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They had some good potential ideas. They were of course completely abandoned for what we got instead, but you could still see the beginning of some really cool ideas before it collapsed under its own lack of cohesiveness.

BRAWNDO: The Thirst Mutilator

I'm pretty sure we've seen that already.

< desperately trying to find the ONE THING that will actually, finally stick and take them down.

And by diluting our rage against a thousand different things at once, they plan for the likelihood that a LOT more stuff will slip through the cracks than if they provided a single larger target.

< It's a never ending shell-game.

They know that by flooding the zone, no ONE issue will ever get enough purchase to do so, and so they can advance ALL their goals without any real consequences. This entire fascist regime operates as a constantly-changing rage generator where we're all >

True, but we can't treat this as an empty threat to distract from other things. EVERYTHING these guys want to do distracts from EVERYTHING ELSE they want to do, but NONE of them are just hollow words. They want to see it ALL DONE, even if some goals are higher or lower priorities at the time. >

I love all these different background graphics you have for these, and I appreciate you hiring so many different artists to make them!

< It's like minimizing an issue by saying "only a quarter of companies have egregious labor violations" because your roster of companies includes Amazon and three local Mom & Pop stores.

The percentage may be technically accurate, but the overall effect each company has can be far, FAR different.

Fortune 500 made $2.9T in profits in 2023, 38% of it in the U.S. A recent study on the 2023 Fortune 500 reveals that these global companies amassed a colossal $2.9 trillion in profit

"What percentage of companies are making record profits?"

I'm not a financial guy, but that feels like suggesting it's not that big of an issue because only a small percentage of total companies are making record profits. But 24% of recent record profits were a result of just _10_ corporations. >

< /resource-management aspect of a #ttrpg system, but haven't gotten too far with it.

I always liked the idea of using a deck of cards as an alternative to dice in games (I remember Westbound had one I quite liked).

Interesting. Is the core Saga mechanic a system you created as well, or it is like a third-party system (like D&D or Pathfinder or BRP) that you adopted for use in your game?

For a while now, I've been playing around with the idea of using a deck of tarot cards as the randomizing/deck-building >

Perhaps my own palate has grown too pretentious, as this doesn't sound like anything really out there (like, I dunno, a mayonnaise and jelly sandwich). It sounds like a whatever-is-in-my-fridge version of loaded fries, and it sounds pretty delicious!

I only remember HS from back when it was still a Big Thing on the Internet and having seen lots of cosplays back then. It does seem a weird choice to resurrect it now (and especially since, from what I've heard, it'll be a tricky one to convert from the original multimedia format), but I am curious…

Okay, this was clever (and a wonderfully soothing audio track by @vocaloutburst.bsky.social )!

Nicely done! You guys know how to properly (and effectively) game the weird YouTube hurdles you've been forced to deal with for years, while simultaneously providing us with a very beautiful audio/art track.

Plus, a few blink-and-you-miss-it moments to reward the REALLY fastidious among your fans!

a woman is smiling and says you literally took the words out of my mouth Alt: a woman is smiling and says you literally took the words out of my mouth

That's what I get for being too late to the post.

< I haven't seen a copy of RFK's full, original quote re: the "universal" vaccines, so I'm not sure if he actually believes it'd work against EVERYTHING, whether he knows it would need to be a suite of such specific vaccines, or if the news is mangling his words.

That said, I still don't trust him.

Sort of, but it wasn't a true "universal" vaccine in the sense that it guards against ALL such diseases, but rather against all such known/potential strains of a SPECIFIC virus. I believe trials have been done for "universal" versions of the pneumococcal as well as the influenza viruses. >

Conspiracists gonna conspir.

That said, I still absolutely do NOT trust ANY claims from this regime, much less anything from RFKjr. Even if his worm-addled plans actually bear fruit, there WILL be some horrible strings attached, because "the well-being of Americans" is not one of their priorities.

True! And a HUGE boost was the fact that, by being on streaming, it also gave people the opportunity to immediately REACT to it on YouTube, TikTok, etc. You can't BUY that sort of buzz—it just happens naturally—but you sure as hell can make it easier to happen!

a cartoon character sitting on a couch with his legs crossed Alt: Stewie in a straightjacket, rocking back and forth

"We can still make money with this... this wasn't a collapsing market from the beginning... we can still make money with this... this wasn't a collapsing market from the beginning... we can still..." —GenAI companies

< The number of visitors is WAY down this summer. Like, ALARMINGLY down. And we're not even talking about international visitors afraid to travel here or anything; most of our tourists are from the surrounding couple of states. They just aren't travelling due to all the concerns and uncertainty.

Yeah, it's definitely not just Vegas—it's down across the board. I grew up in a small beachside tourist town that goes from something like 6k permanent residents in the off-season, to being the second most populated municipality in the state during the summer tourism months. >

Love the last bit. "ICE is an equal-opportunity gestapo! Under the current administration it doesn't matter what your skin color is—black, brown, light brown, dark brown, dark tan, tawny, chocolate, caramel—this is true regardless of what restaurant you own, or political beliefs you may have."

"Well, bleth your heart! Ain't you juth the thmartetht lil' withard I've ever done theen around theth here parth?"

Honestly, I'm far more surprised that they haven't just decided to ignore the quorum rule and just have the (performative) vote anyway by this point. I know this fascist regime has been breaking all the rules they want so far, but odd how THIS is the one the Texas branch has decided to hold on to.

Fashion isn't always practical

So, always been a little curious about her hairstyle: are they actual loops, like the pigtails are pulled back up and fastened into a loop, or are they just large c-shaped curls that reach back to the hairband, but aren't actually connected?

I don’t know what that thing was but I GOT THAT THING.

It will "unleash American drone dominance"

Jesus fucking Christ, does EVERYONE in this administration have a tiny, tiny penis?

From what I understand, a lot of people were already boycotting them. Just another to add to the pile, I suppose.