I have to wonder, are you and people like you just making a common joke? Or do you really think the US extracted oil from Afghanistan? Because they didn’t. They used the invasion to strong arm OPEC; but they themselves didn’t take oil. It wasn’t about increasing oil supply.

The US grew heroin there instead. And only left when stronger synthetics (fentanyl) made heroin unprofitable.

You say that, until your destination is in the middle of a city center, with no street parking or dedicated parking lot. So you have to drive around desperately looking for a public parking lot or garage that isn’t absurdly expensive, while navigating tight streets with heavy traffic. And which way do you go? You can try to pull out your phone and search “Parking”, but the results are not always very clear, and it’s dangerous to do while driving with traffic all around you. And, wait, is that a parking garage? No, that’s actually a private garage for the nearby apartments and now the cars behind you are honking because you slowed down trying to figure out if you could get into aforementioned garage. And, boy, you are sure getting pretty far away from your original destination; this can’t be right, certainly there’s something closer. Maybe you should circle back and look again? But you’re getting close to being late for whatever appointment/event/meetup time is bringing you to this area, and circling around might eat up valuable time that could be saved if you just went with the next available garage. Oh wait! There’s a public garage! Oh nevermind, that one closes at 8 and your event will last beyond that so you wouldn’t be able to get your car out until the next morning. Too bad you didn’t figure that out until you were already pulled up at the gate, and now there’s a car behind you, so you can’t back out. Guess you’ll just have to take a ticket and immediately exit. Oh great, there’s a minimum $10 charge; but that’s fine, you can just push that button to call someone and explain the situation and have them let you out, but they don’t seem to be answering and now there’s a car behind you waiting for you to leave and you’re still running late for your event and you still don’t know where to go.

But sure. It’s just parking. It’s really not a big deal. Who needs to look things up beforehand, right?

While sound can’t travel through a vacuum, the vibrations of the sun create a “sound” energy equivalent of 290dB.

Not League specifically, but “Can’t play the top games that most of your friends will be playing, thus alienating you from your friend group until they decide to play an indie title” is not the selling point you think it is…

He drew a swastika next to a AfD candidates name. Not sure what the big deal is, they are straight up Nazi’s. Doesn’t seem like he should feel compelled to resign for calling a spade a spade.

I don’t know where this person is that furries are so common.

Seattle.

You’re using Uncanny Valley wrong. However, Uncanny Valley still applies since one, or both, are certainly bots and people can’t quite recognize it.

Was hoping it was hyperbole but, yea, ok that’s horrifying. Thank you for sharing.

Haven’t really been following things super closely because it’s like looking into the sun, but are you talking about the famine they are causing, or the IDF killing people at food aid sites, and just calling that the Hunger Games? Or are they actually gathering groups of two children each and putting them in an arena with weapons in the center and having them fight to the death?

I ask because you said LITERAL Hunger Games, which implies it’s more than just the famine or the aid site murders.

It’s like OP didn’t even SEE the movie!

The Times of Israel said Iran fired two ballistic missiles and that both were intercepted.

Does this make almost no sense to anyone else? If you’re going to violate the ceasefire, why would you only fire two missiles? Considering Israel’s success rate with shooting down missiles, these were almost guaranteed to be intercepted. Were they hoping Israel would just forget about their missile defense system? Even if that was the case, again, why only two? It’s like the entire goal was just to technically violate the ceasefire with no other gain.

It’s so simple a child could understand it; yet, it’s somehow impossible to many adults.

So how many degrees of separation are necessary for your morals? Because unless you grow your own food, weave your own cloth, make everything you own yourself, and consume no media; I can pretty much guarantee there are things you have spent money or time on that contribute to groups or individuals that you find reprehensible.

Oh, when you brought him up I was worried he had actively done something bad. But no, you just don’t like that he’s Mormon, that’s literally your only gripe.

Mistborn were his first books, the first trilogy is definitely a bit rough around the edges.

Except it will. As will “I was just following orders”. It works for cops. It worked in Vietnam. Hell, it even worked for the majority of Nazi’s; only a small percentage actually faced reprocussions for their actions.

Welcome to real history, where the good guys don’t always win and the bad guys don’t always lose.

Misleading titles all around and we wonder why media literacy is through the fucking ground.

I keep meaning to make a browser extension that automatically adds some version of “AND WELCOME TO THE JAM” anytime the word slam is used.

Oh look, it’s the joke every psych 101 student for the last 50 years has learned. I hope Freshman year went ok for scandalousadventures.

This man will die old and surrounded by family without any regrets related to this. You need to break this infantile view of the world where you think bad people will see consequences for their actions. That is fairy tale nonsense. In the real world, the villains usually win. Karma is bullshit used to make people think that justice is some universal constant. The universe does not care.