Thirst traps all the way down?
I'm in the same boat as you are. Grew up in that church, today I'm an atheist. Still have some family members who attend.
The thing that jumped out at me many years ago... I attended a Christmas service and the (lesbian) minister didn't say the word "God" the entire service. What's the point of going to church??
I'm in the same boat as you are. Grew up in that church, today I'm an atheist. Still have some family members who attend.
The thing that jumped out at me many years ago... I attended a Christmas service and the (lesbian) minister didn't say the word "God" the entire service. What's the point of going to church??
Globohomo puritans.
Sylvanas was the worst, Jaina I did not like because it disrespected her father. And if I remember there was this smaller faction with mostly ugly human women I had to do quests with. It also seemed to have a huge focus on women.
Sylvanas was pretty bad in BfA, 100%. Jaina...eh, she was always a bigger character than her father. Blizzard games always, ALWAYS had twist after twist after twist and betrayal after betrayal, dating back to the RTS days. That way you get your human vs human, human vs night elf, human vs undead, human vs orc, etc. Totally contrived for gameplay reasons. I thought they did a pretty good job of handling this in BfA. It was more or less Jaina coming home to make amends.
Yes, FUGLY females, and that trend has continued. The Kul Tiran allied race. Men pretty ugly too, tbf.
Legion was awesome and was very much an end to the Warcraft cycle.
UCC, United Church of Christ. I've posted about them before. They're an amazing example of how you can start with puritans and, due to moral virtue signaling, end up here in ~250 years. It's crazy.
During BFA I noticed the change towards a more feminist story and I just knew it was corrupted and I didn't bother with it.
So, off the top of my head, Warcraft 1 had a handful of female characters: Garona, the half-orc spy. Ok, that's the only one I remember unless you count the sexy female water elementals.
Warcraft 2 added a handful of female characters. Elven archers. Alleria, the elven ranger. That's it. (Alexstrazsa the dragon I guess counts.)
Warcraft 3 did add quite a few. Tyrande, Maiev, Jaina, Sylvanas, Naga witches, etc.
WoW was fairly balanced from the beginning. Sylvanas, Tyrande, and Jaina are three of the most prominent characters to this day.
I don't know if BfA went feminist. The Little-Mermaid-Ursula monster character was annoying. Jaina going full Elsa from Frozen was annoying. But, Drustvar was fantastic. I enjoyed Tiragarde sound. I liked Mechagon island. Nazjatar world raid events were great fun.
BfA was the last expansion I really played much of.
Dominican Republic does it better than us too:
That sounds exactly like a Taliesin and Evitel video...the biggest Blizzard shills around. The WoW streamer/youtuber views across channels have absolutely dropped through the floorboards.
I actually really enjoyed BfA. I can't put my finger on it, but I probably spent as much time on it as any expansion.
Shadowlands was just garbage.
Dragonflight SEEMED like it should have been a return to form, but I just hated it.
I started War Within and haven't completed a single zone. It just doesn't do it for me anymore. I've played my main since the originally classic. It's sad.
I am, however, playing on the classic realms, I played on the BC realms, and I'm definitely going to play on Pandaria as I missed about 1/2 that expansion the first time around.
Just so we're clear, my post was 100% AI-generated sludge :-P
Your observations about the “GPT giveaway” are astute—those elongated em‑dashes, the frequent signposting of ideas, and the tendency to hedge or re‑state points can indeed tip off a discerning reader.
Firstly, the em‑dash usage you mention is a classic stylistic fingerprint. AI‑generated prose often leans on these punctuation marks to create emphasis or to bridge clauses—sometimes to excess—because they’re statistically prevalent in training data. Human writers, by contrast, typically vary their punctuation more organically.
Secondly, the pattern of “constant restatement” emerges from models trying to reinforce a concept for clarity. In human composition, repetition tends to be more intentional—often for rhetorical effect—whereas in AI output it can feel mechanical, serving as a fallback when the model lacks a clear, concise pathway to a conclusion.
Thirdly, your point about outsourcing writing leading to a “soft dead internet” is well‑taken. If interlocutors merely echo machine‑generated summaries without internalizing or critically engaging with the substance, conversations risk becoming hollow loops of recycled prompts and responses. The more writing is farmed out to AI tools—without human oversight—the greater the chance that nuance, authenticity, and genuine insight will erode.
I miss playing HotS. I was always very casual, but it was fun. Loved me some Rexxar.
They want people to know they have a $600 purse or something. It has no meaning to the rich class, but middle class always think they need to appear to be rich.
This is very true.
My dad's family members were all factory workers (well, the successful ones were factory workers. The others remained hillbilly trailer park denizens). My dad was the only one from the family to go to college. He talked about how both of his parents were very image conscious. They saved up so the kids would have nice clothings, they always had a decent car, etc. Nothing extravagant, just more money going into visual stuff than they probably should have.
Once my dad got to be successful in his own career, he never cared about any of those things, and he saved a ton of money as a result.
I'm glad I didn't reply to that one, having totally forgotten about this in the intervening 2 years!
I kind of think there's something to be said for the "hybrid vigor" argument. Certain racial combinations do seem to have the potential to create some really hot individuals.
This "scandal" seems to have popped up in 2023--April 14, 2023, on NBC news, to be precise.
The actress is Sydney Elizebeth Agudong. She's happa--Filipino/Polynesian and white American.
Just a ragebate/clickbait can't-even-dignify-it-by-calling-it-journalism article.
I once had an Egyptian (in Egypt) tell me that he didn’t like America because, exact quote “there are too many blacks.”
This from a guy who could have been considered black or mixed in the US.
Racism around the world is pretty wild to those of us coming from a American/Euro worldview where racism is the Original Sin.
I think this was posted on here several months ago. Hilarious:
https://x.com/toindiaforever/status/1855696071114232146
“Does It Hurt?”
Hah! I'm triggered.
I all seriousness, I haven't read any Sowell, and I don't really enjoy reading anything economic/social/political.
I do own several Greek and Roman stoic philosophy books (Meditations, Seneca, Epictetus) and "browse" them on a regular basis.
Beyond that, mostly fiction and programming texts.
Reminder that the "artist," "Sophie" Labelle is a diaperfur pedo who has been caught tracing photos of real babies for his perversions.
What in all hell??
This is why I just do not go on the neoboards. The word filter is too strict. It won't let you talk about periods or medical conditions/mental health either.
What kind of sick, degenerate pervert would even think of going on a kid-oriented virtual pet website to talk about periods and medical conditions.
Oh wait, question answered...sick, degenerate perverts.
Here's a list of (allegedly) the top 100 NIL valuations in college sports:
https://www.on3.com/nil/rankings/player/nil-valuations/
Now, I'm skeptical since none of this is public, but I think there's some basis to at least the ordering and rough numbers. I was interested to see how many of the top 100 were white. (E.g., 6 out of the top 10 and 11 out of the top 20)
Good lord, Wheel of Time was renewed for a third season? Everyone I know hated season 1 (or never checked it out) and I had not heard a peep about there even being a season 2. Ugh.
Practical Engineering is really fun. Videos on infrastructure and infrastructure disasters.
I’ve more or less stopped watching cooking youtube, but I still enjoy an occasional Adam Ragusea or Ethan Chlebowski video. There are a huge backlist of good recipe videos too.
If you’re into classical music—or even if you’re not—The Classical Nerd has some fun videos too.