This is stupid.   If a guy supports a wealth tax, higher income taxes, and a more equitable distribution of wealth, he can buy himself a $3B house for all I care.

You’re not sure what makes “US Senator” a more legitimate job than “plays bibeo games on camera”?

“I haven’t watched or read anything from this guy, but he certainly does elicit that reaction at a glance.”

Well, who needs more than a glance to form a whole bunch of opinions? A glance is practically a deep dive in 2021. Well done, you.

Bernie’s job is 1,000,000% more legitimate than a Twitch streamer, as is a grocery bag boy’s. “Internet famous” people are propped up by some of the sleeziest business models on the planet, and Twitch in particular holds zero appeal for me as a platform in general because to me it is an incessant noise machine (I’m…

“Just live somewhere cheaper!” is almost always a bad take. He likes living in Los Angeles, and can afford to continue to do so. Good for him. He brought the criticism on himself with his years of red hot rhetoric, but that doesn’t make any of it reasonable. 

She’s not out. She’s still at Blizzard, she’s just not the “sponsor” of the women’s network organization there.

Lol.

Yeah, that’s never actually been a thing. It’s a lovely lie they can tell to defend their paycheck.

This is all a real shitshow. Isn’t it time that notorious misogynist Bobby Kotick left too? The lawsuit is hardly about only Blizzard, and someone actually at the top ought to take the hit for letting this all continue.

well, I have friends from highschool that have been there for over a decade. One of whom has been ON a blizzcon panel which makes me a little uncomfortable. he’s the type who wouldn’t do anything himself off color but would definitely keep it quiet to anyone outside blizz.

When women are given the opportunity to demonstrate their talents at companies not run by misogynist shitheels, they excel and effect meaningful change. Imagine that!

Cancelled my sub after playing since vanilla. Downloading FFXIV (again, tried it a few years ago) tonight!

Japan murder rate per 100k: 0.3

Violence from caregivers is just as prevalent here as it is there. More here (but it is still a huge problem in Japan because of their population decay and poor welfare systems) but it doesn’t make headlines because the media doesn’t really care about highlighting mental health and healthcare burdens, just political…

Easier for the weird murders to get attention, since they aren’t going to get lost in the constant stream of dead bodies that America’s murder rate provides.

Japanese society has plenty of issues (a whole lot of them) but stuff like this leading to murder is incredibly rare. Japan overall has one of the lowest intentional homicide rates in the world. Murders like this always get a lot of publicity precisely because they’re so uncommon.

And her kids.

For all the shit rightfully said and thought about this woman and how she should never be allowed in society again, think about the person whose front bumper is gone in that video. That person didn’t even have time for life to flash before their eyes. Talk about fucking insane, can you imagine just rolling into a…

I would say as part of prepping is also removing any loose items in the cabin and trunk. The last thing you want is said loose item to bang around and damage the car, or you. :p

You’ve made some important points, but this bit stands out to me: