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- Comment on Gotta keep up with the meta 1 day ago:
Sounds reasonable. But it might have been an “eat the rich situation” as well. Just sayin’..
- Comment on Gotta keep up with the meta 1 day ago:
I’m actually starting to think it was ye ol’ corruption and decadence which did them in. The rich hoarded wealth, gave up or banned knowledge and then conveniently found a boogeyman to blame for the unavoidable collapse.
It’s been happening too many times to discount it as a possibility.
- Comment on History,s Greatest Redemption arc 1 week ago:
One-sided declaration because he became a consummate buddhist. His enemies disagreed.
- Comment on Nobody ever brings up post WWII aid when bringing up the US contribution to WWII. 1 week ago:
USSR. PRC. A need to invest does not mean a want to invest.
- Comment on Sneaky Austrians 1 week ago:
They’re doing it again a third time because they sick of having to deal with all the countries east of them.
- Comment on What are you all buying during the Steam summer sale? 2 weeks ago:
Nothing yet because I don’t decide easily, but I’m having an eye on Dragon ball XenoVerse 2, the SPAZ collection, Dungeon Siege collection and A House of many Doors.
I was also eyeing the EA 90+% discounts, but they’re EA and their apps/anticheat are a nightmare to deal with and i don’t think it’s worth the trouble.
- Comment on Graham Hancock's modus operandi 2 weeks ago:
Everything dug up is an archeologist conspiracy. It’s a cartel meant to drum up sales of old junk to pay for their expensive hobby of playing in dirt. Wading through dust and grime every day isn’t cheap you know!
- Comment on Nothing a 90-degree bow couldn't fix 2 weeks ago:
So, will they enforce the same values they follow by committing seppuku for their transgression?
- Comment on Waiting for GTA 6's PC release might save you dropping an extra $20 for access to some special shops, based on my wading through GTA 5's editions soup 2 weeks ago:
Addicts won’t care.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 2 weeks ago:
I don’t know. I have a vague state of being this week, so I really don’t know.
- Comment on The Mongol Empire - the most powerful nomadic empire in history 3 weeks ago:
Remember the mountains, their natural foes.
- Comment on Nobody remembers the people with the good quality copper 3 weeks ago:
Bad press lasts the longest.
- Comment on A deadly fungus that can infect cats and people is spreading 3 weeks ago:
This is what happens when fun Gus is no longer having fun.
- Comment on Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week? 3 weeks ago:
I focused on Jagged Alliance 3 this week. It’s comedic in nature and fun. The player rents the mercenaries they use, with a few exceptions. They have a map full of squares, and each square is a combat map. Move from place to place, explore, interact with npcs, capture objectives and kill the opposition. The enemies can be deceptive in strength from square to square. There’s like regular, veteran and elite and some squares have skewed distribution. Without information beforehand, one can easily get overwhelmed.. If also playing on ironman, mercenaries can be lost easily.
Anyway, I only have half a map done and there are raids, to it will take a while longer to reach the end, if I don’t burn out with turn-based games by then.
- Comment on Notorious adulterer is shocked that his daughter is a notorious adulterer 3 weeks ago:
Hmm…
Several convoluted hoops to a conclusion later: Stalin was gay. He too was big on patriarchal imposed values and hated his eldest(?) son for not adhering to them. He also really disliked his home nation of Georgia for some unknown reason, giving hint of blaming his origin for his own repression.
It’s probably incorrect, but sounds plausible, so I’ll roll with it.
- Comment on No Cause, No effect 4 weeks ago:
I believe those who committed crimes were spanked with wooden boards a number of times, based on severity. And not the gentle, sexy kind of spanking.
- Comment on Epic Games is hiring a Security Engineer to champion Linux anti-cheat 4 weeks ago:
Really? The guy who hates Linux? Colour me shocked.
- Comment on Humility of Emperor Constantine 4 weeks ago:
And we know for sure it’s not his mom who named them all?
- Comment on Smh, kids today, thinking new media is good 4 weeks ago:
The good ones are hidden in dusty libraries. The great ones are hidden in lost temples and underground labyrinths full of angry animals and rusty traps.
- Comment on Priorities 4 weeks ago:
Sadly, I don’t enjoy huge anime tiddies. Large at most, as i feel the want to engulf them, not be engulfed. There are thighs for that. Each with their purpose, for me.
- Comment on Earl of jizzburg vs Shogun emperor from sun dynasty 4 weeks ago:
I heard a theory it happened due to unavoidable decadence and corruption where aristocrats controlled key administration and military roles and considered investing into exploration a risk to their consolidated wealth and power on the domestic side, so even if an emperor wanted to focus outwards, he was blocked on both manpower and economics.
- Comment on Has anyone else been playing the Epic Games giveaway of LONESTAR? It's been surprisingly cool! 4 weeks ago:
Yeah. Easy enough game that can get more complicated with each unlock and rng picks. Made it past the last boss on the first run. Did the same with the second ship, but I lost randomly with the third. Plenty of ways to go at it with each unlock and bonus, while also increasing the difficulty, but it does get repetitive when you’re not in the mood for repetition.
- Comment on In Defense of Ea Nasir 5 weeks ago:
Cartel of debtors, obviously.
- Comment on GOG apologizes for emailing people Nazi symbols 5 weeks ago:
Well, according to the poor explanation given shortly after, someone did do that.
- Comment on GOG apologizes for emailing people Nazi symbols 5 weeks ago:
Not saying it was like that here, but I’m giving an example for your understanding.
Two kinds of jobs are specialists, or someone who knows what they’re doing and drones, or someone who doesn’t have to know what they’re doing as long as they get things pushed their way done.
A drone doesn’t know and doesn’t care what those symbols are, they just do their job regardless of the connotations.
A specialist knows entirely what it’s all about and makes informed decisions.
Now a company can have, among other types, drones or specialists top to bottom or a random mix. So often enough there are cases where everyone just does what they’re told without wasting a single brain cell in the process, whether as drones who just do as told or as malicious compliance officers due to various constraints.
The world is large and diverse. Situations beyond our knowledge happen all the time. Which is why I’m opting for keeping an open mind. Otherwise, should anything beyond the ordinary happen to me, reality won’t matter anymore, just these fixed expectations of public opinion.
- Comment on Final boss of racism. 5 weeks ago:
They might be getting ready for a break-up…
- Comment on And sources. It would be nice if we could learn something instead of being left confused by a meme we have no clue of what it is about. 5 weeks ago:
What’s the source and context for this post? Who’s the old dude? What is he wearing? Is that a duck in his pocket or is he just happy to see me?
- Comment on GOG apologizes for emailing people Nazi symbols 5 weeks ago:
You’re downvoted for throwing the Nazi word around like it’s cabbage. People might agree this situation was a fuckup, going full tilt on it though is an overreaction.
- Comment on GOG apologizes for emailing people Nazi symbols 5 weeks ago:
In itself, the argument is sound. A lot of media is censored specifically for China or predominantly muslim-governed countries. It’s just standard corporate bootlicking.
The context makes it awkward. For example, most of Asia neither knows nor cares about nazis because it’s not who oppressed them, so I don’t seem them having an issue with it in this sense. But then again, I’m not sure of Gog’s presence in Asia…
- Comment on What exactly did Almo have? 5 weeks ago:
Uhm, 32 years apparently.