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Man, c'mon, that's not nice. The white Monsters taste pretty good, and don't spread racist misinformation. They're substantially better than Anne Coulter.

"But Socialism only works on paper. In reality, it's too easy to corrupt and always trends towards fascism."

Gestures broadly at current state capitalism.

I hope this is a joke. North American economy has been in a downward spiral for the past 4 years.

It doesn't matter. Convservativea cannot accept the notion of a "good weird" because it removes all justification from their beliefs. The whole conservative belief system is founded on the notion that there is an effective normal and that normal must be protected from those that would upset it.

They cannot say they're the "good kind of weird", because that means admitting that weird can be good. And if weird can be good, they have no ground to plant the roots of their beliefs in. They have to be normal, because if they're weird, all the time they spent attacking others for being weird in the defence of what's normal doesn't make any sense. Calling themselves the good kind of weird is a complete 180 on what it means to be conservative and alienated a massive portion of their voting base who only vote conservative because they see people who are "just like them", not weirdos who are willing to redefine sex and gender, or question historical narratives.

The "weird" angle of attack has been so effective because it deconstructs the very notion of what it means to be a conservative. Giving them an out through the "good kind of weird" doesn't change that.

Imo, the neat thing about this current "weird" discourse is that only right-wingers could ever find it genuinely insulting. Any sensible, self-actualized human being who isn't obsessing over the sex and genetalia of others is like "haha, yeah, I am kinda weird".

But the right wing is built on the misconception that they are "normal" and everything else is a problem. They're the only ones that could ever be bothered by being told they're weird, because it deconstructs the very foundation of their beliefs. Without the core of "we are normal and everyone else is causing problems in our normal society" backing up their every decision to threaten others over the religon, sexuality or life choices of others, they instead have to face reality: it's normal to be a little weird, and it's normal for some of that weird stuff to take root and become normal. And to refuse it and obsess over it is, in its own way, kinda weird.

Hopefully slinger won't have the same softening mechanic as in Iceborn.

Speculatively, they seem to have replaced the mechanic with monster wounds and focus strikes, as shown in the focus video. I'm glad to have them keep some kind of mechanic to emphasize the importance of hitting certain parts of the monstet, because base world was far too forgiving with Weakness Exploit and ignore hitzone builds.

You're right, but at least there are challenges to be found in FFXIV. Attempting to run past monsters and click the thing will result in death. There are clear bosses where taking you hands off the keyboard for 5-10 seconds means you won't make it. I am sure the high-end of ESO has genuine challenges, but I couldn't find them. This is a game where you can genuinely ignore enemies and afk during combat and you'll still survive. o

To be clear, I think it's devs really hit on a specific market: there are a lot of people out there who genuinely want a "wind-down, complete quests in vibrant world and feel like a hero" MMO. I was just bored out of my tree after a few days because I am the furthest thing from that audience. Casually getting into ESO, it is truly a challenge-free landscape, far more so than even the intensely story and social driven FFXIV.

Thanks, I hate it.

Canada has been called out as a "climate hypocrite" by an independent international sustainability think-tank for claiming to be a clean energy transition leader while stepping up the award of oil and gas drilling permits to levels not seen since 2017.

While you're correct, the point isn't that Canada is the biggest pollutor. It's that Canada swore to do better and is instead doing worse.

And when the CPC wins this next election, it'll get even worse.

Good jorb there, homesar.

Them choosing the "difficult path of faith" explains at least part of the reason for why they are so unempathetic.

And why there are so many closeted homosexuals in their ranks.

It's easy to believe sexuality is a choice when you're constantly fighting your "deviant" urges.

Came here to post this as well.

Just watch the first episode or two, and if it doesn't have you hooked, it's not your jam anyway.

But it will have you hooked, because it's the best piece of American television in recent history.