I came here to share this one. I wasn’t fully aware of what I was getting into emotionally. And then I sent Gwen off. And it was so soul crushing. I think the game has fundamentally changed how I feel about my own eventual death.

They mean elderly during the Great Depression. It was a driving force behind Social Security.

Are her fans kinda unhinged? Yeah maybe. Racist conservatives? Unlikely.

Manchin is probably providing cover for a few corporate Dems. If it wasn’t him, it would be one of them, I’m sure. We just really need to get corporate money out of politics.

There can be value in lobbying. But this ain’t it.

Haven’t seen it mentioned, but, Spiritfarer

Honestly I’m not having a great time. Most of the hobby communities are graveyards. I spend a lot less time here because I’m not interested in tech communities at all.

I think it’s so you can’t get your political rivals arrested to prevent them from running against you. Kinda like Lula in Brazil. I think it makes sense, even if it feels shitty right now. Congress could still do something about it, but good luck getting more than a handful of Republicans to hit their party’s self destruct button.