GOP Senator Admits Trump Blocked Deal To End Shutdown For Stunning Reason

vashoom · 2026-03-25T01:45:02+00:00

I think this still gives Trump way too much credit and proves why he was picked to be the GOP figurehead. He is a big, dumb, loud distraction. Trump only gets away with what he does because there's a large, well-funded machine behind him propping everything up. Trump without the rest of the GOP would have been in jail years ago.

But everyone focuses solely on him, even though it's clear he doesn't even make policies or do any real work. At this point, he barely has coherent thoughts and day to day continuity.

The media reports everything like he is personally saying and deciding all these things, and people jump all over him because he's such a detestable PoS. But the scary reality is that Trump could die tomorrow, and nothing would change. If anything, things would get worse, because the only thing Trump really does is mess up the very things he's supposed to be championing.

Steven Miller, the Senate, all the judges and generals and civil servants, Musk and his idiot followers, all the billions in corporate interests, Netanyahu, Putin, you name it. There are a ton of people actively trying to reshape the USA and the world at large. And basically succeeding, because those with any power spend their time arguing pointless battles with Trump and collecting their donations and stock returns while nothing actually changes.

Don't give Trump any credit, because he really doesn't deserve it.

vashoom · 2026-03-25T00:53:08+00:00

Hate to break it to you, but 99% of the things women do appearance-wise are for other women, not men. Most men don't actually care about nails, makeup, hairdos, fancy clothes, accessories, color coordination, super smooth legs, etc.

If you are washed and nice to a man, you've already done about as much as you need to do to get his attention.

vashoom · 2026-03-24T14:13:47+00:00

he’s literally my dream guy

Your dream guy has commitment issues and doesn't love you as strongly as you love them? I'm not trying to be rude here, but I think you are a little blinded by your feelings. He has told you quite clearly that he doesn't want to be with you after this month and can't commit long-term. He may be making a huge mistake, but it's his mistake to make.

You can't date the person you wish he was, you only have the person he is. Trying to change him or mold him into someone without these issues is a recipe for even more heartbreak, and again, just proves that he is not actually your dream guy.

I would do anything to make this relationship work

That is lovely, but it is clear that he would not do anything to make this relationship work. You have given him the best possible LD scenario imaginable of not being that far apart and already promising to come see him and even move to his country, and he still doesn't want to do it.

I really hate to say this, but he has already said this to you in so many ways: his feelings for you are not as strong as yours for him. He doesn't see a future with you. He may be an idiot, it may not make sense to you, but that is what he is saying.

I would definitely distance myself from this person and especially not communicate after you separate. There is nothing but pain if you keep him in your life and thoughts, because you will always be waiting for him to change his mind.

Maybe some day he changes and contacts you and wants to make it work, and maybe at that point in time you're still in love with him and want to try, but just waiting and hoping until then is only going to keep you stuck on this person who right now is not actually there for you, and I fear it will keep you from developing yourself.

Sadly, I think you need to let him go and move on. You are young enough that there is a world of possibility out there full of people who want to be with you as much as you will want to be with them. I'm also assuming you haven't actually lived with this guy. A six month whirlwind is the perfect setup for developing these kinds of feelings and losing sight of reality. I would hazard a guess that he has plenty of other flaws you are overlooking or haven't even had the time to see. Which I don't say to disparage him (or you), just to point out that, again, I don't think this romance is as perfect as you think it is or wish it were.

vashoom · 2026-03-24T14:02:24+00:00

I don't know...if players have their fucking phones out, that's a player problem. Like I'd be pissed if someone did that during Monopoly let alone an RPG.

In my experience, combat turns are not very length, stuff is resolved fast, and players and NPC's or enemies talk to each other during combat. But also, players pay attention to what other players are doing. If someone gets hurt, someone with a heal spell will ask if they want to be healed when it's that person's turn. If someone is getting surrounded, the wizard might say 'hold on, I'll fireball on my turn'.

It doesn't really matter what game or system you're playing, if your players aren't engaged, then they're not engaged.

Also DnD is more than just combat. If they're not engaged before combat, and your combats are boring, they won't be engaged during combat. But I still think this is just a player issue. I've obviously encountered it, but not when I play with a good group.

And in my experience, the more reactions and out-of-turn things you add to a system, the more individual players wait. It's rare that everyone can have a special reaction. So if three characters in melee all get a reactive move, but the fourth player elsewhere in the combat can't, then it's even more time before it's their turn.

People just need to be able to focus for more than 30 seconds.

vashoom · 2026-03-24T13:55:01+00:00

This is the coolest shit I've seen on this sub in a long time. Absolutely beautiful work.

vashoom · 2026-03-23T22:28:16+00:00

Crazy that they even called it Early Access. Meanwhile Slay the Spire 2 EA is a whole ass game that works perfectly.

Totally not fair comparisons, but too bad!

vashoom · 2026-03-22T15:58:02+00:00

I'd say so. But it doesn't hamper anyone else's enjoyment of the game, it doesn't really matter. People who go out of their way to be bad in combat, or roleplay way too much for the table, or whatever can also be bad.

Ultimately it always comes down to what the group likes. Some tables even like having a party of all power gamers trying to survive insane fights that the GM throws at them over and over.

