WRT R*, I have seen hacks referred to as mods in some korean MMO communities, because client mods are lumped together with hacks in their ToS under "game modifications". No clue if that's what happened with R*'s stuff, but wouldn't be surprised.

It's funny, because I saw Omega being used on 7chan way back before it emerged into use among the rest of the alt-white manosphere guys (probably around 2012), and they (or at least, some of them) were aware of Omegaverse, and used it derogatorily as a sarcastic term for "betas" who thought they were "alphas". I would not be at all surprised if the overlap with 4chan is how it bled into wider use, and lost the sarcastic meaning.

I think that as long as there is a Lease Option written into the contract that legally forces the owner to sell (or if it's a lease-purchase), and as long as there is some guarantee on the down payment amount if the seller breaks the contract, I'm mostly fine with Rent-to-Own. But R2O contracts are something you probably want a lawyer to double-check, because there are ways you can get screwed as the buyer (like if you lose your job prior to sale, and it's a Lease Purchase, they might charge you a LOT of money to break the contract).

Come on over to Beehaw, where we don't have downvotes, then!

It forces people to actually take time and effort to disagree with you, rather than just hitting one button, and somewhat unsurprisingly, that deters a lot of "drive-by" negativity.

I really like it's progression of resource tiers, and it's exploration mechanic that lets you delve into ruins to find artifacts that give you bonuses to town morale.

It also has a nice pseudo-complex farming system, where you can manage the soil composition to favor different crops (or just choose to plant the crops that that area's default soil lends itself to).

It also has randomized maps, which I like to reload until I find one with an interesting layout.

There is combat, but you can granularly control it, or disable it altogether (there are raiders, and wildlife like bears and wolves).

It feels very laid back, which is my jam.

This is a move in the dead wrong direction.

We don't need more 350 square-foot landlord-owned prefab boxes, we need affordable homes.

The shift to a renter-only market (except of course for the wealthy) just locks people further into poverty and paycheck to paycheck subsistence, because there's no accrual of home equity, there's no generational wealth transfer of that equity, there's no point at which you stop paying rent, and can easily survive on a fixed income...

There are more vacant homes than unhoused people. We're not lacking in homes, we're lacking in the political will to solve the real housing crisis, which is overpriced homes.

I bounced off of it, and went back to Farthest Frontier.

I was not a huge fan of the way the villagers are accrued and assigned; it felt like they were trying to emulate Banished, but didn't execute well on it.

I did love the way you draw housing plots, and the ability to add extensions onto houses that have different bonuses (e.g. a chicken coop that gives eggs).

I think if the city-builder+RTS hybrid aspect is very appealing to you, it's one of the few out there. If you want a more traditional city builder, check out Farthest Frontier.

Hey, even if it's a stalemate right now, the DSA legislators not losing seats this round proves that their districts back their (very outspoken) stances on Gaza. I wish we had more DSA state legislators here in CA, but alas...

So on their scale do the Omega males also become pregnant if banged by an Alpha?

Or do these people not even realize where their 'scale' actually came from?

It even gets more rich and fizzy towards the end of the year!

I'm sorry, are you suggesting that allowing wealth inequality is the best course of action, simply because it's more harmonious than combating it?

I'm fine with her choosing whatever she wants to do (or not do), because she's already been given an incredibly difficult time just being a House Rep. But if she ran for President, I'd campaign for her non-stop from announcement to election day.