Lol I literally remarked about that earlier in another thread, but now we can really rant.

Is this fairly universal in all cities? Here in LA it’s almost every block on the westside but less so elsewhere. Visiting people in Santa Monica I even ran into two double parkers across from each other and couldn’t even pass. Lol

That’s me, joking, because I didn’t think it needed an /s?

After all, they’re controlling the news media and running propaganda to push us right. That said. I know hitting kids media is its own brand of evil, though we’ve yet to see what that looks like or if it’ll even happen on those cartoon channels.

Oh no, not Cartoon Network – where will I get my news?

Even more true if you’re one of many who remove shoes in the house. Shoes are an outside thing only and if they’re the only thing you have on, something has gone tricky terribly awry.

Yes, that tracks. In very heavy fog, you should be at a reduced speed since you can’t see more than a meter in front of you. I imagine that’s true in a blizzard too. Your second reading is a little confusing though, I imagine in most cases like this a slowed vehicle is a hazard to others…

Tell that to everyone who is double parked, lol.

That said, I’ve driven in a sudden thick fog before on a freeway and the hazards helped everyone see each other. This was like 1 meter of visibility and everyone just moved at a slow speed until we were out of it. I think it was slightly more reliable than break lights, but only just.

Don’t forget Mrs. Hazards. All those ladies let each other know where it’s safe to be.

I mean, if we could be so lucky…

Probably won’t mean much for the worst companies, but I can assure you some companies hire union actors (even when internally, they are anti-union). The restrictions are a bit more than pay, as they have to plan carefully for voice work since there’s minimum sessions and stuff.

Also quite a lot is just done via third party contract with VA agencies, even AAA. Those agencies do both games and anime. They kinda have to hire unions since they’ll lose all their best talent if they don’t, so that’s a factor.

(Btw, my source is my wife, she complains because she works in localization at a AAA and it can be really hard when you need just a single line of dialog and have to pay for a whole session, lol. And if you need to redo a line… oh boy, but you get creative with their time).

The c-suite is perpetually in love with it, and as someone who often consults start-ups, it’s impossible to dissuade them. Every month I have to explain why their product isn’t working, and every month I’m surprised by how much longer they want to throw money at vibe coded projects.

I say… at this point let it all burn to the ground with glorious malicious compliance.

Good question, but it’s technically not sociology so… maybe not? Oh wait no, psychologists also acknowledge racism as existing so probably illegal.

Since we’re sharing fun facts, conservatism and authoritarianism is unsurprisingly correlated with high levels of obedience in things like the Milgrim shock experiment replications. Something akin to 90% compared to the original 60% (which was already quite high since they only had white men at the time).

They’re also more likely to choose selfish options in things like the prisoners dilemma, too!

(Edit, if you wanna read more there’s an open source textbook I use: https://opentextbc.ca/socialpsychology/ )

I sometimes wonder if there’s a sort of chain shot one can toss at a flag to instantly tear it to shreds, like a ship’s sail but much smaller. Probably not, though, given flags aren’t tied down the same way.

It’s the 21st century, if your friend doesn’t send a meme without any context at random intervals, are they really your friend?

I saw one other person mention RetroAchevements and I second their love for adding it to older games-- in these cases, though, they’re a passion projects by fans and while they maintain a leaderboard, the main thing to be is it legitimizes some retro gaming by disabling save states and cheats while still having sets for modded games. I think it sets a good standard for what the industry should be doing.

For instance, it checks those boxes; it’s opt-in by default and there are privacy options, although hardcore mode requires rich presence for enforcement of the rules. There’s still the softcore option though. The sets have rules about what you can make, leaving grindy and multiplayer stuff as subsets. And again, modded/hacked roms get support, since all it takes is a user wanting to develop it (except Pokemon Clover, that’s banned for pretty good reasons lol)

At this point, it feels more legit than Steam, Xbox or PlayStation achievements. If the industry adopted a similar model, most of your concerns would be addressed although it’s likely impossible since developers often have to write achievement code that fits all platforms.

(Oh, and if you can’t tell, my answers to the questions, mod use makes it irrelevant on PC and permanence does matter to me, although not for any good reason: RA badges are nice to look at. Lol)

Gas taxes pay for transportation infrastructure and environmental efforts, similar to some European countries. That at least goes to something, unlike gas prices going up due to pointless wars.

To be fair, the bike lane is better than 99.9999% of America’s biking infrastructure, so… it’s not get too picky here.

Look closely and you’ll see a middle-class guy peaking out the rooftop opening right where a leak is about to get him. I’m sure he’ll act like it’s the worst thing he’s ever seen, completely ignorant of how much worse it could get.

I’ve a four year old and a two year old, both expected at daycare tomorrow. I kind of managed by just shifting everything earlier, as they mostly recognized the sequence of events more than the absolute time… it was a little harder to get them to actually sleep, but they were in bed at the right time and putting in the effort.

It helps that my daughter is a stickler for rigid order. The boy just follows her lead. She’s so rigid that she’ll overcome her own desires to fulfill the series of events she expects, forgoing food, fun, whatever. It’s kinda spooky, lol.

That said, fuck daylight savings time.