Oh God that tracks. Seriously absolutely demonic shit.

Comrades…I can’t…I just can’t. When I heard that they gave trump a “golden pager” I assumed it was some kind of statement that they had a direct 1:1 line of communication or some shit. My jaw hit the fucking floor when my coworker pulled the image up. What disgusts me so much about it is there’s actually real artistic thought and visual symbolism behind this “art” representing one of the most grotesque pieces of state sponsored terrorism in recent memory. The Tree trunk clearly represents not only the explosion of the pagers Mossad used but also, along with the pager at the center (the gold being an on the nose representation of Trump) is a twisted symbol of the seed they have planted together for what is to come in the region.

This is straight up comic book, captain planet, final fantasy insanity villain level shit. I fucking can’t.

Also added benefit: they can fucking FLY!!! For real though this is a good response. I would fuck with people so hard if I was transplanted into a ravens body. I’d just perch near random people and be like “Deeeeath comes for you…sqwuaaaack!” and fly away.

I’m sure when they point out this obvious hypocrisy and inconsistency in a quipy Sorkinesque matter this will all be resolved very nicely, complete with a John Williams theme in the credits I’m sure!

This is basically my take as well. Its one of those imperfect solutions to a clearly busted system. If the US was a healthy functioning democracy term limits would probably be bad but between gerrymandering, legalized bribery, and corporate media consolidation about the only reason we don’t have presidents for life at this point is the term limit.

That kinda buttresses my point though, no? Abortion was functionally banned already in a lot of the anti abortion states such that it didn’t really matter whether or not roe v Wade stood. In fact it being left basically intact would have been smart politics because it would have helped diffuse a leftwing backlash while still accomplishing the same goal basically.

…but that wasn’t enough. They overturned it outright because the base and their ideology demanded it, the consequences be damned. I think we would do well to remember that when speculating about how far they’re actually willing to go.

I somewhat agree with a lot of people who are pointing out that there probably won’t be a significant increase in deportations or Tariffs due to American capitalism reliance on undocumented labor and the potential devastating economic impact.

I worry though that we vastly underestimate how ideologically driven this party is. A lot of us didn’t think they’d actually go the full distance of overturning roe v wade either because it was a bridge too far…and now look at where we are. A lot of people underestimated the Nazi’s commitment also. It might be pragmatic at this point to assume they actually mean it.

The real issue is they want to shove every round peg into the square hole of live service to try and get that sweet sweet monetization even when it makes no sense.

I actually genuinely unironically believe that live service is the best option by far for fighting games in the future though. Make it free with a rotating available roster and then charge for a perma unlock and then monetize the hell out of skins/intros/cosmetics. Really excited for 2xko.

Genuinely was wondering: what food/drink actually uses red 3 today? Like definitely sounds like it should probably be banned from food one way or another but every food I can think of with red dye is red 40. Edit: like if it doesn’t go without saying you should probably avoid red 40 also just cause you should avoid processes foods with additives as much as possible…but still better.

Indeed. Also worth pointing out to those who may not know: while the bulk of that was part of the trump administration a not insignificant portion of it was conducted under Biden before he shut it down.

I can’t say its jaw dropping because it was kinda an open secret but: Given how much actual disinformation and bullshit was going on in the middle of COVID on social media it’s a pretty chilling mask off reveal on what the actual priorities are. Honestly if you had told me this is how it would play out even just 2 years ago I don’t know if I would have believed it.

I know i’m preaching to the choir here but I seriously want to ask the libs: How is this anything but a complete and unconditional surrender of the legal system? You broke the law. You were convicted of a serious crime. Your sentence is that you’re free to go sir, “god speed”.

Like that’s fucking it. If the laws ever did matter they sure as fuck don’t anymore. He is materially above it and free from all consequences. So what are you gonna fucking do about it?

An actual big question you really have to ask these days is: do you give a shit about 4k gaming?

If you don’t and you’re fine with 1080p then I would wait a few more weeks when the rtx 5 series is announced and get a discounted 3060 or even 4060.

I once had an idea for a dating app where you could just put a profile up and then set yourself to a unique mode where you would essentially automatically match with anyone who swiped right but also you couldn’t scroll through profiles either.

My working name for the app was “Settle”

I’m a pretty big fan of the PS5 controller personally. Plays well with steam. Most games natively support button prompts for it also and for those which don’t there are mods.

This might not be the case at this point as I’m mostly focused on fighting games, but for most of my life the general rule has been that officially produced first part controllers are going to be the best bang for your buck you can get as far as gamepads. You can get 3rd party controllers of equal or greater quality but very few if any at that level of quality at a competitive price point. Most 3rd party controllers marked at the price of an official controller or cheaper almost always use inferior parts and won’t provide the same feedback or longevity. Unless you want to shell out for a premium custom build a current gen Xbox or Playstation controller is still likely the best option.

carries the entire arsenal but only uses two weapons

One thing I really have to hand to the Doom 2016 gameplay loop: you can tell they really worked hard to make sure you couldn’t do this. At multiple points you’re basically required to use every single weapon just because it’s the only way you actually have enough bullets to do it.

No, there was video of him being arrested at the McDonald’s circulating out there. Paraphrasing but he was pretty defiant screaming “this is an insult to the intelligence of the american people!” Et al. Taken in the context of everything else…seems pretty clear. I’m open minded to the idea that stuff was also planted and there’s some shadiness…but I do think he’s the guy right now.

It’s the reason I initially was getting tin foil hat about whether he was a fall guy. My current best guess to explain the discrepancy is that he was basically wavering back and forth on trying to get away Scott free or fully martyr himself.

Yeah, I was cautiously skeptical from the beginning but there’s way too many pieces including his statements during arrest. I’d be shocked if it somehow wasn’t him at this point.

Strange for him to lie about the money of all things. Almost makes me wonder if that particular part actually was planted.