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then I look at myself and wonder, who the hell is this?

Someone with passion for the world they live in! I have the same experience with the Merlin app after a friend suggested I download it last year. It's so fun seeing real time identification of multiple birds at once

Not suggesting our system is correct or even good, but have you considered who a person counts as their most trusted advisors? Usually ones immediate family are very important to them and often helps guide their opinions on life.

So when it comes to the president or leader of a country, I think it's actually a bit nice to see the family, because they will absolutely be involved somehow. Knowing if the family is stable or not in public appearances is fairly valuable to understanding the proposed leader.

So what, we should eat shit and die and suffer and not be excited about things that feel like small victories?

The pov you're providing is bleak and grim. We aren't dumb, we know we're fucked and our election sucks. We can focus on multiple things at a time and we can laugh at our political idiots while also being mad at them.

Definitely try and finish the series first. The unofficial fourth is a direct continuation of some of the in-universe lore/happenings

Nice. I enjoy them too.

I guess I should have spoken only for myself there. For me, I think the novelty will wear off in a few months.

These folks are definitely struggling and being taken advantage of somehow. It's fun to point and laugh, but I also feel sorry for them.

The OP runs this community and sovcit posts have gotten the best continued traction here.

Everyone loves laughing at them and it's valid "insane people Facebook" posts.

I think we'll likely see less sovcit posts as time goes on and people get bored reading the same sad story of these people over and over again. But it'll take a bit for the novelty to wear off

There are more games than just competitive shooters where voice comms matter. Many games have multiplayer experiences that don't require me to communicate in text or voice with others.

That's what I was referring to about points of view. You seem to be approaching this situation entirely from a competitive team game perspective where that's only a portion of the wider world of games.

Just because you find competitive games where communication is critical fun, doesn't mean that my multiplayer gaming experiences where I don't chat aren't me communicating with others.

Your pov on what constitutes a "multiplayer game" is and what communication consists of is what needs to broaden.

Me tea bagging your ragdolled player character in halo 3 with chat off is communication.

I think you need to broaden your own perspectives on how people enjoy games and what they get out of them. You've shown throughout this thread that you have a very narrow point of view.

They tried to stand impartial (my most generous interpretation of reddits in-action towards the donald) and it really fucked them.

It's so weird how many platforms cater to harmful rhetoric in an effort to stay neutral only for them to later ban the community after the damage has been done.

If I were more conspiratorial I'd suggest the Donald survived for as long as it did on purpose and with the explicit support of the reddit admins/execs..

And then 34 tomorrow. Lol, lmao.

I'd suggest skipping it. While it's a fun continuation, the writer is not nearly as good as Liu Cixin. It's definitely a fanfic

For me it was when his videos turned into advertisements blatant for paying the bills. He moved to CA, lost the passion for yt (which I don't blame him, life happens) but then the videos he would make were soulless adverts in his vlog style.

He seems to be "back" now doing videos with passion and vigor. I hope he's having fun again