A lot of this is what I was attempting to allude to in another comment. In many respects a lot of the dynamics are not that far off from relatively modern Western cultures. Especially with regards to whether or not a marriage proposal or arrangement is deemed acceptable or not by the father. The practical and emotional concerns of a father have not exactly changed a lot in the last 1000 years. (Clownworld aside).
While obviously there were probably cases where things were rushed due to financial and/or political concerns, I imagine that most involved would likely not be eager to arrange something unless a young woman had gone through sufficient physical development to manage through ordeals such as childbirth.
And I wouldn't be surprised if this sentiment was at least somewhat shared between both nobles and people of lower classes alike.
Warped as it may sound, I wouldn't be surprised if the age and timing sometimes depended a lot on when a young woman had "blossomed", to the optimal appeal and value as a prospective wife and mother. Which I imagine might've had some range and variability, while also factoring in mortality and different cultural norms of the time period.
And I think in some respects there'd be a similar sort of expectation for the ideal male bachelor as well. Obviously with different kinds of qualifiers.
All of this is of course that those involved weren't pressed for time with regards to financial or political concerns. And I am totally hypothesizing her without an solid evidence to back up my thoughts.
Probably depended quite a bit on how vital it was that they create an heir.
Beyond that though, I'm unsure. How much social pressure the young married couple would experience might be rather rooted in their culture, which can vary a bit from one European country to another on something like that.
A better example that people might be more familiar with would be some of the over the top automation setups people sometimes do in Minecraft. IE with hoppers and pistons iirc.
This is also probably where a lot of people started developing such an interest in conveyor belt type mechanics. Even more-so if you delved into any of the mods like IC2.
Sometimes it's just the logistics, planning, and structure that appeals to people. Other times it's maybe just the setting and environment having some kind of appeal.
And in some of these games there's sometimes a little bit of a creative design element to the gameplay, like when you try and design your own rollercoasters or other rides. Or building design in survival games like Minecraft.
There are a few games that are almost entirely centered on the conveyor belt gameplay though, which generally does not appeal to me at all. Satisfactory and Factorio are good examples of that.
On the one hand, some of my favorite Slavic themed games were produced by Ukrainian studios. On the other hand... more USD being thrown into the sinking moneyhole that is Ukraine.
Maybe it depends on if "faggify your game" is one of the conditions for the funding. Knowing the Biden administration and leftist agenda, it's a likely possibility. And reading the actual article, it certainly sounds like the grants veer in that direction.
Oh I'm aware of that. But a small studio that's more focused on getting the job done and creating games isn't going to give a rat's ass about following those DEI sections, not unless they're already gunning for DEI handouts and/or full of a woke development team in the first place.
The actual technically significant parts of the standards obviously would be useful to keep on hand for anyone writing any code, and most of the DEI stuff is comprised in one subsection, so it'd be easy to just skip that stuff for what it is: meaningless fluff.
The article makes a subtle mention of it, but this stuff was already in Epic/Unreal's "Coding Standard" back in 2022, and had been posted about in a fair number of places like here iirc. So "why now" could just be a matter of influencers/sites trying to jump on a headline opportunity.
Also, I went ahead and compared the Standards from 5.0 vs 5.4. While some predictably retarded additions or tweaks were made, there wasn't anything substantially different.
Although there was this one line that I hadn't noticed back in 2022: "Following the coding standards is mandatory.". I'm not sure if that's supposed to be legally binding at all though. I'd have to analyze the hell out of the EULA and other licensing agreements to be sure.
...That's not entirely accurate. I'm fairly certain the coding "standards" only apply to those working on the engine itself at Epic. And there's no fathomable way they could try to apply and force this metric on outside studios.
Still supremely lame clownworld nonsense, but not quite as bad as the headline tries to indicate. The worst part is probably the amount of wasted time and bugs it'll produce, that could've been better spent internally on improving the engine.
It's one of the only books I legitimately had trouble reading because of the old English prose, at least with the edition I had. And I've never had issues reading any other kind of book before, and I've read a fair variety.
I'll cut him some slack on that, given the timeframe. Lack of hindsight and some limitations on available information (due to distances, travel time, etc).
Plus, regardless of the later ramifications of the French Revolution the French nobility at the time were notoriously fucked up and gave absolutely zero shit about the people. Absolute degenerates that share a lot in common with today's modern elite.
If I recall correctly, part of this goes back to the Federalists. I'm almost positive it's one of the main reasons Alexander Hamilton has been thrust forward with that godforsaken musical in Broadway.
Jefferson on the other hand was a member of the Democratic-Republican Party, who wanted to return back to the free state model. "liberalism, republicanism, individual liberty, equal rights, decentralization, free markets, free trade, agrarianism, and sympathy with the French Revolution"
It's also that they're trying to play two clashing angles. Things they know have a large and popular fanbase, and serving DEI interests.
I wouldn't be surprised if some of the people at the top truly are so out of touch that they don't understand or realize it. They certainly don't seem to realize or care that the DEI bullshit and narrative pushing makes the content almost entirely unpalatable to anyone with any sense of taste.
Indeed, which is where open-source tools and self-hosting are the way to go if you want to maintain some degree of control and safety while yielding some useful benefits. Even better I guess if one ventures forth into Distro-land.
If they weren't congregating in cities they'd find other places to congregate, unfortunately. Although maybe the impact they have on politics wouldn't have been quite as significant if they'd been forced to live in more isolated and rural areas.
Granted though, it could easily be argued that their significance in politics was largely fabricated and built up through leftist-degenerate propaganda for a number of decades. So they could cultivate it as a political wedge and a cancer they can spread. And likely more.
You're absolutely right. It's been a long time since I've done anything in that general region so I'd totally forgotten that was almost the main reason for such a contrasting differences.
And I do agree, there's a wide range of influencing factors with urban city life that play into it. Some of it's definitely grooming and general clownworld nonsense, but I think like you indicated, there's a little bit more of a migratory happenstance that occurs.
For instance, I imagine a lot of the average gays and whatever who try moving to SLC are also going to be in a situation where they're trying to rebuild huge chunks of their social network. So it makes even more sense why so many would end up flocking into the same place like that.
It certainly can be. And there's always a possibility that a mole or sleeper agent could slip through the cracks, and/or that Dom could disappear and we'd be left without a failsafe.
I honestly don't know how to best tackle the whole quandary though. A good majority of the reason this community's managed to survive this well and for so long is because of the fairly hands-off approach, with fairly minimal rules and restrictions.
Unfortunately, at the same time, all it takes is one or two really motivated and persistent buggers to muck things up. And that can apply to our recent pests as well as to any potential new moderators.
Maybe before making any major changes we should see if there's any unexplored measures we can take to properly silence and/or remove those pests indefinitely. Explore options with Scored admins, or possibly some automated/scripted moderator tools if that's feasible with this site's API.
It's a common effect of urbanization for some reason. Probably something to do with the higher, denser populations, and thus a greater chance of an influx of newcomers who aren't native to the region.
Although in Utah the contrasting differences between urban city centers and suburban or rural areas are especially noticeable. Culturally speaking.
I'd recommend the GAMMA modpack. The mod combination is well curated and provides almost everything you could want. Also well managed with an easy enough installation process overall.