I've often that about that if I could design a house, I'd have a room just like this. Like there would be a section of the house that was tower like and the only way to get to the room at the top would be to take an exterior balcony-like-staircase from the second floor to the room in question - the sole room on the "third floor".

There's just something about a room like that that makes it fell so isolated, peaceful and serene. And the exterior access makes it feel like a little adventure getting there. Like if the weather were bad you might opt not to go there because it would mean gearing up to make the trip.

Join the movement for ranked choice voting so we can end the duopoly!

Missourians who see this, vote NO on 7 to stop the ban!

P(repubscent) Didd(ler)

doesn't treat its viewer as an idiot

A lot of what you said is reasonable but this is absolutely laughable. As someone entering their thirties, this is the single most annoying aspect of anime and it's especially blatant in works aimed at teenagers. And trust me, I'm not here to hate - this stuff isn't aimed at me and that's okay, but claiming most anime doesn't do this or that not virtually 100% of shonen does this is absurd.

Finally, yes! Anyone who wants to vote for a third party should instead spend their time and effort fighting for a different voting system (ranked choice, star, etc) that could mathematically allow a third party to actually succeed.

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This city is a monument to man's arrogance.

• Peggy Hill

Homeless man stops begging, demands change.

Best line in the whole movie.

Jenius

Daily reminder that no individual action is lawful or chaotic.

I think this is a greater problem with games that are technically aimed at children. There is so little respect for your time generally, but I think it's especially egregious when it comes to menus, dialog, and animations. Additionally, there are many things that are in sequence (with large unneeded gaps between) that could happen more or less simultaneously.

Conspiratorially, I think this is to pad play time, and for kids the animations and what not are jingling keys that keep then occupied enough they don't care or notice.