Somewhat off topic but I think "(X) abolition" is almost always a rhetorical mistake, even when the actual ideas are good. Like prison abolition for instance, I fully support it and people often understand and agree when I actually explain the concept but if you just say the words "prison abolition" people will jump to it meaning just letting all criminals go free with no other mechanisms in place to dissuade serious criminal behavior, and often leaves them predisposed against it even after you've explained it, as opposed to if you'd started with the actual nuanced policy proposal. Same thing happens with family abolition, school abolition, etc... it's just a needlessly inflammatory way to sell it, particularly to normies

I think that's technically true just cause so many new motorcyclists just make life threatening mistakes before they're fully comfortable on it, but the real danger is that even if you get over that learning curve, no matter how good you are, you only have to share the road with one bad or even just momentarily absent-minded driver in a car to be killed or permanently disabled.

The second paragraph of that safety blog post falls for the classic blunder of "This thing that is highly regulated might seem dangerous but is rarely an issue, so clearly it doesn't need to be regulated". Uhh, buddy, did you ever consider why it's not usually an issue??? Maybe something to do with strict safety regulations???

I mean to be fair, the normal controller is only like $60 and is still solid, more than good enough for all but the most "hardcore" gamers, you're looking at the xX360noscopePROgamerXx controller

Loosely related, when I was in Middle School I read a book that was, like, a prequel to Bioshock about the fall of Rapture. I remember it as being really good, tho I definitely would not have called it anywhere near my favorite book

If my experience is anything to go by, you don't. Godspeed comrade, I'm right there with you

"small diet change"

Veganism is good but, at least for most Americans, it is basically a whole lifestyle change not a small adjustment

I hear that so often from otherwise genuinely progressive people, and it makes me physically cringe every time. Especially in America, people seem both unable and unwilling to understand why that term is problematic

"World literature" would just mean all literature if Americans didn't assume that they were their own special thing apart from everyone "else"

This is why I only play CSGO in groups of at least 3 or 4 friends nowadays. Less chance to get such a shit teammate and easier to ignore them if I do

I use my headphone jack for several hours a day pretty much every day. I will never buy a phone without a headphone jack

"These companies are small-enough-to-fail, which is good, which is why we can't let them fail"

"Under Capitalism, each person is entitled to the wealth they create from their. . . labor." Excuse me?

anime=japanese term for animation. shrek=animation. the math checks out

Are you just talking about the words "Yall" and "ain't"? Cause where I live (Oklahoma ) pretty much everyone uses both those words all the time

I've had decent luck with mls-streams.com

I just finished my first play through of Red Dead 2 and, while not without its flaws, I would consider it probably the best overall gaming experience of the ps4/Xbone generation

Why the fuck would anyone be skeptical of the fact that guys can like both guys AND girls? I genuinely don't understand where that idea would come from

Monster Hunter is the only game I've ever been "actual negative effect on my irl life" level addicted to. Just the perfect game play loop to keep me hooked in for far too long.

I don't actually know what the discord drama is even about and honestly I'm probably better off that way