The thing I find funniest about that is that milk of magnesia is rather new to the English language (1880 according to the Oxford English dictionary). Meanwhile terms like almond milk that are "too confusing" have been in the English language since Middle English.
Fucking lobbyists...
Grateful Dead, especially live albums.
Sorry for the long reply
Running Amber DRPG as a diplomacy focused story is certainly an option, especially if you're doing a throne war campaign. There are certainly other setups beyond this (we started immediately following book 5 as grandchildren of Oberon). While every PC and NPC certainly has their own motivations and schemes, there is no requirements as to how political you need to be (Gerard notoriously hated the petty scheming of his siblings; Benedict doesn't care as long as Amber remains stable).
As for advancement (which I think is what you're alluding to with ranking change): if you're following the book's rules as written, the #1 in each rank for each generation cannot change (Benedict will always lead in warfare). Advancement is also blind, so you will no longer know your stats.
As for why it has run a long time: thankfully, I have a great GM that has crafted a compelling story and wonderful players that agree on the tone of the game and are reliable. It also helps that we started as 100pt characters, so there has been room for growth and development.
In my mind, it very quickly went from something implausible (how would that system work well) to one of my favorites after playing. Still lucky enough to be in a long Amber campaign with an awesome group.
You are thinking only of the modern G rating. Go back in time a bit to find G rated movies like:
Just like society's thoughts on what is generally acceptable, the mpaa rating system has changed quite a lot over the years.
Either Pac-Man or Galaga at the arcade. Man those cabinets seemed thirsty for quarters as a kid.
"Everything excellent is as difficult as it is rare."
Baruch Spinoza, Ethics (1677)
I distinctly remember enjoying Encarta 95 back in the day. Otherwise, no.
They might be referring to the Warner Brothers disc rot issue announced earlier this year (affecting some mid 2000s dvds). Ideally, things are made well and last a long time when stored properly.
Very cool. It reminds me of Esao Andrews' style.
It's even worse if they're using "criminal record" the same way the FBI has historically (arrested but not necessarily convicted on a felony charge).
I don't have up to date numbers, but c.2016 the FBI considered ~29% of Americans to have a criminal record.
I just wanted to bring back some of the history shitposting that CMFHT used to do on twitter...
Perhaps it's just me, but these have the exact same energy.
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You seem to be arguing for choosing a major with some job prospect, but Ford seems to be arguing for not taking any courses that aren't directly beneficial to some economic purpose.
I disagree with Ford's stance at least. As an old tech person, my non-tech uni courses were most beneficial to my overall capabilities in my tech job, at least in the long run. Creative writing, ethics, history, and tort law were things I took because they were interesting (to me at least). None of these had much relevance to tech as far as I could see, but I've been much better off for them.