Hey everyone commenting on this guy: I like how “man I feel destroyed by all the compounding bullshit going on” is greeted here by “suck it up, buttercup.” </s>

But the thing is, some people will flat out move to work at a god-tier company like Google. I wouldn’t be shocked if Google setting up in Bumfuck City, Nebraska, started a new population boom.

Agreed. Honestly at this point, I’m wondering where I can move to get out, or if I’ll have to get out via shot to the head.

I am stuck as hell on Theseus and Asterius. Asterius isn’t bad, but fucking Theseus and his spear throw kill me. I have to think about dodging the bull and leading him around *while* always keeping something between me and him so the spear doesn’t get me. Then he gets fucking Zeus powers halfway through? WTF?

The Midwest is like this because it’s basically an enormous scattering of small towns punctuated by a few detached larger cities. There’s no connectivity. It’s not like New England, where everything is right next to everything else. These are small, left-behind small towns too, with manufacturing jobs that dried up,…

I’m not surprised it does nothing. Elemental gold reacts with almost nothing, which is why it takes aqua regia (a nasty cocktail of powerful acids) to dissolve it. Your body can’t really do anything with plain gold atoms.

I think the only reason this game became popular is the pandemic. It’s just Mafia with some bells on. If people could get together in person and play party games, this wouldn’t have exploded how it did. A sequel would probably see a release as people start to go out again, if I had to guess.

I declare the winner to be Allison!

I was fully expecting a “they did nothing wrong” result from the trials, but I really didn’t expect “you did do something wrong, but only when you misfired into the white people’s houses” thing. Like...there’s the system failing, and there’s the system taking a long piss onto everyone’s faces.

It’s a joke on how I will die on the hill of demanding nobody give a fuck about what other people do with their property.

All the ridiculous hate for weddings makes me feel guilty about actually wanting one that isn’t just at the courthouse or in my backyard. ><

This reactionary thing makes sense. My parents cleaned the house every day to within an inch of its life, to the point where you could easily show it for selling any day of the year. I saw how little else they did besides work and clean, and decided I liked hobbies and having a life. My house is cluttered and dusty,…

It’s called the “principle of least interest.” Whoever cares least in a situation has the most power, because that person can call bullshit and just bow out of the situation. It’s like how whoever cares least in a relationship can just say “what’re you going to do, dump me?” and the one who cares more has to go along…

I do this too! Solidarity here.

OK so...I am sort of one of these. Not entirely. I don’t fuss at other people, and I don’t consider it a Point Of Pride And Manliness or whatever to not put my wipers to the highest setting. That said, what I worry about is that getting so used to always having them on max in moderate rain may damage my ability to…

The saga of David Tracy and his fight with HOA apologists in the comments has finally come to an end.

There’s always a smaller version a while into release. They clearly have their EE’s/MechE’s make the machine regardless of size on the first go-round, then spend time optimizing the density and electronics and frame while they rake in launch cash. Just wait for the PS5 Mini or Slim or whatever they call it.

You are actually allergic to food. That’s terrifying.

This is an awkward problem because phenotypes can signal biological trends. Redheads, for example, are often resistant to anesthesia and need more to go under properly. Whites are more likely to be lactose tolerant. Many East Asians are notorious for poor liquor metabolism. I have no idea how racial genetics relates…

The suites look like a cheap BnB, which while fine for the hoi polloi like me, is not what I imagine a rich dude’s hangout looking like.