also doesn’t hurt to have a thick skin too, because you’ll be both criticized and made fun of for your choices.

As somebody who started out with PHP I can fully relate to this. 😋

Anon pretty much sums up my experience with Java when I had to learn it in college 20-ish years ago. I’ll never get rid of my distaste for the language I’m afraid.

In my Dutch social circle it is indeed, but don’t ask me why. Personally I dislike Ibuprofen, it always makes me feel queasy and upsets my stomach.

Yeah, noticed him before. Evil-looking little thing, knowing CSS this wasn’t unintentional.

Ik ben eigenlijk wel benieuwd naar de straffen die de Israëlische supporters krijgen voor het vandalisme, oproepen tot vernietiging van een andere bevolkingsgroep en het geweld naar taxichauffeurs dat ze op woensdag en donderdag al tentoongespreid hebben. Maar dat zal onze regering wel weer stilletjes negeren, terwijl ze de betekenis van antisemitisme nog even verder uithollen.

Across all states, more people voted for him than for Harris.

I never said otherwise.

Unless you’re arguing that electoral college votes should be redistributed in a way that ensures the winner will always be a Democrat…

No, I’m saying that your system needs to be fixed so every vote has the same weight, that’s all. The fact that the term ‘popular vote’ exists at all is the flaw. Who won this year is irrelevant to the argument.

Why? Trump won fair (proverbial at least, I don’t think all the misinformation that has been spewed on X counts as ‘fair’) and square this year, but that doesn’t mean your system isn’t flawed. Votes from certain states still carry less weight due to improperly distributed electors. Same happened with Gore vs Bush by the way.

I’m most certainly not. Oh look, time for The Two Minutes of Hate already. 📺

That’s funny, I could have sworn it was Eurasia last year. I must be mistaken.

The majority voted for the candidate I don’t like. That means democracy is broken.

Don’t worry, the US democracy was already broken. That became painfully clear when Trump started whining about not winning the popular vote when he was elected the first time. Being able to lose while having the support of the majority of voters is proof enough:

Hillary: 65,853,625 votes

Trump: 62,985,106 votes

Not every vote has the same weight, which is just completely bonkers and proof that your archaic system is due for a retrofit. Let’s just hope it won’t get chucked away entirely in the coming years.

Somewhere up in high orbit sounds fine. In space nobody can hear you scream, not even Trump.

he should never be allowed in this country again.

I’d appreciate not dumping your garbage on somebody else’s doorstep, thank you very much.

Just wait for the sequel:

SovCits II: Return of the Negotiable Instrument

Or with a negotiable instrument, but only after agreeing using a statement signed under 45° in red inkt. All rights reserved, with prejudice.

Personally I hated the whole gang warfare mechanic in San Andreas, so I never finished the game.

GTA IV was filled with details and graphically very good at the time. But the constant hounding by your companions was a major turn off. Fuck that “cousin Romain disliked you didn’t pick up your phone while you were being chased by the police” shit.

V was okay, but I also never finished it. Both GTA V and Red Dead Redemption 2 just feels like a chore at some point. As much as I’d want to like them they just fail to hold my attention.

For me Vice City was the part I enjoyed most, not overly long and absolutely I loved the 80’s vibe. 🤤

Yup. And the preorder bonus for the first part became available to everybody at some point, so chances are that will happen again. And if not: fuck FOMO, I’m done with that dark pattern shit.

Just make sure it is exactly 45°, or you might end up with .45 ACP instead.

I seriously considered preordering, seeing how much I enjoyed the first installment. Fortunately Denuvo prevented me from doing so. I’ll wait until that piece of trash is patched out, it’ll probably be cheaper by that time as well. Thanks Denuvo!

Hehe, that brought back memories from my WoW days. 😁

True. But at the other hand, why not try this magical method yourself if you’re convinced it works? Makes it feel like they very well know this at least has a very real chance of backfiring.