Grinding.
When the game progresses naturally, and as you move through the game, you always find yourself in the right spot to overcome the next obstacle, that's great. But the second I have to stop progressing through the game and go spend 6 hours killing goblins, I'm done.
Republican strategists figured out neither party is the worker's party, so in order to be the party workers vote for, you just have to say you're the party for workers the most.
And since Democrats barely know how to interact with the public, it works.
Bowel movement. Alternatively, bowel master, which is probably that poor nurse's nickname now.
Hey Ian! Want to BM my next campaign? 😙
“I think it's worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the Second Amendment to protect our other God-given rights. That is a prudent deal. It is rational.”
Charlie Kirk sat under a tent that said "Prove Me Wrong" and got shot dead with a bullet in the neck. So either he's right and his death is a prudent deal, or he's a dumbass. The whole situation is so riddled with irony it has to be a joke.
Not sure why we're surprised. And even then, it took a while for the "good" OSes to get good. Windows 7 is remembered fondly because it ended well, not because it started well.
Windows 95: OK Windows 98: Bad Windows 98 SE: OK Windows ME/2000: Bad Windows XP: OK Windows Vista: Bad Windows 7: OK Windows 8: Bad Windows 10: OK Windows 11: Bad
No, no companies are people. Buying and selling them is slavery.
it's the same goddamn cycle over and over
This is the key. The people you can trust are the people who are going against that cycle.
Bringing up the Bible on Lemmy is generally a no-no, but I love Ecclesiastes. It's a book about meaninglessness. Everything is the same as it has always been and there is nothing of true value; everything is meaningless. It's the same goddamn cycle. While when it was written is debatable, it's comforting and horrible to know someone thousands of years ago saw things the same way I do. Comforting, because I'm not alone in how I feel. Horrible in that people still feel this way after thousands of years.
The writer's conclusion is to fear God and keep his commandments. The commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself. Loving your neighbor as yourself means being kind and empathetic. Kindness and empathy solve nearly everything.
So, even though it may achieve nothing, be kind and empathetic. Cling to people who are kind and empathetic. Be an oasis amid the hate.
Horst Wessel shot and killed at Utah Valley University event.
I need this Onion article.
That graph is shaped like a gun.
Forget sued. It'll be ruled a suicide for sure. Or maybe you just get deported to a war zone.
It takes a lot of bravery for someone to come forward with an accusation against some nameless cretin in their hometown.
I'd imagine it would take a lot more bravery to come forward with an accusation against the most famous cretin of all time, especially when he can deport, imprison, or kill you or anyone you love, legally, with no recourse.
Not having a Healthcare plan is their plan.