But there is definitely a demographic of milquetoast liberals who believe in progressive causes as long as it doesn't bring them too much discomfort. The sort of person who wants the far right to go away "so we can all get back to brunch", but is terrified of the sort of mass structural change that would be required to create a truly egalitarian society.

I believe that's the sort of person being addressed here. It doesn't help that the word liberal is heavily overloaded.

Serif or no?

How about they're just fun and people enjoy them? That's a use.

I think people do that sometimes in order to make the one trans or androgenous person not feel like "the odd one out" bc they're the only one who has the give their pronouns.

So I get why people do it but I agree it can be a bit awkward. I don't do it myself but I don't have any problem with people who do.

Honestly I think the vast majority of people on the left would agree with most of what you said. A lot of the corporate rainbow flag waving is pretty performative and cringe.

The whole pronoun thing is pretty simple really, just don't say "he" to someone who says "I'm a she". That's really all there is to it. 99% of the the time you can tell whether someone is a he or a she. Sometimes it's not obvious, or you might get it wrong. As long as the other person can say "hey I'm a he actually" and you respond with "Oh my bad bro", then you are all good.

I know there are some people out there who try to make the pronoun thing into some huge deal but that's really all it is. I know plenty of trans people and non-binary people and they're all chill, they just don't want to be called by the wrong thing. And honestly, neither do I!

Genuine question which I promise I am asking in good faith: what do you think "wokeness" is?

I think they're just trying to say how iconic they are as a brand because they've featured in so many bits of pop culture. It's just a "we're so cool, buy our stuff" campaign.

Ahhh but which Still Alive?

You probably meant the one from Portal, but I much prefer the one from Mirror's Edge! Beautiful song!

RA2 music better than RA1 music for me.

RA2 is the best RTS of all time, no question.

Nah no way. I'm as big a BG fanboy as anyone but it's a decidedly niche genre. The vast majority of people are not interested in CRPGs.

Magneto. If someone is trying to genocide you, you don't just ask nicely and hope that they change their mind. You fight them.

Same, if I have a family bag of chips in front of me, I'll eat the whole bag. If I serve an enormous bowl of pasta, I'll eat the whole bowl.

The only way I can not overeat is to not have it in arms reach. So yeah, pour a sensible serve of chips into a bowl and then eat that. Leave some pasta in the pot, or put it straight in the fridge for lunch tomorrow.

By the time I sit down to eat, the battle is already over, whether I've won or lost.

The writers did Keiko dirty IMO. She made a lot of sacrifices and had a lot of legitimate grievances, but they just made her seem like an annoying, nagging wife.