You’re correct, those things are avoidable and can be designed around. However hiring the people who know how to do that also costs money and it’s cheaper to hire shitty engineers who do things safely instead of well. We’re not stupid, we’re exploitative

I don’t know about you but the vast majority of bathroom stalls I see do not use wood. They are almost all metal, and keeping metal from rubbing on metal in a high humidity environment seems like a cost saving measure to me

Occasionally I hear people argue it’s so you can catch IV drug users without bursting in. Personally I think it’s that capitalism cares not for your happiness and it’s fractionally cheaper to have shitty doors, and so that’s what people do

When Elon bought Twitter he changed the verification system which used to be for public personalities to be trusted into a paid tier. So suddenly you could have a blue check mark by your name just like Rhianna, AOC, or any of your other favorite celebs for $10/month. Tumblr responded by selling rainbow checkmarks to anyone for $2.50 and so a lot of people sarcastically bought and gifted them to other people to make fun of Twitter. Ultimately they’re meaningless

Some people argue XIV is the best FF. It’s a little unfair because it gets hundreds of hours to develop it’s story but man Endbringers is fucking incredible. XVI feels like knock off GoT. XIII is really good, except it feels like the tutorial takes a third of the game and you also have to read the codex to understand what’s going on and that’s like adding a book to your 50 hour game. XV is really cool but very different from the rest of the series, it’s probably the most approachable of the 4 (although it does have a huge expanded lore if you really want to get into it)

In short: XV yes, XIV yes if you’re willing to sign up for an MMO, XIII maybe, XVI not unless you like GoT type stuff

I’d say imagine watching 5 seasons of Spider-Man Homecoming and then season 6 is The Dark Knight rises. It’s a pretty dramatic tonal shift. Which I do think makes the series better

India/Pakistan seem to be on the brink of war, multiple European countries have elected self described fascists into power, China continues power grabbing the South China Sea, the Russia/Ukraine war, expanding climate disasters (everywhere) but largely in Africa and South America, and as mentioned the US craziness which drags everyone else into it. I think there’s a pretty good argument that things are falling apart globally, it’s just worse in some places than others

It almost sounds like you might be suggesting that there’s no ethical consumption under capitalism

Birthright citizenship basically only exists in North/South America. So the way this is worded it’s mostly wrong

Homer Simpson used to be comically fat. Several Simpsons episodes are about his insatiable hunger. I know plenty of people who are way bigger than that cartoon character

As someone who briefly lived in NYC if anyone for any reason at all tries to stop you for conversation, Do. Not. Engage. Headphones in, never make eye contact, and never stop moving. Anyone who doesn’t behave that way is a tourist, a cop, crazy, or a mark. None of which you want to be. So this is already self-selecting for people you don’t want to interact with

Pretty famously the Affordable Care Act polls pretty well with both parties whereas Obamacare polls very poorly with Republicans. One would find that odd considering those are two different names for the same thing

I don’t know who this is for but one of us clearly misplaced it:

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The known liars with a 12% error rate? I don’t know why you wouldn’t believe them

And yet nobody wants a sushi glory hole

In America, yes.

Seve(rule)nce

I also imagine you prep very differently for an 8 day mission vs a 6 month mission. In terms of physical fitness, trainings, family life etc.

By and large most millennials were children of boomers. Even a boomer born in '46 would only be 19 and average at first birth hovered around 24 for their generation. Most kids born from 1980-1991 which covers 75% of the years millennials were born had boomer parents. Math isn’t on your side and you keep saying Gen Xers did it, but what proof do you have?

Quick question, who gave them the trophies?