Para 2 is all I needed to know: ill-informed assumptions about things that don’t happen and are made up by pundits who were later sued into oblivion for lying and had to walk it back caused them to vote for the party perpetuating these lies.

“fucking oak what the fuck” still works so not that different

ive actually used it at work for stuff like “when did Wendy approve the design? did she send it to brian?” when I have 5 different email threads over 3 different organizations, with 10 different respondees. But in personal use I would never.

my jerkmate is dead you monster

Sassy aka The Baboo aka Der Stinkus

Also learning from other humans is part of the human experience and tradition predating agriculture and the wheel. We’ve always taught each other things.

=Let(), Lambda and Regex were good additions to Excel imo

I had a MacBook, while I was typing on it, suddenly just turn off, never to be turned on again. Took it to the store, they told me it was cheaper to buy a new one.

I’m curious about comparing this to say - the white phosphorus scene in Spec Ops: The Line, or the airport scene (“no Russian”) in COD, rescuing Ellie instead of giving humanity the cure in The Last of Us…

All things that are arguably a lot worse than pulling a leg off a stuffed Elephant and all require on-rails player action in a game.

To take the devils advocate position: is conflict not necessary for drama, and effective conflict is one that affects its audience?