This looks like a joke chart from an episode of the Simpsons. Like, these two factors aren’t really related to each other short of being on the same chart.

That game is too good at its job. It feels like it was made to be another shooter clone that would hit you with your own internal debate about the role of war and what it does to a person. It would sneak Heart of Darkness / Full Metal Jacket on you very gradually.

They come off as jingoistic, but they’re really anti-war, or at least, more about reasonable use of warfighting forces.

I feel like the EPA gets a bum rap. They’re charged with regulating environmental damage while being fund-choked and held back by government officials.

Between “am I next?” and, “this person thinks that just because he can’t see someone means they don’t matter”, I would leave him too.

I agree. I think that the standing thoughts for the conservatives are well-intended. You know, be a free-standing, independent individual.

But that’s naive, immature, outdated, and incorrect. Even the wealthy depend on others. We’re all dependent on things bigger and more complex than us. Our power grids,…

Yeah, pretty much. There are numerous other passages that say roughly the same thing, and then others that almost advocate what amounts to a vow of poverty (for those really wishing to devote themselves to being disciples of Christ). I’ve never said anything that advocates an, “I got mine, fuck you if I get yours,…

Because rather than travel the world in his 33-or-so years, Jesus decided to expand on his carpentry trade, spreading the word of God in each structure his corporation built.

On a serious note, I’ve never, ever, ever, ever read anything in the Bible that glorifies Earthly wealth. Hell, we’re told that it’s okay to…

I mention this in a comment later, but you probably have it right - leave the headgear on unless it’s keeping the person from breathing.

This is an aptly-timed story. About a month ago, my wife and I were in an accident with a motorcyclist that came into our lane (opposing traffic) at a turn.

Once we came to a stop, we quickly surveyed our passenger (dog and our roommate), and saw the motorcyclist splayed out on the asphalt. Our passengers were more…

My wife and I stabbed each other the first time we met.

But we were both fencers at the time, so it totally makes sense.

It seems like the core issue is being fear-oriented and having an inability or unwillingness to engage in abstract reasoning. The sort of people who “play not to lose” with their lives.

While I feel for him being insecure, I still think he needs to get his shit reamed and take responsibility. You might have “reasons” but they’re never “excuses.”

This is where toxic masculinity or “that alpha male shit” is a problem. It’s also something I never understood growing up. It’s also cyclical.

All of these checkmarks don’t really do anything to help anyone. What they do is mask insecurity with desperate grasps. A guy feeling undesirable might act out, and that’s…

One of the sports forums that I’m on has a very predictable trio - the sort that invariably follow suit whenever their evangelical right makes a move.

So even if the Irving PD, Gov. Abbott, and really everyone that matters has admitted or said, “the PD and school dun goof’d”, this hilarious trio refuses to think that…

Norway is an interesting country. I’ve got a close friend that’s what I’d call...7/10 on the conservative scale (socially liberal, very conservative about economic issues, same on environmental ones, same for international policy, short of immigration). Her husband is a Norwegian conservative, which translates to…

There was a point when the GOP’s main line was about spending less, cash for defense and new tech during the Cold War, and only marginally hating gay people, colored people, and illegal immigrants.

Now it’s just about hating gay people, colored people, illegal immigrants, and non-Christians. Oh, and science they seem…

“But muh freedom to pollute and make money at the cost of living someplace I want to actually live in 30 years!”

[basically]

“I’m all for freedom.” = “State’s rights.” = “Who cares if it’s hateful or harmful.”

People who hate progress, scientific or otherwise? I would say so.