Mullvad seems to be pretty good so far.
To quote ShoeOnHead, "You people had a leftist Joe Rogan! HIS NAME WAS JOE ROGAN!"
ShoeOnHead did an entire video on this that was, from my PoV, utterly hilarious, and a demonstration of how the Democrat party seems incapable of reflection and/or self-criticism of all the flaws that cost them the election. (Whether that holds true in the future, we'll have to see.)
As for Joe Rogan... I honestly don't know. I think it certainly gave Trump a boost to have people hear him sit down and do a one-on-one back and forth banter with someone else, sans any sort of media filter, but wether that gave him a state or two, fuck if I know.
Speaking for myself, my big worry running up to the election as whether or no the entire media ecosystem constantly gaslighting for Kamala was enough to sway the uninformed voter(on top of the already baked-in fraud). But apparently the reality on the ground was enough to turn people around - apparently paying for gas and food is important for people who can't afford working from home and EVs!
bullshit crusades
Nah. Women have historically been seen as the spiritual 'center' or 'focus' of the family(men deal with reality, women with the spiritual), so the majority of Christian teaching has pivoted to catering to women.
So, here we are. Gestures vaguely to everything.
The circumstances that my great-grandfather, grandfather, and father met their wives literally do not exist anymore.
There's blame to be placed, but I don't really put it at their feet.
There's a long rant in my brain somewhere about this, but alot of current Christian teaching basically boils down to 'We really, really, really need to keep men from being violent'.
When you start taking Christian teaching in context, you begin to see a trend where violence is very permissible in the right circumstances. Or, put another way, murder is bad. Killing, however, is very much on the table...
Some are explaining her looks as "aging"
Just point out how they went over-the-top in beautifying Geralt. Compare Witcher 1(which is more true to the books) and Witcher 3, where he gets hit with the hollywood model stick.
I'm not surprised they uglified Ciri in the least, but damn is it depressing to see.
Doesn't mean I'm not going to bitch about said dog not being on a leash or fenced off properly.
Remove six percent of the population in America and the homicide rate dips down to European average.
So, yeah.
Assimilation is a myth. Always has been, always will be.
Ethnic groups adapt, and they adapt to the absolute minimum the larger society allows. It's why you still have identifiable ethnic groups scattered across America over a century after they came over.
Which is fairly hilarious, as the one black slave owner that sticks in my head - pretty rich guy, the one from South Carolina, got sued when he tried to buy a plantation, judge ruled in his favor - was so disliked explicitly because he was one of the few slave owners who was actively breeding slaves. Whoops.
Or not. It's been so long since I cracked open those books I wouldn't be surprised if my brain has scrambled stuff.
If the government can't solve the problem, what use is the government?
Hmmm.
(This is the UK, the end result of considering this would never happen.)
You're never watched it?
Good god, you're missing a treat.
It's also one of the few anime that was more popular outside of Japan - the American audience is what greenlit the second season. It's great stuff.
Diversity hire in a nutshell.
Mitch the Bitch.
If you look at pictures of the guy, you'd understand instantly.
You know it's a really, really good story when you can look at it and apply the satire to multiple different circumstance.
Or, conversely, they've always been like this, and Hoe_Math's graph of 'not people' is more accurate than anyone wants to admit, myself included.
Personal antecedent; I've sat across from 40+ year-old women with one of them talking about her new boyfriend, and casually mention 'Well, he's a sex offender, so...'
None of these were trashy women, none of them were hurting for money, and while they weren't smoking hot, they weren't ugly, either(and none of them were fat).
By this point, I really wish reality would stop confirming my darker takes on how women should be treated as a whole.
Oh.
You actually went there.
See, I wanted to go in that direction to begin with, but I thought better of it.
But if you REALLY want me to go off on a rant...
See, no. When I call the 'woman are wonderful' effect powerful, I mean bordering on reality distortion.
