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[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 7 points 4 hours ago

And a big part of why they support Israel so much is that it's a way to get all the Jews out of America.

[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 10 points 1 day ago

Geography and circumstance.

I'd recommend reading Why the West Rules - For Now by Ian Morris. The book is controversial and definitely not the last word, but is worthwhile for its grappling with the big picture.

Relevant to your question, Morris makes the case that there was economic pressure on Europeans to sail west. Everybody wanted silk and spices from India and China. For Europeans, this meant trading with Arab, Iranian, and Turkish merchants, and so spices were expensive. Finding direct routes to China and India meant people would be able to buy silk and spices more cheaply, which would make people rich. So lots of people were very interested in sailing all the way around Africa, or going west to get to the East.

Hence Columbus stumbling onto the Americas. And then colonialism happened.

But this isn't a uniquely European thing. When Columbus arrived, the Quechua were already doing very European-style colonialism, and the Aztecs had a form on imperialism quite similar to the ancient Greeks. Carthage, Greece, Iran, and tge Arabs all engaged in imperialism and colonialism, but the European powers won.

Which, to be clear, doesn't mean it's right for anybody to do it.

 

There is speculation among gamers and religious analysts about whether the PlayStation controller used by Acutis would be considered a second-class relic by the Church.

[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 3 points 6 days ago

I thought that too, because in motion there are lots of magic sparks coming off it. But then someone on another forum said there was a gun and yeah, it's a gun. I expect it will be replaced with a more fantastical design in the final game, but the lady has a holster on her shoulder, so it's definitely a gun of some sort.

[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Check out 01:51.

This game has guns in it.

A still from the first Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave trailer. It shows Dietrich fighting an unnamed woman. Dietrich is a tall, goth-looking man with white hair down to his shoulder blades. He is wearing elaborate black armour and wielding a glowing magic sword, made from a dragon's corpse. His sword is curved like a sabre and has a bunch of wicked-looking spikes jutting off the blade. He overall aesthetic is highly reminiscent of Alucard from Castlevania, or Elric of Melniboné from the works of Michael Moorcock. His opponent is a woman wearing a flowing white dress and cape. Her dress has a high slit so you can see her legs. Most pertinently to this post, the woman is holding a handgun. And it's not even a flintlock pistol, it's a modern-looking gun that resembles an Uzi. This might just be a placeholder asset, but she also has a gun holster strapped to her shoulder, so whatever the final weapon is, it's definitely going to be a gun.

[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 9 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Sharkey already has quote posts.

[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

In my experience, it's actually a little easier; Wii hacks sometimes need multiple attempts, but the Wii U hack works first time.

Alas, there is much less Wii U homebrew, but you can hack the vWii just like a Wii to get all that goodness.

[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Wii U for me. It has all the Wii stuff, plus Wii U games.

[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 2 points 1 week ago

Maurice tends to have connotations of effeminacy.

Perhaps a gender-neutral name like Sam or Alex would work. Hilary is also technically unisex, even though you won't find many men named Hilary nowadays.

Francis is a masculine name that in most modern English dialects is pronounced the same as the feminine form, Frances. Francisco might also work if you want to be more clear it's a masculine name; Francisco also calls to mind an expensive city in California with a very prominent queer community, and you can always shorten it to Francis.

[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 5 points 1 week ago

This year is also the 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros, so I'd be surprised if there was nothing Mario-related.

Evidence is that the next Fire Emblem game will be a Genealogy of the Holy War remake.

[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Please don't impugn illiteracy. Being able to read is entirely uncorrelated with being a good person.

[About 21% if Americans are functionally illiterate] (https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2019/2019179/index.asp), and most have perfectly good reasons, including learning disabilities, poverty, lack of decent education, and domestic abuse.

[–] Infrapink@thebrainbin.org 2 points 1 week ago

That's the whole point of this magazine.

 

Trump is set to host a UFC fight on the White House lawn next year, with Dana White confirming the event as part of the US's 250th independence celebrations.

 

In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in queens giving birth to males of TWO DIFFERENT SPECIES!

 

In a case of obligate cross-species cloning, female ants of Messor ibericus need to clone males of Messor structor to obtain sperm for producing the worker caste, resulting in males from the same mother having distinct genomes and morphologies.

 

Border patrol officers swoop in, make arrests as firefighters prepare to tackle 3,600-hectare blaze in Washington State.

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