Wasteland 2 is a pretty good game. It's not really a Fallout game, since the feel is slightly different, and it doesn't share things the SPECIAL system. But it is an isometric post-apocalyptic RPG, and well worth playing. Especially if you already happen to own it.
Yes, a previous AC corrected me. I just defaulted to "protestant" because that's the most prevalent form of Christianity where I live. And I'm sure the same sort of work ethic exists in many other forms other places in the world, too.
The USSR was a dictatorship with The Party at the top, and the populace placated with lies of how they were moving towards a true communistic state, but you have to hand over all power to The Party, because we're the only ones who can manage this transition. All lies, of course.
If you had bothered to actually read Das Kapital and other fundamental texts of marxism, socialism and communism, you would know that no such state would ever have a ruling class or dictator of any kind. You would also know that the end goal (utopic as it may be) is the complete withing away of the state.
But you wouldn't know that, because you couldn't be bothered to actually do any research, could you?
I think it's all down to the protestant work ethic that's been drilled into the minds of all westerners for generations. "Work hard in this life, and you shall receive your just rewards in the next life" and so on. This was dreamed up by royalty, nobility and particularly the church, in order to keep the masses complacent and too tired to effect a proper revolt.
And then there's the just-word fallacy, that those who work hard also earn the rewards, which is demonstrably false and always has been.
Well yes, the rule of gross tonnage is a simplified way of looking at it, obviously there are some caveats, as you mentioned.
I'd like to echo your experience that sailing has made you a more considerate driver. After I started riding motorcycles, I found that I became a much more courteous and patient driver. It's all about breaking of of your comfort zone and trying something other than the normal car you've become complacent in.
That's not the issue here. The issue is that there are actual virulent hate groups active on Facebook. And it's not a reasonably credible and well-mannerede discussion as your example, these groups bristle will full-on nazi-like racism and hatred, and in some cases direct calls to violent action.
Soooo, for instance a site where some guy writes about how to fix a common transmission problem on 1996-2002 Honda Civics or something similar, isn't just made out of the goodness of his heart, because he wants to help other people?
Those propagandists are getting really crafty by offering actual helpful advice!
5 cups in the morning is extremely excessive. You could have cut that down to 1 or 2 cups a day and had all the health benefits of drinking coffee, without the jitters and other drawbacks of a large coffee intake.
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Fuck off. A full-time job should pay a living wage. End of story.
Someone else will take his place.
Isn't that the argument that you libertarian fucks always like to use when arguing against minimum wage and the like?
Wasteland 2 is a pretty good game. It's not really a Fallout game, since the feel is slightly different, and it doesn't share things the SPECIAL system. But it is an isometric post-apocalyptic RPG, and well worth playing. Especially if you already happen to own it.
I prefer Privacy Badger over Disconnect, Ghostery and others, as the EFF are behind it.
Man, the concept of Chinese WOW gold farmers must really blow your mind.
Gamers are notoriously bad with money, and think their virtual possesions will define their personality. That's all there is to it.
I know, but I went for the term most recognized where I live, in northern Europe.
I would say that's closer to a social democracy, but then of course that would be decried by some people as socialism, so maybe you're right :-)
You're absolutely right, of course. Thank you for the clarification, mr. AC :-)
Yes, a previous AC corrected me. I just defaulted to "protestant" because that's the most prevalent form of Christianity where I live. And I'm sure the same sort of work ethic exists in many other forms other places in the world, too.
I wear my "troll" moderation with pride :-)
The USSR was a dictatorship with The Party at the top, and the populace placated with lies of how they were moving towards a true communistic state, but you have to hand over all power to The Party, because we're the only ones who can manage this transition. All lies, of course.
If you had bothered to actually read Das Kapital and other fundamental texts of marxism, socialism and communism, you would know that no such state would ever have a ruling class or dictator of any kind. You would also know that the end goal (utopic as it may be) is the complete withing away of the state.
But you wouldn't know that, because you couldn't be bothered to actually do any research, could you?
You grew up in a de facto dictatorship, not an actual socialist/marxist/communist state.
I think it's all down to the protestant work ethic that's been drilled into the minds of all westerners for generations. "Work hard in this life, and you shall receive your just rewards in the next life" and so on. This was dreamed up by royalty, nobility and particularly the church, in order to keep the masses complacent and too tired to effect a proper revolt.
And then there's the just-word fallacy, that those who work hard also earn the rewards, which is demonstrably false and always has been.
Look at this list of NASA spinoff technologies that we use right here on Earth, EVERY SINGLE DAY:
https://spinoff.nasa.gov/
And shut the fuck up.
Well yes, the rule of gross tonnage is a simplified way of looking at it, obviously there are some caveats, as you mentioned.
I'd like to echo your experience that sailing has made you a more considerate driver. After I started riding motorcycles, I found that I became a much more courteous and patient driver. It's all about breaking of of your comfort zone and trying something other than the normal car you've become complacent in.
Google guy obviously hasn't been driving long if he thinks a bus is going to give way, ever.
Yeah, the informal Rule of Gross Tonnage applies every bit as much on the road as on the sea.
That's not the issue here. The issue is that there are actual virulent hate groups active on Facebook. And it's not a reasonably credible and well-mannerede discussion as your example, these groups bristle will full-on nazi-like racism and hatred, and in some cases direct calls to violent action.
That's what I do, too. I just though you were primarily objecting to the tracking, and didn't necessarily wanted to block them outright.
Soooo, for instance a site where some guy writes about how to fix a common transmission problem on 1996-2002 Honda Civics or something similar, isn't just made out of the goodness of his heart, because he wants to help other people?
Those propagandists are getting really crafty by offering actual helpful advice!
Exactly. Unwanted advertising in all its forms is garbage, a cancer, and a blight upon the world.
If I could block all unwanted advertising forever, both online, on TV, in the real world, EVERYWHERE, I would do so in an instant.
Let me sign up to whichever newsletters and whatnot that I actually want to receive, keep the rest away from me.
Privacy Badger will block the tracking, by learning which sites track you. It will block the cookies or entire sites outright if they're bad enough.
But it will not act like an adblocker. So you'll see the ads, without being tracked.
It's 1.21 jiggawatts. Sheesh.
5 cups in the morning is extremely excessive. You could have cut that down to 1 or 2 cups a day and had all the health benefits of drinking coffee, without the jitters and other drawbacks of a large coffee intake.
I'm amazed he even made it to 70 with a lifestyle like that.
http://www.metalinjection.net/...
Party hard, indeed.
Black helicopters.