So whilst playing on The Sims 3, I had a couple who had a baby boy. The baby, called Norman, glitched out a little, then disappeared altogether. Hmm...
So whilst playing on The Sims 3, I had a couple who had a baby boy. The baby, called Norman, glitched out a little, then disappeared altogether. Hmm...
vanished from sheer existential despair at being named "Norman" in TYOOL 2015
I have this weird thing where doing certain things that I know I will enjoy gets classified in my brain as "work", so I put them off, even though they're not substantially different from what I consider "not work"
i feel this
i have been feeling that playing games and watching tv shows in organized manners and in response to or in light of social expectations really is not substantially different from "work"
if you're a game/tv critic then it is work
i read books, and for me that's work. but even if i'm interested in a book i find myself procrastinating a bit over reading it just because it's work, or because i think of it as work. something about having an obligation to do something makes it suddenly less attractive
as it turns out, the true pleasure of my childhood was not actually getting to play these games per se, but being able to explore them to my heart's content with nary a care, and even when i had to look over my shoulder, it was out of worrying about a scolding, rather than worrying about existential questions
i get this too, when i play videogames i tend to just sack off the storyline and whatever you're 'supposed' to do and just go explore instead
this is why i overwhelmingly played sandbox games like elder scrolls, etc. rather than more linear ones. i clocked absolutely hundreds and hundreds of hours into oblivion before i even touched the main quest
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
On one hand, the upcoming election is a lesser of two evils situation. On the other hand, the greater of the two evils is a coalition involving Literal Fascists, so it's not really a difficult choice.
On one hand, the upcoming election is a lesser of two evils situation. On the other hand, the greater of the two evils is a coalition involving Literal Fascists, so it's not really a difficult choice.
I wonder how big the obligatory party of Literal Facists would be if the USA didn't eat up all the lefties and righties into two big mega-parties.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
Honestly, if a Tory/Lib/UKIP/DUP/Fifth party that they need for a majority coalition comes into power, I'm just going to spend the next 1826 days drinking.
...Course, I guess the "lesser of two evils" thing doesn't actually matter in the first place, since I live in a Labour/Tory marginal, which kinda forces my hand.
Apparently Rupert Murdoch said that Miliband in 10 Downing Street could mean the end of his company, which I think might mean all Brits have a duty to vote Labour?
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
...Course, I guess the "lesser of two evils" thing doesn't actually matter in the first place, since I live in a Labour/Tory marginal, which kinda forces my hand.
Heh, I'm in the same situation. Ohio is a notorious swing state--no Republican has ever gotten the White House without it--so I'm forced to vote Democrat even when it's someone I don't really like.
I don't understand voting campaigns that say stuff like "it doesn't matter who you vote for, just vote."
Like, if you're against my views, I'd prefer you just sat at home.
Not gonna support legislature to prevent you from voting because bad idea, but a certain number of extra people becoming indeterminately Politically Engaged will not help the country
Remember, Bangerter, back in the 1980's, became the first republican governor of Utah in 20 years.
Utah was once strongly not-republican.
If you want the Utah vote, you're gonna have to change the democrat's stance on abortion.
It's that issue, it overrides all other issues, and is a deal-breaker.
I'd like to vote democrat, but the republicans are holding my culture and religion hostage.
I'd feel like a bad Utahn if I voted for any Clinton.
So, I'll vote third party, which is like rooting for a basketball team that isn't the Jazz, but isn't the bulls or the Lakers. Except, basketball is serious flipping business that you don't joke about and that shouldn't be compared to mere politics. Nobody gives a crud who gets to lounge around in the white house, but 1997 was the year of tragedy.
I have this weird thing where doing certain things that I know I will enjoy gets classified in my brain as "work", so I put them off, even though they're not substantially different from what I consider "not work"
i feel this
i have been feeling that playing games and watching tv shows in organized manners and in response to or in light of social expectations really is not substantially different from "work"
if you're a game/tv critic then it is work
i read books, and for me that's work. but even if i'm interested in a book i find myself procrastinating a bit over reading it just because it's work, or because i think of it as work. something about having an obligation to do something makes it suddenly less attractive
as it turns out, the true pleasure of my childhood was not actually getting to play these games per se, but being able to explore them to my heart's content with nary a care, and even when i had to look over my shoulder, it was out of worrying about a scolding, rather than worrying about existential questions
i get this too, when i play videogames i tend to just sack off the storyline and whatever you're 'supposed' to do and just go explore instead
this is why i overwhelmingly played sandbox games like elder scrolls, etc. rather than more linear ones. i clocked absolutely hundreds and hundreds of hours into oblivion before i even touched the main quest
instead i came to enjoy strong narratives providing reflection, meaning, and inspiration to the things i did in my more mundane existence
and i still crave that, i feel, but i'm finding it harder and harder to find that
especially when my fellow fans (if they can be called such) seem to seek and emphasize these experiences for how they are different from reality, rather than how they are similar to -- and can reveal something about -- it
Ultimately, the electoral college screws individuals
support national popular vote
YEs, please, yes, please, yes, please.