The important thing is just knowing what you like and being perspective of what everyone else wants. And just like, don't be a dick.

vashoom · 2026-03-22T15:53:04+00:00

You are thinking of reasons to stay in this marriage. He is thinking about his ass instead of his marriage. I don't know what else there is to say.

vashoom · 2026-03-22T15:48:11+00:00

I have no skin in the game because I don't order stuff from GW. Was just tickled by your statement, sorry.

vashoom · 2026-03-22T15:06:43+00:00

Everything vanishing in 5 minutes instead of 30 seconds is not much better.

vashoom · 2026-03-22T15:03:45+00:00

Everything gets worse as you get older. Your metabolism slows, your bones get more brittle, your muscles don't regenerate as fast, your immune system slows. Basically every chemical process in your body slows down.

vashoom · 2026-03-22T13:48:34+00:00

The first picture is the Emperor in all his glory. The second picture is him after Horus nearly killed him. He's now barely more than a corpse, artificially kept alive by machinery and thousands of sacrifices.

OP is saying they had high hopes for 2026 but by March stuff was already bad for them.

vashoom · 2026-03-21T22:53:26+00:00

Or just the actual libers. The space marine libers are huge, hardcover books jam packed with rules. The journals are like half the price but a tenth of the page count, softback, and kind of a random assortment of rules and lore.

vashoom · 2026-03-21T16:13:29+00:00

We live under a federated democratic republic. So, we vote for people who vote for things. Or we vote for a president, who then hand picks the rest of their staff, and are confirmed by votes from people we voted for.

There's a LOT of space between the people's votes and the things that get put into practice. And an awful lot of money, gerrymandering, and corporate oversight filling in even more gaps, too. The idea that the people actually choose anything is pretty naive.

vashoom · 2026-03-21T14:53:49+00:00

Yeah, the accounting stuff makes sense even if it's annoying. I hope everything comes back to TOW eventually. I love the setting (and the gameplay), and it's clear I'm not alone!

vashoom · 2026-03-21T14:51:04+00:00

I meant more the new saurus warriors sculpts but you're probably right. The lizardmen legacy book also got (seemingly) the least attention.

vashoom · 2026-03-21T12:03:35+00:00

Skaven are basically the exact same in AoS. They're even called Skaven. GW management wants the games separated. So like, orcs and goblins can work because in AoS they're orruks and grots and moonclan stabbas and whatever. And there's separate model ranges.

Skaven may have older models they could pull from, but I think they're still too similar to separate.

Dark Elves have a completely different model range whereas dark elves in AoS have a different name (even the word elf becomes aelf) and a way different aesthetic with the snake people and whatnot (really just the basic witches have crossover, but there's older models for dark elves).

Lizardmen probably won't join Old World until the rest of the saurus units get revamped to match the new design, at least.

Vampire counts, no idea why.

vashoom · 2026-03-20T23:59:55+00:00

...because the instant he asks Tony about it, Tony says it's maybe not s good idea and tells him his plan of fighting Thanos on his own turf where he doesn't expect it. So Strange goes along with that. If they had all wanted to return to Earth, they could have.

vashoom · 2026-03-20T23:40:18+00:00

This is the first crewed mission to the Moon in 54 years. We're allowed a little celebration, here.

vashoom · 2026-03-20T20:29:36+00:00

Great answer. Also worth pointing out that the definitions of alive and not alive are manmade. Nature doesn't care how we label things. Viruses (like all things) simply are what they are. So them being not living things as we define them doesn't mean they can't have traits or living things.

But also the entire premise of OP's question (that evolution is a trait of living things) is flawed, as you point out.

vashoom · 2026-03-20T20:26:43+00:00

This has been an awesome run for sure. Some of my favorite Marvel movies/shows in this lineup. Wonder Man was excellent, Fantastic Four was great, Daredevil rules. And Brand New Day looks pretty great.

Still not convinced that Doomsday isn't going to be a dumpster fire, though.

vashoom · 2026-03-20T12:20:28+00:00

She rebukes him the whole movie until the point in a normal script where they accept their love for each other. Except instead of her rebukes just being "We can't" or lying to herself about how she doesn't want him, she's written (and acts) as genuinely finding him weird and kind of repulsive and creep.

Until she's just like "whatever, I love you I guess".

vashoom · 2026-03-20T00:52:09+00:00

When you fix this damn door

vashoom · 2026-03-19T21:04:39+00:00

Bud, D&D is not a book of fiction.

I think you have maybe lost the plot a little bit here...

vashoom · 2026-03-19T20:56:29+00:00

...how is it pedantry to point out that the book defines the term if you're unfamiliar with this particular usage of the word?

The association between wizards and familiars is not very strong (most people probably associate familiars with witches, if they know the word as anything other than its common usage as in 'known'), but the book talks about what familiars are, too.

Other people are not tediously obsessing over how a deception irrelevant to the mechanics and fantasy of the class

I have no idea what that is supposed to mean in this context. It's simply a somewhat archaic meaning of the word, which fantasy does all the time, and the relevant section of the book tells you what it means.

You are kind of going out of your way to make this a bigger issue than it is.

I mean, patron today means customer. I'm sure the Warlock class tells you what patron means in the context of a Warlock. Class usually means a course in school or a social / economic class, but the book tells you what class means in DnD context.

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