Wait. That's a cinnamon roll!?

It's the same thing with the internet. 'Be careful of what you post online', 'Don't believe everything you read' were told to me repeatedly by my father and I took it seriously. Now I know that it was only because of a vague distrust of the internet that eased with time, rather than an actual understanding and respect for infosec, as now he puts his whole life on Facebook and guzzles from the insane right wing propaganda hoze he and all his boomer buddies hooked themselves up to.

That's why you have a second chipper on standby

I played the GBA sequel, The Knight of Lodis, and that game blew my mind as a kid. It was also very difficult for me; I was only able to finish it because a neighborhood kid let me use his action replay to max out my units' stats. Even then, 10/10, it whips.

I have yet to play the original despite owning it for both PSP and on steam. It's a game that I want to play, but the length and just general effort involved in reading through class skills and stats are daunting for me with my limited free-time these days. I've been playing Pillars of Eternity lately, so maybe I'm getting back in the mood for heavier investment, slower burn kind of gaming experiences.

GOOD post.

I've been playing Pillars of Eternity. Still early going, so I don't have a feel for the overarching plot just yet, but I'm enjoying learning about the world and finding new party members.

Andor

I contain multitudes

The biggest

I read "megacommunist" and thought, yes. But then realized it was "magacommunist" and thought, no. So I'm big swoopy dashed line

Progressive getting radicalized while playing Disco Elysium

It's a nightmare

By that logic all of the Muslim world should convert to the Baháʼí faith.

Keeping it to themselves would be great though

Better yet: what is under your mind?

This article seeks to explain why the majority of the population does not trust the government's reporting on the health of the economy but assumes the metrics are valid without interrogation. Inflation is down, but a decrease in a second order derivative only means that things are getting more expensive at a slower rate. I'm not immediately sure what the gov actually looks at in this calculation but we've got the Krugman tweet kicking around about how great everything is going if you exclude food, energy, and housing costs, which are the bulk of people's expenses and exactly where they are feeling that (now slower) increase.

Wages are said to have increased, but as always, those gains are not evenly distributed.

Unemployment being at a record low does not mean a great deal when the unemployment numbers are cooked. People who are unable to work or have given up looking are excluded from this metric and we remain in a pandemic that has cost millions or lives and left many more unable to work.

It's not just that the government has erroded its credibility over decades, it's that it still has no credibility and the figures it presents should not be taken at face value.

I'm going to assume I would lose life due to mana burn.

Excuse me. I am a stinky piss ADULT

Well I think you hit the nail on the head there. The US clearly doesn't care.