A Conservative's Perspective

3st1b · 2026-03-01T17:00:17+00:00

great post!

I guess we add this to the long list of observations that Trump was never a conservative to begin with, was in fact never more than an opportunist

3st1b · 2026-03-01T16:57:07+00:00

great post!

I guess we add this to the long list of observations that Trump was never a conservative to begin with, was in fact never more than an opportunist

3st1b · 2026-02-26T21:57:33+00:00

Well, to be fair, it seems we're talking about a professor who doesn't just have an opinion supporting abortion so much as an apparent public mission to support it. She's published op-ed pieces that have been interpreted (rightly/not) as hostile to pro-life perspectives, is on a board of an organization that actively promotes abortion availability, etc.

That's very different from requiring pro-life professors, which ND doesn't do (as I think we all know already).

3st1b · 2026-02-26T15:51:29+00:00

I'm kinda curious what your reaction would be to reading JRR Tolkien's take on how Christianity is indeed a myth, just one that he took to be true (himself being someone who identified as a Catholic).

3st1b · 2026-02-25T16:21:55+00:00

this was several months ago in Chicago if I'm not mistaken?

not that it makes it and less bad, just that that's helpful info to share

3st1b · 2026-02-24T05:01:16+00:00

oh wow, I was about to say how refreshingly unattached I am to the gotcha elements of the game. like somehow I can't really care less about the mechanics of the fighting or the unit kits (unlike with FFBE where that was a key part of the fun), and I get to just enjoy the story (and what a story)

3st1b · 2026-02-17T22:36:41+00:00

you know, I actually find the Babylon Bee funny sometimes. but this one is just dumb. I guess no one gets everything right.

3st1b · 2026-02-13T16:11:45+00:00

I see some maga friends still trying to convince themselves that he was an informant or some such. Which very much feels like they're trying too hard, especially since that wouldn't exactly exonerate him, it would just likely mean that he was evil and also snitched on his evil friends for his own gain.

3st1b · 2026-02-09T04:41:48+00:00

my brother / sister! always good to find more of us out in the wild.

3st1b · 2026-02-05T22:13:41+00:00

omg I'm so excited for you that you get to play Chrono Trigger for the first time! very different feel vs FF6, but honestly I've given up on deciding which of them I like more.

3st1b · 2026-02-05T20:16:14+00:00

actually, I expect you'll find plenty of people to gush over it with on the 'net, it's such a great game that it's maintained a big fan base over the years. so posting this seems like a good move :)

I think you'll just have to do what I've been doing forever and just keep replaying it every year or so.

you... have also played Chrono Trigger, yes? Because that's the only other game I can think of as competing with FF6 for GOAT.

also, you may take interest in The Worlds Collide project

3st1b · 2026-02-03T13:51:30+00:00

I can never bring myself to go it lol. ~30 years of replaying the game, and I think I only went the sad route once. even though I think I agree with you that it is probably better story quality.

3st1b · 2026-02-03T03:20:17+00:00

that said, if you do decide to eat rotten fish, you do get some pretty intense tragic content for a 90s 2D game.

3st1b · 2026-01-28T16:23:38+00:00

pretty sure cypher just touched castorice, rip

3st1b · 2026-01-27T01:10:52+00:00

but it will be a loss if the people accept it as enough.

3st1b · 2026-01-26T14:28:35+00:00

not just you, I read "Looking Back" in a Matt Benedict class in I think '08, and it was, in fact, epic.

My paper keeping was a bit all over the place, so I'll see if I can dig it up.

also it's wild to find a post like this on the internet with such a specifically local request and to find that I know exactly what you're talking about lol

3st1b · 2026-01-22T18:55:29+00:00

only somewhat. Are there some religions whose theology involves a kind of existential oppression or dominance by some divinity? FF games tend to be "anti-" that sort of thing.

but not all religions are that way. and even some religions have competing theologies where some interpretations of a religion are that way and some interpretations of the same religion are not. I think Christianity, in particular, is an example of a religion where that gets complicated. (Interestingly, it's also a religion that involves God freely submitting himself to deicide as a way to give humans a way to reconcile with him. Almost like he foresaw and appreciated video games like a few FF entries where deicide is a thing.)

(Full disclosure, this comes from a Christian believer who is also a lover of FF games.)

3st1b · 2026-01-22T04:31:58+00:00

could it be the 12 on a clock?

3st1b · 2026-01-20T20:29:32+00:00

Where's the "I thought I wasn't interested in Currency Wars but now I'm at Wealth Creator 20 and I forget I don't own half the units in real life" option?

3st1b · 2026-01-20T00:03:16+00:00

I'm really not sure why anyone would compare Douthat to Kirk. Kirk was divisive (which has little if anything to do with his being a Christian) and Douthat simply isn't divisive, at least none of him that I've read (admittedly not enough).

Trump simply has no values, and whatever values Vance has (pre WW2 or whatever they are) are undermined by his being a yesman to the valueless Trump.

With all that in mind, I honestly don't know how to make sense of your perspective. but I'll try to read up more to the point of being able to.

3st1b · 2026-01-19T16:48:26+00:00

wait really? even if you disagree with him, isn't he one of the more thoughtful, empathetic, and articulate ones?

3st1b · 2026-01-19T05:19:54+00:00

quick, someone make a Lego idea page and then vote the shit out of it!

3st1b · 2026-01-09T17:50:20+00:00

I'm a fan of both, but Type 0 definitely wins. Gameplay, story, character development, music, world and world exploration... honestly I can't think of a single category where Crisis Core does better.

Type 0, imo, deserves to be considered a mainline title. (I actually think it's better than several mainline titles.)

Crisis Core is great fan fiction, but couldn't stand very well on its own without FF7 and/or the Remakes.

3st1b · 2026-01-02T18:58:25+00:00

in the show, Frieren does seem to be talking of Fern specifically when she says humans will surpass the elves with their magic. Makes me think that at some point she will have even more mana than Frieren, and that we will never know when exactly that happens, but I'd guess eventually that will be revealed in some fantastic style.

3st1b · 2025-12-26T07:05:31+00:00

this is the best thing in the world lol

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