I am sadly reminded of Kenny’s remarks right before he was deposed and the true crazies took hold of the UCP in Alberta. I sure hope the BC conservatives don’t have another Danielle in their wings, waiting to usurp leadership and send the whole province into a descent to madness.

I disagree on that one. If you listen to Adrenaline and then skip forward to Private music there’s barely any resemblance left.

I will agree though that their overall vibe has remained consistent, but I think that speaks to their vision of the band instead of a lack of creativity.

I could not agree more. I understand the original intent, but nowadays it’s literally a “get out of fucking over your civil rights - free card”.

Thanks for sharing that mindfuck. I honestly would’ve thought something was wrong with my cognition if you hadn’t mentioned it was a test beforehand.

Glad to hear you managed to get away from that situation, and thank you for sharing. I appreciate learning about things like this, and to see that empowerment enabled you to take active control of your life.

Please feel free to ignore this if you’re not comfortable talking about this with strangers on the internet, but I’ve always wondered what keeps people persisting in a relationship like that. It’s easy for me to say, but I’d imagine having sex would definitely stop being appealing if it’s a one-sided affair. Not sure if I’d have the fortitude to put up with that to such an extent it’d result in three kids.

Please enlighten me if you can, I’m honestly hoping to learn what mindset or circumstances got you to this point.

What a way to tell on yourself there dude.

I have played and beaten both games too often to count, and while they’re both excellent the way Mario controls in SMW always throws me off for the first couple of minutes. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but SMB3 just feels better, more weighty I guess.

That is the most important bit here. Valve, effectively, launched a new gaming console that just so happens to be compatible with more games than any console out there. If they can use the install base of this platform to force developers to build compatibility like what they’ve done for the steam deck, this is going to be huge.

Haven’t played any of the custom campaigns, but the game is very fun in terms of it’s mechanics (I’d argue it’s superior to even BG3 in that specific regard).

I didn’t create a new party for the expansion, but that’s largely because I set up the team to have abilities that all feed off each other for some truly disgusting amounts of damage.

Let the community know which ones of the custom campaigns you liked best. I’d love a reason to jump back into the game :-)

Exactly. Plus, get me a foccacia with some great toppings and I will happily trade you a Napolitan pizza.

We were talking about national cuisines. To my knowledge Naples is part of the country of Italy.

B is being slept on in this thread. I mean, look at it - you get northern Italy, Germany, Austria, Hungary, the northern Balkans, Sweden, and Finland. If you like pasta, pizza, grilled meats, fries, potatoes, sausages, licorice, a mindbogglingly large number of breads and cheeses, etc. etc. you’d be stupid not to pick that region.

For some reason this made me feel much older than knowing GTA V launched 11 years ago. I grew up with an NES.

I couldn’t agree more with the author. While I support the existence of organizations that want to help women make an informed choice about abortion, the intentional misrepresentation of some of these anti-abortion organizations has always felt really sleazy to me. If you can’t engage in an honest conversation with someone to arrive at the most optimal healthcare outcome for them due to a preconceived stance on whether abortion should be legal or not, then you shouldn’t be allowed to call yourself a healthcare provider. And we FOR SURE shouldn’t be elevating their platforms by having public healthcare work with these organizations.

That reference is going to (sadly) go over wore a few folks’ heads, but I remember Bush and Powell’s insane justifications.

Since nobody mentioned them yet, Strapping Young Lad - Detox.

Honestly though, anything that Devin Townshend touches is gold.

As someone who was unemployed until recently, all I can say to this is: Fuck Trump and those bullshit tariffs he unilaterally imposed. I was laid off the day they first came into effect, and their impact made finding a job in what used to be a very active sector of the economy a nearly six month ordeal.

I don’t blame companies for adjusting to economic adversity and changing regulatory landscapes, nor do I personally blame Carney or the Liberals for not rolling out stimulus packages in that constantly changing and shifting landscape. I’m happy they are doing this now of course, but let’s not forget that the sole culprit of this nonsense is that bloated orange wannabe dictator in Washington.

Hyper normalisation has left everyone feeling defeated or indifferent. The strategy of “every day is nore insane than the previous” has fucking worked.

Alberta being Alberta I guess. You can always bet on then taking the most infuriating, backwards, and if possible racist decision possible for any situation.

I know not everyone in that province hates being reasonable but man oh man do they have a bunch of backwards assholes propping up the ever radicalising conservative party.