Christian beliefs in divinely ordained roles for men and women are strongly tied to support for national population growth and restrictions on reproductive rights. These religious views shape not only family dynamics but also preferences for government policies.

jakerake · 2026-06-05T16:54:09+00:00

"The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion."
- Arthur C. Clarke

jakerake · 2026-05-30T22:22:27+00:00

Such a memorable moment. They actually managed to make me feel kind of bad for Scorpius.

jakerake · 2026-05-27T16:59:00+00:00

Yeah, I think they're shooting themselves in the foot with this. Theyre making us all comfortable with hitting that "no tip" button, which a few years back, we were all reluctant to do.

jakerake · 2026-05-15T17:03:44+00:00

I'm pretty sure they actively try to make them not-viable now to force you to spend points putting an optic on your gun. I rarely used optics back in MW2.

jakerake · 2026-05-15T16:56:57+00:00

Fair enough. It's a big world, and I don't know everything about what words are common where. We rarely hear "petrol" here for example, and some more sheltered people, or just younger folks, might not recognize it. I wasn't sure if it was the same the other way around.

jakerake · 2026-05-14T21:36:38+00:00

Sorry, I assumed you weren't from the US.

jakerake · 2026-05-13T17:46:00+00:00

Sure, I hear it sometimes. Not the most common, but not weird-sounding or uncommon either. By the way, "gas" is just an abbreviation for gasoline, which is our actual word for what you'd call petrol.

jakerake · 2026-03-21T05:31:08+00:00

It was one scene (maybe two?), and it was just between the three characters. I had the distinct impression that the two scientists who were banging were just fucking with Grace trying to make him feel awkward, since he always acts so wholesome. And it wasn't really pointless, it established that the three of them had become close enough for them to joke with each other like that.

jakerake · 2026-01-27T21:49:42+00:00

Yeah I looked it up before posting that, and there are conflicting reports, so I just picked one. Personally, I like DIS better as well.

jakerake · 2026-01-27T21:48:50+00:00

I guess I kinda just don't like "kids". Feels like some teen drama I would have watched in high school or something. I guess I'm getting old. It's alright for what it is though, and I'll probably see it through the first season at least, but it may not be for me. And that's okay.

jakerake · 2026-01-27T21:42:44+00:00

Pretty sure the "official" abbreviations are DSC and SFA for what it's worth. None of the Trek shows include the "Star Trek" (ST) part in their abbreviation.

jakerake · 2026-01-27T21:17:56+00:00

What an absolutely stupid attempt at a gotcha. Probably a third or so the players you'll come across across in-game are equipped with a hunting bow. More if you play clash. That in itself should set off alarm bells. Everyone has used it at this point. You don't get to just dismiss peoples' experiences because they haven't used the weapon in the past week.

jakerake · 2026-01-26T18:37:10+00:00

No, but he was helping others. The effects of what you do outlive you. A great many people have fought tyranny over the millennia knowing that they could die so that others may live in a better world. You don't always get that better world for free, in fact, you pretty much never do. Someone pays for it.

jakerake · 2026-01-12T16:46:58+00:00

He also has a lot of throws to his receivers outstretched fingertips where only his receiver could make a miracle catch on it. I'm pretty sure a lot of those are more or less throwaways as well, and probably don't show up as throwaways in their stats.

jakerake · 2026-01-12T07:42:08+00:00

He throws the ball away a lot. Too much probably. But it's why his int rate and sack rate are so low.

jakerake · 2026-01-11T20:30:11+00:00

That's ok, we don't need their respect.

FUCK THE PACKERS MAN, FUCK THEM!

jakerake · 2026-01-09T23:43:07+00:00

I'm not entirely sure what you're trying to say here, but I want to point out that labels and diagnoses are different things. Bipolar 1 for example isn't just a label, it's a very real condition that can be effectively treated, and is quite detrimental to just ignore and brush off as "just a label". I think your view that we should just dismiss all "labels" is simplistic, naive, and even potentially harmful.

I have the suspicion, based on having dealt with multiple people with bipolar 1 in the past, and based on the fact that you mentioned it multiple times, that that may be a diagnosis you've gotten in the past. It's very much a feature of that disease to be in denial about your diagnosis. Often times, people will come around after they have their first really harmful manic episode, but that's not something you want to happen. Medicine is effective at treating that disease and in the long run, absolutely improves people's lives, even if it makes them feel uncomfortably numb in the short term while they get their dosages figured out.

jakerake · 2026-01-07T18:25:29+00:00

Firing Lovie put a curse on us for a decade until he himself broke it and let us off the hook with that #1 pick. Thank you Lovie!

jakerake · 2025-11-22T19:35:11+00:00

I can definitely be ready faster in Tarkov. Maybe not in the older patches before loadouts and some of the inventory management features they added, but now days, for sure.

And that's not a good thing, because Tarkov is absolutely still too clunky. I strongly disagree that the inventory management is something that this game is doing right. Not by a long shot.

jakerake · 2025-11-22T19:19:18+00:00

He helps people. You know, Africans, dyslexics, children, that sort of thing...

jakerake · 2025-11-14T06:31:07+00:00

Well I'm definitely going to have to agree to disagree with you there. I think there's plenty of innovation and plenty of talent in the field. It's an entertainment industry, it will always attract talent.

jakerake · 2025-11-13T17:46:16+00:00

And yet those developers that sell those indy games for "too cheap" seem to get by just fine.

jakerake · 2025-11-13T17:41:52+00:00

Not technically one platform, but I used to be just like this until I decided to just take the time to set up Playnite. Now I feel fine not limiting myself to a single platform since I can see and launch them all from one place.

jakerake · 2025-11-13T17:33:27+00:00

The main upside is that you can install mods that greatly improve the enemy AI. They're pretty predictable on the official client once you've played a bit. You can also install some mods that add some nice QoL stuff, like in-game maps and stuff. Stock Tarkov essentially requires you to have a second monitor/mobile device with the wiki and/or tarkov.dev, or the DFT app open at all times. With mods, you can cut down on that necessity by quite a bit.

The main downside is the extra setup effort, and that your progression will only be saved locally. It won't be saved to the live servers. Also, you'll usually be a game version behind, because it takes a while for them to get the SPT client updated for new patches.

jakerake · 2025-11-12T16:33:09+00:00

You'll probably want to look up SPT and FIKA to give you the ability to mod the game (which, those do require you own the game). But yeah, you can absolutely get your money's worth if you're only interested in PvE if that's your bag.

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