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  • I support legal immigration, I empathize with illegal immigration (and think the laws could use adjustment in both directions)...but I don't think all immigration should be legal.

    And no, it doesn't change if they're from "a Western country" or from somewhere that people look different from the majority in my country.

    We have rising unemployment among citizens, especially young people, yet corporations are taking advantage of immigrants in various ways. And immigrants of all kinds -- legal, grey area, and illegal immigrants.

    We are selling the idea of a lifestyle to people in other countries that isn't attainable unless you're part of the top quintile (or possibly an even smaller group) of income. Then they come here, bringing their university educations, and are competing for jobs against high schoolers.

    I'm all about people coming to live in my country. But we're doing a disservice to immigrants through our laws/regulations and our corporations. And people who are here illegally are usually the biggest victims; the most exploited.

  • Yeah, that was a bad description on my part.

    Compared to digital transactions of traditional currencies though, my understanding is that traditional currencies are easier to trace

  • Expanding on your first point, be aware of the difference between "workout" and "work out".

    "Workout" is a noun. "Work out" is a verb. You can tell because you can conjugate the verb without having to split it apart.

    "He works out", and not "He workouts" or "He worksout". That's how you know it needs a space.

    You can tell the one without a space is a noun because you can pluralize it. "Arm workouts for women".

    As a bonus: "Every day" means "each and every day". "Everyday" means "typical", like for clothing.

    You could have "everyday clothes". But you don't "work out everyday" -- you work out every day.

    It's funny when someone says "i workout everyday" thinking they wrote three words, yet they made three spelling/grammar mistakes. Even monolingual English speakers make these kinds of mistakes.

  • As others have described, people can steal money digitally the same way. Yes, real money is infinitely more trackable.

    That doesn't mean crypto is a scam. It just means it's not (as) trackable as traditional currencies.

    And I'm not a cryptobro or anything. I just don't think cryptocurrencies are inherently "a scam".

  • This isn't a problem of crypto being a scam. The scam was a video game in this case.

    If someone hides $30k in cash in their home, gets robbed, then the robber spends it all and dies penniless? The victim won't get their money back. Same as this victim.

    That'd make cash just as much of a scam as crypto in these two scenarios.

  • Have you heard that the *original developers are making an ACTUAL sequel?

    Yes, after all these years. They legally had to rename Star Control, so now it's "Free Stars". And the sequel to Star Control 2 is "Children of Infinity"!

    Check it out! I'm so excited for it.

  • Back in the day, Sonic 2, Sonic 3, and Sonic & Knuckles. I find the series can be a hard sell to people who didn't grow up in that era though. Sonic 1 is a classic too, but doesn't hold up as well as the others, imo.

    Streets of Rage is another solid trilogy. I think it peaked at SoR2, but the other games are fun too.

    If you're just looking to play games and not buy them, Crusader of Centy is a lot of fun. A bit of a unique Zelda-like game where instead of new items, you get new animal followers!

    The Shining Force duology is great, too. It was probably one of the first SRPGs to be released in North America!

    And obligatory name drop for Star Control. The sequel is so much more fleshed out, but this one is a tactical strategy game where you have space ship fights when you encounter the enemy. There are two sides, each with ~7 unique and distinct ships!

    Other than those...check out Sega Lord X on YouTube! He always talks about Shinobi, the arcade ports, and other awesome Sega games!

  • "that's sad" usually means literally, "that's sad".

    How the other person interpreted it ("that's dumb") is more of a slang usage.

    It's like, "It's sad that you would be the kind of person who'd do that". It's heard as a personal judgment, and not a judgment about the world or the situation.

    One of those...backhanded statements that passive-aggressive people would use to make it sound like they're judging a situation when they're actually judging a person.

    I don't think you did anything wrong. If you want to avoid that misunderstanding in the future, you could clarify what about it is sad.

    "It's sad that raising children is seen as prohibitively expensive where you live". Tons of words, I know. That's why I'm not blaming you for what you said, lol