It has a strong marketing team, that’s about it.

Currently reside in St. Louis, can confirm.  It is indeed trash.

Yeah, we’re definitely on the same page... in my fantasy world where elections in the US are almost entirely different than they are now, removing donations is but one of many reforms.  We’re in total agreement that removing them without many other changes would be a disaster.

You know what I don’t understand?

Yeah, I get it... numerous small donations add up. My main argument is that removing donations altogether (from all sources) would be a net positive, and that the collateral damage of being able to toss a few bucks from actual individuals is fine in the greater scheme of things.

Of course it didn’t. Drop in the bucket donations are an easy and inconsequential casualty of theoretical election finance reform.

Sure, but just because it would require a lot of change doesn’t mean the change isn’t long overdue and should happen.

It’s painfully obvious, in the US at least, that the general populous is unable to handle unfiltered news and information being fed directly to algorithm-driven echo chambers. All social media has really done is show just how easily people are influenced, and how little effort they will take to critically think about…

Why do we still give the time of day to climate change deniers?

This has kind of been the basis of my argument for a while now. For the most part, the Left, such as it is, tries to go with the moral high ground, making arguments and statements in good faith and then getting kicked in the teeth anyway. Meanwhile, the Right, such as it is, repeatedly and without fail does everything…

Most of the ghost kitchens on my area are based in actual restaurants.  There’s a local taco joint with a few locations around the city that had a pop up burger joint for a while out of a couple locations for take out/delivery only, in an otherwise in a (hopefully) temporarily closed location.

Yeah. There’s a couple burger places that my wife and I really like, but they are 30-45 minutes away. In the Before Times it was a fun excursion every month or so, but with COVID we tried to bring them home once. They were still good because the base product is good, but it was pretty diminished.

I used to work for what was (at the time at least) the main small wares supplier for Subway. We sold just about everything you would need to run a Subway franchise, except the building, some large appliances, and of course the food.

Yeah, I started Shadowlands with one group of friends - actually more like one friend, and 2 other guys I know through that friend - and actually got burned out relatively quickly, but that’s because I’m just not in a place in my life where I have the time or desire to nolife the game. Once it became pretty clear that…

Ironically, to spend less time playing games.

I’m considered essential. I work in the transportation/logistics industry. I’m on the “schedule” to get the vaccine in phase 1c.

You know, I didn’t eat McDonald’s for a solid decade. Then on a whim my wife and I grabbed a couple burgers back in August, and ended up going on a bit of a McDonald’s bender for couple months. Then one a few weeks ago, I got it... and the spell was broken.  Haven’t had the desire to eat it since.

I just watched an episode (the most recent one?) of 2 Bears 1 Cave where Dr. Drew was guest hosting for Tom. He was coughing a bit in the background while Brent Chrysler was on the phone with somebody else.

I was thinking of the cover art for that game every time I read “Freedom Force” in the article.

Why would any company try to go for an old-fashioned MMO setup in this day and age?