I never understand this. Most of the time when I see this it’s a low-throughput business like a pawn shop trying to entice people to come inside. But why would I get any closer to your loud-as-fuck speaker that you’ve propped the door open with blaring shitty trap music?

If it costs the NYT money and buys the workers some bargaining power, I’m all for it.

Usually RCV is an initiative or referendum depending on how your state does it. In mine, it’s just a separate issue on the back that we have to vote for, alongside things like “should we institute a tax for schools” or “should we approve building a new park”. Entirely separate from voting for candidates for any position.

Don’t forget a little note saying "Think this is stupid? Vote for Ranked-Choice Voting!’

That makes a lot of sense, and very much tracks with what I’ve experienced of DHS. Scumbags.

I think they’re funded just fine, but recent events have created some unusual expenditures for the SS.

It’s a fair argument, especially given how much… entertainment he seems to derive from owning it.

A cable subscription isn’t a depreciating asset, though.

The cultural victory, if you will.

I think the fact that you’ve spent a lot of time in liberal organizations is why you think that way about where it falls on the continuum between progressivism and conservatism.

Interesting that you characterize my statement as "both sides"ing. I would say the thrust of my statement is not “both sides” but “one side”. America does not have a progressive party, only conservative and conservative-lite. Given the choice, of course I’ll choose the latter, not least because the former is so far off the deep end it may never recover as a party. That does not mean I think that both parties are the same.

Visually:

--------Progressivism ------------------------ Center ------ Liberalism --------------------------- Conservatism.

Liberals and conservatives are more similar than liberals and progressives.

In order to pay your utility bill, you have to beat the Undertale Sans fight in Genocide mode

Seconded! It also has a more informative cycling interface.

Because it makes it harder for advertisers to mine and sell your data. That’s it.

I know. I was devastated when I first watched it, because I was so sure it was going to pass…

Also, if interested, check out this documentary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Factory. Has a lot of interesting crosstalk between Chinese/American views on work and business.

Oh, 100%. One of the side effects of trying to appeal to families, who are usually more budget-conscious, is that they felt like they had to bring the price down… despite the fact that that was basically impossible. I’m not saying they should have gone luxury, but I’m puzzled as to why they wouldn’t target the many nerds who have lots of disposable income and would kill to throw it at this kin dof experience.

True, but those are feature films. After an hour or two the audience starts losing the plot, literally. Jenny’s video I would describe more as a documentary (I’d categorize most video essays as such), which typically run for much longer without losing too much.

My take was that they were pulled very hard in two directions: the initial idea was to appeal to the hardcore fan who would love nothing more than to drop thousands of dollars to have an immersive Star Wars experience, and it was see-saw’d by the desire to also appeal to the classic Disney market of families with children. Inevitable result: you get something that satisfies neither group.

I don’t give a shit whether people 3 decades ago would have watched this, since they had no way to do so. It does worry me that if you post a video longer than 30 seconds or write a response in paragraphs, the immediate response is “tldr?”.