Also, same question, but with the baby.

How are you both this ambivalent about having a child in 2025??

It reminds me of flash when it first gained popularity.

“Please enable flash so you can see our unnecessary intro animation and flash-based interface” at, like, half of local restaurant websites

To me, it kind of seems like the requirements to be buried in military cemeteries have declined significantly in the past several decades. It’s been scraping the bottom of the barrel for at least five years.

For example, my stepfather was in the army for four years and had a great time. He was stationed in Germany in the early 60s, found a conservative wife there, learned Hitler wasn’t all bad from her family, and got a job right after he left.

He insisted on being buried in a national military cemetery when he died 50 years or whatever after his awesome time in the army.

It sucks, given that both of my grandfathers actually were kind of heroic in world war 2, and they’re buried with their families.

It feels like stolen valor.

Edit: I forgot I posted a similar comment about this same thing earlier today! I thought I canceled it but apparently not. Sorry to repeat myself.

I think it started a few decades ago. My stepdad insisted on being buried in a national military cemetery.

He was stationed in Germany during the army and loved it. He only had good or fun stories to tell about his time in the military in the early 1960s.

He met a conservative German woman, brought her home, married her. Kinda learned to think Hitler wasn’t all bad through her and her family. He got a job because of his military service, which paid him well and gave him a pension when he retired.

He loved Trump, starting with the birther conspiracies and carrying through The Apprentice. I’ve never seen him happier than when Trump won.

He insisted on being buried in a national military cemetery because of his 4 years of international vacation fixing trucks.

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Meanwhile, the previous generation of my own family lived through the Great Depression and fought in world war 2, and they’re buried with their families.

It’s a different kind of stolen valor.

I actually just saw megoosa at Gen Con last weekend!

I forgot about it until just now! Thank you for the reminder.

This is really helpful! I don’t hate FF14 but it feels like a lot of busywork and I don’t think I’ve ever made it out of the vanilla game.

I actually just started playing Fallout 4 for the first time and only put an hour into it so far because I get eye strain. But a friend of mine is interested in the tabletop RPG so I thought I’d look at the game’s vibe as well.

I installed a bunch of QOL mods and whatnot using Wabbajack.

It’s honestly really surprising. Did this game employ people for a decade??