Yeah it’s not irrational to believe that things can always get worse

Yeah that could happen but we were all predicting total collapse last time and things were mostly just bad as opposed to apocalyptic. Obviously the insurrection is unforgivable but the dude spends most of his time playing golf.

It would be awful if the USA elected someone who was the same amount of evil but actually competent. Like president Xi in China type of person.

The system is extremely flawed but works just well enough for a plurality of people to feel like they are getting something out of it. I think it would need to collapse in such a way as to affect more people if there was a chance it would be replaced

Yeah it used to just be Epic and the Amazon client (whatever it's called) but the majority has been GOG for the past few months.

Anyone who has amazon prime should check out the "prime gaming" page tor free GOG keys. There are loads of games from like Scorn to Baldurs Gate; Call of Juarez to Dredge. All totally free to keep on GOG from the keys Amazon give you.

They are a shitty company but this benefit is not well publicised enough and probably won't last forever so worth taking advantage. There are Epic cd keys on there too but I don't use it personally.

Edit: Last bit of testimony - it has cured me of my humblebundle addiction where I picked up the low tier every month. Growing my GOG library has been satisfying so I have at least some kind of backup from Steam (just in case the unthinkable happens).

It's like a secret dialect to unlocking conversation with people who are nerdy and struggle to maintain a conversation. Once you are aware that the IT guy/gal you are talking to has seen Star Trek then you don't need to reach any further for other conversation topics.

I thought George RR Martin invented the phrase "milk of the poppy" to describe apine/opium in his ASOIAF series. Never crossed my mind that he might have lifted it from a history textbook.

Would have been hilarious if big dairy brought them into the trial as an "expert witness".

"Yes, that's right ladies and gentlemen, I am a real life strawman."

French politics is always on the brink and the French public are almost always protesting. I'm not sure their revolution ever really stopped.