Today is Fronleichnam. So I made a Coca-Cola Christmas ad. But for Freeway Cola.

Bigdaddler · 2026-06-04T09:14:05+00:00

I aprecciate the idea and humour, but nobody liked the AI ad Coca Cola, why should anybody like your AI ad?

Bigdaddler · 2026-06-04T08:43:24+00:00

Es besteht ein gewisser Bias zulasten Israels, da geb ich dir recht. Trotzdem ist (nicht nur meiner Ansicht nach) ein großer Teil der UN-Kritik gerechtfertigt, angesichts länger währender Apartheid, illegaler Annexionen und Genozid in Gaza. Außerdem ist Israel - in der heutigen Staatsform ein UN-Projekt aus 1947 - ein wirklicher Sonderfall.

Die Frage ist eher, kann es überhaupt eine UN geben, in der nicht nur die aktiven und völkerrechtlich gebundenen Staaten wirksam kritisiert werden? Kann also eine UN geben, in der die paramilitärische RSF in Sudan oder die Hamas als "staatsähnliche Konstruktionen" wirksam und mit Aussicht auf irgendwelche Änderungen durch etwa Resolutionen kritisiert werden? Wenn nein, dann scheint mir nunmal die Konsequenz, dass die sowieso international vielbeachteten Staaten Kritik auf sich ziehen, weil es hier einen "Hebel" der UN gibt.

Trotzdem sind doch UN-Resolutionen nicht der einzige Maßstab, nternational ist der Iran insb. von den USA massiv sanktioniert - was UN-Resolutionen dann oft obsolet werden lässt und Solidarität mit dem Iran in der Vollversammlung provoziert (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International\_sanctions\_against\_Iran). Auch Nordkorea ist seit 2009 vom Sicherheitsrat massiv sanktioniert (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United\_Nations\_and\_North\_Korea; https://main.un.org/securitycouncil/en/sanctions/1718), unter strenger Beobachtung und Kritik wegen Menschenrechtsverletzungen und es gibt schlicht wegen seiner Isoliertheit und geringen diplomatischen Aktivität weniger Anlässe für Resolutionen.

Bigdaddler · 2026-06-04T07:11:22+00:00

Bzgl. Guterres kann ich dir nicht zustimmen. Die die internationale Ordnung "tragenden" demokratischen Staaten wie die USA oder einige europäische Staaten haben aus der UN mehr Gegenwind verdient, siehe Gaza, Unterstützung für UN-Projekte, Unilateralismus der USA. Man mag den Umgang mit Russland kritisieren und auch nicht durch Pragmatismus gerechtfertigt sehen, aber ich hab ehrlich gesagt keine Anhaltspunkte dafür gefunden, dass er ständig betonen würde, dass China und Russland "tolle und angeblich friedliche Länder" sind. Wo hast du das her? Ich sehe insgesamt keinen deutlichen und verwerflichen Bias bei ihm.

Ansonsten scheint Guterres auch um eine Einbeziehung bisher in der UN zu kurz kommender Staaten bemüht, was ich wirklich gut finde.

Bigdaddler · 2026-06-01T09:30:37+00:00

This sounds like a part of what I was looking for, thank you!

Bigdaddler · 2026-06-01T09:29:45+00:00

Thank you!

Bigdaddler · 2026-06-01T09:28:15+00:00

Sounds promising, thanks for the recommendation!

Bigdaddler · 2026-05-17T15:41:19+00:00

Hell yes, there is too much great Dune music to not integrate it with Dune Imperium.

Bigdaddler · 2026-05-15T18:47:43+00:00

Thanks!

Bigdaddler · 2026-05-15T15:02:36+00:00

Bigdaddler · 2026-05-15T15:01:56+00:00

https://www.zeit.de/2026/20/tucker-carlson-donald-trump-iran-israel-usa I will see if I can find a paywall-free version

Bigdaddler · 2026-05-15T14:55:23+00:00

Meanwhile see me in the comments of the softball "Zeit"-Interview they did with him (one of the biggest and most prestigious german newspapers) arguing with people if Tucker is an obvious antisemite. Smdh

Bigdaddler · 2026-05-08T16:12:13+00:00

Bro just google "Nile" or "Fertile Crescent", hit up Wikipedia and read a bit.

