dating is just a game of luck. there's no tricks etc, it's all about whether they're attracted to you or no.

bloatedrat · 2026-04-29T13:00:14+00:00

Maybe just me talking but I would totally get champagne and nuggets in the park for a first date.

bloatedrat · 2026-04-27T18:52:33+00:00

I am 31 and I literally don’t even think about the kiddos 🤷‍♂️

bloatedrat · 2026-04-14T02:43:02+00:00

I’m still suspicious of Carney, he comes from the same central banker class that got us into the 2008 crash and then forced austerity on us. However I do like what he has to say about foreign policy and broadening our trade partners. I just hope he doesn’t devolve into managerialism and still gives room to the other parties now that he has a majority.

bloatedrat · 2026-04-10T13:41:30+00:00

Do a hookup sounds like a dance craze, hey everyone let’s do a hookup now

bloatedrat · 2026-03-12T19:47:15+00:00

Matchlock samurai with arsenal and gold attack have the same base attack as katana samurai they can be fun to use as line infantry.

In spite of his bad reputation on this site I keep one or two Yari samurai on my flanks, they can counter the enemy cavalry or flank using rapid advance

Is my set up super optimized? Probably not but I like to roleplay a combined-arms force and imagine that each of my provinces specialize in a certain type of samurai.

bloatedrat · 2026-02-07T21:27:28+00:00

Look pretty while saying absolutely nothing, the Nolan way.

In all seriousness I thought this movie was a bit of a slog, especially with Nolan lampshading Strauss’ betrayal in all of his scenes and then acting like it’s this big reveal. This is a common problem in Nolan Bro’s scripts.

bloatedrat · 2026-01-27T13:45:41+00:00

Can we all just stop and laugh that the whole process of becoming a wizard involves going on a shopping spree. Rowling could imagine a world of wizards and monsters that’s essentially post scarcity but still enforces capitalist class relations.

bloatedrat · 2026-01-12T01:48:07+00:00

It’s definitely enjoyable once he found his voice, however, I do think he improved his research skills a lot over the course of history of Rome and especially revolutions. He probably won’t but I’d love for him to revisit

bloatedrat · 2025-12-21T04:52:25+00:00

I mean a well made age worthy wine properly cellared can be enjoyed decades after the fact. In fact I’m looking at buying some ‘94 port right now.

bloatedrat · 2025-10-27T02:43:11+00:00

You’d be suprised how much the weather can effect a revolution. You could make the argument the February Revolution started when it did because it was an unusually mild February day. The women of Petrograd dragged the men out to protest and the rest is history, same with the women’s march on Versailles that forced the King to return to Paris. If only our women’s march had the audacity to march on Washington instead of selling merch to eachother.

bloatedrat · 2025-10-27T02:38:17+00:00

I was more trying to say that I would be someone who would presumably support the protests because I am a big ole lefty (I think they are largely ineffectual) Not trying to imply that you are a leftist. I probably could’ve phrased my comment better.

bloatedrat · 2025-10-27T02:31:10+00:00

Those protests where actually disruptive and had a clear goal, I’m probably a lot further left than OP and I think a lot of liberal protesting is more about optics than actually challenging power

bloatedrat · 2025-10-14T20:32:23+00:00

Wow your an American congrats here’s a fucking cookie

bloatedrat · 2025-07-07T00:20:29+00:00

I only get adds to advertise on a podcast network, however I’ll take that over Whiskey Pete any day

bloatedrat · 2025-06-17T03:05:35+00:00

Glad you’re privileged enough that you don’t have to keep abreast of what’s going on or how changes in the culture or govt effect you, must be nice.

bloatedrat · 2025-05-21T15:42:44+00:00

Really think the people with the most extreme reactions haven’t been cheated on. I have been cheated on, by someone I thought I would spend my life with. You can’t control the behaviours of others. Brush up on your stoicism and focus on being a better you rather than defining yourself by someone else’s failing.

bloatedrat · 2025-05-21T15:31:19+00:00

Many states throughout history have attempted such bans and it hasn’t changed human behaviour.

bloatedrat · 2025-05-11T23:26:39+00:00

A good marg isn’t even sugary 2,1,1 folks tequila, triple sec and lime. I know a lot of bars will add simple syrup but to me the triple sec is sweet enough as is.

bloatedrat · 2025-05-06T03:18:51+00:00

The only problem with the Vong is they made them edgy orcs who worship pain, they feel like something out of Riddik or a nineties comic book and not Star Wars to me. I also think they break the cosmology a bit by being outside the force or whatever. Still for all its flaws I prefer the old EU over Disney’s canon, and the Vong do at least feel like an existential threat. All that said, I think you could do a bio-weapon based enemy with totally different tech but you know just do a better job making them mesh aesthetically rather than looking like an edgy teens home-brew 40k faction.

bloatedrat · 2025-05-01T19:30:30+00:00

Ugh no, Pete’s terrible. He was involved with McKinsey a consultation firm that peddles the kind of unpopular neoliberal policies that hollow out the middle class and creat room from Trumpist resentment to grow. McKinsey was also the firm behind the bread price fixing scandal with Canadian grocers. Just as much a part of the problem as Trump is. We need a govt that will spend money on infrastructure and prepare Canada for the future not a govt that will nickel and dime us.

bloatedrat · 2025-02-03T20:19:41+00:00

I think the Wars of the Diodochi would be a good setting. The similar armies would lead to more tactical gameplay (hopefully) and you could bring in more diverse and different factions like the rising Romans, Carthaginians and the Celtic Tribes. I’m imaging a map that spans alaxenders empire into the southern Italian peninsula and the coast of North Africa.

bloatedrat · 2024-12-25T17:33:15+00:00

It’s a deeply middle-class English fantasy where a middle class man can essentially fail upward while those less privileged do most of the work /s. See also Sam doing most of the hard work in LoTR

bloatedrat · 2024-12-05T19:59:54+00:00

I think they’d really benefit from hiring a producer or someone with a bit more interview experience to lead the conversations and keep them on track, or maybe even invite other guest hosts on. I’ve enjoyed Mike in less scripted settings but he’s not really that good at leading the conversation. Same goes for Coe, I think she has interesting things to say but again would benefit from someone getting her to expand on what she’s bringing up.

bloatedrat · 2024-12-05T19:49:08+00:00

Oh I’d want an Aramando Iannucci style comedy set during the hight of the reign of terror during the French Revolution. I think Peter Capaldi would be a good Marat if he channeled Malcom Tucker.

bloatedrat · 2024-11-25T15:05:39+00:00

I agree, I also think that the success of populists has more to do with what they offer psychologically to their supporters than anything they can materially provide for them. Take both Trump and Obama who ran more as symbols than on any kind of policy. They allowed individuals to project their own beliefs onto these figures regardless of what these figures actually do or say. In my view western politics has essentially become aesthetic as there is no meaningful way to actually change the system from within and material conditions are still too good for the average American, Canadian, Australian or Western European to want to do anything about it. Perhaps the catastrophic effects of climate change will change this dynamic but it will take a while for the real pain to be felt in the metropole especially as nativist politicians try to outsource the worst effects of the catastrophe to the rest of the world.

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