I agree with the last statement. When gas prices go up, it is typical that the value of gas guzzlers goes down. And people in the lower income brackets that need reliable transportation will be tempted by a 20 mpg vehicle that has 120k miles and runs great over a 40 mpg vehicle that has 220k miles and doesn’t run…

The direct cost to my wife and I of this increase is zero, because we’ve made choices. We live walking distance to work for her. I cycle to work most days. We bought an EV that I use on the days I don’t cycle to work. (Sometimes I don’t feel like doing a 33-mile round trip commute in the rain.)

I mean, you say “European”, but literally any country in the world that isn’t the USA doesn’t give a shit about the NFL, so that’s what, 96% of the population of the world? I say that as someone who has enjoyed NFL stuff before.

I generally try to refrain from overt judgement on this sort of subject for exactly that reason. If you’re high profile and your family lives under the thrall of a totalitarian leader, they’ve got a lot of pressure they can put on you and it can be easy to buckle. People like pretending they’d be big and tough if…

He’s a coward either way and he’s valuing his own self preservation over that of thousands of others, even children. So, it doesn’t fucking matter at this point. Plenty of other high profile russian citizens have had the courage to speak out.

Yeah but also Russia is deliberately targeting civilians. Sometimes, or perhaps at this point often, ONLY civilians.

The presidents job is to work for the people, not the other way around. This guy is a fucking boot licker

I will support my country in any situation without thinking for a second!

When I Alt-F4 with Octopath Traveler (Game Pass), I’m dumped to the desktop and the game is gone, but in reality it’s still running in the background! So, yeah, I have to go through all the stupid hoops in order to exit properly (or use task manager to kill the process afterwards). Ugh.

Interesting that in that report, all the long term debt they show was issued in 2001, 2007, and 2008. Not having debt issued more recently implies that they have been getting their house in order. Over 2/3 of their long term debt is in “business-type activities” which includes utilities. I’d be stunned to find any…

I live about 40 minutes from Mason. I have watched that town implode politically from corruption losing its police force TWICE stealing 600K dollars from the city over 10 years. And the current mayor isnt perfect. He recently was pulled over for a DUI but Mumpowers corrupt ass. He took office january 21 of this year…

Totally agreed, and that question has occurred to me as well.  The problem is that if this is the case, Putin might be strongly tempted to demonstrate that their nukes (or at least enough of them) still work.

They also never realize Spartans were little boy fuckers

But but 300 showed the Spartans were real he-men and were awesome and if I was there, I would have been fighting to the end!1!

They think 300 is 100% accurate and ignores the documented history of Spartans institutionalizing pederasty.

I went through the replies cause it was like a slow motion car wreck, and that actually comes up and, yes, you definitely would have lost your money.

There are more things companies can do to support the trans community here (working to hire more trans devs, and to make more inclusive hires all around, making sure the aren’t pay gaps, providing training and opportunities, providing inclusive game content, paying all of us more, providing good healthcare, providing…

Gender affirming healthcare doesn’t just include hrt and surgery. Puberty blockers only delay the onset of puberty changes, which can give teenagers the time to explore their identity without the onset of physical changes that cannot be reversed.

I find it important to note, about these anti-trans bills: They aren’t simply against trans people / children.

Thanks for the recommendation , sounds interesting , I mean the concept of Armies marching on their stomachs is an old one but damn true.