Englishgrinn

Worlddata.info - Canada 26th in World Quality of Life index vs. US rank 38 IM Global Wealth News - 10th in quality of life, US not listed U.S. News - 4th overall to US third. Wagecenter.com - Canada has the highest rated standard of living, US not listed in the top 10 UN Happiness report - We've dropped to 18th, vs the US 24th.

It is absolutely not a stretch to say Canada is extremely successful. Perfection is an awful long way off, of course. Costs are up, happiness is down. American influence has caused a rise in right-wing hate groups. But I'll repeat - the more socialist we lean, the better we seem to do.

I'm Canadian and my country is extremely successful. We're also pretty socialist. Obviously socialism isnt a binary, but we have universal Healthcare, strong financial regulations, and a stronger more centralized federal government than the US. We're doing very well, and the elements which cause us the most pain tend to be where we are more like the states, not where we're more like Denmark.

Yeah, I wasn't really clear in my language. I was saying that STS has steered the last 5 years, and might continue to steer it for another 5. I wouldn't say we done with STS still influencing pretty much every other indie title released right now.

Trump agrees with whomever he spoke with last because he's dumb and gullible. Its not shocking in the least.

By tomorrow Miller and Vance will convince him to threaten on his shitty Twitter to bomb New York City and he won't even notice the disconnect.

1. Bioshock - It's essentially perfect, the only downside is I can never play it for the first time again.

2. Inscryption - It's an odd choice, since it's pretty meta, but it's a game that I think about too much to live without.

3. Doom - Purely for historical relevance, which cannot be overstated in this case

4. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time - I spent an embarrassingly long amount of time going back and forth between this and LTTP, but Ocarina also represents maybe the best year in game development history so it gets the edge.

5. Slay the Spire - Basically the same argument as Doom - this game is a fork point in all development trends for at least 5, maybe 10 years after its release.

I appreciate that you can pick out direct mechanical and design elements you miss. I think a lot of us, myself included, want games to be "like they were before" and fall into the trap of just wishing we had the energy and time to immerse ourselves like we did when we were 9, or 14, or 22. No graphical style or design philosophy can turn back the hands of the clock...

That being said, I wish you all the best in recapturing your passion. Enjoying things is the key to happiness.

If this is rude, I apologize but I like to take any excuse to post LRR. And this feels extremely relevant to your situation: https://youtu.be/F6JgKQFeBxs

Of course I agree with you completely, it just further illustrates ICEs intellectual dishonesty.

Obligatory "Fuck ICE" naturally, but this one is particularly jarring. For 3 reasons-

A) "from a pick-up truck travelling in the opposite direction". What. Tha. Fuck. They are drive-by pepper spraying brown people without pulling them over?

B) Goes without saying at this point, but everyone in that vehicle was a US citizen.

C) DHS straight up lied, denied that anything happened in that parking lot, at all. When it comes to ICE misconduct, the Federal government's official stance is "pics or it didn't happen". Which is a good reminder for everyone to film these animals constantly.

I want to ask, "When will this insanity end?" But of course I know the answer. When the American people make it end and not before.

Ohh finally I understand what it is to be "Gleaming the Cube". I remember this being referenced in my own childhood.

Now that he's won and his victory was a landslide, this will be the most common strategy used by those that still care about appearing biased.

For every ranting lunatic on Fox News or in the White House, (and let's all let out a deep sigh over THAT Venn diagram), there will be another supposedly more reasonable person trying to blunt Zohran's momentum with "healthy skepticism". He can't do X. Y will be next to impossible. He has to compromise Z.

The thing is, that strategy can work. Public support is Zohrans best weapon, and it can be pulled through wearing people down. Get this young hotshot stuck in the mud and the shine might fall off real quick.

On the other hand, of Zohran pulls off a big win or two quickly, say in his first year or so, then he'll cement that anything is possible, destroy this line of attack and probably hold that office for 10 terms if he wants.

When they can win without being gross, they do so.

When they have to dogwhistle, they do so.

When they are definitely going to get their ass kicked, This Shit happens.

When they lose, they'll cheat.

If they get caught, they'll get violent.

I say that like a grim potential, but honestly I think NYC might be ready for them