For about 1.5 years after the stroke, Fetterman's voting record was one of the bluest in the senate. If anything, it was kind of weird how a guy who campaigned on being different from the usual corporate democrats toed the party line so well.
The narrative that his stroke turned hin conservative is fun, but does not hold up under scrutiny. I think AIPAC just got to him.
Bandai Namco bought this studio back in 2020, back when their first game was announced but unreleased. That game eventually released in 2024 and did terribly. It looks like they had 2 years to try to find something else productive to do ans failed to do so.
It really looks to me like Bandai Namco bought this studio hoping that game would be good and turn itnk a decent long-term franchise, and it just didn't work out.
Bandai Namco bought this studio in 2020. It's been over 6 years. In that time period (and, in fact, the entire history of this studio), Reflector produced one (1) game. Which was a pretty terrible flop.
I get it. I hate to see stuff like Microsoft buying up a ton of studios and then shutting them down, even after they make successful games like Hi-Fi Rush. In cases like that it definitely seems like the bug corporation is more interested in eliminating potential competition than actually creating new products. But sometimes a studio is just actually bad and needs to be liquidated.
To add on to this: it is important to not engage with their bad habits. If they send you a link to reddit or Instagram or tiktok, don't look at it and don't react to it. If they ask about it, "oh yeah i don't use reddit anymore". Even say you've blocked it for your own mental health.
Theother person may need to choose between you and the content. Their choice may hurt, but it needs to be made.
I think of all the stuff around my house. The car is a bug one, but also my mitre saw, table saw, and any other powered saw. Also my ladder, mandolin (the kitchen one, not the instrument), and large knives. The things I need to be sober to use safely.
There's also "light machinery", which i can use when i'm less than sober but not super messed up on anything. My lawn mower is a push mower for example, so as long as i'm good to walk I can mow the lawn safely. Using a drill/driver is fine. Sanding, even the electric sander, is fine. Soldering is fine. I might have a drink or two and work on my server, either hardware of software, but I have learned to stop if I get too drunk. One of the most important parts of enjoying marijuana is learning how to make food while high.
Nuance is irrelevant when talking about overt, obvious, straightforward actions Trump has taken that has tanked the economy.
If you wanted to talk about a president making small, measured changes to finance legislation we can talk about nuance. If you want to talk about the potential economic impacts of moving away from fossil fuels or pressuring the Fed on some rate changes, we can talk about nuance. If you want to dive into the details of subtle tax policy changes over time we can talk about nuance.
He started a war unprovoked. He kidnapped a head of state of another sovereign nation unprovoked. He has started multiple trade wars. He has threatened and destroyed the economic relationships with most of America's closest historical allies. He had DOGE, which was an unprecedented, illegal, and unconstitutional gutting of government services, which didn't even cut government spending by as much as conservatives would want because a lot of the money was already spent, meaning he just made sure America got nothing in exchange for what they already paid for.
That isn't nuance. We are beyond the realms of nuance.
I am so, incredibly, tired.
My relationships are a swirling malestrom of emotions and memories and vibes. Bars, restaurants, shows, movies. It all blends together into a mess of unfulfilling distractions. I'm constantly rushing around to make time for things everyone else wants to do. One day everything feels okay, the next day feels like my whole life as I know it is balanced on a knife's edge.
What happened to all of those accounts who spent the last few months posting about how BoTh SiDeS aRe ThE sAmE and how voting was bad or useless?
Didn't expect to see this on Lemmy. I actively have a bag of these on my desk.
Who the fuck said anything about having kids?
From my own experience I think this is an area where ADHD and Autism are opposites, and with ADHD thinking more short-term and autism being more long term.
I do not have ADHD, but 2 of my partners do. I have a relatively long-term view of everything. I have an easier time with diet, exercise, frugality, and general self-discipline.
I'm.an accountant and in charge of the budget for my wige and me. My wife is sometimes confused- I get annoyed at things like paying $10/month to Sony to play Bloodborne with my bf, or paying for $15 drinks at a bar, or going out to eat 2-3 times per week. But when pur clothes dryer broke I insisted we get a nice and relatively expensive replacement. I hate spending money on such short-term and fleeting satisfsction, but I have no problem investing in something that will provide value over years.
More broadly, I evaluate myself based on the direction where I am going more than the place I am at right now. They say "the only person you should compare yourself to is your past self", and that's something I truly feel.
That was the first sci-fi I thought of when I read this too