“[T]here’s no ethical consumption under capitalism.”

“How long will it take this plant to displace its own carbon footprint? It may use hydrothermal to run but the construction and materials used for it have a big carbon footprint all the same.”

This isn’t irrelevant in the absolute sense, but it’s not a strong negative argument. Conventional facilities will never…

“Saying “No” isn’t the only power individual Senators have, particularly not individual Senators in an evenly divided Senate.”

Saying “No” is the primary point and purpose of the Senate. It was literally designed to be a check on the will of the people. I am not claiming it is the only power, but it is the principle…

How do we know that the oil in question didn’t flow to market via different means? Have any companies cancelled actual extraction plans as a result of pipeline protests?

Have any of these campaigns actually resulted in “Keep it in the Ground?” Or did the companies just shift to carrying it by trucks instead?

“we ought to blame some of the few dozen Democrats who have actual power, right now, to do something about it and are not.”

The last polling I saw said that private support for ending the filibuster had polled around 37 Democratic Senators in favor, IIRC. I could be wrong on that number, but the point of the article…

“When I play a game, the feel of the gameplay is absolutely higher priority than the story or its political trappings.”

I think you’re taking the quote out of context. He’s referring to the fact that the game explicitly adopts a real-world political situation, makes prominent reference to Cuba (despite not technically…

“For me you sound like a tin foil hat wearer that sees everywhere signs to proof his theory and constructs a whole narrative around it.”

“Man is, by nature, a political animal.”

I was stunned. I had played the original Far Cry and part of FC2. I remembered nothing of the sort in either.

I knew Ubisoft was bad when I reviewed Far Cry 3 and saw the jokes. 

“Can someone more versed in thermodynamics than I posit whether measuring the air temperature being kicked out from the exhaust is actually a sign of the console “running hotter” or whether this could just be a sign that it’s more efficient at exhausting heat thanks to a fan that moves more air?”

“ and myPS4's heat + fan noise problems got so bad towards the end that I simply stopped playing the thing”

“Narrative triumph? Absolutely not.”

I’m fine with it. It makes perfect narrative sense.

“Is mulching Mr Kibbles in your overpriced treadmill now a terrorist act?”

+10 for that. 

That’s true. On the other hand, I skipped BvS in all its forms and would’ve skipped WW84 too, in retrospect.

“That would be the Luke of ROTJ who did indeed have a moment where he snapped and gave into rage/fear before deciding it wasn’t going to be helpful and turning back.... precisely as we see him doing in the TLJ flashbacks.”

“The idea of ‘TLJ ruining Luke’ from ‘hardcore’ fans is the most hilarious misunderstanding of Star Wars characters, lore and philosophy they could muster.”

Long ago — so long, I have no idea if it’s still canon — my understanding was that while a red sun de-powered Superman, a blue sun further *empowered* him. He became stronger and faster.

The answer to this seems to be “Stop consuming trashy television that doesn’t uphold your moral values.”

“gold android girls are a visual cliche.”

The fan base grew over time. People were exposed to the show through word of mouth. I saw Avatar and TLOK for the first time in 2019. The two friends I introduced it to had never seen it either. I suspect people watched the show like crazy on Netflix because it was in HD, and the original quality of Avatar was quite…