dives to 50 feet, removes tube from mouth to shout to Gabe, and fucking drowns

The point being, it’s pretty specifically American culture. Disregard politics, and only obsess over it when enraged about an issue. Hate on anything that might benefit people you don’t know.

There are millions of humans on this planet to which those behaviors are bafflingly mad. Many of those places essentially operate under capitalist structure, with rules and safeguards in place to ensure government stays responsible for basic safety and competition remains fair. The battle to keep that structure stable is constant, but gets easier when people at all levels care about it.

Basically, I couldn’t claim capitalism is perfect, but whether replacing the system or not, you need to address the greedy human culture beneath it.

Any system, in which the denizens of that system exhibit greed and selfishness, is likely going to produce similar problems. I really don’t think people are accurate about the feeling that “Obtaining and hoarding valuable things” is an act borne out of the laws of our current society.

I really don’t think it’s just “economic culture” as you’ve described.

It’s a surprise to hear how many truck/SUV owners are women. The theory delivered has been that women generally feel unsafe in the open due to misogynistic behavior as well as rare cases of road rage, and so a big tough car acts as a “safety blanket” - so even in traffic when surrounded, they can feel control and ownership of their space.

That’s a stretched theory but it could make sense.

I wonder how they plan to cover the events. Normally, you’d bring gaming journalists, but Saudis are terrified of journalists.

I think the “risks” of letting a potential killer go free are reduced if the chances of any sort of repeat crime are distant.

I remember a sitcom spy-hero type show had a dilemma like this. A bad guy offers the good guys a large sum of money they can use to help unfortunate people he victimized, in exchange for them leaving him alone. He’s retired, has no plans, or even means, to continue any horrible acts, so it’s entirely down to whether they seek retribution for the bad stuff he’s done rather than use the opportunity to help and protect people.

I’d very much like to see the Accountable Capitalism act hit these companies. Force them to rethink their employee-hating positions when they need their votes to win over the board.

Russia should be abolished and sovereignty returned to its individual provinces.

Sarcastic but who knows, maybe it would be a good plan.

Apollo is out there in Kuh’rain, wondering if Ace Attorney will ever pick up on an old story so his boss can tell him something important and he can say back “Yeah, Mr. Wright, I figured that out because I’m not an idiot.”

It’s a terrible effect, and people who don’t spend much time in their TV’s setup may not know or think to turn it off - or they delude themselves into thinking they like the effect.

I mean…they considered piracy, and cheating, valid for a long time.

Huh. A long time ago I would’ve thought this purchase would’ve gone the other way around.

What’s sad is, I also had a silly web project like this, but had to abandon it since browsers (logically) decided to mute webpages on load until you interacted with them.

It was basically just user selection of image and audio, and then you pick a spot to forever zoom into. A little like YTMND.

You might find this fun: Indie title ‘Terror of Hemasaurus’ is a Rampage clone, where you the monster are summoned by a cult that hates the whole world for its ignorance of climate change and wants you to force them into action.

“Killing is bad”
(Crazed shooter begins murdering people in a crowd, policeman aims a gun at him)
“No! Don’t shoot! We can’t make exceptions to our rule, it would only make us as bad as him.”

It’s a sentiment based on multiple elections where voters did not get to participate in a Democratic primary.

I’ve had the same problem with my Xbox controllers on Cachy. The xone repo had an issue about the controllers not working after sleep until the dongle is physically re-plugged, and it got closed for some reason.

I think the codebase owner is as frustrated as I am, and I’ll admit I have no driver knowledge, but it’d be great if someone could find a solution.

Wonder if H4 will really continue off WOA’s ending; or if it’ll be some weird reboot.

I might even be interested in some form of main character switching for Hitman if they can invent someone that has most of 47’s capability with some interesting nuance. (No, the spoiler is not that 47 dies)

If there is somebody who can’t walk, can’t bike, and can’t take alternative transit options (eg, disability-supported shuttle, or plain buses) I do not see a car as a solution for them and would be worried about their driving cohesion.

The handicap argument has been tried against walkable city infrastructure for a long time. It’s a terrible dog whistle; the pressure to use a car to get everywhere is hurtful to the disabled as well as the rest of us.

Yup, that’s where I moved to. I’ve had some hurdles and annoyances, but overall it’s been great!