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Oblivion is the go-to example of how not to do level scaling. It's impressive how badly they fucked it up. Like, they managed to make exploring pointless and unexciting.

You find a tomb, but you know that whatever's inside will be "level appropriate". If you're low level it'll be steel weapons, and if you're high level it'll be daedric. There's not really any point in going in at low level. Might as well level up some other way and come back when the loot will be good.

On top of that, the gameplay is so bland and unresponsive that you can't really punch above your weight class. The game is very much a levels game. It's not like Dark Souls where someone can get really good and beat the whole thing while naked (and in the game, too). There's a lot of "well, this guard is level 30 and you're 10, so no matter how many times you hit him with your hammer he's not going to flinch." Knowing you're always going to get kind of bland treasure wouldn't be so bad if the act of getting it was fun. Like, sometimes a tomb or whatever in Elden Ring will have crap loot, but it's still a solid core gameplay.

Morrowind had a lot of these problems, but it was also kind of wacky and heartfelt.

That feels like an easy loophole to patch- Treat loans as income. Maybe tax it at some separate progressive rate so people using small loans as intended don't get fucked. But if Muskerberg has $100 million in loans taken out against his stock, taxing $90 million of that as income would make a difference. Especially if the top rate is like 90%.

There are many things wrong with the laws in the US. I'm not even sure where I'd start

But the other bigger problem is enforcement. Some people do a murder and get a nationwide search. Others the victims family get a "lol can't help you".

Recommend reading "the new Jim Crow" for one look at one part of this.

Makes sense. Many people are living paycheck to paycheck and can't tank a $500 surprise bill. Maybe that's not the market for what these people are selling, but it seems to be the general state of the us.

The rich have too much money and everyone, even the rich, suffer for it

Looks pretty typical to me (longtime nyc resident). It's rare to see trash, and graffiti is pretty uncommon. People sometimes think the subway is still like The Warriors where it's just a wall of spraypaint, but not so much.

Anyone who thought doge was a good idea should not participate in politics, nor make decisions of greater import than "what flavor ice cream do you want?"

Yeah, I think there's a big difference between "I thought they were going to investigate the smith, but they're really suspicious of the wizard now and want to check her out first" and "they decided to forget about the whole civil war for the throne thing and open a BBQ joint for the local goblins"

Nowadays I'd probably just explicitly be like "Hey, so, when we started this game we agreed on a certain tone and direction. Specifically, it was going to be about a power struggle for the throne. Running a restaurant business in D&D sounds wild, but that is really a different kind of story and a different game. If you want to do that, let's talk about it. Otherwise, I'm asking you to stay more on theme."

Though I say that and my best game had plenty of "beach episodes". One time literally, after they saved some sahaugin from being subjugated by a siren.

Idk, I’d be really upset by my partner knowingly doing this without talking to me about it

What is the "this" you'd be upset about exactly?

We'd probably be in a better timeline if Thiel hadn't survived his trips to Saudi Arabia, then. The man's a real scumbag.

I don't think Musk reads books. I think he's stupid. Intellectually deficient. Maybe he read a couple pages, then got bored and read half the wikipedia summary.

Oh, I fully support shooting nazis and their collaborators dead. I was taking a shot (pun intended) at the moderators who remove comments like "the guys running today's concentration camps should be shot"

I think this is one of those pearl clutching instances that won't take kindly to that kind of language. You need to use the legal system to oppose the corrupt legal system, I guess.