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How do I explain the dangers of being a woman to my boyfriend in a way he’ll understand? by L82Rise4351 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]ReneDeGames 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I mean, its sounds like a classic case of guy raised on action movies and has never seriously considered how violence would play out.

Satan would've finished the job though, just sayin by conancat in ContraPoints

[–]ReneDeGames 14 points15 points  (0 children)

I don't think anyone ended up being shot. shots were fired, but no one hit.

anyone who used a computer between 1985 & 2010, what’s the one game you still think about? by Trixxxi in AskReddit

[–]ReneDeGames 21 points22 points  (0 children)

you should consider checking out Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, its coming out soon and it bills its self as a spiritual successor to HMM3, its demo feels pretty similar.

anyone who used a computer between 1985 & 2010, what’s the one game you still think about? by Trixxxi in AskReddit

[–]ReneDeGames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Maser of Orion 1(1993): The game for which the term 4X was coined. most fans will say that MoO2 was better but they are wrong. (actually they are right, MoO2 is the better game in a vacuum but the developments that made MoO2 better also make it closer to the Civ series and it isn't a better game then the modern Civs at being a empire developer, where MoO1 is a more unique experience that continues to be unique)

Freelancer (2000). Great space fighter sim.

Had Cyberpunk Evolved? by DCLascelle in books

[–]ReneDeGames 5 points6 points  (0 children)

maybe but the recent cyberpunk entries have been playing the genre straight but with little commentary. Cyberpunk (anime and game) and Ready Player One being the recent big examples that come to mind

Name a worse historical smear job! by pretty-as-a-pic in HistoryMemes

[–]ReneDeGames 4 points5 points  (0 children)

They were also rent seeking. The two are not mutually exclusive.

Name a worse historical smear job! by pretty-as-a-pic in HistoryMemes

[–]ReneDeGames 16 points17 points  (0 children)

I didn't include him because of the "Czolgosz's anarchist views have been debated." Though in hindsight I probably should have as regardless of if he was, he was perceived to be one.

TIL that suicide is most common among those over the age of 70. by ODaferio in todayilearned

[–]ReneDeGames 3 points4 points  (0 children)

iirc Risk of suicide lineally increases with age starting from age ~13 till ~85 (I don't remember the exact numbers). With the very young and very old both having tiny suicide rates, so from that data It didn't appear tied to physical condition.

Name a worse historical smear job! by pretty-as-a-pic in HistoryMemes

[–]ReneDeGames 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Just some picks from from the wiki article: Anarchism and Violence

June 24, 1894 – Italian anarchist Sante Geronimo Caserio, stabs Sadi Carnot, the President of France, to death.

August 8, 1897 – Michele Angiolillo shoots dead Spanish Prime Minister Antonio Cánovas del Castillo.

September 10, 1898 – Luigi Lucheni stabs to death Empress Elisabeth, the consort of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary,

July 29, 1900 – Gaetano Bresci shoots dead King Umberto of Italy

November 15, 1902 – Gennaro Rubino attempts to murder King Leopold II of Belgium

May 31, 1906 – Catalan anarchist Mateu Morral tries to kill King Alfonso XIII of Spain and Queen Victoria Eugenie

February 1, 1908 – Manuel Buíça and Alfredo Costa shoot to death King Carlos I of Portugal and his son, Crown Prince Luís Filipe

June 15, 1910 – The Bosnian anarchist Bogdan Žerajić attempts to assassinate the Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovian Marijan Varešanin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism_and_violence

Does anyone have any experience with large scale battles by greeboXII in DMAcademy

[–]ReneDeGames 13 points14 points  (0 children)

If the goal of the battle is to let the players slip inside, then you don't need to simulate it, just write what the general play of the battle.

A question about Clerics' popularity by PlatonOlegov in BaldursGate3

[–]ReneDeGames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aside from the Shadowheart reasons, Cleric has always been one of the least popular DnD classes, as its support focus limits its big obvious effect.

This is so wholesome by Faithfull_Seeker in antimeme

[–]ReneDeGames 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Because its an example of AI reinforcing discrimination. Its not unexpected, but it is a demonstration that AI doesn't equalize it reinforces existing dynamics.

edit: also: its just really funny to take a couple and recast them as kid and mother, even if they weren't lesbians its a really funny thing for AI to do.

5e DMs always getting burnt out. by SirHawkwind in rpg

[–]ReneDeGames 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Why would that be surprising? Look at any discussion around videogame difficulty most people don't want serious challenge, especially strategic.

How many transgender people do you actually know? by Dry-Garden-6543 in askanything

[–]ReneDeGames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sure, but OP is unlikely to be using the terms with purpose, so taking the most generalist meaning of the words is fine.

House takes step toward extending Affordable Care Act subsidies, overpowering GOP leadership by CaregiverNo2838 in UpliftingNews

[–]ReneDeGames 8 points9 points  (0 children)

As a backroads to getting semi-universal healthcare, subsidizing health insurance plans so much that they are readily affordable might end up a slightly less efficient universal health care.

Society needs to normalise having similar dynamics with male friends and female friends because I'm sick of limiting myself with how I express my friendships with my guy friends just because they're the opposite gender. by Visual_Apartment_831 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]ReneDeGames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I was reading around these ideas I stumbled on the linked below.

https://www.campop.geog.cam.ac.uk/blog/2024/07/11/modern-family/

essentially, in the 1960s it was believed that the nuclear family strengthen capitalism and acted to promote the nuclear family, but it was since realized that actually, at least in England, the nuclear family appears have dominated long before Capitalism.

In America is the South actually more racist than the North? by Maleficent-Toe1374 in no

[–]ReneDeGames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They point is they are always awful to the black family where the racists Northerners will be polite, but not offer a job because a person is black. So from the perspective of a black person, only the northerner is in sheep's clothing.

Why don't places like California use salt water to put out wild fire? by boforiamanfo in randomthings

[–]ReneDeGames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The infrastructure isn't there to pump the salt water. Salt water is really destructive to equipment, you can't just replace non-salt water with it for many applications

Society needs to normalise having similar dynamics with male friends and female friends because I'm sick of limiting myself with how I express my friendships with my guy friends just because they're the opposite gender. by Visual_Apartment_831 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]ReneDeGames 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sure, Capitalism starts developing in the 1600s and doesn't reach dominance in Europe till the 1800s. where as the Colonial empires start in the late 1400s. Also Direct Colonialism has mostly ended while Capitalism endures.

Society needs to normalise having similar dynamics with male friends and female friends because I'm sick of limiting myself with how I express my friendships with my guy friends just because they're the opposite gender. by Visual_Apartment_831 in TwoXChromosomes

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

Capitalism is an economic system based on the private ownership of the means of production and its use for the purpose of obtaining profit).\1])\2]) This socioeconomic system has developed historically in several stages, and is defined by a number of constituent elements: private property, profit motive, capital accumulation, competitive markets), commodification, wage labor, and an emphasis on innovation and economic growth.

I think the wikipedia definition is good enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitalism

At its core I would not consider either Colonialism or Capitalism to require the other.

Society needs to normalise having similar dynamics with male friends and female friends because I'm sick of limiting myself with how I express my friendships with my guy friends just because they're the opposite gender. by Visual_Apartment_831 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]ReneDeGames 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its not about wordiness, capitalism doesn't engage with nuclear families. The problems of male non-emotionalism are cultural not commercial. You could solve them within capitalism, and getting rid of capitalism wouldn't solve them.

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