Haha, your quote is almost the exact line I’ve read. HR email was literally saying how they should talk to them first and about them failing. Lol

I wish Nancy Pelosi only the best in private life, but let this be the final time we utter her name.

I can’t speak to Rockstar directly but I do know some game companies send anti-union propaganda emails regularly. To take the next step and fire people is entirely believable given when I’ve seen HR push out.

Oh no, Trump’s gonna enact more tariffs in retribution isn’t he.

Yes. But for every $1 they spend on ICE, they… generate… oh no, no produce is getting picked, construction is stagnant… (Seriously if we ran similar metrics on GoP crap we could probably say we lose ADDITIONAL $s per $…)

Well… Yes, but let’s not forget he’d still get hamstrung by his own Congress even with Dems in power. They wouldn’t even pass Biden’s milquetoast agenda. Your fantasy needs to involve a populous that actually understands that Congress primaries matter, which is even more farfetched, unfortunately.

I meant it as a joke, though not gonna lie I wouldn’t mind seeing AOC vs MTG. Though knowing the Dems, it’ll be a Hillary or Kamala reboot and… Ugh, we’ll be saying President Greene in 2029.

I’d vote for her (in their primary to make it easier to elect a better Dem)!

Mumble was… fine. My friends actually moved to Discord from Mumble for our MMO stuff but that was primarily because it was easier to invite randos to the chat. That quality makes it almost impossible to break away from atm.

I recall the latency being only a little worse than Discord, but I think that’s because a friend set up the server at his work as a side thing (he also hosted Minecraft and Terraria). It’s not too complex to setup, but your quality will depend a lot on the computer and network you’re running. At least, it did for us, back in the day.

We’ve thought about alternatives to Discord. Old names were Ventrilo and TeamSpeak but they’re just not very modern. Plus, now almost every chat app has voice, too. Just, for features, it’s hard to beat Discord at this… though I’m willing to read the other comments to get for ideas, too. Lol

It also went up from earlier polls after the Trump endorsement, which helped minimize the impact of the actual GOP runner Silva.

Bigotry is certainly a strong sell to a large chunk of voters, but hell I think the red scare bullshit was probably even stronger. It’s wild how many people are still capitalist brainwashed and have no idea that socialism isn’t communism (or that either isn’t inherently bad somehow).

Kat’s an underdog contender in the same way Zohran was; I wouldn’t count her out so handedly. She’s paying attention to how to run a primary campaign and her opponents (who admittedly are more established) likely won’t have as much energy. Admittedly, they aren’t Cuemo levels of disliked, though.

Simply the fact that anyone is talking about a house seat now outside of IL-9 says much, though. Personally, while I enjoy her journalism and like her stance, what I’m more curious about is her connections to The Onion through her partner, uh… Tim Onion (I forget his name, but he’s a chaotic progressive rich guy who bought it recently). Will it make for a more impactful campaign? She obviously can’t make it into a joke run but they must have some very creative and interesting people on their side, not to mention some private money to counter corporate interests.

If it makes you feel better, I’ve noticed a lot, lot more private security in the uber-rich neighborhood I have to pass to get to work.

They’re scared.

I’m with a lot of Californians reluctantly voting on Prop 50. It’s a backslide for democracy but when the whole county is avalanche levels of backsliding, it seems unavoidable. At least the language emphasizes temporary (though it still has lasting impacts as it messes up incumbent advantage, not that I like that either).

I just wish Gavin wasn’t growing in popularity as he has been over these moves, he’s such a smug rich asshole kind of lib. We need what NYCs been getting with progressive minded folks.

Maybe not the worst, but I’ve been playing old RPGs and I really hate mandatory loss fights in late game or NG+. Radiata Stories was a fantastic game but I was bonkers powerful on my second playthrough yet somehow lost a fight to a humongous chud asshole for plot reasons. Rare misstep in that games story, honestly.

Best example of subversion of that trope, though,b was in Dragon Quest 11. If you know, you know, but I won’t spoil that, lol.

Wow that’s on my backlog list but seriously, it forces a reload either way, at least make it a splashy permadeath.

And they move very, very slowly…

Hey hey, me too. I mostly just don’t want too many “redo this whole game again” stuff, unless there’s a reason (split path, etc). A stress filled second run is not a good reason.

No no, don’t recommend Linux to a Mac user. Suggest other kids toys, like an etch-a-sketch or something.

I’ve used it for years, though lately more so because I like RetroAchevements and they sometimes require it. Most stand alone emulators do work, too, but it varies.

Between that and shaders (when I’m in the mood, e.g. CRT Halcyon on a game like Super Metroid) makes it a favorite.

Fun social psych fact: research has shown group brainstorming to be an overall process loss. You’re better off brainstorming alone and bringing your ideas to the table individually, ADHD or otherwise.

Lots of reasons why, but you can imagine some of the obvious ones, like only one person being able to speak at once, or groupthink issues where a person or group dominates the process.