well i play dawn of war sometimes so i guess im smarter than the bazinga genius

heck i have spent literally hundreds of hours in ARMA 3, if you want to talk about more rigorous realistic simulations of reality than chess lol, that turn based icon clicker shit is nothing compared to frantically scanning that treeline 1.5 km away with your thermal optics for the anti-tank launcher that just took out your tracks and killed your driver while your 'lock-on warning' indicator blares in your ears. what, you need infinite time to decide actions on your turn? even chess often has a timer lol

they could at least give us some spooky space ruins to wax existential about

plenty of explanations for this map: cultural differences in how phenomena are interpreted (what americans interpret as 'aliens' may be more likely to be interpreted as 'angels' or 'spirits' or 'weird imperialist jets' or something in many other cultures without the same mass media sci fi trends in their pop culture, and maybe they are even correct to do so!), less access to electronics like cameras to record sightings, less interest among media industries of other cultures to cover such topics, less military equipment like radars and jets deployed to possibly detect phenomena, less organizations researching sightings in other countries, etc. Its silly to present this one map as some kind of 'gotcha' imo.

how do u know that 'green skin' isn't an advanced bionic life support suit?

i mean its about as okay as it ever is, as a being that is fated to inevitably die regardless. even if the USSR never fell and stalin never stopped at berlin and we had achieved fully automated luxury gay space communism in the 1970's, it would all likely get destroyed eventually by the heat death of the universe if not something weirder. maybe there is some other sense in which things can exist, some other aspect of existence that will survive heat death, another universe or 'dimension' or undiscovered physics, but who knows. the mystery is half the fun. but probably not. idk. the uncertainty is the point.

GIGN uses these revolvers (often with both scopes and even bipods fitted as in this pic) for special purpose close-range sniping type situations, like trying to shoot a guy with a hostage from a building across the street. the pistol/revolver bullets have less chance to over-penetrate, and the mechanical simplicity of a revolver combined with the extensive hand-fitting and bespoke manufacturing processes of this specific revolver ensures it is reliably 'match grade' accurate at the needed ranges (each comes with a 25m factory test target) with little chance for jams or malfunctions.

also the 'jumpsuit + balaclava + unarmored tactical vest' look will never stop being the peak tactical aesthetic.

yes, i will teach the young ones how to become a pathetic sexless loser, how to be dead broke unemployed and living with your parents as a 'middle aged' adult, and how to obsess over niche sci fi military topics to the point where they cannot have a normal conversation with literally any person.

Shadow Of The Colossus Without Boss Battles does actually sound pretty cool. as long as it lets me climb stuff sometimes and doesn't have the always-over-the-right-shoulder-with-no-way-to-switch fortnite camera every game seemingly has to have these days.

verizon phone service outages across USA: https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/verizons-network-down-thousands-users-downdetector-shows-2024-09-30/

(idk if this is a good source but its happening to me at the worst possible time lol, my roommate went on a walk or something earlier while i was half asleep and i cant send or receive texts to find out whats up, idk if theres tracking stuff to fix with the link either)

(parenthetical edit: roommate is fine)

am i just paranoid or will this make it harder to get evidence of abuse etc. while being presented as a wholesome anti-phone-surveillance thing?

'disagree with lgbt' lmfao no one is making you be gay you lawful-nazi lawyer weeb, by 'disagree with' we all know you mean 'seeks the extermination of', pathetically trying to hide behind 'civil rational discourse' jargon as a paper thin coating for nazi ideology. people like @MangaLawyer should be 'disagreed with' into a deep mine shaft . i wish his entire ideological cohort had been 'disagreed with' more thoroughly in World Disagreement 2. really out here using 'disagree with' the same way liberals think we use 'deeply unserious' but without the conviction to drop the facade of civil discourse lmfao