See we were worried about Russian sleeper agents that get activated by a codeword, we never expected them to rally behind and vote for Putin the Lesser.
Comfort wise I have to say it saved me. That said, for their price they lack any real durability on the aesthetic parts. The functional parts are amazing (save for the mis-manufactured back I got originally. The warranty process was involved but they delivered a new back).
More that KDM does the job for dealing with the idea of "stuff goes wrong". The games mechanics are built around it. Gear is important, characters are not. Which means stuff can go really bad very fast.
Never met a Paul I liked. Clearly your statement is false.
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