I want the clintons to win, but I can't, in good faith, vote for them.
I feel fortunate that I likely won't have official U.S. citizenship by 2016.
I’d still vote for Hillary, since she’s almost certainly better than anyone the Republicans will put on the ballot. I’d have a very hard time quelling my conscience enough to do so, though.
However, if Scott Walker were to be the Republican candidate, I’ll be glad to vote for Hillary against him, because he’s one of the few politicians I legitimately hate.
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
I don't really like Hillary Clinton but if it comes down to voting for her or not voting at all, I'll have to vote for her.
On one hand, the upcoming election is a lesser of two evils situation. On the other hand, the greater of the two evils is a coalition involving Literal Fascists, so it's not really a difficult choice.
vote for who you want. disregard coalition/majority possibilities. democracy is about voting for the party you actually believe is best. hence:
...Course, I guess the "lesser of two evils" thing doesn't actually matter in the first place, since I live in a Labour/Tory marginal, which kinda forces my hand.
it doesn't force your hand at all. so long as you continue voting for the party you don't like, they are going to continue to do things you don't like. vote for a party you do like. even if they don't get into power, the politicians will pay attention to how many people are voting for them and the political ground moves accordingly.
ps. UKIP aren't literal fascists. that's paying them a compliment. they're nowhere near revolutionary enough to be fascists - they're just an establishment party like any other.
I don't really like Hillary Clinton but if it comes down to voting for her or not voting at all, I'll have to vote for her.
there are candidates other than Hillary and whoever the republicans end up with (it's going to be Jeb Bush, isn't it. oh god. Bush v Clinton again. why don't they just make america into a hereditary monarchy and be done w/ it)
the breakdown of the 2 party system in the UK is extremely ownage and i hope it happens in america as well (whatever the american corollary for ukip is will be legitimately terrifying)
On one hand, the upcoming election is a lesser of two evils situation. On the other hand, the greater of the two evils is a coalition involving Literal Fascists, so it's not really a difficult choice.
vote for who you want. disregard coalition/majority possibilities. democracy is about voting for the party you actually believe is best. hence:
...Course, I guess the "lesser of two evils" thing doesn't actually matter in the first place, since I live in a Labour/Tory marginal, which kinda forces my hand.
it doesn't force your hand at all. so long as you continue voting for the party you don't like, they are going to continue to do things you don't like. vote for a party you do like. even if they don't get into power, the politicians will pay attention to how many people are voting for them and the political ground moves accordingly.
ps. UKIP aren't literal fascists. that's paying them a compliment. they're nowhere near revolutionary enough to be fascists - they're just an establishment party like any other.
My choices are Labour, the Tories, UKIP, the Fib Dems, the Greens and the... Free Public Transport Party. I absolutely refuse to cede ground to the Tories here.
hey, maybe i could help let them in and see what effect the resulting nhs destruction has on my health
While we do have the Tea Party in the US, it's not so much a formal political party as a movement among reactionaries and "libertarians" (that are frequently actually paleoconservatives that just don't want to pay their taxes). Most of the actual parties with policies even more strident than the Republicans, like the Constitution Party (which is Christian theocratic and wants to enforce Mosaic law), just don't get enough votes to matter.
While we do have the Tea Party in the US, it's not so much a formal political party as a movement among reactionaries and "libertarians" (that are frequently actually paleoconservatives that just don't want to pay their taxes). Most of the actual parties with policies even more strident than the Republicans, like the Constitution Party (which is Christian theocratic and wants to enforce Mosaic law), just don't get enough votes to matter.
No to be fair to the Constitutionalists their whole thing about being 100% devoted to sticking to the constitution exactly is actually pretty much what they do. It's just that the Constitution is a terrible document that we should've replaced a long time ago.
There's also an actual Libertarian Party but that's like a weird mix of extreme economic conservatism and a very thin veneer of lip service to personal freedom.
There's also the Greens, who have a point, and a couple local parties where I live.
Well, they also subscribe to the myth that the US is a Christian (read: "late 20th-century Evangelical") nation, when most of the founders were Deists and deliberately avoided declaring a state religion.
