Fucking Harry S. Truman got why this shit was a problem.

I've seen it happen time after time. When the Democratic candidate allows himself to be put on the defensive and starts apologizing for the New Deal and the fair Deal, and says he really doesn't believe in them, he is sure to lose. The people don't want a phony Democrat. If it's a choice between a genuine Republican, and a Republican in Democratic clothing, the people will choose the genuine article, every time; that is, they will take a Republican before they will a phony Democrat, and I don't want any phony Democratic candidates in this campaign. (May 17, 1952)

The original System Shock is one of my all-time favorite games, and the remake really did it justice.

On that note, a bit of a deep cut - Osman/Cannon-Dancer is a beautiful fever dream of a game I wish got more recognition. It's a beat 'em up involving a martial artist tasked with killing a manmade god, thrust into a borderline incomprehensible web of betrayal as his former comrades all turn on him. The english release is kind of rough, which makes it actually incomprehensible at times. It's also a sort-of sequel to Capcom's Strider. I'd recommend it to any fan of EYE: Divine Cybermancy for the vibes alone.

They tell us here to buy american products...and then all the american products suck.

Testing new code in production...

I like stuff like Cruelty Squad or Warframe where the development of immortality just ultimately makes life worse for everyone. The realistic outcome.

Hell, I think this is even one of the things that makes Zardoz interesting.

The Dick Portillo Exclusion Zone

No, but give it to me anyways because I'd do something incredibly funny with it (Devote the remainder of my life to gaining access to a bunch of influential people and politicians so I can tell them to eat shit to their face, resting assured that they can't levee any meaningful consequences against me)

These people didn't win on their own strength, they won because Dem party leadership doesn't have what it takes. The current crop should have ousted and replaced after the embarrassment that was the Bush win and the Iraq War.

Ah, so this is one of those “ironic saying got inverted into being unironic” scenarios like with the Bootstraps or Bad Apples sayings.

The fact that he has even a crumb of clout is quite possibly the single most damning indictment of the concept of meritocracy.

I’m interested in Cyte-09’s potential as a boss mulcher, given synergies with other recent mod and arcane additions. Might even join my two favorites, Mag and Harrow.

Yup. Entirely passively powered - no batteries at all. Pretty ingenious stuff.

Whatever happens happens. Don’t really care that much anymore.

It’s awfully convenient how people suddenly stick their necks out on stuff once it expressly wouldn’t make a difference anymore

Yeah, I haven't got the faintest idea. Didn't even really have any idea there was a situation beyond the dunk comms getting the boot. Not a fan of situations, or being involved directly in them.

Quite possibly one of the dumbest uses of nation state clout in human history

I actually still mess with diskettes on a fairly frequent basis, but it’s more of a hobby thing than a serious use thing

If I was writing off entire contingents of people solely because a certain percentage of them want me dead for reasons of religious conservatism… Well, the whole world looks pretty bad in that regard.

As far as that openness and sexual perversion go, clearly it’s worth sticking up for seeing how many institutions of reaction are opposed to it. Hell, even if there wasn’t utility there I would anyways. I dislike the idea of having to live on the straight and narrow.

HAARPposting: First as farce, then as tragedy