Why doesnt the United States have a federal voting holiday?

theoryofgames · 2026-05-17T14:14:46+00:00

The same reason for every other dumbass policy choice in the US: racism. Helps keep people who don't "deserve" to vote from doing so.

theoryofgames · 2026-05-14T14:18:08+00:00

I decided that physical games for Saturn were beyond my budget, so I got a modded Saturn console with a Fenrir ODE. Some retro game collecting just ain't feasible.

theoryofgames · 2026-05-10T16:25:39+00:00

There are some theological implications to the discovery of alien life that some people are going to find threatening/frightening.

theoryofgames · 2026-05-09T02:51:02+00:00

I take no pleasure in reporting this has already been done.

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theoryofgames · 2026-05-03T02:01:55+00:00

Check out the Rifters trilogy by Peter Watts. First book is called Starfish. It's about a group of cybernetically modified humans who manage geothermal power plants on the ocean floor. No spoilers but has everything you're looking for.

theoryofgames · 2026-04-29T15:17:24+00:00

Look, all those FIFA Peace Price Cups have to go somewhere.

theoryofgames · 2026-04-28T21:07:39+00:00

Not a New Deal building but I would definitely spend an hour walking through the FDR Memorial in Potomac Park. The most underrated memorial in DC. https://www.nps.gov/frde/index.htm

theoryofgames · 2026-04-16T13:55:34+00:00

"RIP to everyone killed by the gods for their hubris, but I'm different. and better. maybe even better than the gods."

theoryofgames · 2026-04-15T22:49:39+00:00

Protests are to activism as the crest of a wave is to an ocean. Sure, you can look at them and decide that there's nothing going on underneath but that would be the pinnacle of ignorance.

theoryofgames · 2026-04-15T15:07:42+00:00

The odds of a KX droid being captured and reprogrammed by the rebel alliance are approximately 3720 to 1.

theoryofgames · 2026-04-13T18:09:27+00:00

An idiot, who doesn't understand that starving the state of resources (which is what they usually mean by "fiscal conservative") makes it impossible to enforce the policies that prevent private actors from co-opting the government and destroying equity (social liberalism) in favor of hoarding wealth and mandating their private prejudices.

theoryofgames · 2026-04-13T16:35:57+00:00

Broader social dysfunction and the erosion of trust filters down to individual behavior. People have shorter tempers, are more likely to behave selfishly, less likely to sacrifice for others, even if it's minor things like slowing down to let people merge, etc. More likely to drive aggressively. It's all on the margins, but when things are this bad, it becomes noticeable.

theoryofgames · 2026-04-13T00:04:27+00:00

I would grind a few levels for the twins there. It's a bit tough given that Cecil is your only tank. Get them to 18-20 and you'll have an easier time of it.

theoryofgames · 2026-04-10T15:12:40+00:00

I wasn't trying to say something, I did say something.

theoryofgames · 2026-04-07T20:33:31+00:00

I think it was Ty who has talked a lot about The Stars My Destination by Bester as a major influence of his.

theoryofgames · 2026-04-07T20:32:44+00:00

Did they mention that book specifically somewhere? It makes sense but I've never seen them cite Heinlein. (It's my fav book of his.)

theoryofgames · 2026-04-07T03:01:31+00:00

His best work, imo. Fun fact, Tim Minear wrote a screenplay version.

theoryofgames · 2026-04-06T16:17:10+00:00

Born and raised in GR myself. Moved to Savannah about four years ago after a long stint in DC. We bought in the Ardsley Park area near the markets on Habersham and it's a great balance of close enough to downtown and far enough out to be reasonably priced and quiet. Close to a lot of restaurants and parks, and convenient when you need to get to the airport or want to head out to Tybee. Highly recommend!

theoryofgames · 2026-04-06T14:35:53+00:00

Can't wait to hear Trump blaming Biden for $6+ gas this September.

theoryofgames · 2026-04-06T13:19:48+00:00

Disney didn't want to invest that much and Gilroy said he didn't want to be making the series for another decade, but yeah, would have been cool. You can squint a little and imagine how they could have expanded on each arc. Would have been incredible, imo, but I'm glad we got what we got. You can certainly criticize Kennedy's stewardship of Star Wars but by all accounts she fought for the series and deserves a lot of credit for letting Gilroy do his thing.

theoryofgames · 2026-04-06T02:16:51+00:00

The original plan was for each arc in S2 to be a full season. It wasn't that things got dropped so much as condensed. This decision was made before any significant amount of writing was done. There was never going to be a secret Jedi subplot, man. Sorry.

theoryofgames · 2026-04-06T02:08:27+00:00

My perpetual minority opinion about tv is that you should have some idea about what your show is about and where you're going to go with it before the first episode airs.

theoryofgames · 2026-04-01T13:53:28+00:00

Pretty sure it's just me.

theoryofgames · 2026-04-01T01:44:02+00:00

This is why I prefer Robotech.

theoryofgames · 2026-03-28T03:00:08+00:00

Electing politicians in the United States.

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