Achievements have made games worse.
I discovered this after buying a steam game that I had pirated. All of a sudden I'm doing boring and repetitive stuff that I don't enjoy, just to unlock some dumb trophy.
Any enjoyment for the players and creativity by developers has been long eclipsed by the lazy paint-by-numbers boring achievements who's only function is to artificially extend "engagement".
They should just sell the platinum trophies.
Protectionism and isolationism have a robust tradition in American left politics. But even so, Unions have their own interests and American history is full of examples where Unions have opposed progressive policy. They are one of the biggest obstacles to universal healthcare for example.
It's so gratifying to hear from people on the internet who are older than I am. And this article reads like it bounced off a Listserv to a yahoo email address.
Some people just need to learn to keep their sex lives at home
JD Vance
Where I live, one of the earliest signs of spring is the American cockroach. While the American cockroach doesn't infest homes, it does wander into them, and they're big enough that you can hear them moving. (often 7 or 8 cm)
In America, they often cut the lampshade off right after manufacture.
Not even for religious reasons, just some 19th Century health nuts like RFK jr convinced everyone that it was good for your health.
Maybe if they could wear a suit and say thank you once in a while.
E.S. Herman and Noam Chomsky's book Manufacturing Consent is a great place to start. You can skip most of the book honestly, (it's out of date), but the "5 Filters" part is like a decoder ring for American Legacy Media.
Dr Strangelove saw one possible future and it had 10 women to each man.
For 2022, TX is indeed the leader in abuse/neglect deaths, but as an absolute number (176), not by population.
No2 is CA so they're statistically just as dangerous, maybe a little more than TX, but what shocked me was GA! Georgia is in competition with TX and CA despite having a quarter the population. At the same time they're blowing past states like NY and FL. So the real question is WTF is going on in the Peach State?