"Whereas" sort of makes sense there instead of just "Where," but even that sounds like someone trying to be formal and missing the mark.
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/652015/where-vs-whereas-how-use-each
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You mess with crabo, you get a stabo.
Having never heard of this before watching the video, I feel like I know even less about the game after watching.
Stub your toe in the dark while fighting through the back pain when you have to pee at 4:00am. 47 here.
"Asshole ex-boyfriend 'heartbroken' over seeing his ex with someone new. 'I'll still take her back if she wants me.'"
Any advice on step 1.5: getting the bad feelings out of my brain? Like with a knife or...?
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AdultsAreUseless
I don't know if this is quite the correct trope, but it's close, at least. It's common in any kid/teen story that the adults are complete screw-ups, and it's up to the brave child heroes to do anything about it. I always think of it as the Goonies plot (my first obvious exposure to the trope) but I'm sure it goes back way further than that.
Sub Commander? Is Starfleet in charge of operating submarines on water planets?
Rimworld takes place in the Cars universe. The people left Earth when the tanks became self-aware.
(Paraphrasing an old comment from the Bad Site)
"Make America Great" would be a fine, if bland slogan. Everybody wants that. It's not controversial, but also not distinctive in any way.
"Make America Greater than Ever" would be better. The implication being that we can do better, and be better. But they intentionally went with something else.
It seems to me, and as you have identified, that the "Again" is the key part of the phrase that drives the whole narrative. Here's the kicker: by nearly every objective measure, the country is safer, richer, more equal, and has a better overall quality of life today than at any point in history[1]. The only thing that has significantly declined over the last 40-50 years is "the percentage of total societal influence held by straight white men."
"Again" is the dog-whistle of misogyny, racism, and homophobia, wrapped up in the plausible deniability of nostalgia for an objectively worse time.
[1] There may be some room for disagreements here, primarily because of the first Trump administration and the pandemic years causing some backsliding, but this was especially true in 2016 when the slogan first really appeared, which is when it should be judged.
The best investments in maintenance - whether infrastructure, IT, whatever - is the one the next generation can make fun of. That means it worked.
Laws on the books generally don't get overturned unless they are specifically mentioned in a court ruling, or there is some action by a legislative body. If you want to be able to buy/sell switchblades, you could challenge the law and see where it goes. But apparently nobody has bothered to take it to court.