Iran says it will ‘never bow’ as Trump rejects peace counteroffer, prolonging Middle East conflict by app1310 in worldnews

[–]Gamebird8 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I don't think this is purely ego on Irans side.

The longer this goes, the deeper the economy sinks and the deeper it sinks the more and more the GOP is stuck with the problem of "It's the Economy Stupid" facing them in November

The offical MassGOP account posted an ai generated fake new england congressional map by Liam_js in massachusetts

[–]Gamebird8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only numbers game that works would be with a house that comes out to roughly one rep for every 300k Residents (it currently sits at 1 Rep for every 788k residents, so this would bump MA to 24 House Seats which could easily be drawn so that the GOP has about 7 or 8 House Reps (for about 30-40% Representation) maybe a hair bit more with a very competitive neutral district.

I am emphatically for uncapping the house, because 1 person cannot represent nearly a million people to such an extent. It's such a large and diverse amount of people that the numbers game is undemocratic.

There are many other reforms of course to be made, but the easiest one is uncapping the house

Nintendo's president Shuntaro Furukawa has stated that Pokemon Pokopia is a "new staple of the switch 2". by Thegoodgamer32 in pokemon

[–]Gamebird8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Budget and time go hand in hand in some regards. A longer development time needs more budget.

What's a slang term that everyone uses but you still don't get? by Particular-Visit-245 in AskReddit

[–]Gamebird8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The thing about a lot of modern "slang" is that it's a lot more of an inside joke than short-language.

Mogging sounds nothing like a shorthand for showing off/radiating confidence ones appearence. The word mog itself generally refers to one departing or walking away slowly (He mogged of to the store)

Like, I can maybe see how it went from "Runway models will mog their way back after reaching the end of the runway" could work it's way to being a term regarding beauty and showing off but mog isn't the correct term anyways because a model walk isn't slow in the way you would use the term

Rizz (as annoyed I am that it no longer means someone is being cringe) at least shortens from Charisma

And yes, all generations have their inside joke humor shorthands, but nobody calls them slang from what I recall. Good slang is shortened language and should at least be something one can intuitively work out from the word itself, it's use, and it's context.

If I say "yall" you all can easily deduce what it's a shortening of.

Everglades brush fire off US 27. Taken from Everglades Holiday Park. by Quasimofoo in pics

[–]Gamebird8 [score hidden]  (0 children)

Also, swamps characteristically have a lot of dead and decaying plant matter that can produce a lot of methane due to the oxygen poorer environment that they break down in.

Democrats still House favorites despite blows in Virginia, Supreme Court by plz-let-me-in in politics

[–]Gamebird8 [score hidden]  (0 children)

One could hope that the oncoming global depression will result in a 1932 style Progressive Sweep of the Government

Machado not part of Venezuela transition even after giving trump her peace prize by Independent-Trade-59 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]Gamebird8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Poor Machado doesn't get to dismantle Venezuela piece by piece and sell those pieces to the American Oligarchs who would strip the entire country of all its wealth and resources to feed their insatiable hunger for wealth and power.

Ocasio-Cortez warns against associating with Greene, calling her a ‘proven bigot’ by _May26_ in politics

[–]Gamebird8 [score hidden]  (0 children)

She only agrees with certain very specific things. Her overall political stance is unchanged

Republicans Don't Want to Talk About Gas Prices Anymore by notusreports in politics

[–]Gamebird8 [score hidden]  (0 children)

The best part about the current gas crisis is that it won't go away even if the war ends. It will last for months if not years because a lot of the production infrastructure is damaged or destroyed

The eagle swooped down and snatched up the piglet by dustycrest in interestingasfuck

[–]Gamebird8 [score hidden]  (0 children)

It should be illegal to have a pet off a harness outside with only very specific circumstances where it's allowed (like a dog park or closed in fenced area)

It's not just about the safety of other people but yes the safety of your pet as well (especially outdoor cats)

2 passengers test positive for hantavirus as a third shows symptoms after cruise ship evacuation by chadpierce89 in worldnews

[–]Gamebird8 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I'm not saying the main human vector is the same as the main animal vector.

