I always hear about Dwarf Fortress being the spiritual progenitor of Rimworld; “It walked so Rimworld could Run” kind of thing. But honestly everything I’m reading in the comments makes it sound even MORE fucked up than Rimworld (in the best kind of way).
Everything this idiot says tends to be the opposite. And frankly, I can see it.
The Europe I see (as a Canadian, with immigrant parents from Portugal) is the same Europe I’ve always seen; It has it’s share of problems, sure. But for the most part, they’re older, with a lot more history to draw from, and as a result are just more level headed than the idiot teenagers revving their engine and trying to pick bar fights that is America.
Europe as a continent has been through enough shit that they’ve kind of, as a culture, learned to say “woah…okay…let’s take a step back and look at this a bit before deciding to be an asshole.” Canada kind of inherited some of that by virtue of sticking in the commonwealth longer and having a peaceful transition to independence instead of kicking our feet and threatening to move out at 16 like some bratty teenage countries did.
(Apropos of nothing, I also think that this is sort of the problem with a lot of Eastern Bloc countries. With the fall of the Soviet Union, a lot of them (Russia Included) were kicked out on their own all of a sudden and are essentially entering the teenage years of their independence)
Does that mean Europe is perfect? No…of course not. Far from it.
But they’re a hell of a lot more put together and strong than the U.S. is at the moment.
Trump is projecting, as usual.
to be clear, I don’t care about the rules surrounding the flag
Oh I agree. As a Canadian we have our fair share of people who do the same weird and wacky shit with our flag. The only difference being I don’t see (most of us) idolizing the flag itself as much as our southern neighbours (proper spelling) seem to.
To me (and most Canadians…and I presume at least some Americans) it’s just a piece of cloth. Respect the country…but don’t idolize a piece of cloth…
I’m talking about when I was a teenager. Neither iPhone nor android was a thing. I’m talking dumb phones
I’ll let you hear my new appointment speech. Old man tried to control the world with money. It seems to have been working. The population thought that Shinra would protect them. Work at Shinra, get your pay. If a terrorist attacks, the Shinra army will help you. It looks perfect on the outside. But, I do things differently. I’ll control the world with fear. It takes too much to do it like my old man. A little fear will control the minds of the common people. There’s no reason to waste money on them.
President Rufus
What really tells it for the scam that it is would be to overlay that with this dipshit’s personal wealth over the same period.
American “Patriots” are fucking weird, man. Like… “You can’t disrespect the flag, but here’s a snot-rag with the flag on it.”
You people are nuts.
They’re emotionally stunted bullies who equate animosity and fear. Just like bully will assume that you’re afraid of him if you ignore him, the US thinks “If they hate us, they must fear us, therefore it means we are strongest and bestest.”
The concept of “soft power”, which is what the US used to trade on, is completely alien to these idiots. All they know about “might makes right” is to use naked displays of it and then call themselves strong
The big big exception to this for me is the guys at Red Letter Media.
Even once they got big, they’re still just shitty b-movie lovers who don’t really give a crap about an algorithm. And that’s why I love 'em.
FilmRiot
Used to be a fun channel about DIY filmmaking. They would replicated a number of things using DIY gear (how to make a dolly track, etc…)
After a while, it became entirely about replicating digital effects in After Effects and stuff like that, and when they do talk about hardware, it’s sponsored content about gear that is far out of any amateur filmmaker’s budget.
Since she had been identified as under 16, they feared “her friends will keep using Snapchat to talk and organise social events and she will be left out”.
FFS, we all got along just fine and dandy with group-chats via text message. We weren’t fucking cavemen.
The fact that this is her fear (and the fact that it’s a legitimate fear) proves just how much controls like this are needed. It’s literally digital crack that they think there’s simply no other way to communicate anymore (both her and her friends)
This is literally the only unflattering photo of him I’ve ever seen. He looks like a mob enforcer berating his lawyer.
It takes very little to get that theme song stuck in my head. Thanks.
There’s a weird disconnect between the left and the right where MAGA especially is so slavishly cultish that their guys can do no wrong. Whereas on the left, we generally have the critical thinking skills to admit that our guys aren’t always doing the right thing.
Whatever someone wants to do with their body is up to them (within legal limits)
To the people who say “she’s selling her body”, I say this:
So are you. So am I. So is everybody. A miner or oil rigger is selling their body to be used as labour for 10 hours a day.
An accountant is selling their body to sit at a desk and crunch numbers for ten hours a day.
We’re all selling our bodies to corporations every day in exchange for a paycheque. If a person is comfortable using nudity for it, more power to 'em.
“Oh shit! That bear is attacking! Quick, you go get the emergency basketball hoop and I’ll bring the parrot.”
Season cliffhangers.
Young people will never understand me in 1990, banished up to my parent’s bedroom to use their TV because they had a movie on downstairs, watching William Riker calmly say “Fire” on a borg cube containing HIS CAPTAIN, and then the music du-du-du-du-duuuuu and the words “to be continued”
And then having to wait an entire goddamn 3 months to find out the outcome.
Ending seasons on cliffhangers was magical. It’s still attempted sometimes today, but in the age of binge-watching and in some cases years between seasons, most shows just wrap up one season arc and start a new one. Kind of sucks.
I honestly can’t think of anything less appealing than dealing with other people forever.
Have the day you voted for, dumbass.
History largely proves otherwise…