The Mario universe really has settled into distinct “eras” anyway, so they probably could have made this one book into 3 volumes already. Vol 1 is 1985-1995 (NES, SNES, Gameboy - all the groundbreaking 2D stuff), Vol 2 is 1996 - 2005 (N64, GCN, GBA - entry into 3D, the big expansion of party/sports games, and retro…

Nah, that’s too logical. Where’s the fun in making sense?

I’m pretty sure Super Mario World takes place in the “dark” timeline where Toad gets killed by Calamity Bowser.

Yes! I want a Metroid encyclopedia!

Given it covers 30 years worth of games, that’d mean waiting until 2048 for Volume 2, seems a bit pointless. There’s always going to be a new Mario game that misses the cutoff, got to draw the line somewhere.

Yeah at this point they really dont have a way to portray power anymore. How do they show a badguy is powerful? Oh the old attacks dont even faze them. How do they show the hero has gotten more powerful? Oh wow, his ki blasts can actually harm the villains now. Its like everyone is just stacking armor class in…

Finally. Hopefully this puts a rest to the fighting about the canon order of the series.

SSJ4...

Seriously... at what point does it stop? I mean, can’t these villains simply snap their fingers and destroy entire galaxies? It seems sort of pointless to keep increasing power levels.

Yep.

Right? And they’re not even saying you’re not allowed to order a bajillion calories for your kid. They’re making the default option a little lighter. You can still ask for a cheeseburger. Don’t panic, folks. You still have your freedoms or whatever.

People can and should make their own choices. I will argue to my dying breath that people are, in general, too stupid to make their own good choices. I regularly deal with folks from all over the country who can’t spell their own names consistently, don’t remember their children’s names, complain that clicking a mouse…

McDonald’s is making the choice because parents don’t want to give their kid a meal that’s 40% of their kids caloric intake, with that many calories attributable to the fat. Some people are too stupid to make good choices, but plenty are making the choice to just not go to goddamn McDonald’s and feed their kids…

Dude, it’s a known issue that a happy meal currently has too many calories for a child. Right now, a child who eats a Happy Meal is getting fatter. How is it a bad thing for McDonald’s to cut the calories of a Happy Meal, thereby at least slowing that problem?

Your fat fucking kids are a tell.

If you kids are that bad, I think you are doing something wrong and shouldn’t bring them out in public.

Ideally it should have never happened. I’d guess a kid going into full meltdown only happens if it worked for them getting what they want some time before.

“Giving in to meltdowns or the threat of meltdowns creates an entitled monster we all will have to deal with in the future.”

inconvenience to the public around you be damned

If you’re a parent, do you risk having a meltdown or do you get your child what’s most appealing to them?