Maybe I’m a picker eater, but I think I’d rather have an inauthentic product than eating a microchip.

So basically no need to outrage?

Also not got mine yet in batch 1.

If it’s me? I feel a little targeted here.

It’s really good, relatively cheap, expands on the original game. Understandable.

It’s an easy symbol to help people get out of the cult.

Is it important? No. Is it useful? Yes (if presented to the right people and not used as a circlejerk)

As a 30-40 year old male (maybe old man) who is a boss, hates gender roles (and questioning in general), hates etiquette, pretending to be fine, hates expectations and judgement—I wouldn’t have guessed which community this was in that turned up in my feed. So if anything—I’m glad most of my insecurities align here. Not sure if this helps anyone (go solidarity!). Take care everyone.

So people joke about Obama getting the Nobel prize but it felt like it was the rest of the world rewarding the US for choosing sanity after 8 years of Bush.

There was a hope for things to get back to “normal”. Before then I remember Americans often wore Canadian flags cause the hatred was so high. I think people forget how badly the US fucked up then. (And this was the general feeling—not just the left who are well aware of the decades of problematic behaviour)

We’ve welcomed the US back once. Never again.

You keep fucking up the entire world because of your egos and your hate.

No “we’ve changed” or “we will change” rhetoric will work again until those who have caused this face consequences.

Fix yourselves before appealing for forgiveness.

Impressive since most thought a Scaramuchi was a fundamental unit

In with 115 comments. Weirdest flex.

Look, I don’t live in the US but there is usually a side that is a lot worse than the other. Holier than thou attitudes of “but the better side wasn’t as good as I wanted so I let the worse side get into power” is basically being part of an apocalyptic cult. It’s pathetic. You could still oppose everything you oppose now but with a better baseline. Yeah I want my left politicians to be better in certain topics—some that impact me a lot personally and I can still be an advocate for those things—it doesn’t mean I implicitly support the extreme right here getting into power.

Log scale?

Instagram is more racist than Facebook? I don’t use either but I’m behind the times

I just want to add that the dramatised reading of the forum exchange is amazing: https://youtu.be/JqylqmDl0Mw

I’m enjoying Qobuz

I think it was letterman that started his show with “from New York, the greatest city in the world” that they unreflectively cheered for years … which I think is an example of how brainwashed even the more liberal Americans have been over the last 50 years. Their entire culture has been leading to this point.

They were never the good guys.

One of the first things I learned about climate change in the 90s was the US didn’t ratify Kyoto—and Bush withdrew in 01. Never the good guys. We can go back further (Allende, Nicaragua—not the good guys there either).

But still, even many liberal leaning people, think they are the greatest. And they laughably think this is a blip.

Edit: this post definitely triggered some Americans.

The river still disappears :(

No but honestly, this made me really nostalgic. Would be cool if this style made a comeback.

Edit: I realised now that wasn’t a river but the data center sucking up the water.

Thank you for sharing the typical conservative talking points about the EU

While you are here, you may want to look at some (scary I know) actual evidence https://ecfr.eu/publication/home-alone-europeans-are-ready-to-defend-themselves/ about how people in the EU actually feel and what they are willing to do

I’d rather they schedule a meeting in the calendar after receiving an email with suggestions of the time (and the day is in the title).

So many unnecessary steps.

Babylon 5s pay off comes in season 3 and 4. There are some great episodes at the end of season 1 and season 2. But S3 and S4 are the best television I’ve seen. It’s hard to imagine but still the case.

So not everywhere in Europe is right wing (but there are similar trends in certain countries like the US). If the US falls, Europe will be the last stronghold for democracy (which might also fail in a few years).