I’ve seen worse. Idk why I always check when one of you folks say this, I almost always regret it but I hit those comments as people were mostly bashing ICE. Lol

I knew a guy who made his company team building event paintball, which I think is kinda cool if they were sensitive about it, except he was one of those “alpha male” types which inherently made it uncool.

I think my step dad had it sweet though, way back when, their team building was FPS lan parties during work hours. Totally permitted, stuff like Unreal Tournament and the like, but probably not mandatory though everyone participated including people on the spectrum (though unsure if they were formally diagnosed back then).

Added bonus, you might win over a Caroline.

I recently did Samurai Warriors with a friend and that was a blast. Kind of a golden era for musou games. SW2 and Dynasty Warriors 5 and 6 all solid.

I also enjoyed Gauntlet and the Metal Slug ports. I think that was PS2, at least.

Of these I only really played D as a preteen (when it hit 3DO) and that was creepy enough for me although my neighbor/crush liked to come to my place to play it so that’s mostly how I got to know it.

I was more into RTS and RPGs at that age, though, and frankly I found games like Eye of the Beholder 2 scary enough (plus I learned to never trust blue eyed blonde folk; they’ll fucking kill you).

My daughter did these things but she gets quite irate if I don’t let her turn in the lights or blow on my glasses when I do the lazy cleaning thing. Upside, she now tries her best to take care of her brother who is 18 months younger.

I grade papers. It really is the age of paranoia, lol.

Not very many accidents out in the middle of nowhere highways, although in my experience last holiday season there wasn’t a single jabroni hogging the left lane. Granted, I usually drive everyone back at like 1 am, so mileage may vary.

You’re absolutely right in the middle of the city though, and the number of people who get angry at you for not going 60 on a 40 mph blvd is way higher than it should be. I got honked at and a guy swerved around me just got both of us to get stuck at the same red. Those are the people who will certainly kill pedestrians.

Btw, this isn’t considering how they get there. Google and iOS both push some of these sources on their newsfeed apps (and probably first hits when you Google search something).

Not to say the average person isn’t brainwashed, just that the oligarchy feeds its own.

Hey now, they have satirical news too.

Wait, I’ve been informed it’s not satirical. Wtf?

I was checking this year and most of the things I want from a few years ago are still at 50%. But I don’t have enough time to play everything so I won’t likely pirate new stuff even though I very much know how to do so safely.

Hell, new games aren’t even competing with just each other- I’ve had a blast playing a lot of PS2 and PSP this year. When you don’t give in to hype and peer pressure, you’ve got near limitless options for entertainment.

I’m on mobile right now so I can’t check the krita file itself but I was able to download it from the link OP posted (you need to click a link further down on the page that says source).

It wouldn’t be the first time someone’s looks like AI, though. It’s a hallmark of digital art, and AI has to have trained off something, too

Oh my. This is how I learned LA Taco started their own comics. Y’all should know they went from being a food site to an ICE tracking site this year. Heard an interview with the guy who made it, he’s a real accidental activist but certainly found his calling!

The guy literally shares the “source files” for his open source for his comics (krita, inkscape, etc), plus all the information about how it’s drawn. I also suspected AI but it’s likely just his style; like the use of em dashes w/ LLMs.

Too bad even with all the documentation, it’s tough to trust people now.

Appropriate, as I’m about to eat like a caterpillar on Saturday this Thanksgiving.

Remember, a huge number of the No Kings protesters were Boomers and Gen Xers. While not 1:1 on this issue, there are still old people worried about the state of the future.

Sucks people you know are not that, though. Also not sure where millennials like myself are… probably working to survive. Lol

Meanwhile my poor ass bought fancy mushroom bisque for my green bean casserole, a recipe Campbell’s literally made up and brainwashed my parents generation into doing every year, lol.

Better be good though, this shit was expensive.

Man they really went wild with the oranges that day.

I’m so glad my mobo died last year so I got new one with new DDR5 ram before this happened. It’s like a good example for bad things not always being so bad after all.

Had trouble with this myself teaching. Students this semester have been good about it (probably because I’ve been very explicit in my contempt and also it kept blundering) but last semester was tricky.

One thing I learned was I need to also insist no Grammarly. That used to be allowed but it makes original writing sound very AI. I also riddled my assignments with short oral segments and personal stories.

It cuts into class time but I’ve managed to make those sessions educational since my “presentations” are always conversations w/ students. No ppts. Actually kinda fun and very much weeds out cheaters lol