Okay, what's your point?

/s

Donkeylips saving the day with selenium!!

Don’t hate the scammer, just hate the scam.

If only that were true.

This weekend, it has seen even more success. According to a report by Variety, the musical adaptation crossed $524 million worldwide after earning $359 million domestically. It is now poised to pass both Kung Fu Panda 4 and Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, which each earned $547.6 million and $571.1 million respectively. It is also officially the highest-grossing Broadway adaptation in domestic box office history, having far surpassed Grease's $188.62 million total.

I think you've got a point, but social stratification plays a BIG role too, and I think that is somewhat missed.

I met my now-wife in graduate school. Of our social circle from that era, I know probably 5-6 couples who met in grad school. I know more who met in law school or a post doc or while teaching. All these connections were made by shared interests and shared environments. Of this group of people, none of them have gotten divorced. This goes back say ~15 years, so Tinder was not yet a thing, but there were other dating apps and sites at the time that were widely used.

I know another group of people who met in high school or undergrad. These people were are far more likely to have gotten divorced by now.

I do not have a great deal of confidence that I would have gotten married if I had not gone to grad school.

If you look at academics across the country, today, most academics are married to other academics. (Ok, I don't have statistics for this, but that is my overwhelming impression.)

I similarly today, professionally, know quite a few corporate business people, most of whom are married to women who are also corporate business types.

So if you're part of the professional managerial class, you kind of have an in-group that you fuck, date, and marry in.

If you're not part of that class; if you don't have higher education; if you're not in a VERY high-earning job; and, of course, if you're not attractive, things are going to be a lot harder.

Bottom line..."class" still exists. Apps like Tinder expose all classes to each other, but the value of the class is somewhere missing on first impression. What's left is attractiveness. And that's a battle that most men are going to lose.

Damn. You beat me to it! I was going to say "I think the only thing Elonwy has restrained is a ham sandwich."

(Also she spelled it wrong. It's Eilonwy.)

I very strongly agree with your take. As an example, to this day, I find the Classic Warcraft graphics preferable to the latest expansions. Some of the later expansions were great with vey stylized “Warcraft-esque” graphics…like Pandaria. But, once all the models were redone, animations enhanced, textures made higher res, etc., Warcraft lost a lot of its feel.

There’s definitely a sweet spot somewhere in there. Many old 2D games hold up well. Games like BG1/BG2 are still incredibly playable and look good today. Some early 3d games are really impossible to deal with.

I'm not a big AAA game player.

I honestly just get bored as hell watching the new trailers. I couldn't even finish the Witcher 4 trailer. The photorealistic, gritty, bland graphics just ... bore me. It's really amazing how much soul and detail could be packed in low resolution graphics.

Ditto for Dragon Age Veilguard. It just looks so ... tedious and generic and modern day bland.

There's an adventure game speedrunner Youtube channel called One Short Eye. He's done some deep dives into old games. Here's one of his videos on the EGA Sierra game "Colonel's Bequest"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2budy3S3MA

It's a game that was built on a shoestring of a budget compared to games today, with fewer resources and tools than a kid on an ipad. The details and environmental effects are amazing.

From Wikipedia:

Part II is one of the best-selling PlayStation 4 games and the fastest-selling PlayStation 4 exclusive, with over four million units sold in its release weekend and over ten million by 2022.

Is that a flop?

Till case was worse--rape wasn't even in the conversation. It was flirting with or whistling or something along those lines.

I might be awful, but I would volunteer as well.

I see. I'm always on "Hot" or whatever the default is.. Yuck.

What am I missing (and no, please don't link it)? I have never seen any snuff posted on here and I'm on here a lot..

Yes, yours is the obvious and correct answer.

The only open question is, will Israel add any additional "buffer" around the existing territory?

Oops, I almost forgot! Uh, fuck the (((Jews)))?

Still throwing away rationality and morality for pussy.

Girls will go nuts for a bad boys.

Guys will go nuts for a phat ass and silicone titties.

It's giving in to animalistic impulses either way.

Still throwing away rationality and morality for pussy.

Call out simps, male or female.

And how is that any different from the army of simps who hand over bundles of cash for the faintest whiff of e-thot pussy?

"The only crime for which the attempt is punishable but the successful completion is not."

If my body is a wonderland you want to experience, then to even be considered for entry, you better fucking vote to protect all bodies. Otherwise, you may not ride. Those are the rules.

• Note: Does not include unborn babies.

Haven’t played since my original playthrough. I would love some mod recommendations.

I never played Awakening either. I was really invested in my party and companions, and starting over did not feel good!

Mannheim Steamroller.

My wife, a major Anglophile, was like "Ooh, the blitz! Oh wait nevermind..."

It was a nice moment.

and why I like oyakodon so much...

Yes, it's a ... fine dish.