ObamaSama

Victoria 3 is the only paradox game I’ve gotten really into, it’s super heavily focused on economy and internal politics rather than building doom stacks to paint the map. It’s also a lot less intimidating to get into as there’s less micromanagement needed to do well (especially after the recent overhaul to trade). I really enjoy the fact that the majority of the game is focused on improving the internal conditions of your nation rather than on fighting your neighbors. You can become an absolute economic powerhouse with just a few well managed states and good trade deals, simply capturing territory is often a bad thing as you will inherit their problems. You can join (or form) power blocs with friendly nations to get preferential trade deals and prevent other nations from bullying you into submission. There is a well fleshed out system of gradually enacting social progress by manipulating which social groups are in power, you can absolutely transition to a full command economy with universal healthcare, education, and social services but it’s far more involved than just pressing the communism button

Synthesis: simply lie down with your short partner and scoot down the bed a little so she feels really tall. Also, hug often on stairs (escalators especially)

There was a period in my life where I would go for weeks without uttering a single word, needless to say it didn’t have a great effect on my mental health. I’m quite an introverted person that enjoys solitude but being trapped in a solipsistic daydream was a VERY bad time

Playing Victoria 3 with my gf and trying to make Great Qing great again. Seems impossible to get a handle on bureaucracy but other than that it’s going surprisingly smoothly. The US started a war with Japan in order to open trade so that’s been fun to watch from the sidelines, I haven’t played enough to know the best way to support one side (also want to help Mexico fight the great satan). This is the first game I’ve played in a while so I’m not sure if the previous system of microing trade convoys is gone entirely now or if it’s a quirk of the Qing trade laws? I don’t know how to properly handle shortages and such when I can’t just send out a few trade ships

Oblivion remastered does look really good sometimes, especially the character models. I thought I’d miss the charm of the original goofy potato faces but am consistently blown away by how good they look now nearly every time I talk to an npc. It’s everything I’d ever want in a remaster, great visual upgrade and minor qol fixes while leaving nearly all the original jank. If only it wasn’t such a pain to mod…

I guess it’s a good thing I hadn’t noticed it being down yet but I am also a big slop connoisseur. I have no technical expertise to offer but am quite interested in its continued existence and would happily contribute for any hosting costs

I got my gf to try Victoria 3 and now she’s totally hooked. I think I may have found the one pals

Making your own kimchi is quite easy! Not sure you’d use enough to justify it but it’s a fun weekend project. It’s basically just fermented cabbage with chili powder, I don’t think mixing spice into already fermented sauerkraut would work well though. If you want suggestions for “proper” dishes you can make with the basics my staples are bibimbap, bokkumbap, mapo tofu, laziji, nikujaga, and Japanese curry. All very easy and certainly representative of KR/CN/JP cuisine (China obv has huge variety but I prefer sichuan dishes)

Impersonating feds to hand out theory (in gmod rp servers ofc) would be insanely based

I don’t know where you are or what types of cuisine you’re interested in trying but I’ve been able to find decent Asian grocery stores pretty much everywhere in the US, Latam, and Europe. Just getting some basic stuff like gochujang, kimchi, mirin, dashi, sichuan peppers, doubanjiang, sesame oil, etc. opens up a TON of fun dishes. I’ve recently been having a blast cooking Japanese food with my girlfriend, mirin and hondashi are really the only things needed to transform local ingredients into quite authentic tasting Japanese dishes. Same principle applies with Korean and Chinese, you only need a few key ingredients and then you can go wild and cook pretty much anything

Well originally all the TCJA cuts were set to expire at the end of this year, I imagine in their hubris they never expected trump to win again and extend them indefinitely. Biden was more than happy to reap the benefits while he was in office while not having to piss off the rich by making a show of ending it early. He could cope and say that it’s only for a few more years and the dang parliamentarian would make it too hard to repeal anyway. It’s a classic example of them letting republicans take the heat for things they also want and then setting them up for some super progressive tax policy like 21% corporate tax rates when it’s their turn to hold the bag. I do genuinely think they never expected to lose a presidential election again after trump 1 so the plan was to just let it run its course instead of, you know, actually doing anything while in office

Obama was so incompetent he let eight 9/11s happen under his presidency