abigscaryhobo

I think the better question is what about games deserves to be in a general history museum? The advent and changes of technology and the implementation is far more important than the examples of it in use. There are very few games on their own that would qualify as "culturally impactful" to the greater world by their sheer existence. (Mario, Pokemon, and Tetris immediately come to mind).

If we are talking about a "video game museum/exhibit" then the list broadens a lot, but it's less about the "what" and more the "why" that needs focused.

Most of these I get, but idk about hollow knight unless it's a part of the "Metroid/Castlevania" exhibit. It's a good game but idk if it's quite "museum" status.

I don't doubt that there's some incriminating stuff in those files. Do I think there's a hard breakdown of charges and evidence in them? No. Because if Epstein was some crackpot who just claimed he had blackmail but actually had nothing, then they would have made it public or started a smear campaign and proved it.

But I think there are a lot of high profile people that are mentioned or noted in the documents or whatever and the Dems had the brains to go "shut the hell up and everyone will forget about it."

Trump went around thinking he had an advantage by going "see they're hiding something, I wouldn't do that, I'll release everything!" without thinking through that eventually he would have to reveal everything, and now that chicken is coming home to roost for him and he's looking like a fool.

The problem is barriers to entry. There are certain things like voting that should have bare minimum entry requirements. (Proof of ID, lack of felony charges) Because once you put in any requirement (like education level etc.) those requirements can be manipulated by bad actors. We already have low voter turnout in the US as it is, and people already try to challenge that in bad faith (looking at all the "stolen election" bs in 2021).

Putting requirements like education is just begging people to manipulate it and skew results (harder tests in some areas, obtuse questions, general "elitist" focused motivations)

The point is voting needs to be accessible to everyone, even if some of those people are "not smart enough" then we need to focus on educating those people, not stopping them from voting because of some arbitrary "good enough" line.

We just need the files. I'm sure there's gonna be plenty of "I was just on it because he was blackmailing me" or whatever, from everyone involved, innocent or not. Unless there's something that literally has itemized "X person, 2 kids, diddled both, camera footage timestamp x:xx:xx" I really doubt much legally will come from it.

Court of public opinion however, that's gonna cause some real shakedowns, if people actually listen.

Problem is the same as it has always been though.

Sex sells.

It's gonna be a hard push for a lot of these companies to stop accepting transactions for NSFW stuff unless they can prove it's harmful or they get legal repercussions because it's a big part of business. In an economy where "year over year growth" is such a big deal, neutering transactions that account for (guessing generously) 7% of your revenue is a hard pill to swallow without serious force.

The front fell off

F95 has a lot of you're looking for just straight up porn. But they're not exactly filtered for quality.

I mean, I get where this post is coming from, but they didn't build guardrails along every single street and deliberately put them behind the sidewalks. They put it there because behind it is a steep dropoff.

It was never about "pedestrian bad", the guardrail wouldn't be there at all if it wasn't for the hill. Same thing with the parking meters others are mentioning. It's not because the meters are more valuable or whatever, it's because replacing them is expensive. Could they have put it in front of the sidewalk? Sure. But I'd bet the sidewalk was there for a while before the rail (plus the fact that there's a sidewalk at all is surprising, in the US)

I get the point this is going for, but don't forget, narrative manipulation can, and is, done by anyone.

I was always told that scruffing them is fine but you need to grab more than the person in the grip, obviously don't carry them around the house like that but if you need to manipulate them then grabbing a handful is usually okay. It's fine when you're spreading out the weight but that weird two finger grip on the back of the neck is just mean.

That's why I visit your mom regularly her huuuuge....personal health needs.

The right answer here is ask the landlord, but if they say no, you can't get it. You've got a good place, a good deal on rent, and an amocable relationship with the landlord, don't screw that up because there's a cute cat in the window. They're adorable, someone else will adopt them if you can't.