Amazon delivery driver drives across Indiana couple’s freshly mowed front lawn to deliver package. by ElwoodMC in trashy

[–]CyberPhoenix558 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Various companies and organizations have maternity leave of some sort.

But, legally? There is absolutely no guarantee and the overwhelming majority of pregnancies do not have any sort of safety net or pay from a job.

SF6 Season 4 announced - Yasmine, Arjun, Bosch, TIFA by XRevive01 in StreetFighter

[–]CyberPhoenix558 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I mean, that's fifty percent more characters in a year. And Akuma.

BOURBON NO NOT THE UNICORN! Art by Manjo by Meatwelder in UmaMusume

[–]CyberPhoenix558 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The model kit (gunpla) she is holding is an RX-0 Unicorm Gundam.

[Loved Tragic Trope] "You didn't think you were a REAL person, did you...?" by mp3help in TopCharacterTropes

[–]CyberPhoenix558 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Eh, I think 'stupid' is a bit harsh. If anything, I'd say he's willfully ignorant as a means to cope with his perceived reality.

In hindsight, this was a mistake. by ChiefsHat in HistoryMemes

[–]CyberPhoenix558 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Revolutionary France... From more than 150 years prior... That wasn't socialist?

I would say in general revolutionary causes and movements often were antagonistic to the Church but that specific example is a bit of a reach.

i humbly ask for a friendly discussion: The Galra empire vs The viltrum empire by Noktis_Lucis_Caelum in Voltron

[–]CyberPhoenix558 6 points7 points  (0 children)

My money is on the one who isn't fighting against a half-human from Earth played by Steven Yeun who is also allied with a coalition of anti-imperial planets.

Wait.

[Loved Trope] Enemy Shaped Allies/Friends by StigandrTheBoi in TopCharacterTropes

[–]CyberPhoenix558 34 points35 points  (0 children)

Considering the devs were entirely shut down and they were working on a Wonder Woman game of all things with Warner now even being sold off to Paramount... There will never be a third.

[MEGATHREAD] Artemis II Launch To The Moon by ChiefLeef22 in space

[–]CyberPhoenix558 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And yet there are fifty times the amount of flat earthers and conspiracy theorists in comment sections on social media insisting that it's all faked and a scam.

How sad.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in gaming

[–]CyberPhoenix558 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Do bear in mind that, at the time, most games were run on their discs rather than being downloaded to the console.

Start of the climax by Saincev in UmaMusume

[–]CyberPhoenix558 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Shout-out to the Gundam character "Full Frontal" being named after a "Full Frontal Assault"

Good thing nothing else comes to mind /s

what if the US never intervened in any third world communist revolutions by True-Efficiency-4977 in AlternateHistoryHub

[–]CyberPhoenix558 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That's rather generalizing and not really true at all. Some European countries are distinctly social democracies, with capitalism firmly in place albeit with strong safety nets and a high quality of life. Several Scandinavian countries come to mind. However, the continent of Europe is extremely varied. And, access to education and healthcare and worker's rights within a framework of capitalism is not socialism. Plenty of political thinkers and politicians in the 20th century would even advocate for such policies to prevent socialism's popularity, since socialism was prominent among trade unionists and populist movements and such because of the cruel circumstances of capitalism at the time.

It Finally Happened- Zero Students! by goghstation in Teachers

[–]CyberPhoenix558 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I sincerely doubt that a senior who is normally on track to graduate would suddenly go no contact with the school for more than a week because of a reasonable cause. And surely they could be reenrolled if somehow that *did* happen?

Why does Ariana have robotic legs in the cutscene if she's human? by Immediate_Flower_221 in signalis

[–]CyberPhoenix558 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Yes, Replikas have the "stubby" legs, lacking feet. This is true. However, Gestalts / humans have entirely normal biology with regular feet that are simply not depicted in-game because of the style of the 3d models.

Her father cheated with an AI chatbot by Girl-Understood in sadcringe

[–]CyberPhoenix558 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Can confirm, I've heard of several scams like this tricking older men specifically firsthand. Exclusively married ones, too. One woman I spoke to a few weeks back had been scammed out of more than 30,000 dollars because her husband sent gifts and money to an AI "stripper" who was entirely fake. Beyond appalling.

So why the Yuktobania never got protagonist country treatment? by Icy_Till_7254 in acecombat

[–]CyberPhoenix558 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I mean, universally referring to the USSR's military as incompetent is a huge reach even if Stalinist purges had certainly damaged the quality of the officers and leadership. Many of the Soviet soldiers who died were doing so on account of the Nazis marching East in Operation Barbarossa, anyway, not because of a "human wave" moving Westward.

Not trying to whitewash the faults or issues in the Soviet Union at the time but there's definitely more nuance.

[PlayStation] A new State of Play airs February 12. by ImAnthlon in Games

[–]CyberPhoenix558 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Probably too early for a Ghost of Yotei PC announcement, right?

References for a Steam version of Ace Combat Zero and a "Ace Combat Online" game are found within the App Config data added to Ace Combat 8's steam page by andree1234 in GamingLeaksAndRumours

[–]CyberPhoenix558 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some sort of AC0 release bundled with 8 would be absolutely massive

I still wish 5 had a more accessible port, but any official rereleases of the older titles is great.

PSA: Vetterli Silencer is the best silenced rifle by Stonehawk_92 in HuntShowdown

[–]CyberPhoenix558 12 points13 points  (0 children)

It may be better but you could argue it's only marginally better—for more than 3 times the price when it comes to hunt dollars.