On one hand, the upcoming election is a lesser of two evils situation. On the other hand, the greater of the two evils is a coalition involving Literal Fascists, so it's not really a difficult choice.
vote for who you want. disregard coalition/majority possibilities. democracy is about voting for the party you actually believe is best. hence:
...Course, I guess the "lesser of two evils" thing doesn't actually matter in the first place, since I live in a Labour/Tory marginal, which kinda forces my hand.
it doesn't force your hand at all. so long as you continue voting for the party you don't like, they are going to continue to do things you don't like. vote for a party you do like. even if they don't get into power, the politicians will pay attention to how many people are voting for them and the political ground moves accordingly.
ps. UKIP aren't literal fascists. that's paying them a compliment. they're nowhere near revolutionary enough to be fascists - they're just an establishment party like any other.
My choices are Labour, the Tories, UKIP, the Fib Dems, the Greens and the... Free Public Transport Party. I absolutely refuse to cede ground to the Tories here.
hey, maybe i could help let them in and see what effect the resulting nhs destruction has on my health
for srs - well if you actually dislike every party running then it's reasonable to keep out the least worst *shrug* i have no real idea what your political affiliations are. though at the same time remember your vote will not "let anyone in", but if youre still concerned about tory central govt then you could always split your vote locally/nationally
free public transport sounds p chill though
"the northern party" are standing for my seat. as far as i can tell they decided 'hmm the SNP are doing p well in scotland, let's do that but for the north instead.' they have some decent policies and then ruin everything by proposing one big ppolice force for the entire north (lol what are you on) and FREE ENERGY 4 EVERYONE (okay have fun funding that when citizens income would do broadly the same thing and be more cost effective and realistic)
The Greens in the UK mostly exist to... um... well, they exist, at any rate. And still oppose nuclear power, because nuclear power bad.
if it's their influence you have an issue with then they have an MP and a council and are the opposition in several councils and have an awful lot of councillors. and ~could~ pick up 2 more seats in this election
also imo the swing towards snp and greens to a lesser extent has drive ed miliband to propose a few decent policies (which he will probably never implement)
You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
IMO there are plenty of parts of the constitution worth keeping. The fourth, fifth, and sixth amendments come to mind.
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this is why i overwhelmingly played sandbox games like elder scrolls, etc. rather than more linear ones. i clocked absolutely hundreds and hundreds of hours into oblivion before i even touched the main quest
Hope it works
i am having to use the stylus
im not used to it
Like, if you're against my views, I'd prefer you just sat at home.
Not gonna support legislature to prevent you from voting because bad idea, but a certain number of extra people becoming indeterminately Politically Engaged will not help the country
Utah was once strongly not-republican.
If you want the Utah vote, you're gonna have to change the democrat's stance on abortion.
It's that issue, it overrides all other issues, and is a deal-breaker.
I'd like to vote democrat, but the republicans are holding my culture and religion hostage.
I'd feel like a bad Utahn if I voted for any Clinton.
So, I'll vote third party, which is like rooting for a basketball team that isn't the Jazz, but isn't the bulls or the Lakers. Except, basketball is serious flipping business that you don't joke about and that shouldn't be compared to mere politics. Nobody gives a crud who gets to lounge around in the white house, but 1997 was the year of tragedy.
and i still crave that, i feel, but i'm finding it harder and harder to find that
I want the clintons to win, but I can't, in good faith, vote for them.
I’d still vote for Hillary, since she’s almost certainly better than anyone the Republicans will put on the ballot. I’d have a very hard time quelling my conscience enough to do so, though.
However, if Scott Walker were to be the Republican candidate, I’ll be glad to vote for Hillary against him, because he’s one of the few politicians I legitimately hate.
ps. UKIP aren't literal fascists. that's paying them a compliment. they're nowhere near revolutionary enough to be fascists - they're just an establishment party like any other.
My choices are Labour, the Tories, UKIP, the Fib Dems, the Greens and the... Free Public Transport Party. I absolutely refuse to cede ground to the Tories here.
hey, maybe i could help let them in and see what effect the resulting nhs destruction has on my health
free public transport sounds p chill though
"the northern party" are standing for my seat. as far as i can tell they decided 'hmm the SNP are doing p well in scotland, let's do that but for the north instead.' they have some decent policies and then ruin everything by proposing one big ppolice force for the entire north (lol what are you on) and FREE ENERGY 4 EVERYONE (okay have fun funding that when citizens income would do broadly the same thing and be more cost effective and realistic)
also imo the swing towards snp and greens to a lesser extent has drive ed miliband to propose a few decent policies (which he will probably never implement)