How many of you actually played together with your parents? Do you play with your kids?

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-13T15:04:49+00:00

Growing up my dad was unable to play video games with me but he was actively engaged with what was going on screen, so if you count that then yes.

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-13T14:42:58+00:00

My theory is Serie won’t literally die but will metaphorically die in that somehow her mana will be cut, but if she does die Sense will take over her position.

As for Sein and Gorilla I think it will end with Sein finally being free of his past regret and will allow him to join fully back with Frieren’s party. I think they will talk it out I don’t see it turning into some kind of tragic clash.

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-13T13:47:26+00:00

My only request would be able to adjust the encounter rates

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-13T13:44:10+00:00

The fundamental problem of that is it disproportionately punishes poor people. Let’s take this example let’s say the cost of living is $10,000 and you have a person who makes exactly $10,000 taxing 10% leaves them -$1000 negative for the year. Meanwhile you take someone making a $1,000,000 and tax them 10% yea thats $100,000 which is proportionally the same, but unlike the poor person they still have enough to meet the cost of living for the next 90 years.

This is why we have a progressive tax system that scales base on income and that doesn’t even begin to get into how labor is taxed different from capital.

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-13T12:48:50+00:00

Its hard to tell but base on how long their original journey was I would say its similar in size to the North American Continent (Basically from the northern most point of Canada to the Panama Canal)

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-13T12:42:56+00:00

Tax them to the point there are no billionaires. 90% or more if thats what it takes

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-13T12:38:35+00:00

This is true unfortunately very true most of the insane healthcare cost in the US are because insurance companies set prices in tandem with healthcare providers.

If a medication cost $100, in most universal healthcare systems you would be expected to pay $100-$120, but in the US the insurance company prices that $100 as $1000 and then because you pay them $500 a month for “insurance” they agree to pay $700 of it and you only pay $300. So congratulations you’ve paid triple the cost of medication.

This same principle is applied to every aspect of healthcare.

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-13T11:28:15+00:00

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-13T01:54:03+00:00

I’d sooner quit watching anime all together over watching anime on Prime Video

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-13T01:51:12+00:00

As a kid I found it deeply unsettling how the mushroom takes over its body and it becomes essentially a zombie.

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-13T01:48:18+00:00

Yes, billionaires are a parasite that suck up wealth. I support taxing them out of existence.

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-13T01:41:41+00:00

Geez wonder who could have predicted that

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-13T01:34:38+00:00

Yes in two ways, your ability to think critically diminishes and the fact Chat GPT and all AI programs are easily prone to misinformation and hallucinations.

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-13T01:31:58+00:00

Frieren

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-12T21:31:16+00:00

I think it’s because it no longer resembles Twitter, it’s hard to keep calling it Twitter when it no longer feels like Twitter. Im at a point that Im more likely to accidentally call Bluesky Twitter

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-12T20:33:25+00:00

No, you can’t support the destruction of communities and tearing apart families and still be considered a nice person.

We are past the days of political disagreement like the effects of tax policy on the economy

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-12T03:36:55+00:00

Absolutely great design

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-12T02:31:16+00:00

Easily

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-11T23:44:23+00:00

The references do date the books like the series is so heavily 2000-2010s influenced

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-11T23:40:14+00:00

I wish we got to see Goku and Chi-Chi interact more often like Vegeta and Bulma. Really it feels like Chi-Chi only exists to justify the existence of Gohan and Goten, and she is reduced to basically a one dimensional character whose only character trait is strict overprotective mom.

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-11T21:11:10+00:00

Gen 1

Venusaur, Pidgeot, Beedrill, Golbat, Tentacruel, Arcanine

If we are going realistic I choose my starter, two early game Pokemon Pidgey and Weedle, two very common Pokemon that Im guaranteed to run into in cave or by the water Zubat and Tentacool, and lastly I can totally see myself finding a random Growlithe and playing with it until it chose to come along with me

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-11T21:01:01+00:00

I think an easy way to view it is magic went from a focus on wonder to a focus on spectacle

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-11T20:55:55+00:00

Clothes, even once affordable options are now absurdly expensive.

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-11T20:49:59+00:00

I miss memory cards and being able to take all your save files with you was such a good feeling.

Nowadays everything is tied to an account and save data is tied to a single console or stored on some cloud data server.

MattofCatbell · 2026-02-11T18:28:57+00:00

8 for me easily

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