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so why does the great war get to be called "world war i" if every important engagement happened in a few tiny slivers of europe and the middle east? seems a little silly when you compare it to the truly global scale of world war ii. go back to calling it "the great war" and call the second one "the world war", implying there will be no sequel.
my wife has been stuck deep in the postgame of pokemon heartgold for the last week or two, after a short 5-year break from all video games. for the longest time pokemon's enduring popularity among adults hasn't made sense to me. i was thinking of it like a linear adventure game, and its a very poor one. it has an uncompelling narrative and really terrible pacing. watching her set goals and make both long and short term plans while navigating the extremely complex interactions of the overworld and battle system made it click. it's more like a high fidelity simulation with an extreme level of agency, especially in the postgame. the gratification comes from setting and achieving goals. you kind of have to make your own fun, but oh what fun it is. i get it now.
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the castro/mission balance patch has landed, and there are some welcome changes. the sanchez and market intersection has been nerfed, rendering the left turn strategy entirely unviable. hopefully we'll finally see more players utilizing 15th for their routing.
there's always a percentage of people participating in any sport who aren't there for the love of the game but rather to be seen doing it. for some reason my gut tells me that this percentage is quite high for pool. it's not a very stimulating game but you look cool and dangerous while you're playing it.
guys i think i permanently damaged both of my knees by running full tilt down a san francisco hill to get to the post office before it closed. how was evolution able to produce both the mighty frontal cortex and the troublesome ACL?
why do so many moderators on irc act grumpy when people are using their chat platform to chat. im attracted by the elegance of the protocol and driven away by their bad vibes. discord may be full of weirdos but at least they want to connect.
look at my cat
it's kind of like if twitter only had one user and he was really cool
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