I would say that it is universally understood that Xena and Gabrielle were lovers. 

Ya, this is not a risky film. Its an entire film specifically designed to appeal to the largest film going market in the world. Which to ensure that it was released there had to get in bed with a Government (the Chinese Communist Party) that has since cracked down on millions of people, lied repeatedly about the…

Xena and Gabrielle were WAYYYYY more blatant.

Oh, of course, but even if you assume each screening was at the extreme, you are still looking at only 14 people per screening. Less than ideal, but still likely safer than weekly grocery store runs.

2,400 locations multiplied by number of screens per location (which I googled an unreliable number of 1.7, which let’s just round up to 2 for convenience), times 5 showings per day (assuming the first screening is at noon and the last starts at 8:00 pm, with 2 hours between the start of each series), means that the…

I feel like the company charging 12% is significantly less shitty than the company charging 30% 

The “OK” symbol as white supremacist icon was made up out of whole cloth by trolls on 4chan back in 2017 as a deliberate effort to fool the media, and the media bought it hook, line, and sinker. It should stand as a cautionary tale that (a) you can’t believe everything you read and (b) social media in particular is…

JuJu to random NPC: “Have you seen this bike?”

They trained to kill fast and efficiently in the tank before the Xbox controllers and they will do the same after. There’s no difference. Switching to a joystick and keyboard won’t make the act more ethical. It's killing people that's immoral, not the controls.

“A joystick, also known as the control column, is the principal control device in the cockpit of many civilian and military aircraft, either as a center stick or side-stick. It often has supplementary switches to control various aspects of the aircraft’s flight.”

This is treading a bit too close to “video games make kids violent” argument for my tastes. I know how to drive, i never had the impulse to run anyone over GTA style. APC’s have steering wheels and pedals, Doesn’t make me a shoe in for cavalry.

Fantastic article. Thanks for sharing.

Reminds me a lot of my own childhood. I had a Taiwanese friend who would regularly get new games sent to him from family. In my country Snes was non-existant. We went from NES to MegaDrive to Playstation. But at my friend’s house he had a Super Nintendo. It was so superior to my…

Crucible is not only a really generic name, it’s literally the name of a game mode in a competing franchise.

I didn’t even know the game released...

I mean, it had NO marketing. I never saw anything about it until “hey this game just came out!”, so I dunno what they were expecting? You’d think someone at Amazon would understand how generating hype for a product would work.

I took you out of the greys because I thought what you had to say should be seen.

Oh I know there are plenty of racist liberals, and even some of us radical commies need to be more aware. Frankly we all are to varying degrees - hard to escape when you are part of a racist society.

As a follow-up, I offer this article that on its face supports your idea:

I’m not sure I actually buy that more police interactions in general occur with black people. I would definitely buy that certain types of interactions (like no-knock drug warrants) happen more commonly to black people, but between all the traffic interactions and domestic disputes, plus the much higher incidence of…

I have three friends, two of whom are very close, police officers. I consider all of them good and decent people.