I mean yeah, "Current day" fades fast and in 10 years people will be like "what does that even mean?" This doesn't feel like a big deal to me. Is this game supposed to be historically immersive?
When Beamdog released Baldur's Gate EE and they gave Minsc, using the original voice actor even, a dumb line about Gamergate. I wrote and just said it felt inappropriate for the setting. They removed the line. Beamdog and Trent Oster are huge SJWs, most of their new additions suck, but kudos to them for that.
It wasn't "ACAB" it was "APAB" -- All Puppets Are Bastads. I don't know who it's making fun of it? Is it a tribute to ACAB or mocking ACAB? Don't know! I would actually bet the antifa acab types are the ones who would get their panties in a twist over this.
Hilarious. Girl on the left seems to be some sort of multi-toefingered beast balancing like a contortionist.
Girl on the right has a vestigial pair of dog teats.
Thumbs up.
Wow, as a dyed-in-the-wool apple user, that was just horrifying.
I pretty much agree with your take. I'm not sure it's QUITE as different as you might make it out. I mean, yes, it's easier than at any time in history to access porn and highly perverted porn is certainly easier to access than at any time in history.
In highschool one of my friends managed to get a Playboy subscription. Another, through his older brother, got a couple of VHS tapes that got widely shared around, etc.
It's going to happen. I have a kid going into highschool. I don't want to think about this crap, but realistically, it's going to happen.
I went to a top 20 undergrad institution, and I bring this up not to toot my own horn (because I am firmly of the opinion that other than social status and networking, there's not a huge difference between the tip top schools and many other schools).
25+ years ago affirmative action was everywhere in college admissions. My freshman roommates was a black guy who had well-off parents. He had attended a prestigious private highschool. He had shitty SAT and shitty highschool grades. He should not have been admitted. He was on academic probation multiple times, and while he did graduate, he went to a super shitty law school and now has a shitty job.
He would have been better off going to a school where he could have performed better and had less debt.
In my four years, the only people I knew who ended up on academic probabtion were minorities who had test scores and grades that would not have gotten them admittance on the merits. They were by no means dumb people.
One Indian girl I knew flunked out of engineering. She transferred schools, ended up in some kind of nursing program, and has done great.
The analogy I am making...my school just wanted to up their "diversity" quotient and they let in many people who were not helped. The school gets helped, but the individuals get fucked.
It's the same here. Canadian gets to jack off about how good and accepting and diverse they are (while getting some cheap labor), and meanwhile the individuals are suffering.
Pure performative leftism, like all leftism.
Highlander 2 is one of the biggest wtfs of all time!
I liked the first one. Plus, Queen.. "Who wants to live forever" etc. Awesome music. Plus, #VinceMcMahonMeme: Sean Connery in a movie called "Highlander", as an immortal sword fighter, who is Egyptian/Spanish.
TV highlander dude was way better than movie dude.
Sweettea, all one word!
(Cheerwine or grape soda is also acceptable)
As a proud southerner, sign me up for the watermelon and fried chicken. That's some good shit. (Maybe some antacid afterwards)
I just want to know who sends their kids to sleep at other people's houses unless it's like a sleepover with a similarly aged kid? Sending a kid to sleep over a music minister's house? What? Is there some context I'm missing.
I don't think that's fair; Bahai is not a cult.
My grandparents built their house in ~1950. They sold it 1990 for I think $70k, and they thought they got a great price for it.
It sold again in 2004 for ~$200k. Wow, that’s a big increase in less than 15 years!
House most recently sold in 2021 for $550k.
Today, the zillow estimate is just shy of $700k.
This is a 75 year old house, ~1500 sq ft, 3 bed, 2.5 bath. Less than half an acre, nice neighborhood, good location, etc., but still, it’s just nuts.
Not new. I grew up (occasionally) going to a United Church of Christ church. It was, and still is, lesbians all the way down.
Is there a transcript of the whole thing?
Damn, that was 11 years ago…
Zager & Evans, "In The Year 2525" (1969):
In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies
Everything you think, do, and say
Is in the pills you took today
Actually all the lyrics are pretty dead on!
I don't know a ton about classical, and I've found them really fun to listen to. I haven't finished all of them yet, but I would highly recommend.
After the podcast recommend it AND the movies post here recommended it, I now have the movie "Amadeus" on my watch list too.
Kind of an aside, but for an Apple Music users, there is an "Apple Music Classical" app now. Inside the app there are a series of kind of podcast format selections called "The Story of Classical."
It includes episodes on the Baroque Era, the Romantic Era, etc. The narrator gives some history, hits on some of the major composers, pieces, and themes, and adds some flavor.
I've been working my way through them, and I've really enjoyed all of them. Highly recommend. Probably about 9-10 hours of content.
Toss Bezos in the ring too! Make it pay per view. I've never paid to watch a fight in my life, but I'll shell out for this!
newfag is inaccurate.
Yes, if true (and it seems likely to be true), a coverup should be punished.
First baby, wife had been in labor for about 20 hours. Baby's heart rate was dropping, and everyone was getting very tense. The baby crowned but didn't move much further, and we were minutes away from an emergency c-section. There was fluid (and more), everywhere, wife was screaming and sweating, it was fucking brutal.
Baby comes out, wife is so out of it from the pain and exhaustion she had this 1000-yard stare for a couple of minutes before she snapped out of it (had refused all medicines). She was also bleeding quite badly from a tear when the baby came out.
In retrospect, it was a fairly typical delivery, baby was healthy, mom was healthy, we left the hospital on the usual schedule, etc.
Giving birth is quite literally a link to the human condition that is shared by all humans since the beginning.
There are simply too many unknowns here, but ALL law suits have two sides. It sounds absolutely horrific, and it IS absolutely horrific. Let's not lose site of the fact that a child is dead, and a mother and father have lost their baby.
There are no doubt many factors. Quite obese mother and (statistically speaking given her weight) a highly likelihood of gestational diabetes, both of which are major risk factors for pregnancy problems. G.D. babies are sometimes just so fat they can't get out.
The Dr was not an employee of the hospital and has been practicing for 20+ years.
Maybe she was 100% negligent and 100% to blame, and maybe it was a one in a 100 million freak accident. I feel bad for all involved.
If the doctor is to blame, one hopes for jail time.
I'm open to the idea of a relationship if I find someone worthwhile, and I've been on a few dates, but I can't see the appeal of most women today. They're all take and no give and, as a single parent, I have no time for games.
Probably best for your kids. I've known some people single parenting who try to go on dates, shack up etc., and it often turns into a disaster for all involved.
As for fun, these days I'm into guerilla gardening.
..Guerrila gardening?
Pretty SCUMMy thing to do.