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Aren't great on... median? Majority fall below some arbitrary standard of "decent"?

I'm not sure that detail of how it works today. I would assume that if there's an option that is less beneficial to the wealthy, it's not true.

In my magic wand perfect world, we just do UBI and things are much simpler for everyone.

I only learned recently that there's a max on social security tax you pay each year. If your income is high enough, partway through the year your takehome pay jumps up because that tax is no longer applicable to you.

That's stupid. Profoundly stupid. Ass backwards.

When your income is low, you need those dollars that are taxed. When your income is high, you don't.

It should be like, the first (some amount) of income isn't taxed for social security, and then the rate goes up as income goes up.

Anyone who doesn't want to pay into social security is welcome to go live in a state of nature where they can be eaten by wolves instead of a society.

Not dragon age 1 and 2 (edit: and Inquisition). Those had some fixed orientations

It depends on which fallout. But you can get mods for the newer ones.

That's something to work on. You're not immutable.

If you accept rejection with dignity, it's not that big a deal. Don't be a creeper. It's not that embarrassing. And if your friend group is cruel about it, that's good to know. They'd be assholes in that case, and you probably want to find out they're assholes in a low stakes situation.

She could ask you out. But if you just wait you're giving up your initiative. Use your agency.

..yes? That's what you have to do. Maybe she says no. Maybe she says yes. Doing nothing definitely won't get you anywhere.

There was a rally to support Lander this afternoon. Pretty good turnout for a sudden gathering on a Tuesday.

He gave a short talk after he was released.

I feel like if Musk's company is found guilty, it can't just be "okay pay a little fine". It needs to be like, "Undo the damage you did, and also pay a fine to help people deal with the damage." And if it's impossible for them to fix the damage they did, they can get fucked. We put people in jail for decades for smoking weed, we can put some corporate grade polluters in a cell.

He should be removed from office at the very least.

Lots of other good points already made, but I'll add my own two cents.

When I run a game, I always require players to make characters together. No "go off and make a character in isolation". That's just a recipe for disaster. You can have some ideas already in mind, but nothing is canon until the whole group agrees.

Second, everyone needs to have buy-in to whatever the hook is. If the scenario is "you're starting a courier business at the edge of civilization", there are lots of good options. Guy on the run from the law. Lady studying local wild life. Intelligent, local, wildlife. Don't play "guy who doesn't want to be here and is a total killjoy"

Third, it's better when characters have connections to each other. You can play the "we just met and we're forming a relationship!" arc, but like "what if we play ourselves in a fantasy world??" it has been done.

Honestly, everyone should read Fate's "Phase Trio" https://fate-srd.com/fate-core/phase-trio and the rest of character creation.

will humanity ever learn to stop acting like dumb angry monkeys?

Seems unlikely.

As to your broader point about the tools themselves not being bad, the root problem remains capitalism, or "a few people have unaccountable power over many"

People should keep right except to pass, typically.

Over short distances, the difference between going 40 and 30 or even 20 are miniscule. I've still had people lose their shit when I wouldn't blaze through a school zone. Just chill out bro, the fast food will be there all day.

But I live somewhere I don't need to drive anymore, and I'm happy with it.

I feel like the current AI stuff has been net negative. It prompted layoffs and hiring freezes, but then didn't produce quality results.

Probably any game with a story. Voiced might be better, but written has advantages, too.

Might not want games with a lot of fictional words or idiosyncrasies. Like Baldur's Gate 3 is really good and well acted, but you'd pick up a lot of less useful fantasy words.

Just looking at what I've played lately.

Guild Wars 2 is a great game. Lots of content. Most of it voiced. There's also other players you can talk to, and some might speak your native language. It has some fantasy jargon.

Grand Theft Auto 5 would probably teach you swear words and other stuff you shouldn't casually say. Be careful with that one.

My time at Sandrock was fun. That probably would give you some vocabulary.

Adams is trash.

I hope zohran wins the election.

I haven't! Seems similar to Falling Down

You have to jump when you're doing it, too. if you touch the ground before it finishes, it won't work and you'll just get shocked.

If you clear some post-game optional challenges, there's a special move you can unlock that does it easier, but that's only useful if you want to do NG+

Hours on the centipede man, you say? Once you get into the deflect rhythm, they're very satisfying. Fill their posture right up and then finish them. But without the timing, you're going to take a lot of chip damage or get posture broken yourself :(