raydenuni

joined 2 years ago
[–] raydenuni 13 points 1 year ago

Heartbeat bills don't actually cover a heartbeat. They cover electrical signals that are not a heartbeat, but they can be detected much earlier.

An actual heart beat can be detected around 17 to 20 weeks. Heart beat bills kick in at 6 weeks when there is no heart yet. It's not even a fetus until 8 weeks. You have to deny all the science to pass these laws.

[–] raydenuni 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You go first. If you only share a little, everyone else shares a lot. If you share a lot, everyone else only shares a little.

[–] raydenuni 6 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I think you have to take it within the context of when it came out. CoD4 and Mass Effect came out 9 years later. There wasn't anything like HL in 98. Enemies that talked to each other and flanked you? Unseen before. Does it stand up to games now? We've learned so much since then. But I think you'd be hard pressed to find a modern shooter that didn't trace its heritage back to HL.

[–] raydenuni 3 points 2 years ago (7 children)

When did you first play it and what other shooters had you played?

[–] raydenuni 4 points 2 years ago

Brotato is amazing. One of the best.

[–] raydenuni 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why do you think that?

[–] raydenuni 16 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The phrase predates the band by a few hundred years, so probably unrelated.

It appears the band became known slightly after this comic, but there is some overlap.

[–] raydenuni 8 points 2 years ago

If we're being technical, there's no legal right to no taxation without representation either.

[–] raydenuni 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

But the current status is not representation either.

[–] raydenuni 16 points 2 years ago (6 children)

This is now my second favorite "cart before the horse joke".

[–] raydenuni 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah, my client already shows the date. Now I get it twice!

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