This is a terrifying precedent, though. If it becomes demonstratable that a sitting president can ignore the vote and veto the election, then every president from then until the end of time can argue against the "damage" the next president will cause. This was Hitler claiming "emergency powers," and you will immediately have a dictatorship, not a democracy.
I'm not saying another Trump presidency is "fine" by any regard, but I don't believe in being a fascist to prevent fascism.
On the other hand... this feels like I would be calling it out as manipulative FOMO bullshit were it any other company.
While I hesitate to type this as it might be perceived as viewing a corporation as a friend, the intent matters, and GOG has a different history than the majority of FOMO abusing game companies. Did they identify that this is probably an opportunity to push some sales? Sure, probably. But I am chill permitting them that right when they're visibly working to remove FOMO as a commercial strategy.
The most blatant act of "rules for thee, but not for me." My brother in Christ, you wrote the act.
What if I told you that, when I help others, I don't do so expecting them to return the favor in the future? It'd be great if they did, I am sure some of them will, and many of them have, but that was never what it was about.
That makes a lot more sense. Appreciated.
His threat was directed at countries in the so-called BRIC alliance
What is meant by this? "so-called" is a qualifier we like to use to infer that something is using a name that doesn't actually define it well. Is this not actually an "alliance," or is this just unapologetic journalist bias trying to use negative language to speak about this group?
Genuine question. I can't think of a third option, but if there is one, please, chime in.
Critize all you want, but the majority of Americans willing to go out and vote believe both that Trump is going to improve their buying power AND levy massive tariffs on imported goods. When common sense isn't so common, it's time to start stating the obvious loudly.
Undertale is such a bolt of lightning. It both depends on its player having experience with traditional JRPG and having no fucking clue what it is. But when the conditions line up, as it did for many people at release, it was such a master fully crafted experience. But even the slightest amount of "it's good because..." really siphons part of the experience away.
I'm surprised to see the act of putting conscious thought into maintaining positive relationships with others defined as "[playing] theatrics." There are far more theatrics and drama involved in making a point to talk shit and burn bridges in the guise of honesty than there are in simply turning the other cheek and moving on.
Even if you are correct, telling your would-be boss in an interview that your coworkers were petty and childish is an enormous red flag. Speak to the kind of behaviour that happened, not what you think about it, if you genuinely want to be honest. "I felt overworked as a result of my coworkers failing to meet the expectations put on them by management" is not the same as "my coworkers were lazy." One is a mixture of perspective and reasonably verifiable outcomes, while the other is a subjective value judgement. Spouting opinions and calling it "honesty" is not honest.
There's a gap between "willing to be brutally honest when it's necessary" and "brutally honest in a whim because everyone should feel the same about things as I do." These types that love to tout just how "brutally honest" they are, tend to lean into the latter.
Most of us can be "brutally honest," when it's useful to do so. But often, it's just a red flag for someone who not only fails to recognize their own bias', but actively justifies those bias' as objectively true.
It shouldn't be hard to value positive relationships, even with less than stellar people, over smug self-satisfaction.
Please go back to the start of this conversation. I did not say we should be learning to understand nazis. Fuck nazis. But your average person who stayed at home is not a racist, secret neo-nazi. A large portion of voters who chose Trump over Kamala are also not voting to hurt others. By and large, voters are uneducated by design, and feeding into that design by calling them all nazi's is deepening the problem.
I feel for you, because I also know how you get to feelings like yours, but this attitude is one of many problems, and I am approaching it exactly the way I am suggesting we need to: with understanding and discussion. I'm not blaming you. I get it. And that's exactly my point.
We've been sacrificing underpaid workers, labourers and academics alike, to the stock market for years with such small returns. A single CEO is sacrificed and the line skyrockets.
We've been targeting the wrong people.