Taoism is a practice that doesn’t rely on or reject a higher power. It gives meaning to day to day life and the writers I’ve read who practice it have a very practical view on the world.

As for religion, I fall into agnosticism. I certainly don’t have any hard evidence that there is a higher power, but at the same time, with how insanely complex, terrifying, beautiful, loving, and hurtful the world can feel, I can’t help but feel that there’s something beyond what’s in front of us at play. It may not be a theist’s idea of God, but something else entirely.

I have one of these that’s about 6 or 7 years old at this point and still glowing alright. Pretty neat little things!

The actual answer will always be convenience. It’s just too easy to be able to smack my thumb on the fingerprint sensor to login to just about anything.

I understand your point on security, but for the masses, it needs to be as frictionless as possible.

And getting someone to use BW over nothing is a massive improvement even if it’s not perfect.

I’ve gotten to see it in person and it’s a real accomplishment. A large part of the frame was made from scratch and a few components were donated by Lamborghini themselves. The dude’s really chill.

“Ugh. I’m tired. Work sucked. Computer, make dinner.”

My real answer in anything because you could split a car up over multiple days just like the 3D printed Lamborghini.

Just use a MIDI controller or an Arduino button box. You can do it!

I understand the sentiment here, but how are you any more capable of handling the situation than the people they’re ‘vanning’?

I’m a white dude as well and I’m struggling like OP. Everyone is saying fight back and to be safe, but there’s really serious risk involved here that people are quick to ignore in writing.

All I see day after day is more and more police abuse and especially in protests where it counts. The other day, someone people in the comments were suggesting the bullet/stab-proof vests were expected fair, even for civilians.

My friends that I know are against our current state of affairs, but feel that peaceful protest has so far been ineffective. And I’ve never been a criminal before and would be terrified to start now.

I admit it’s been engrained in me, but I couldn’t bring myself to acts of vandalism either. I’m just not that type of person. And I think if there was a way to contribute by doing art or programming, or something similarly creative in a way that feels more impactful than peaceful protest, a lot more people would be more willing to put something in.

My entire life, I’ve focused on creative skill sets and I bet many that oppose Trump feel the same. I wish I had some sort of way to go out and actually see something directly change as a result of what I did rather than holding a sign up with some slogan that people might honk a horn at.

It all just feels wrong when the opposition literally wants to hurt us and all we want to do is keep our distance.

https://youtu.be/7npWDyxB7d8

At least in Voyager, I go to my own user profile and it is a dedicated section called Hidden. I’d guess it would be wherever you’d also find Saved posts.

I get in the habit of hiding read posts all the time to use it as a ‘mark as read’ of sorts because this has been a limitation on every other app I’ve used as well.

When I want to look for stuff I remember seeing, all the stuff I’ve clicked on is now in my Hidden section. Not perfect, but universal.

I love how as soon as you start to break down certain Far Side comics, the horrors unfold exponentially. Him wearing leather means they’re in a world with humans, but this also means cows are sentient to a point that they have homes.

I just did one of my biggest trips last year by getting to see a live F1 race. I’ll probably end up going to another F1 race at a different track again. One of the most exciting events I’ve gotten to see.

I don’t think it’s a specific reference, but Black Adder follows a series of fictional incompetent royal family members throughout history all played by Rowan Atkinson. Some of my new favorite work from him.

I just started watching Black Adder, so I’m glad I was able to get the joke. Great show for those who haven’t seen it btw.

Trevor’s speech following the mission actually has a decent amount of meat to it for that exact reason. He makes a valid point and the mission is used to demonstrate his point.

He points out how the guy was completely willing to give info, but because everyone is so torture happy, they make a game out of it the whole time (yes, I’m aware), cracking jokes and totally enjoying the guy’s pain.

I really hope the social commentary that permeates Los Santos is still there in GTA VI. Based on what we got in RDR2, I have no reason to doubt this game is going to be scathing on the current political climate. Time will tell.

I’ve always liked § and ¶. I also don’t see people using ≈ and ~ in context enough. They’re fun to write.

Edit: Almost forgot this guy, too: ‽

I just replayed GTA V after the update and I forgot how bad I feel on the torture mission. But then I remembered what the guy looked like and only had to deal with two cutscenes worth. Also got a great line of dialogue if you shout the target early.

“What the fuck, Michael!?”

“It just felt like that was the guy.”

“How do you know.”

“I had a hunch. It’ll check out.”

Love that one! Daniel Radcliffe has such amazing range. All the way from a corpse to a man with guns nailed to his hands.

Everything, Everywhere, All At Once comes to mind. Redline is another that has a similar feel (the intro sequence is insane)