The “subpar” is referring to the state of the netcode within Dolphin that was being used before Slippi was released, not to the nonexistence of online play at the time of launch.

Melee players suffered with a subpar online infrastructure that made the 19-year-old game much harder to play at a competitive level

Well at least it was an ‘absurd’ reason instead of a ‘tournament players bad-touching minors’ reason that competitive Smash is known for.

so i feel like in the beginning of the pandemic, it was a shorthand for nurses, bus drivers, etc—basically the sort of public facing jobs often held by black people (and other people of color) that put them in harm’s way. but now the connotation seems to have shifted to include anyone who feels like any sort of governm…

Strong list. I’d only take exception to “52. Essential Workers.” Too often, that translates to, “expendable minority who has to perform risky work so white people can stay safe at home.”

Its very sad. But it feels terribly selfish for me to suggest he had simply “a sad life” or whatever. I hope he had happiness in there too. I’m sure he did. I hope in his short life he knew enough happiness to have hope. I’m sure he did.

Stem cell research saved Trump.  Guess we should have stopped it much sooner.

If memory serves, I think Fox may have been advocating for stem cell research or an adjacent cause at the time. And by the twisted logic of Republicans, stem cell research equals abortion fuel.

Thank you for this canonical explanation, it was a point of frustration even considering the liberties the series takes, for me. Aside from just generally not considering AC a game about boss encounters.

So a giant wolf is too much, but this mount from Odyssey is OK?!

Zack, what if it’s not a giant wolf and it instead makes you a small assassin astride a normal sized wolf? Would that make you feel better?

I have distant memory that West was indeed briefly placed in involuntary psych hospitalization some years back. I think it was after that time when he cursed out his audience and walked out 15 minutes into a concert.

It seems as though Britney’s argument isn’t that she doesn’t need a conservator anymore, but just that it shouldn’t be her father, & the courts should really take that seriously.

If a person is too ill to make her own decisions regarding her career, manage her money or have custody of her children, then surely she is too ill to be headlining an ongoing show in Vegas which conveniently seems to be making her father a shitload of money.

i feel this is a good place to leave these links:

Lol that’s not even close to extreme. The Bundy’s did essentially the same thing and the Feds let them walk away.

Do we want to start the pool on how long before Cawthorn sexually harasses someone on his staff?

If only liberals had the extremists the Right so wants us to have.

My fear now is that because this was a “close” race (depressingly so) you’ll have four years of Trump and the GOP now shaped in his image playing the “stolen election” mantra and causing a new landslide against a Democratic party still more happy to be at war with itself than anyone one.