Soleos

I am serious. I read your comment twice wondering if you were being serious. Even with your comment at the end, I imagine a lot of people would read your comment straight, since most people don't know much about Chinese HSR.

What you're describing is the Science Fantasy subgenre. If you haven't already, like Sanctuary and Fringe are exactly what you'd be looking for.

This comment really needs a /sarcasm tag

I know you do.

The Last Jedi and and Rise of Skywalker came out during Trump's first term, UK had triggered article 50, natural disasters, North Korea was ramping up nuclear testing, a new age of fake news was taking shape, trade war, rise of Hindu nationalism... you know what you're right, I do miss those times compared to now... But you know maybe this is the second act when things are most dire before... Well depends on the story arc 😅

You seem kind of clueless about the 13 min interview where she speaks fully, from which this brief quote is taken. But at least maybe sparks people listening to more than just quotes.

otherwise you're leaving money on the table.

This is the same argument as "would you rather have 1 or 100 mil"

But yes, you're right to point out large companies who need to make big money to keep the lights on and, if public, stock profile. If the market perceives modest growth, it will not react kindly, leading to downstream financial losses. Some investors invest in ideas and products, most invest in perceived potential gains. No investment-->no funding-->no games.

Wait... I think this helps. Ohhh I think he's saying that finding women for just sex is easy when you have money like the kings who are the richest among us. But making money is hard, and while you're struggling to make money or making babies, the kings who already have money are expanding their harems???

I dunno man, interpretation gets weird when you ignore humanity/ethics.

The statement is to set them apart from from you and to display power. So you could go with something like,

"Shit, they still make you buy your uniform when you rich eh. Some things never change."

But more elegantly. Reassert that they are subject to others' power/approval and relate to them to assert that they're no different from you.

Your GF secretly works for openAI. You're not teaching her, she's getting you to train chatGPT :O