What's the justification? That the numbers are coming from Gaza officials?

Had you seen it before? The live action was my first real introduction and I really enjoyed it.

Didn't they win last year? Did that not factor into it?

Is he being shamed for his sexuality or his hypocrisy? I would have thought that being in the gay porn industry would give you a different perspective on things.

Aw come on, leave Florida out of it! At least our national embarrassment voluntarily stepped down from his presidential campaign, that's got to count for something, right?

Nothing wrong with a little gender-affirming surgery, as a treat.

Sorry, I'm not sure I understand how that makes it useless. I get the feeling that you just want to feel smug, so if it makes you feel better go ahead, I guess.

Going to have to disagree with you there. I've gotten plenty of use out of chat GPT in multiple scenarios. I find it difficult to imagine what exactly you think is useless about it because it seems so indispensable to me at this point.

Short answer is yes. I'm not a fan of open-world games, but being able to drive around in my customizable war machine was pretty badass and I ended up 100%-ing it, which I normally don't do.

For what it's worth, I liked PS4/5 Spider-Man and didn't like Breath of the Wild, if that gives you any idea of my mindset.

Is the economy an outside force or is it controlled in some way? If it's uncontrollable, does that mean that there's no way to insulate ourselves from its effects? Not as individuals, but as a society. And if it's controlled, is there a way to control it in such a way as to benefit more people?

I suppose I'm coming from a mindset of "billionaires should not exist," so take it with a grain of salt when I say I agree that it's entirely possible to do everything "correctly" to improve your station in life and only do worse regardless of what the economy is doing. Further, I think that outcome is not only desirable for the shockingly few people who directly and indirectly benefit from it, but that it is the natural outcome of such a system to begin with.

For clarity's sake, the original intent behind copyright was definitely to protect authors and thereby foster creativity, but corporations like Disney have lobbied very successfully over the years to prevent original works from becoming public domain.

Meanwhile, in classic fashion, those same companies have taken public domain works and turned them into ludicrously successful IPs!

I argue that this is a positive aspect of capitalism that our governments have unduly suppressed in favor of corporate sponsors (further solidified by an increasing legal allowance of such sponsorships), and that we should return to a more reasonable timeframe for full exclusivity.

I think so. I get the same sort of articles pushed on me in my news feed, like "How this 20 year old's side hustle allowed her to buy a house with cash!" It feels sometimes like a narrative being pushed by media conglomerates to keep people hopeful or to sway public opinion, but I assume the actual answer is that those articles generate a reliable number of clicks and therefore revenue.

So yeah, it's infuriating to consider that people are being manipulated like that, but in most cases it doesn't really affect me, so my fury stays at a mild level.

It sounds like you think this shouldn't be here, but do you think it's not worth talking about or that we should all be more than mildly infuriated?