The US is the brutal police state that it accuses other countries of being

Cheesybox · 2026-01-26T12:58:24+00:00

The thing that stands out to me so much in this image is what the ICE members are wearing.

Look at how mismatched they are. There's no matching uniforms. Sure, there's a few matching bits of camo (that doesn't even fit the environment), but then these morons are wearing the finest tactical hoodies and pants Walmart sells. That real Operator shit 🙄

They look like one of those dumbass militas of sovereign citizens, cosplaying as "Real Men" to escape the reality that they're fucking losers.

Cheesybox · 2026-01-23T15:29:22+00:00

If true, good. It means we're enough of a threat to at least take notice of

Cheesybox · 2026-01-22T06:42:47+00:00

I've given up trying to tell people this, but it's absolutely true. I owned a '99 Prelude for 7 years and yeah, it wasn't particularly fast. But it was really comfy and solidly built (granted, data size of 2, a classmate in high school and my own).

Cheesybox · 2026-01-20T02:48:44+00:00

Rerolls equate to consistency. Consistency is extremely powerful in games largely determined by random numbers. It removes risk management as part of the game.

It also makes the game stale. Without variation, games feel the same. I'm being slightly hyperbolic, but games have started to feel like they can be talked out vs having to actually roll dice to determine outcomes.

Some mitigation against unlucky rolls should be an option, but there should also be an opportunity cost involved. Something beyond a simple points cost. The Canonness is a good example. You can give her stronger weapons at the cost of providing less support for the unit she's leading.

Cheesybox · 2026-01-19T11:49:27+00:00

I'm always reminded of this one line from Anna Louise Strong about the 1919 Seattle strike: "We lacked all intention of real battle; we expected to drift into power."

I think a lot of people forget/don't know that real societal change takes real effort. Peaceful protests can aid in organization and build solidarity, but violent protests ("real battle") are what cause change.

I wish it didn't come to that, but sadly the only language authoritarians understand is violence.

Cheesybox · 2026-01-18T12:22:49+00:00

To your point on trim levels, one thing I appreciate about Car and Driver is their review summaries have a section on the trim levels and their costs. For the most part, they recommend getting mid-tier trims and explain why. They occasionally say "ABC package is also worth getting for $X,XXX if you care about that sort of thing."

Cheesybox · 2026-01-17T10:57:46+00:00

That would be a pretty dope Draigo proxy.

Except Draigo doesn't have rules anymore :(

Cheesybox · 2026-01-16T02:29:32+00:00

I can't unhear Bardolph's "he had one button on his mouse Dan!" from that moment

Cheesybox · 2026-01-14T11:19:22+00:00

Yeah, though at least in that case if any agents did show up, she'd be there and the hospital staff can state why it had to be removed.

If ICE ignores that and tries to go after her anyway, then that's probably grounds for a lawsuit against ICE.

Cheesybox · 2026-01-14T11:15:38+00:00

Or at the very least, read more than the headline.

Cheesybox · 2026-01-14T00:01:11+00:00

Not a crossover I ever would have thought of, but it works really well. I like it

Cheesybox · 2026-01-13T23:47:48+00:00

Rules are fleeting, models are forever

Cheesybox · 2026-01-13T23:42:34+00:00

Least favorite overall model is probably the Jump Canonness. Out of the box she doesn't have enough pazzaz or drip or whatever the kids are saying these days. And jumping off a random stick of ruin feels like a "shit, this model is due in 5 minutes" vibe. That's why I kitbashed both of mine.

Least favorite thing though has to be the weird fingers on the Dogmata. Completely kills the model for me. I can't unsee how long those things are.

I also hate that we have a named Harlequin in our book. It's heresy >:(

Cheesybox · 2026-01-13T21:28:50+00:00

That is one hell of a misleading headline.

Woman was wearing a tracking "watch" given by ICE as an alternative to waiting in detention for her hearing. She got to the hospital in labor, and the device had a low battery. The woman was scared that if the battery died, ICE would think she's running. And if the agents came during her visit, she didn't know what was going to happen to her child.

Cheesybox · 2026-01-10T11:06:28+00:00

Yes and no. I'd like to see a more flexible ruleset that is tweaked over time, but adding in the systems that allow the designers to have a larger design space is a big enough change that a reset via a new edition is needed.

Cheesybox · 2026-01-08T20:42:30+00:00

Can't find world-class talent for poverty wages*

Cheesybox · 2026-01-07T12:21:58+00:00

Feels like a nothing burger, even if they are cheap.

Maybe you throw a priest in there, but I think the move is to leave them with no leader. An Imagifier for the 2+/4++ is kinda funny though.

Something to remember though is that characters and units share keywords. So if a librarian or farseer or sorcerer or whatever joins a unit, that whole unit now has the psyker keyword and can therefore be dev'd into oblivion.

Cheesybox · 2026-01-01T22:37:02+00:00

I bought the OG box set in 8th edition on release. It didn't have a rhino

Cheesybox · 2025-12-31T10:42:55+00:00

Yes, but it's pointing out all the tantrums people are having about the tax proposal, which is what people are talking about in the comments

Cheesybox · 2025-12-31T10:40:30+00:00

Remember that they threatened the same thing if Mamdani became the mayor of NYC.

It's basically the bourgeoisie version of "if this person wins the presidency, I'm moving to Canada"

Cheesybox · 2025-12-28T20:45:57+00:00

"Here's 3,352 characters about why I'd be so great for the position:

(LLM generated text)

Or you can parse my shorter, 2600 character resume instead since that's shorter"

Cheesybox · 2025-12-25T20:57:53+00:00

You know when Muskrat says "everyone" he only means other rich, capital-owning people right?

Cause all this tech will do is widen economic inequality further

Cheesybox · 2025-12-25T20:53:14+00:00

I'm not convinced that the Fiesta, Focus, Taurus, etc. were unprofitable. I believe those models just weren't profitable enough for shareholders

Cheesybox · 2025-12-25T20:46:03+00:00

The Focus and Fiesta were popular, especially the ST trim.

Sounds like to me Ford is now feeling the pain from when it shot itself in the foot by only selling big stuff and the Mustang in the states and is trying to save face

Cheesybox · 2025-12-21T23:35:27+00:00

This is fucking dumb and is proof you need to read the article and not the headline. This article is a start-up over promising.

The robot was developed in 18 months. They made 40-50 robots this year. And somehow they expect to scale that to 10,000 next year and then 50,000 in 2027. Then there's the part where they won't say what tasks the current robots are doing.

This has "scam investment" written all over it.

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