But that's the thing. When it breaks, it breaks HARD. They encounter the sub-human monsters who just don't give a fuck. Brutal murder, rape, abuse - all of a sudden, a woman's entire perspective has shifted, a switch has flipped, and things have gone from 0 to a 100 really fucking quick... from a woman's perspective.
Hence, thier neuroticism. Hence, their screaming anxiety. Hence, 'I have to treat all men as rapists, you just don't know'.
Men, though. Men have had to deal with the entire sliding scale of 0 to 100, and all the steps inbetween. To recognize when things are escalating, when things aren't escalating, how to defuse shit, when to step away, and ideally to know that it's fucking go time. So we don't see things in black and white, on or off. It's why men develop such an acute asshole filter(to the point where some women are begining to remark on it). Because we live with danger to one degree or another our entire lives, even if it's just the bone-deep knowledge that no one's coming for us, no one gives a shit, we're on our own.
So, no. I don't have any sympathy for the arguement 'Well, um, ACTUALLY, woman can be raped'. Spare me. This is just more evidence of how women lead charmed lives, how they can blissfully manuver from one bad situation to the next, never giving any though to the danger because they've never had to.
Until suddenly they do.
As time goes by, I've become more and more convinced that the 'woman are wonderful' halo effect is more powerful than anyone realizes. And that the majority of women lead charmed lives - yes, even the ugly ones - that is completely isolated from the male experience.
Same for me with guide and the builds. If I have any gripe, it's the leveling system - not that it's bad per se, but you have so many options that if you pick a bad one, you're pretty much stuck with no way to correct it.
...unless there's a respec option that I haven't noticed due to being a retard.
Granted, I did replay the intro part a few times to finally settle on a playstyle I like, so, eh.
I picked up Ixion(I saw someone playing it and the intro/tutorial interested me enough to actually add the game for when it went on sale), though I haven't played it.
And, much to my shame... I gave into my boredom and picked up Warhammer 40K:Rogue Trader.
I'm honestly surprised how much I'm enjoying it so far. The combat reminds me of X-com(both original and the remake) in a sense that you have to be tactical enough in terms of pacing, environment, and distance that you just can't barrel through brainlessly. The drawback is that combat can take so long it's a bit of a pain if you wipe accidentally, or fuck up on what you have to do, or...
Mind, I've just passed act one. Supposedly things get easier, but, eh.
Thematics-wise, I'm honestly surprised so far. They really do make no apologies for the setting. Being a Rogue Trader is a big fucking deal, and being full-on 'The God-Emperor was right and you can't prove otherwise' IC is often the best choice you can make. Seeing a Chaos Marine is utterly horrific and everyone expects that they're going to die horribly and are utterly shocked when they pull through.
Plus, the one apparent diversity hire among the early NPCs is easy enough to sideline the moment you start filling out the party slots.
But, eh. We'll see how the game plays out.
Either total governmental collapse by this point or a complete purge from the bottom up of the current group-think of economists running everything in the background.
The Fed will literally lose it's goddamn mind over the notion of us having a depression and do everything in it's power to prevent that.
Oh, and likely [REDACTING] anyone and everyone who has a MBA or listens to thier advise.
Yup.
Put another way; I can spend several thousand dollars on exorbitant flight fees to someplace that I've never been to, filled with people that likely hate me, and more than likely don't speak my own language.
Orrrrrrrr...
I can spend around a thousand dollars or so and spend a week or two gallivanting across a continent with more environments that Europeans can ever dream of, of various cultures, of some really good food, head home whenever I like, and actually talk and interact with other fucking Americans, for good or for ill?
Gee, there's a tough fucking decision.
Psychological Horror tag is a joke that's often pretty obvious.
The ones where it's not obvious often call it out in the reviews.
I think it's pretty apt, here.
It's just a sexual fetish for them. They're announcing to the world 'I am hot enough men would loose their self-control and rape me.'
As a plus side, your idea would pretty much remove all women from running for office.
Hmm. I'm struggling to think of a better notion to gatekeep political office, but I can't think of anything more effective.