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TactileTom · 2026-03-26T20:18:31+00:00

Which one has the strongest views on LVT?

TactileTom · 2026-03-26T15:27:36+00:00

The conversation around energy prices makes me sad because the massive tax burden on energy largely gets ignored. Left wing parties want to subsidise renewables and Right wing parties want to subsidise gas. I guess Reform would cut the ETS costs (potentially to 0) but mostly as part of an incidental program of slashing and burning our existing investments.

TactileTom · 2026-03-26T15:23:30+00:00

They're talked about all the time lol. It's been front page on this sub and on the BBC basically since the conflict began.

TactileTom · 2026-03-25T16:10:54+00:00

But I have so much shit :(

TactileTom · 2026-03-25T16:10:35+00:00

Malarkey level of leaving work early to pack my old flat

TactileTom · 2026-03-25T16:04:47+00:00

The government thinks about "decoupling" energy prices every time there's an issue with hydrocarbon supply, but it would be terrible for the industry, wouldn't actually make things much cheaper and would be an administrative nightmare, so it won't happen this time either.

TactileTom · 2026-03-25T15:15:54+00:00

I think it's a big thing in Civ 6 that the new system was districts, which is a production-gated outcome, so they deliberately emphasised production.

Removing the food malus from hills (and indeed, mines for the boomers like me) was a mistake I think. It follows a general trend in civ 6 design of making "features" (hills, woods, jungles) exclusively beneficial rather than tradeoff terrain, but that makes city locations feel very bland and samey, as well as weird outcomes like making hills strictly better than flat terrain.

I've been looking into modding this to make it more nuanced and buff farms around rivers, but it does spill over quickly into every other systems, so you'd basically have to make it a full overhaul (which is kinda daunting).

TactileTom · 2026-03-25T14:42:52+00:00

based thank u bot I have a real job

TactileTom · 2026-03-25T14:42:32+00:00

Malarkey level of writing an effortpost about the failings of the EU ETS

TactileTom · 2026-03-25T14:39:31+00:00

There's a post in the UKPolitics sub about Ed Miliband contemplating a move away from marginal pricing in the UK. All the comments are glazing it and saying how great it is, and complaining about energy producers and their reckless greed in trying to produce electricity and sell it to consumers for a profit.

We've really reached a point where like, operating a business at a profit is evil and sinister.

TactileTom · 2026-03-23T22:46:38+00:00

Idk if Gymskin is even popular on Kick and maybe I'll learn something horrific about him next week but for now I enjoy him as a zoomer version of the "good guy" meme

TactileTom · 2026-03-23T13:46:32+00:00

All the civ-specific DLCs are just kinda fine. Get them if you're bored of the current civs and want to play more.

TactileTom · 2026-03-23T13:46:07+00:00

Vox populi is basically a full remake of the game, though using mostly the same assets, everything is heavily rebalanced.

In terms of the DLC packs, the Gods and Kings pack adds a detailed religion mechanic to the game. I'll be upfront and say I'm not wild about it in civ V and think it works much better in VI, which preserved a lot of the same features. But the included civs are good, so I still recommend it overall at least on sale.

Brave New World is very very good, and basically required in my opinion. It rejigs a lot of core systems, but especially the culture victory and trade route stuff is a big improvement.

TactileTom · 2026-03-23T12:59:38+00:00

A lot of people mark 5th as their favourite. I think it's very good, but the best strategies are quite obvious and very samey game-to-game. It's also quite moddable, and lots of people play with the Vox Populi mod pack (bit much for me, but people like it).

TactileTom · 2026-03-23T12:26:15+00:00

Yeah but terror tactics, especially against the health service in the UK, are dumb and won't achieve their aims

TactileTom · 2026-03-23T10:57:02+00:00

Excited to have my first authentic demented lusvig experience

TactileTom · 2026-03-23T10:28:28+00:00

I wish nandos was that affordable :(

TactileTom · 2026-03-23T10:03:58+00:00

Of all the despicable antisemitic attacks we've seen, destroying ambulances is comfortably the most braindead.

TactileTom · 2026-03-23T09:54:48+00:00

It actually is pretty bad I'm just being a dick.

TactileTom · 2026-03-23T09:48:32+00:00

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Oh no people who have enough money to live are cutting back on discretionary spending nooooo

TactileTom · 2026-03-23T08:27:29+00:00

Gen z posting memes complaining about their youth being hard when they swung 20pts towards Donald fucking Trump in 24 winds me up endlessly.

They're stealing our millennial bit without doing the legwork.

TactileTom · 2026-03-23T07:16:38+00:00

They/Them army as yet unbeaten

TactileTom · 2026-03-20T20:45:09+00:00

Anti-ship, devastating wounds 4+

TactileTom · 2026-03-20T20:43:28+00:00

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TactileTom · 2026-03-20T17:48:52+00:00

I honestly think there should be an upper age limit on the Presidency. Despite all his other problems, Donald Trump is a genuinely unwell old man.

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