JowlesMcGee

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[–] JowlesMcGee@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Was better in some regards. I think most minorities in the US would agree that they at least feel safe and more free to exist in 2024 than they would in the 1980s or earlier.

[–] JowlesMcGee@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Have you tried the Mass Effect trilogy? Generally considered to have a pretty good story, and it has choices so there's some replay value too.

[–] JowlesMcGee@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I'm curious, where's "over here" for you? I'm not super involved in politics here in the US, but I don't think surrogacy is really talked about much here? There's the people who vehemently oppose it (from my experience that's mostly the religious right), but almost any interaction I've had discussing it just lists it as an option people can consider.

I should mention that I'm Bi and don't have a kid, so I mostly hear about it from the context of same sex couples.

[–] JowlesMcGee@kbin.social 67 points 1 year ago

That's not-

Wait a minute. Ha, you almost had me, you sly dog.

[–] JowlesMcGee@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago

Typical puppy couldn't sit still. Some things never change.

[–] JowlesMcGee@kbin.social 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think they meant guaranteed income prior to selling the game, since they had no way of knowing how successful (if at all) the game was going to be once released.

[–] JowlesMcGee@kbin.social 16 points 1 year ago

There's a lot of people who just refuse to leave. They'll complain and make fun of Musk, but they just can't pull the trigger and leave. It's the and for reddit and a lot of other sites as well.

[–] JowlesMcGee@kbin.social 124 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Your first clue that you were old is that you were still listening to FM radio.

[–] JowlesMcGee@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

John Jacob Astor IV (July 13, 1864 – April 15, 1912) was an American business magnate, real estate developer, investor, writer, lieutenant colonel in the Spanish–American War, and a prominent member of the Astor family.

Probably explains why the description of the book sounds like American power fantasy. Interesting to hear of sci-fi from so long ago though.

[–] JowlesMcGee@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Some might put adds in front or at the end of videos. I'm sure the "viewer counts" also help them negotiate rates for adds on the page itself.

[–] JowlesMcGee@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

He's talking about Zaheer and the Red Lotus. They were extremely well intentioned, but set about their goals with violence.

[–] JowlesMcGee@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'll never stop complaining that in the second movie Dooku tells Obi-Wan that the Separatists are the good guys and that there's a sith influencing the Senate. Which would have been a cool reveal for the audience, that we're rooting for the bad guys.

But then Dooku is also a sith anyway. What a wasted opportunity.

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