FateOfTheCrow

Anything but the metric system.

Agreed, she needs a statue of Edward Cullen created, to both remind her of her childhood cringe event and allow her to take it to the next level.

In the first few Assassin's Creed games, they did use the idea of a Puppeteer system for the control scheme, although it wasn't physics-based or anywhere near as hard as QWOP. Each of the controllers face buttons performed actions associated with each limb, and the right trigger would swap between low profile actions and high profile actions.

In the top right of the screen, there was always a UI element showing what the buttons did at that moment in that context, which might've been why you thought it was a QWOP style system. It's not exactly what you were thinking of at the time, but you were closer than you realise.

Why is daydream Homer closer to the modern colours than real Homer? Maybe we're seeing modern Simpsons through Homer's daydreams.

My hypothesis is that they're like The Suit by Scott Base.

Quaso

Yeah, obscure interests are hardly a thing of the past. If anything it's only gotten stronger, people of all ages can now be sucked so far down the fandom rabbithole that they lose sight of it being their obscure interest.

Although the way it used to be, kids would have access to one obscure thing, and so that's their one chance at having an obscure interest. That's changed, kids now get much wider choice.

Edit: Clarity

Increased use of “buy now, pay later” loans may signal shifting consumer habits, but could also be a troubling sign of financial stress.

Passive voice for WE'RE FUCKED!

it's not just about suicide

That's what I just said.

That article is only relevant to people who have thoughts of suicidal ideation, and doesn't say anything about "most people". Here's an article which shows a more full picture: https://www.kqed.org/science/1916209/does-gun-ownership-really-make-you-safer-research-says-no

Now whilst your claim is correct, as the KQED article confirms, there's also more to it. When choosing to own a firearm or not to own a firearm, you probably shouldn't just count yourself as "most people" and leave it at that. Instead, it could be better to judge each source of safety or harm and figure out if they're relevant to you.

For example, if you're someone who doesn't stand out at all, but is known to be reckless and has thoughts of suicidal ideation, then you shouldn't be anywhere near a firearm. But, if you; are known to be a level-headed person, have experience safely handling dangerous machinery, understand how to avoid and de-escalate situations, are willing to go through and keep up with firearms training, have never had thoughts of suicidal ideation and are openly part of a minority group that is currently being hunted by a violent cult, then owning a firearm becomes a much more reasonable decision.

Of course, most people will fall somewhere between these two extremes.

Measurehead, is that you?