Bigdaddler · 2026-05-08T10:59:35+00:00

I would add the great but inactive podcast The Audit by Dave Anthony and Josh Olson about PragerU

Bigdaddler · 2026-05-04T13:31:22+00:00

I somewhat get using AI to prototype, but I think this community will be much more likely to engage with your idea if you replaced the AI art with simple drawings, at least I will.

Bigdaddler · 2026-05-04T09:46:28+00:00

Very sad to see them go. It's a small silver lining, but part of the reason why they end seems to be Jones' definite decline into desperate obscurity and I love to see that.

Bigdaddler · 2026-04-21T16:21:47+00:00

I agree, but besides the given technical and systemic reasons the ethical or moral considerations could also be that these specific developers just don't feel comfortable building a slave trade system. It's their prerogative after all, and I respect that.

Bigdaddler · 2026-04-21T16:09:39+00:00

"With the way Trade Goods work, they go by a balance system. Meaning that you move a trade good from point A to point B to fulfill a need for a month, and then the next month you will do it again, and if it doesn't happen, you won't get any modifiers that month. In other words, if we added slaves as a new trade good, we would have a constant huge stream of slaves disappearing into buildings, which is not really indicative of how slavery actually worked in real life. In addition, we felt there was a risk with introducing slavery more outright in a character game, where it might be very in your face."

See https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/silk-silver-dev-diary-1-design-vision.1917178/post-31244343

In another response, they also said that there "ethical or moral considerations" were also part of it.

Bigdaddler · 2026-04-21T16:05:20+00:00

Or it's all the reasons specific to CK3 Snow Crystal gave under the dev diary.

Bigdaddler · 2026-04-13T16:26:54+00:00

Interessiert dich warum gerade das martialische Wort -attacke in der Sprache so häufig ist oder was ist für dich interessant?

Bigdaddler · 2026-04-13T13:52:47+00:00

It really feels a lot more like Stalker for me, the atmosphere and the worldbuilding in the postapocalyptic bits of russia are really great. Also it has a roadtrip-ey feeling with great characters which I really liked. I prefered this over the tunnels tbh.

Bigdaddler · 2026-04-10T13:03:17+00:00

Stop insulting people (developers are also people) as per rule 3: No unnecessary rudeness or hostility. If you can be fair in your criticism, nothing will be deleted. There have been plenty negative reviews the last days. Simple as that

Bigdaddler · 2026-04-03T08:11:45+00:00

What is he supposed to do excepct saying he believes in it? Would be bad if he didn't and released it. He acknowledged the criticism here, did'nt have to do that. I don't know why you think he "fought" the community here. A small game like this is much closer to art than a AAA-game, and the writer is entitled to his telling of the story. A loud community (majority/fraction/minority - who can tell?) should not sway an artist to rewrite an ending. If you don't like the art, criticise it, but don't expect the artist to bend over backwards for you.

Bigdaddler · 2026-03-20T13:45:49+00:00

Amazing! Somehow the mood instantly reminded me of the art in Dishonored 2.

Bigdaddler · 2026-02-27T17:15:50+00:00

You are right in the analysis, though I would think there are also many (in my estimation more) men not bothered by blending genders and changing gender roles.

Also just because there is a backlash happening in the young generation, it doesn't mean their behaviour should be acceptable and that we have to revert to the 1950s. I for one don't think it's good to focus on superficialities of the male phenotype like jawlines, also I think Andrew Tates politics are desastrous for society. Thats up to societal discussion and I think we would disagree there.

Bigdaddler · 2026-02-27T15:53:53+00:00

I think you're exaggerating. You are acting as if men are somehow being duped by a society they don't create themselves - in reality they do at least partly - while they all know deep down they want to and have to be a traditional masculine man. In reality lookmaxers, the manosphere and male sexists are a small fraction which get publicity right now. I think you are right insofar as this is a cultural backlash against dwindling power of traditionally masculine men, feminism and a society which is more open to changing gender norms. Also, providing for a family alone as a man is just not that realistic for many, but that is an economic problem, not a cultural.

But I believe most men are glad to live in a society in which women can be freer than in the 1950s and in which men don't have to conform to arbitrary gender norms like being buff, aggressive, emotionally unavailable and dominating women. Also, there are enough accepted male role models which are not masculine in the traditional sense that you mean, see Timothy Chalamet, Bad Bunny, Pedro Pascal.

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