I find this trend extremely weird. Why this insistence on live action? Is there really a wider audience for these than if they had just made something animated and threw money at the marketing?
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Your pick reminds me I really should get into some naval fiction. I used to love it on the screen (Hornblower, Master and Commander, etc), I'm a big fan of it's sci-fi equivalents, I was into sailing as a kid and I am a total sucker for command drama stuff. Frankly, I'm shocked I've never read any naval fiction as far as I can remember.
It Takes Two would be my introduction for a partner who doesn't game very much. Co-op, easy to play, fun in a really low stakes way with a great story. I had tons of fun with the game playing with an ex.
Raft is another I played with an ex that was a lot of fun. It's a very chill co-op survival game where you build up your boat.
I'd love to get out of this city. It's a car addicted hellscape with a lot of personal baggage in it. A fresh start would do me so much good. I dream of living somewhere not so fucking car brained.
But if it's just enough money to move, then no. I moved states when I was younger and I can't live again knowing if anything goes wrong I might be homeless with no local support network. At least here I have some family. If I was rich, sure, but not if I have to work to keep a roof over my head.
$200,000 for a 1 Bed 1 Bath with an hour and a half commute to the city. It's a unit, so probably has a bunch of other fees attached for upkeep but they aren't listed. Area is far away from necessary services, highly car dependent and notoriously crime ridden. The unit is run down and requires renovations.
Double that for a 2 Bed 1 Bath in a similar area.
hell yes
I can play Eve Online before it got shit again
Yeah I mean, I think I understand the ones I'm familiar with as "conservative core" picks. Most of it is shallow and aesthetic but that's sort of what these lists are about. Though for more than one of these I think the shallow, aesthetic relation to conservatism is underage girls. Come to your own conclusions on that one.
It's also worth keeping in mind that one of the undercurrents of conservatism is a reactionary disdain for capitalism. While few would actually articulate that honestly these days, it used to be stated outright. So while some might also be repulsed by the destruction inherent in industrialization found in Mononoke, the conservative would do so yearning for a regression to feudal relations.
There are some notable absences though. I would have thought Attack on Titan would be there, it used to be very popular with the right. Did that somehow change?
Pretty much anyone who says one of their favourite books is The Dispossessed either is or was an anarchist, and if the latter probably still are some form of anti-capitalist.
So totally hypothetical question, how much can you get away with lying about and what are some things to watch out for in regards to getting caught? Say I've got this friend who has been trying to honestly apply for months but hasn't gotten a rental. How do they check what you tell them?
Not bad at the moment.
Public transport is a bit awkwardly scheduled relative to my start times. A train only takes about 30 minutes, including walking to and from the station but it either gets me in super early or just a hair too late. I tend to take a bus instead because it's a better fit, I get to leave a little latter than the early train while still being on time. But it takes about 40 minutes in total, which includes a bunch of extra walking because the route starts another suburb over.
I often get a ride in, depending on whether my schedule lines up, which only takes about 15-20 minutes depending on traffic. I feel a little guilty because this is the shortest commute I've ever had by far yet the first time I've not primarily used public transport, but I do really appreciate the convenience. I unfortunately sweat a ton (I really should talk to my doctor about hyperhidrosis, it's extremely bad) so even the short walk from the bus/train station will leave my hair gross and matted, which then turns in a terrible case of triangle head.
I've thought about getting an ebike. There is a separated bike path that is a little bit indirect but covers like 90% of the route. I think I could get there at least as fast as the bus. Could be quicker, but I'm not taking a direct route as it's just bicycle gutters in an area that sees a ton of industrial traffic. Fuck riding by trucks.
Wish I could say the same about our public transport improving, it's only gotten worse. It all got privatized awhile back.
I love this, I just tracked down the Sims 2 to play the other day.
Unrelated to meme but I've decided this is now a Star Trek general thread and wanted to dump random thoughts.
I've been trying to catch up on the new-Trek I hadn't scene. Right now I've just finished Discovery S3 and find it hilarious they just did Andromeda. It's extremely obvious, but I've heard nobody talk about this so far. Have new-Trek fans just not seen Andromeda?
For those unfamiliar, it was a show based on unused material from Gene Roddenberry but not set in Star Trek. The titular ship was part of the "Systems Commonwealth", but gets thrown forward in time and finds it has collapsed in the centuries that have passed. The captain sets out to restore the "Commonwealth" in the effectively post-apocalyptic galaxy.
Discovery is the same, just swap Commonwealth for Federation. This is at least as close as DS9 was to Babylon 5. What a weird source to pull from.
I didn't hate it as much as I thought I would to be honest. I guess blowing everything up and starting again is a lot more appealing after just having watched Picard S3. A nascent, post-apocalyptic Federation is a good premise for some political drama. The show is still bad in most of the same ways it always has been, but this is way better than red angel bullshit from S2.