Ngl, I had to google La Brea Carpets to fully get the joke. I knew of the Los Angeles La Brea tar pits, but the fact there's a famous carpet store called Lawrence of La Brea Carpets makes the pun even better.
Edit: nevermind, the La Brea carpet store(s) seemingly came slightly later, unless there were some around that area in LA in 1990 that no longer exist haha
Right, but read the whole thread and there are tons who think that the people who crafted the bill also think that. Only a couple of the politicians are going down the chemtrail route and marketing it that way, which is why the bill itself is literally written to talk about geoengineering and cloud seeding and not fucking chemtrails.
You didn't even read my comment, because you're literally repeating what I just said.
Whatever, I'm done responding to this damn thread.
I mean, read the bill yourself. It's banning cloud seeding. The politicians just lied and made it sound like the bill is going after conspiratorial chemtrails. It's almost as if no one has read the fucking article with how much disagreement I've gotten.
The bill literally is about cloud seeding. The politicians marketed it as chemtrail bullshit, but that doesn't change the actual content of the bill.
Maybe that's partly why they proposed getting it outlawed now before hurricane season, now that Mr. Hurricane Nuker is back in office, heh.
Cloud seeding is different than contrails. Think 99% of the people in this thread are confusing the two and making ignorant statements. They're banning the former, not the latter.
Lots of ignorant comments in here. I'm not even an expert, but numerous scientists agree that the long-term effects of cloud seeding, aka "chemtrails" are not entirely known. However, there are known potential downsides, such as increased flooding and environmental pollution (from the silver iodide used to form the clouds). There are also other downsides to it, but I'm not going to dive into all of that because I'm lazy.
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4851009
In short, banning cloud seeding isn't that bad of an idea. Whether the cons outweigh the pros (increased precipitation is good for farmers/crops), that's a debate worth having among our legislators and the scientific community.
I mean, I think Nintendo is a shitty, awful, greedy corporation, but this is just the tip of the iceberg for how tariffs will effect consumers. It's bad for the economy and the GOP are a bunch of fucking morons for letting their prophet get to this stage.
And yes, I know all the chums will pipe in that their strategy is for all the billionaires to swoop in and buy up everything cheaply. But that's very short sighted, as this type of bullshit is causing long-term damage to the US's soft power and influence. Our allies and trading partners are literally forging new agreements without us, meaning even once the tariffs are over, things are not just going to magically go back to normal, if they ever even do.
It sold almost 470,000 copies on PC in its first week 11 years ago. The number of PC gamers has dramatically increased since then, so comparing launch numbers between now and then isn't really an apt comparison.
https://www.vgchartz.com/weekly/41889/Global/
If you can't fathom why I compare a game's total sales to its competing newcomer, maybe you're missing the whole point of the specific comment thread I responded to. If you want more recent numbers for a better comparison , EA claims they sold an additional 15 million copies in 2024 alone.
The main point is, I do not think EA is sweating quite yet. They're a shitty, massive corporation and I'm sure they'll pump out a sequel if they determine the newcomer is actively taking large enough chunks of their player base.
Which is crazy. Just make a new game.
To be fair, their predatory DLC model for Sims 4 means that their primary customer base has hundreds of dollars invested. Abandoning it at this point might piss a ton of them off. It's also worth considering that a lot of their users aren't normal gamers. They typically have basic devices that aren't really geared towards gaming, so a newer game that's more demanding might further alienate their base.
A million sales is a lot, but it's nothing compared to over 85 million copies sold that Sims 4 has achieved.
Huh, I almost wish I hadn't known this, better to be informed than not though haha, thanks