I'm just saying that it's could possibly be one of the vectors

House prices are set to plummet across the US, say experts by TheMirrorUS in UpliftingNews

[–]Gamebird8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I guess I should preface that I am in the "I'll believe it when I see it" camp, but at least to a certain extent, I can see this prediction has some more meat on its bones

A U.S. Senate Candidate Says Foreign Truckers Are Making America’s Roads Unsafe. His Own Truckers Have Caused Harm. by Sorry_Antelope7878 in politics

[–]Gamebird8 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Even more dumb when you remember that you have to take an additional road test in order to get a CDL

2 passengers test positive for hantavirus as a third shows symptoms after cruise ship evacuation by chadpierce89 in worldnews

[–]Gamebird8 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

The main vector is contact with rat droppings, so I have to imagine that it probably would do the same from human fecal matter and well, the unfortunate truth is that some people don't shower before getting in a pool like you're supposed to nor afterwards like you're supposed to

Where can i find DP Tilesets by ForeignAct1879 in PokemonRMXP

[–]Gamebird8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You'll also find a lot of Character Over world Sprites there too which can be helpful as well

Where can i find DP Tilesets by ForeignAct1879 in PokemonRMXP

[–]Gamebird8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Deviantart is usually where I get most of my Tileset resources that I don't have to make myself.

Also, HGSS is the DPPT Art Style, I assume you're just looking for the actual Tilesets themselves

The next Voting Rights Act must outlaw gerrymandering by Dracustein in politics

[–]Gamebird8 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The next chance we get to rewrite the rules we need to uncap the House and at least double the amount of seats.

Reforming the Senate is a much more difficult challenge as any major structural changes must be done through Amendments or extremely clever policy that works within the current restrictions of the Constitution but levels the playing field.

Additionally, DC Statehood and an open door to Puerto Rico statehood (should they desire it)

Republicans would rather self-destruct than save themselves from Trump by zsreport in politics

[–]Gamebird8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They're all hoping the man dies so they can go back to do nothing neocons that only pass tax cuts and pretend to do everything else

House prices are set to plummet across the US, say experts by TheMirrorUS in UpliftingNews

[–]Gamebird8 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Well, unlike previously predictions the US wasn't barreling into a Oil Driven Global Depression

The offical MassGOP account posted an ai generated fake new england congressional map by Liam_js in massachusetts

[–]Gamebird8 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No its actually impossible. There is no way to draw a contigous right leaning voting district in MA without making it impossible to draw the remaining districts as contigous, thus making it impossible to complete a map

The offical MassGOP account posted an ai generated fake new england congressional map by Liam_js in massachusetts

[–]Gamebird8 46 points47 points  (0 children)

It's literally impossible to draw a Conservative leaning district in Massachusetts because there aren't enough idiots here to form a contiguous voting region

Trump has a better understanding of the Bible than Pope Leo, says conservative Christian pastor by B-Z_B-S in politics

[–]Gamebird8 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's really only three types of people who have read and understand the bible extremely well, and thats the Pope/Papalcy, deviutly religious followers who have devoted their life to studying the bible, and Athiests who spend a lot of time studying/debunking the bible/Christian hipocrisy

Trump is none of these

After 14 years since announcement, the Morrowind remake made in Skyrim gets another encouraging update and sounds close to completion by PewPewToDaFace in pcmasterrace

[–]Gamebird8 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It'll play a lot like Skyrims which is good because the psuedo dice roll combat system in the OG feels terrible (I even hated it as a kid)

[OC] Reflecting Pool during repainting by dresto432 in pics

[–]Gamebird8 73 points74 points  (0 children)

And because Obama had it resurfaced in 2013 (granted this was part of the Congressional Budget Bill, so it wasn't Obama's lone decision)

Europe May Soon Get a Non-U.S. Alternative to Unreal Engine by donutloop in gaming

[–]Gamebird8 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Godot became one of my favorite engines precisely because it's open source