Oh! The Long Dark, survival mode, on the easiest setting.

“We’re not men disguised as mere dogs. We’re wolves disguised as men.”

Morrowind.

Miasmata.

Gothic 3.

Shadow of the Colossus. Just gorgeous scenery, even on PS2 emulation.

Red Dead Redemption 2.

LA Noire, if you like 1940s cities.

Went through 5 different meds before finding one that worked, that’s how. Not a fun experience.

Mostly just talk to your doc, tell them your concerns about your current meds, all that jazz. They’ll generally set you on the right path.

Maybe Bigfoot pays his taxes?

“Ho, Tom Bombadil, Tom Bombadillo!”

hongry

They’re such adorable little genetic dead-ends!

[Pug noise]

It is a bit disturbing that we bred a dog variant with the ability to scream.

Explanation: Sir Alec Guinness played Obi-Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode IV. He also played the Emperor Marcus Aurelius in The Fall of the Roman Empire, a 1964 film.

It’s a bit mid, honestly, but has a rare depiction of the Germanic/Roman barritus warcry in a funeral scene.

If the admins are at some point distracted, or otherwise are unexpectedly removed from their ability to moderate for a time, and comms have no reliable moderators, then everything will be… well, unmoderated. Having active users as moderators, even if they currently don’t do much moderating compared to the admins, makes the moderation system as a whole more likely to survive any unforeseen events.

“Last gasps” is a strong word, but symptomatic of a weakening of misogyny in general society, yes. Time will tell if this weakening is another step towards crushing that particular bigotry, or if it’ll experience a second wind in these sickened circumstances.

Uh, then ‘no’.

I’m saying misogyny is, culturally, hundreds of generations deep.

I think the decline of misogyny is the reason. As it’s not as normalized as it once was, yet still a very powerful lingering thread in our culture, men are seeking validation for it where they would have otherwise found validation for misogyny, unasked for and unconditionally, in their everyday social circles in previous eras.

Always been a Clutch fan, but I’ve been listening to Three Golden Horns a lot the past few days.

Contrarianism. Being anti-“Popular Thing” just for the sake of being anti-“Popular Thing” marks you out as having no thoughts worth hearing out.

Explanation: It’s a common historical counterfactual for amateur history enthusiasts to ask “What if Nazi Germany had [insert technology here]?” as a means of creating alternate timelines where Nazi Germany won the war.

In reality, considering that the US was deeply concerned that the Nazis may have been getting close to nuclear weapons themselves (they were actually far behind the US project), any serious reversal of Allied fortunes in Germany probably would’ve ended up with the nukes being used on the Nazis instead of Imperial Japan.

Yes, to keep in contact with 6 people.