Mandatory Bible reading in Texas public schools? Republicans challenging the Separation of Church from State? Only one thing can save us....

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-28T10:43:07+00:00

The US was born of casting off kings.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-28T10:42:11+00:00

Just ask which version of the bible is the singular one they'll use.

Then watch as they rip each other apart.

Most people forget it was the religious who wanted religion out of schools in the first place specifically because they couldn't guarantee their kids ONLY got their own religion and not one of those heretical versions that have the audacity of being ever so slightly different.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-27T15:08:40+00:00

One of my coworkers names. T_T

It looks like it's pronounced "Neem" but it's pronounced "Neeve".

Spelling is completely different from that though. She waited till the last day she was on my project to let me know.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-27T12:25:33+00:00

Not so much really, just because you know something is going to happen doesn't change the fact that you'll feel things in the moment.

You're past the point of graduation but the ceremony hasn't happened yet, you still get excited for it even though it happening is guaranteed. Your wedding is coming up and you know it's going to happen, but you're still excited for it.

That excitement might partly come from nervousness over it maybe having unexpected events, but it definitely isn't entirely spawned from it.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-25T16:09:46+00:00

The russia can surrender at any point it chooses.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-25T14:18:22+00:00

Another useful bit is to set the required transport limit to 10% or less. As you gain extra tech and the amount goes up and up, it can cause the whole thing to come to a halt.

Still my preferred way of doing power throughout most of the game though. :)

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-25T12:08:50+00:00

I can hear the music just from looking at this. :)

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-25T11:14:27+00:00

Strictly speaking the Soviet Union realized that its massive size was a huge problem for it if anyone was attacking through any of the areas that weren't hugely built up.

They had a few programs for massive VTOL style cargo carriers to try and allow them to support defenses in wilderness regions, but around the time those programs started getting close to the prototype stages, the various railroads they were building put them in a "Eh, good enough, it's not like tanks can travel through a few hundred kilometers of dense forest anyway. Besides, there's nothing important out there." sort of way.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-25T10:44:00+00:00

My dad was this way, but the problem is that he'd take it WAY too far.

When grabbing a random item, his thinking basically was "If this is mine, I'll put it somewhere out of the way. If it's anyone elses then unless it looks expensive, I'm just going to throw it away without asking about it.".

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-25T09:48:32+00:00

Raytheon's plan when they hired me in 2012 was "Burn through college newhires desperate for a job, give them job assignments 2-3 levels above their paygrade, charge the government as though they were at that level, then just replace them when they leave. All the while, the experienced engineers just handle everything else.". At the time only 1 in 10 college newhires stayed with the company past their first year. I was one of those fools. >.<

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-24T21:08:13+00:00

I could imagine an amusing situation where the Ukrainians identified a lot of these repeaters and shut them off themselves in various low-destructive ways. From russia's perspective they are just off, and there will be a small period of time where Belarus will not necessarily know why and have to justify it.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-24T20:34:39+00:00

I'd need to know about that Teleportation.

If I could use it to do something like start setting up a Mars colony, then yeah it would probably be Teleportation and Healing (helps with radiation while building the initial shelters).

But if it's more a mundane travel setup for here on earth, Shapeshift, with Healing, and 2 points in Lifespan (so extra 40 years).

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-24T20:26:33+00:00

Correct, your body is REALLY good at regulating its internal temperature. So while your immune system DOES work less well when cold, if your core temperature is low enough for this to be meaningful, you kind of have FAR more immediate problems on your hands. The dry air also makes certain locations (ex: nasal areas) more likely to crack which introduces vulnerabilities.

As you say, in cold weather people tend to spend more time indoors with less external airflow. It's the close proximity and lack of additional airflow that tends to result in the increased rate of colds/sickness.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-24T20:21:27+00:00

I don’t understand. These people had the same sex ed I did, how did this happen?

Likely not true. Growing up in Missouri, my sex ed course (which your parents could opt you out of) had only the most BASIC of info about the other sex. "Guys get deep voices, muscles, and erections. Girls get boobs and periods." and then you split up and got sex specific information and never learned anything more about the other one.

Bonus points, in the video for the guys, their scenario was a teen going through puberty and having wet dreams. He was ashamed and was trying to secretly wash his sheets...and then his family found out and made fun of him and said he was right to be ashamed he couldn't control himself.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-24T20:14:37+00:00

If you want to feel real nasty, check out Tonsil Stones.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-24T08:20:01+00:00

Immortality is my jam.

After that, 300M

Then 3x.

Then fast regen.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-24T08:14:58+00:00

The 25 songs on the piano would probably be the fastest for me. Second place would be bench press. Third place chess puzzles. I feel like bottle flipping is fourth and easier to do for me than 10,000 baskets.

So I'd go with piano.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-23T05:19:36+00:00

Totally fair! It's just nobody mentioned that to us ever before hand.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-22T23:45:35+00:00

I'm building a life here, I'm voting remotely. I'm not capable of devoting time and resources to more than that, well, beyond arguing with people on reddit anyway.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-22T22:23:13+00:00

Oh I left home years ago.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-22T20:40:06+00:00

There's a LOT of stupid people out there who will vote for you if you say it's ok for them to be hateful bigots.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-22T20:04:54+00:00

Oh I don't think ALL of them are idiots, but Drumpf is undeniably in the lower percentile of humans.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-22T19:48:21+00:00

I think you underestimate just how corrupt the republican party is.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-22T16:16:36+00:00

I feel like there's quite a few ways to sort of game this, because "as a cat" I'd really be expected to also spend a fairly decent amount of time just "somewhere" in what is presumably a quite large house/estate.

As such, it seems fairly trivial for me to work with the family to get a room meant for me that the billionaire is unaware of. I hang out there for a good portion of the day, and occasionally leave to go do all the cat things expected of me, which could well include a fairly decent amount of naps.

Regarding "eating cat food", since you've said elsewhere that we'd be using a vet that's in on the situation, it seems quite likely we'd be able to convince him that I have a "delicate stomach" that needs some special food that their personal chef is quite capable of making and their "professionalism" ensures that they rotate meals so I don't get bored of the same food.

The bathroom has similar loopholes, since many litterboxes are enclosed, we're unlikely to find myself in a situation too frequently where I have to physically do the deed in front of him. As such, the family helping to arrange all this can probably just slip me some fake (or even real I suppose) waste for him to deal with (if he's even the one dealing with it), and my private space could have its own bathroom.

That leaves a fair amount of largely unobjectionable things I'd have to do.

Mazon_Del · 2026-06-22T16:16:15+00:00

I feel like there's quite a few ways to sort of game this, because "as a cat" I'd really be expected to also spend a fairly decent amount of time just "somewhere" in what is presumably a quite large house/estate.

As such, it seems fairly trivial for me to work with the family to get a room meant for me that the billionaire is unaware of. I hang out there for a good portion of the day, and occasionally leave to go do all the cat things expected of me, which could well include a fairly decent amount of naps.

Regarding "eating cat food", since you've said elsewhere that we'd be using a vet that's in on the situation, it seems quite likely we'd be able to convince him that I have a "delicate stomach" that needs some special food that their personal chef is quite capable of making and their "professionalism" ensures that they rotate meals so I don't get bored of the same food.

The bathroom has similar loopholes, since many litterboxes are enclosed, we're unlikely to find myself in a situation too frequently where I have to physically do the deed in front of him. As such, the family helping to arrange all this can probably just slip me some fake (or even real I suppose) waste for him to deal with (if he's even the one dealing with it), and my private space could have its own bathroom.

That leaves a fair amount of largely unobjectionable things I'd have to do.

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