Yes, and it was “bleeding heart” before that.

The reason this insult has such staying power is because it’s apt. Reactionaries are correct when they say liberals by in large don’t really care about minorities or the disadvantaged, they just use them for political power.

The mistake is in thinking that liberals represent the left.

I found this game to be pretty mediocre overall.

The early-game motorcycle is not good. A big part of the game is upgrading your bike, and this is fine, but early game you’ve got a motorcycle that can’t outrun a dog, skids like you’re on black ice, and needs a fill up every three minutes. By the end of the game that bike is a joy to ride, but it’s weird to make a first impression like that.

The combat mechanics are good, but there’s the weird progression thing again where early weapons are stupidly bad. A single shot form an M4 was way more powerful than from an M14. If you’re like me, that’s annoying.

The zombies are what they get right. They’re fast and scary and they will destroy you. The hordes are challenging sandboxes of destruction that these developers nailed.

You cheated not only the game, but yourself. You didn’t grow. You didn’t improve. You took a shortcut and gained nothing. You experienced a hollow victory. Nothing was risked and nothing was gained. It’s sad that you don’t know the difference.

I love RDR2, but the combat was shit. You’re such a John Wick/ Max Pane badass that by the end of the game you’re only vulnerable in cut-scenes.

The worst part is that there is an excellent quick-draw mechanic that’s hidden away in a few side-missions.

So they’re taking a shitty tech trend away from the few people who found it useful in order to push the new shitty tech trend.

I once saw a guy steady himself with a “do not feed the animals” sign in order to reach across a fence to give an apple to a deer.

Everybody forgets this half of Dunning Kruger.

did someone say synthesis?

I think I loved about a dozen women relatively recently tho I haven’t even kissed them

Romantic love is always both ways. Crushes are normal and healthy, but no matter how strongly you feel, it ain’t nothing like when they wanna kiss you back.

When I was young I had anxiety about getting betrayed or abandoned. Well, all that came to pass, but what I didn’t know then was that I am perfectly capable of hurting people who care about me. These days, I regret the harm I did way more than what I suffered.

Just use a contraband cellphone. That gives you access to powerful encryption.

I can predict the fist step of TSMCs plan for American companies: layoffs.

You’ve got the vin diagram of haters because she’s popular and successful; the bigots who resent representation; and the normies who are influenced the former two.

This can be confusing. Should I stop reading the WaPo? Well, I already don’t subscribe, jump the paywall, and block ads. Me using the site hurts him more than if i didn’t. Same thing with the Smart Speakers. Amazon has lost (IIRC) like 12B on that venture, and so long as you don’t use it to order stuff, it’s costs Bozo for a person to use it.

The press conference was a big fucking deal. Photos of it are likely to make it into school textbooks.

What you’re seeing is a re-alignment of the global hegemony. The last time that happened, it took 2 world wars to sort it out.

Passkeys are light years ahead of 2fA in user experience. Why do you dislike them?

Security based on devices is one of the positive innovations of smartphones and perhaps the only area where they’ve improved over the desktop experience.

No, the whole idea of copying consciousness depends on “dualism” or the concept that mind and body are separate. This is no different than the concept of a “soul”. And it will never be reified outside science fiction and religion.

It’s difficult to measure rape statistics across countries. But we know, that if guns were prophylactic to rape, the US should have a disproportionately low statistic. It does not.

And anybody who knows about rape knows that guns are impotent to stop the vast majority. That’s because a large portion of rape victims support and protect their attacker because it’s somebody they love.

But sure, in an 80s action move fantasy, a woman with a gun is safe I guess.

Rotting potatoes might just be the foulest odor on earth. Worse than rotting flesh.

I read once that an entire family in Eastern Europe was wiped out by potato fumes. First the mother descended into the root cellar and was overcome. Then each other member one at a time went looking to see where everyone had gone only to succumb each in turn.