Every time they whinge about leaving if they get taxed and they actually do get taxed, they stay. Because it’s hard to move your fortune off of the source.

it just gives you temporary energy but you’ll pay that back when the caffeine wears off.

Problems sometimes arrive with their solution in hand.

Younger than Star Wars but older than the first flight of a concorde.

Heard it before, Johnny. It was “just a stroke”.

There are many fronts to fight on, yes.

Welcome! I love Powell’s. Most recently I was able to get 3 graphic novels for my daughter in used (good) condition for the price of one new and they arrived in nearly perfect condition; you have to really look for signs of wear.

The Structure of Social Stratification in the United States by Leonard Beeghley

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Wonder what the new Hapsburg chin will be.

Libertarians not even building Rapture yet and they’re going full Gattaca? How gauche.

Dialects, too.

Saint Louis Public Radio has a show titled Code Switch which is about discussing racism and derives it’s name from the behavior.

our society was at its height and our population had the most accommodating economic conditions in history

I think that’s the thing the populace isn’t feeling yet. It hasn’t impacted their comfort enough for them personally, yet. I never understood the mindset people had that led to “first they came for…”. I no longer have that naïveté, for I am seeing it unreeling in real time.

DJT as the Emperor of Mankind is nightmare I care not to ponder.

What if they’re ethically sourced from my tardigrade farm?

Bought it to try n Linux. I don’t have the greatest video card but I can play Dune: Awakening, Helldivers 2, Monster Hunter Wikds, Avowed, Black Myth: Wukong…

Borderlands 4 was stuttering on the barely animated character select. I lowered settings all as low as possible and it was still unplayable with delayed/missed input and stuttering.

It would be amazing if they add the enemy AI teamwork from Force Unleashed to Control 2. Enemies would cling to one another and try saving eachother.

They’re not lying. Ash tray maze is one of the best levels in any game.

Thank you for nasal coffee.

Aliens Earth is pretty good so far.

I haven’t seen Synecdoche in ages. Such a good movie. Mentally I have it in a category with Schizopolis, Happiness, and Magnolia because I watched them all around the same time and are are very much not the usual stories told.

Brazil and South Korea have stronger democracies than the USA.