rip in peace to the alt account I used to argue with .world posters, I suppose I'll have to make one on .zip or something now.

dem party only has two buttons, ratfuck and coopt.

don't breathe jet fuel

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Been feeling this way doing rideshare the past couple of weeks. So many college kids and their wealthy parents going out partying and me with my degree and years of experience driving the cab.

Nope, and neither are translations of chapters not yet released outside of Japan.

What's wild about The Last Samurai is that it's even more popular in Japan than in America. Reason being that it recounts a kind of national myth that a lot of Japanese people want to be true about the honorable Samurai who definitely didn't use guns or own factories or treat their peasants like shit. I would be curious if a remake that accurately portrays the "fuedal landlords versus new money bourgeoisie" nature of the rebellion would do well with anyone beyond weirdo marxists like me.

If I had to pick one I would pick PS2 but I think that whole generation was riding a similar wave of innovation. Hell it also included the Dreamcast which was a good console with a good library that unfortunately got blown out of the water by being made to compete against three great ones.

But have you considered: "I drink fluoride water that means I don't need to brush my teeth."

The Gang of Eight called their coup against Gorbachev off after three civilians died. Three! Three million civilian deaths wouldn't even make the average American politician flinch.

I wouldn't go that far. China makes something like 80% of the intermediate products used in "American" manufacturing, so I'd still expect price increases across the board.

I'm imagining Marx writing a dissertation on the water economy in Caves of Qud