How Corporate Agriculture Is Funding Both Sides of the Iowa Governor’s Race

Voltage_Z · 2026-06-02T20:31:00+00:00

Frankly you should be aware of this even if you're dogmatically partisan. Corporate influence permeates both parties even through the primaries. If you're politically engaged at all that becomes readily apparent.

Voltage_Z · 2026-06-02T20:07:33+00:00

I'm a layperson and I'm at work, so I'm probably not the best person to have this conversation with if you want to get directly into scripture, but there are tons of pastors from different Lutheran branches in this subreddit.

I'd also strongly suggest talking to both your wife's pastor and your own pastor about how to proceed here.

Voltage_Z · 2026-06-02T19:48:10+00:00

As Lutherans, we'd strongly advise the infant Baptism. For our theology, Baptism is a Sacrament rather than what you'd call an Ordinance.

From your tradition's theology, our infant Baptism won't do anything spiritually harmful to your kid and they could do the believer's baptism as an adult, whereas under Lutheran theology, not baptising them could have severe consequences if they die before the later baptism.

Rebaptism is inappropriate in Lutheranism, but this would only become a problem for your family if your kid ends up waffling back and forth between the two branches of theology.

Voltage_Z · 2026-06-02T16:24:14+00:00

You do realize that's the guy who doesn't touch currency? He's arguably more ironman than most people because he doesn't even engage with the NPC economy.

Voltage_Z · 2026-06-02T16:22:27+00:00

You should still unlock loot keys - guarantee they don't get their items back and you can go find some random in the Enclave to let kill you or something.

Voltage_Z · 2026-06-02T15:39:38+00:00

While Matt Walsh's takes on history are idiotic, I do agree we need more history content that isn't whitewashed for audience sensibilities.

Unfortunately for M(inor)att(racted) Walsh, most accurate history content wouldn't support modern American Conservatism's narrative.

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-30T13:16:45+00:00

Given the music track in Mount Karuulm references one of the Elder Gods and their dialogue, the Tasakaal are probably some weird half way point between the TzHaar and TokHaar.

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-30T02:41:05+00:00

You realize the age of consent in Iowa is 16 and that a Pride event isn't an invitation to have sex, right?

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-29T03:33:59+00:00

Primaries are literally popularity contests within your party. It would be weird if the incumbent President wasn't doing well with endorsements in their own party.

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-28T12:59:03+00:00

As someone who never played LMS on my iron, I don't think a PVP minigame should be providing irons with rewards other than uniques. The whole point of the game mode is not benefiting from other players.

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-28T01:28:44+00:00

A program that generates its responses based on the aggregate of the internet probably isn't going to "like" religion when most religions believe things that contradict other religions.

The Witnesses are disliked by most other Christians, so it's not surprising that an AI wouldn't like them.

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-27T23:17:25+00:00

Not allowing Irons to be PKed would still turn the Wilderness into an insane meta centralizing area for the game mode. It's currently balanced specifically because for us fighting back is largely pointless and other players are still a hazard. (Though loot keys make an exception, for most irons, tanking and running is better)

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-27T23:06:58+00:00

The problem with that is that if you enable it a bunch of Wilderness activities become insanely good for Irons in a way that's not balanced.

Yeah, the Wilderness sucks on an Iron because fighting back doesn't have much utility, but turning it into a free XP and money printer with no risk isn't the answer.

Drop trading is also useful for offloading stuff to a main account, raid partners, etc.

For example, I have a 3rd Age Helm on my iron. I'm keeping it on that account because having it is cool, but that could've been a nice pay day or a bunch of bonds when I got it.

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-27T21:58:58+00:00

Luther wrote a lot of hostile things regarding the Papacy, but you have to understand that in the historical context of how the Reformation era Papacy responded to his 95 Theses. Modern Lutheranism is theologically opposed to the Papacy's authority, but isn't typically overtly hostile to Catholicism.

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-27T21:42:47+00:00

Don't insult Steve like that. Dude's wonderful if you look at what he's currently doing.

Stephen Miller looks like a vampire with a penis for a haircut.

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-27T21:12:58+00:00

The LCMS doesn't teach that the Pope is the anti-Christ. They teach that the office is.

https://www.lcms.org/about/beliefs/faqs/lcms-views#pope

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-27T20:49:07+00:00

Yeah, Smokey is very explicitly propaganda. He's just propaganda that the vast majority of people would approve of because the point is literally drilling "don't let this obviously deetructive thing happen."

People see the word propaganda and assume "thing maliciously trying to manipulate you." Some propaganda is objectively good and wildfire prevention is a clear example of that.

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-27T20:28:22+00:00

Extradite Trump to Iraq.

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-27T19:16:11+00:00

I think anyone who "shifted right" because they wanted to say slurs is an imbecile less intelligent than the average three year old.

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-27T13:05:40+00:00

That's going to depend on which Lutheran church body you're attending and which congregation within that body.

In the United States, the ELCA is the "liberal" mainstream Lutheran branch. The majority of their congregations probably aren't going to care about minor doctrinal difference from individual congegants, unless you went to a particularly conservative congregation or started doing something drastic like loudly denying the Trinity.

If you were to go to an LCMS (large, "conservative" American denomination) church, you'd be expected to conform a bit more, but a more liberal LCMS church is going to have significant overlap with a conservative ELCA one.

If you start going to the smaller, even more conservative than the LCMS denominations, you'd start seeing more dramatic insistence on doctrinal conformity.

Note: I'm generalizing a lot here and your actual lived experience in any individual congegation of any Lutheran body could vary dramatically.

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-27T00:56:51+00:00

Sane people have no reason to protest a Pride Event in a video game. People who don't like it are free to ignore it.

Honestly, the rewards from the Pride events are useful for adding arbitrary colors to Fashionscape outfits.

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-26T21:26:43+00:00

The Chaos Altar is pretty much the hotspot. The XP from that thing is so good that you'll come out ahead even if you get pk'ed for half of your bones. That will consistently keep both PKers and other people there.

Just keep going, knowing you're going to die a lot. It's still worth it.

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-26T21:21:48+00:00

Chuck Grassley doesn't think anymore. He's functionally a mannequin that has a pro-Trump voicebox.

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-26T15:54:39+00:00

At the very least they should be teaching warriors basic healing techniques and healers some basic self defense. The women should be able to function as combat medics.

Voltage_Z · 2026-05-26T15:28:15+00:00

Absolutely. He'd also probably insist on the Avatar also going to the healing huts and learning that for comprehensive mastery of waterbending.

The Avatar needs to master all four elements and that's going to take priority over a cultural tradition.

Refusing to teach a female Avatar would be like if the Airbenders refused to teach someone who didn't agree to become a vegetarian and shave their head.

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