I didn’t know I accused boomers, or older people specifically, of anything. Did I do that? Or am I misunderstanding what you mean?

If you didn’t know this, you haven’t been paying attention. Right wing voices have gone hard at the young male demographic for years now. They’ve targeted kids in online games and social media, and groomed them for years all with the goal of shaping their world view and by extension, their politics. Lonely young guys looking at people who present themselves as successful, rich, and rolling in women, not giving a fuck about anyone but themselves, telling young boys that they just need to be more sexist and racist and that’ll get them laid and make them feel fulfilled. Telling them that the world is wrong and they’re not. It’s been extremely successful, and all wide out in the open. That’s why voices like Andrew Tate made it into the public zeitgeist.

Frankly, it’s an absolute failing on all of the left for being completely unable or unwilling to see this or show an alternative world view. Too often, when I hear people talk about young white men’s issues, I get crocodile tears from everyone who can’t separate them from actual right wing provocateurs.

Got a non-paywall version?

The unflattering angle and double chin really hit home.

That photo reeks of fetal alcohol syndrome

Here’s hoping this fuckin guy loses his right to vote.

You think you’re sick of it? Try living here where the ads never stop.

So what the fuck do we need CBS for again?

These white, Republican congressmen are wild. Cocaine fueled bingers, sex trafficking, Christofascism. Rape and disease. Nastiest leaders in the free world. Cults, wannabe gangsters. But damn if they don’t feel emboldened now, attacking anyone they can.

Thanks for calling that out. We’ve home grown Nazi’s for a long while now, we didn’t just inherit them after WW2

We’re talking about what can be proven, and the DoJ seems to think they can prove Visa drove the market this way. You’re talking about a hypothetical market where Visa didn’t do what they did, which is irrelevant.

This wasn’t a natural push to a monopoly though. Visa used their size and leverage to force end users to use their debit network and squeeze out the competition. They’d charge higher fees on companies who didn’t use their services. So I disagree, this isn’t a natural monopoly.

If they fix some of the wonky character animations during cut scenes, it might be worth it for that alone.

Is it too simplistic? I have plenty of games I’d consider kids games that I haven’t returned.

I played through final fantasy 16 on PS5, and well… Let’s just say I’m not in any hurry to play through it again.

Once you’ve figured out how the combat works, there’s really no additional depth to it. The summon fights look spectacular but aren’t all that engaging. Lots of spectical, not a lot of challenge. The game is absolutely gorgeous, but it’s so so shallow in gameplay. The side quests are extremely boring. The main story is ok too. They really tried to be a lot more serious like game of thrones, but still kept it like right below that mature line, so it felt like a half measure to me.

There is absolutely no depth to the weapons or equipment outside of ‘number go up’. There aren’t any elemental weaknesses in you or the enemies, so The only challenge comes from the actual fighting technique, perfect blocks perfect parries, and chaining together different summon powers. If you like the combat, you’ll enjoy doing the monster hunts, but there aren’t many hunts compared to other ff games.

Overall, the story is decent, if a little lacking in focus. I’d probably say it’s worth picking up on sale, but it is not really worth the current price tag at all. It really is a shell of a final fantasy game compared to the past games. It’s a great looking action game, but it’s shallow.

Oh to be someone outside, looking in at this series… It must look absolutely insane lol. As someone who’s been playing these games for years now, this feels right at home for this series to me.

Ah, so Konami clearly hasn’t paid attention to Square’s experience with exclusives on PS5. So I guess this game isn’t going to meet sales expectations either.

So Georgia Republicans have clearly decided they have no chance to actually win this election. So they’ve decided they’re gonna lie and cheat.

I know this sounds horrible, but for the Republicans to be this panicked doesn’t exactly bode well for their chances, even if they cheat.

Everyone needs to turn out to vote. No excuses. No sitting this one out. If you aren’t voting but have the ability to, then you need to reconsider sitting this one out.

The Nazi’s continue their harassment campaign.

He’s the legal equivalent of a toddler saying “I’m not touching you” while constantly putting his hands close to you.