I'm really interested in this game, but with the current size of my backlog I'll probably wait for a more significant sale.
I would welcome any attempts to change my mind though.
A big problem with modern society is that too much of the population is aging out of working age. Dropping birthrates are considered a big problem for developed countries, one that they will have to fix through incentives or by increasing the number of immigrants.
Tax breaks for parents having kids are an incentive to try to encourage more children, and more children are needed for the future of the country.
Here's a video talking about how falling birthrates are a problem for countries
Fantastic game, been playing it almost nonstop since trying the demo in 2021. Highly recommend it to anyone who likes games like Slay the Spire and Dicey Dungeons.
You just have to get them used to belly rubs when they're young, and then you get to enjoy 10-20 years of pain free cat belly rubs.
I would avoid Chinese phones, network gear, and other computer hardware as well.
I mean there are a couple issues that make gun control difficult in the US:
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Huge number of guns already in the country. Even if stricter gun laws were passed there are so many guns in circulation that it will still be easy to get illegal guns. Many of the guns have been sold or changed owners multiple times meaning there's no database/etc that will let these guns be easily tracked down or collected.
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it's easy to compare the US to Europe due to having the same economic output and looking somewhat similar in size on a map, but the US is about twice as large as Europe with less than half of Europe's population. A huge amount of the country is rural, and they want guns for wild animals/security/etc.
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Relatively unsecured Mexican border. Funnily enough this is one thing I would think both political parties would be in agreement over. For any serious gun control to work, the Mexican border would need to be secured. It's probably a moot point because of the first point though, but you can't try to resolve the first point without having more control over what enters the country.
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This isn't a US specific issue, but 3d printed guns are a thing now, and are getting better all the time. I think countries that have largely been gun free are going to have increasing issues with criminals having guns, and their law enforcement will have to adapt.
So basically there are a lot of people who want to own guns, and many of them have legitimate reasons for some gun ownership. Passing strong gun laws will be problematic for those people, while being unlikely to actually reduce the availability of illegal guns. Gun laws would probably help with school shootings though since I think most of those guns are legally owned guns stolen from family members.
I'm sure people have some great counter arguments for my points, but my main point is it's not a simple as "ban guns". And I'm not even getting into 2nd amendment and the idea that the American people have a responsibility to stay armed enough to hold their government accountable through force if needed.
Yeah same. I find I mentally do a lot better by improving things I can change rather than stressing over things I can't.
Honestly the arch wiki is like a black hole, dragging Linux users towards using arch. I got so used to using arch wiki on other distros that it eventually got me to switch to something arch based.
Edit: btw
I like Cyrobyte, but his merch store doesn't really have anything to do with Steam Deck. Feel free to post his videos though.
That's definitely good to know, thanks.
Fantastic game, I highly recommend it. It has a good demo that will let you get a proper feel for the game, and is also available on android and iOS.