I’ve heard the rumors, but I’m holding out until there’s more evidence. Wouldn’t surprise me though.

Wow! What a piece of absolute shit. I always knew he was garbage, but this … wow.

Also, good for her. I hope she drew blood from that little pecker. And I hope she’s still alive and doing well. The world needs more people like her.

I’d agree that racism and sexism are separate from religion and I didn’t intend to suggest that religion is the source of racism or sexism. It runs much deeper than that with sexism and racism being expressed in different ways by both religious and non-religious alike. That said, where and when I grew up they were all intertwined with and reinforced by religion. So when I threw off the yoke of religion it was easier, for me at least, to recognize the many small and large injustices being committed by me those around me because that was our “culture”.

I grew up in a very religious, rural part of the country (US) and in a time when sexism and racism were the norm. I’m now an atheist and now recognize how damaging all of that is to the individuals it harms and to society as a whole.

Yeah, that’s why I gave up religion years ago.

I’m not religious, but I’m fairly certain that Trump is the least christian POTUS this country has ever seen.

Haven’t played the sequel yet. Waiting to get it on sale if/when it shows up on GOG. That said, I don’t have big expectations. Sequels rarely live up to the original.

Yeah, a lot of people haven’t forgotten about the Epstein files, but the mainstream media sure seems to be focused elsewhere right now.

It should be clear that there is a plan and it’s largely working. Since the bombs started dropping, hardly anyone is talking about the Epstein files. :|

No, it’s not bad. You have a best friend and that’s great. Assuming there’s nothing amorous going on between you, the fact that they are the opposite gender as you shouldn’t matter.

Just be careful to invest time in your relationship with your boyfriend as well. Remember that they are also your friend and even if they trust you they may tire of the situation if they perceive they are being neglected. Just saying this because I have seen relationships fall apart because of similar situations.

Fair enough. There were a lot of weapons and variations of the weapons and I’d agree that some things weren’t explained well or at all. But for me part of the fun was experimenting and figuring out what worked and what didn’t.

As for the story, it really didn’t click for me either until later in the game when the how and why of that world became clearer. Prior to that it felt like just another derivative (post-post-)post-apocalyptic story. But from that point on I was fully invested, which made the ending all the more impactful for me.

If you don’t mind me asking, what specifically didn’t you like about the game?

Horizon Zero Dawn - From what I saw from the marketing seemed just odd. Relatively primitive looking humans fighting animal shaped robots. It just looked a bit too gimmicky. Several years after it’s initial release I saw that it was on sale and gave it a shot. I was genuinely surprised by the depth of the story. It was much more emotionally impactful than I expected and the story now feels almost prescient.

I drive a small car with stiff (sport) suspension. In my area manhole covers typically aren’t aligned well with the road surface making them quite bumpy to drive over. This can jarring and even painful for me due to medical issues that I don’t care to get into here. So I routinely avoid driving over manhole covers.

Not sure that’s a universal thing with cats. Unless she’s really hungry, the current feline resident of my household most definitely will turn her nose up at a dish if it’s the same as she was fed in the last meal.

Keep the rule and LOL @ “orange lardsack”

We are waaaay past suspicion at this point. :|

Fallout 4 is the first to come to mind. The story was all too predictable and the options for resolving the story were far too limited in my mind.

Besides the story issues and the usual Bethesda jank, was just how clunky the settlement building process was. In addition, I had a major issue preventing me from doing pretty much any of the Brotherhood of Steel missions besides the basic ones offered by the BoS solders holding out in the police station.

I was also pissed at how no matter how good your perimeter defenses were hostiles always spawned inside the settlements when you weren’t present at the start of a raid. Tall walls/fences + dozens of automated turrets of various types all arranged carefully with overlapping fields of fire as well as traps were apparently still not enough to keep motley group of poorly equipped raiders from pillaging and ransacking my settlements repeatedly.

I’ve played other Fallout games repeatedly, but I have no interest in playing Fallout 4 again.

“Oh look, a leopard! That looks like my kind of leopard. I know will only bite off the faces of my enemies. Surely it won’t eat my face!”

On one hand this sounds plausible, but on the other the article cites the Daily Mail, which is far as I’m concerned isn’t the most credible source of factual information. I’ll hold my judgement until this is corroborated by more reliable sources.