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Yeah, it's a serious problem for me. I'm largely channeling those feelings of hatred into reminding myself not to do that. Perhaps not the healthiest approach, but it's been working so far.
Only problems are kids and that I fear that they'd do their best to keep some people from leaving.
There'll always be new kids, many who will be minorities (particularly, even the biggotedest biggot can have an LGBT kid). We can't do a lot to protect them if they're in different countries. Though it's admittedly questionable if we're able to protect them that much today. There certainly are a lot of blatantly fascist laws being struck down by courts, at the very least.
And where women are concerned, I worry that if enough people left, these Y'allqaeda would eventually panic and try to restrict them. I mean, controlling women is one of their favourite pastimes and they love to view women as nothing more than baby factories. I wouldn't put it past them to at least try to prevent people from leaving. There's also things like how they clearly turn their heads away from migrant workers (while at the same time being unbelievably racist towards them). They seem to recognize that their economy depends on underpaid, exploited workers and I fear what they'd do when they recognize that.
That definitely doesn't match what I've seen, in Canada (both Sask and Ontario), nor what polls I've seen (eg, on topics like LGBT acceptance).
Note that the alt right are often the loudest (at least on a per capita basis). I think this can skew perception on how common they are, since they are over represented in online comments and there's some kinds of online comments that are completely dominated by the right (to the degree where "don't read the comments" is a meme in leftist circles).
Location definitely matters, too. Cities are way more accepting than rural or suburban areas. If you're in a rural or suburban area, you have my sympathy. I grew up in a rural area myself and it was awful. I think many people (myself included) are purposefully fleeing shittier areas. That means progesssives not only migrate from rural to cities, but also from shitty provinces/states to better ones.
But even within the same cities, I've perceived younger people to get better over time. I'm pretty hopeful for gen Z, which seems better than my generation (millenials) were at the same age. I just wish we didn't have to wait so long for progressives to outnumber regressives.
When I completely replaced my PC, I intended to use my old PC as a media box. But in reality, I've basically used my Chromecast for everything. One of these days I'll probably want to watch something that isn't on one of my streaming sites, but I've been surprisingly resistant to that so far.
Chromecast is the ideal smart device so far, for me. No ads or anything. I use my phone as a remote and basically every video app supports it easily. Open app, press cast, select what I want to play. Exactly what a smart TV should have been like.
At least with 0-10, I know to ignore any review that gives a zero. And usually I'd view 10s as just a binary recommend.
That's one of em. Also Wendover, Legal Eagle, and Real Life Lore.
Hey, if you can get 15 squirrels to work together, killing god is the least you have to worry about them doing.
Really well done! I hadn't thought about a pixel art cake before and now I want one.
Come on mate, there's no way you'd be aware of crypto in an online space like this without being well aware of why most people consider it a scam.
The idea of an "inquiry" for this is so utterly hilarious. What is he expecting it to find? That leaving the EU was a disastrously unpopular decision and that anyone can wave a flag?
Also, they view Rule, Britannia as a modern, relevant, unironic thing? I see that as the British equivalent to when Americans are like "MURICA, fuck yeah, guns and lifted trucks and bald eagles and worshipping the founding fathers!" Which is to say, incredibly cringy.
That's a great idea. I'd probably reconsider some choices if the right party member asked me to. And if Astarion disapproves, then I know I must be doing something right lol.
Why is the quick save count limited to 50 at most (25 is the default IIRC)? I'd rather increase that considerably, since I also quick save very frequently. Disk usage isn't really a big concern (a save on the scale of 1 MB is nothing when games these days are on the scale of 50-100 GB).
Though with less frequent auto saves and manual saves at notable times, I think there's pretty good coverage for saves even without any form of backup.
Yeah, your last 3 examples are the ones I usually reload for and don't feel bad about. I try to avoid save scumming just to redo rolls, but in particular, some dialogue choices are really poorly explained. I don't feel guilty reloading for those because I don't think they would happen with a human DM, where I get to actually word what I say and can get clarification if needed.
There was one battle against a blatant evil character where they tried to negotiate when they were close to death. The dialogue choices were confusing and I accidentally somehow chose an option that would have let them go. I ended up reloading and doing the whole battle again just so I could kill them, as intended.
I encountered one the other day and it was the first time I've ever seen this in BG (or any other table top game). I failed a check that resulted in an instant TPK. It utterly hilarious honestly. I'm really glad I failed it just for the experience. Thankfully I obsessively quick save.
I'm just finishing act 1 (no spoilers please) and my rampant stealing of everything remotely valuable seems to be paying off in my ability to buy literally anything that catches my eye. I kinda wonder if I'm overdoing it with how much gold I have vs the price of things so far, but I don't want to risk encountering a trader with amazing stuff that I can't afford.
I still have lots of room for even modest gear improvements. eg, not all of my party members even have 2 rings yet, let alone gear that is genuinely useful to their play style. And some of my characters have some gear that are very niche usage that I'm keeping an eye out for something that will give them an edge in combat.
I hate Steam's review system, though. Binary yes or no is not useful to me. I want to know if a game is good (maybe a play eventually) vs absolutely amazing (where I might prioritize playing it right away). Such granularity is also useful because a 10/10 might be worth it even if it's not my favourite type of game, but a 7/10 can be very worthwhile if it is the type of game I adore.
It's a shame that user reviews on sites like Metacritic are just consistent trash. Too many users only know 0 or 10 and the user reviews are often review bombed. I wish regular users could at least give numbers like critics. No professional critic is gonna give a game a 0 because of a handful of problems, for example, but average people will totally give a game a zero for that. Only problem with critics is that they often have a perspective that makes them detached from the average person, since they spend all their time reviewing. Ideally user reviews would fill that gap, but users are incredibly fickle.
Just a heads up I think you mean "social cues". A cue is an indicator. A queue is a line waiting for something.
Unless the main character has issues with queueing, I guess. I dunno, I've never watched One Piece specifically because of the bonkers number of episodes.
I think this is often what amnesia is so common in fiction, too, despite being extremely rare in the real world. It provides a convenient plot device, both to perform exposition and for some inevitable gotcha behind either their identity, how they lost their memory, or some other major revelation from their past (seriously, has there ever been a case of amnesia in fiction where they didn't conveniently forget some big, plot relevant thing?).
I mean, what kind of adventure would it be without a deal with at least one devil? Satan knows how to party.