I have always wished for a serious grown up version of Star Wars. Like not being afraid to sever limbs like they used to, or worrying about your scoundrels being too scoundrel-y. Also really taking an inventory of everything and seriously thinking about how it would interact.

Like to your point - no need to toss out the more magical force elements but maybe just tone it down a bit and ground them in reality a little better? Because it’s absolutely ridiculous how they’ve become these invincible laser blocking demigods. They should be afraid to deploy, just like anyone, if there’s going to be shooting. It’s just lazy writing most of the time and it would be wonderful to see what a skilled hand could actually do with it all.

We don’t need to split hairs - ‘sci-fi fantasy’ or ‘science fantasy’ is a real genre and common enough term.

Yep, Colorado is probably as geographically mid-west as it gets and you’d get resistance from almost anyone living there if you insinuated they were Midwestern.

Plus, hasn’t he pretty well decimated the GOP ranks? Any worthy competitor has been exiled or humiliated or both leaving the ranks filled with only sniveling sycophants and uncharismatic bigots.

My partner hates them so I always try to get them to a safe location as soon as I see one.

It’s not unpopular, it’s just stupid.

Decades indeed - this coalition of the ignorant and racist and hateful and afraid doesn’t happen overnight. They’ve been pulling these people together for a long time - I mean Willie Horton was like in the 80’s and even that wasn’t the beginning.

This is true, they describe themselves as descriptive rather than prescriptive: https://www.merriam-webster.com/grammar/descriptive-vs-prescriptive-defining-lexicography

ExcessShiv.

And the two MN Dems who were assasinated

How can we convince them that man made climate change is part of the conspiracy

I’m guessing also - 3b. and you know they buy stupid shit

He didn’t even bother to spell it right

Wow so smart, “Capitalism works when people can participate.” FUCK OFF. How about the obscene number of people living paycheck to paycheck or rely on credit cards to get by. They literally don’t have $100 to invest in anything other than their daily survival. And it gets worse every day as the cost of living goes up and real purchasing power remains stagnant for so many.

Capitalism works when people can participate - wake me up when these people can participate.

Tax the shit out of them then.

If they want to have normal speech protections in society then they get to have normal taxation as well. That’s the deal.

Anyone who is willing to consider the idea that their Dear Leader isn’t the perfect reincarnation of Christ gets banned from there so the mods must have had a field day with that one.

Ah my most recent assumptions seem to be wrong then. I thought I was unevenly heating the kernels and that’s why they weren’t popping fully, but maybe I’m not heating them fast enough actually.

Gonna try the wok thing, I’ve been looking for one more excuse to get one.

Huh it’s funny how I think to do research for some things but not others. I really enjoy making popcorn on the stove but only half the time does it turn out light and crunchy. I keep at it thinking I’ll figure it out through trial and error but I should probably just look it up like you did.

It’s not that alien is it? People rely on cars pretty heavily in most smaller towns in Germany.

Wow their website is a nightmare on mobile