I don’t think they did, at least not the extent of it. It was a massive embarrassment to Netanyahu. 86% of jewish Israelis blame him for the attacks and more than half are asking him to resign.

Controlling them remotely from a phone, scheduling on/off times, exact RGB controls

First off, the abaya is not a burka. It’s a fairly standard clothing item. The idea that an abaya in itself is harmful is absurd.

The harm comes from limiting the freedom of self expression. And that’s what France is doing now. Most Muslim girls in the west are fairly progressive, they don’t feel that they’re being forced to wear what they wear. So what happens then when the government actually infringes on their self expression? It’s not gonna make them look kindly on the institutions that will teach them western values, they will gravitate more to the institutions that will teach them Muslim values.

If you want rid people of their conservative ideals, you do that through education. If you try to force people to conform, you’ll get blowback and people only get more radical.

My computer is providing a pretty neat little metaphor for how I expect those talks will go at a lot of outlets. Will there be room for two massive RPGs? Will some opt to make room for Starfield while others go for Baldur’s Gate 3? Will Tears of the Kingdom take up the space they otherwise would have occupied? Or will another game that hasn’t been released yet plant its flag in the proverbial hard drive?

Way to deliberately miss the point.

Absolutely. And that behaviour should be condemned. But punishing people for their choices of clothing is not the way to go. Target the harmful ideas, not people’s personal expression.

It has little to do with that. Embracer Group is more than 2 billion in debt so they have to do anything to show to their investors they are resolving it. Publically doing massive layoffs and destroying beloved studios is very popular with investors.

Sleep tracking devices I’d imagine. You can only use your phone or the $60 Pokémon Go Plus Plus (real name) to track your sleep. Many sleep tracking apps can track using your wearables as well.

I won’t read that book. It sounds terrible.

You have no analytical framework, just pattern recognition. Please pick a better way to spend your time than arguing with strangers about things you have no interest in understanding.

Well maybe you should learn about about communism before you start posting ignorant comments then.

There’s a lot of debate about past socialist states in every leftist community but a lot of people consider countries like China and the USSR to be transitional states and not communist yet. They took over the existing apparatus with the goal of slowly transitioning to a communist utopia. I am oversimplifying of course and if you are truly interested I suggest you read Capital by Marx or at least an abridged version. You can argue about whether their intentions were pure or if they could ever have succeeded, but you can’t argue that Mussolini had the same stated goals as any past or current socialist nation even if you just focus on economic policy.

It’s the same showrunners as Westworld and Amazon has the money so I’m still optimistic

Snopes going to bat for capitalism doesn’t mean it’s false. Just because Mussolini’s corporativismo is not the same as American capitalism doesn’t erase the link between corporations and the state under fascism. Mussolini saw the benefit of the control corporate structures had over their workers and merged it into the state. America’s link between corporations and the state isn’t as overt, but American politicians are funded by corporations who themselves consolidate and conspire in the effort of profit seeking.

The part about Webster hiding the true definition because if their corporate overlords is a bit tinfoil hat, but it’s not 100% false either. The involvement of corporations on how we view history is not as direct as McKay implies, but capitalism gets whitewashed in the history books through politicians funded by corporations.

If you’re looking for a community that doesn’t exist, you gotta create it. People will come.

That’s an insult to Charles’ talent. The man is a professional voice actor and his sense can’t be replaced by AI. Replicated maybe, but not replaced.

RDR runs great on yuzu

The Jacket (2005)

It’s a mindbendy mystery thriller with some great performances. A bit like Memento or Inception but without Nolan’s focus on the gimmicks.

If you were fine paying $50 15 years ago then I don’t see why you would complain about paying $70 now. That’s just inflation.

They’re angry libs, yes.

I’m 6’4 and I can fit very comfortably in a Polo. Volkswagen Polos are in the top 10 best selling cars in the Netherlands, along with Opel Corsa, Toyota Yaris, Peugeot 208 and Kia Picanto. All compact cars that are perfectly comfortable in the front seats selling great in a country where being 6’4 isn’t rare.

GTA 6 will inevitably be labelled woke, but I don’t think that’ll be the issue. I just don’t think GTA’s humour works nowadays and needs to evolve. Even ignoring the childish poop and sex jokes, writing poignant satire in 2023 simply is a lot harder. I think ultimately Take-Two is just gonna play it safe, take no risks and the end product will be bland as a result. Just like the new Saints Row.

The fact that this is only going to PS4 and Switch makes me think a remake really is coming…