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Not gonna lie, was confused for a minute until I checked your last message.

Like the new look!

Great new avatar!

Yes but, for how much longer?

I saw a tweet after the last French election that was like "35% of France are fascists. That is the good news."

There’s a strong possibility that we won’t even need to worry about Russia. At the rate the world is going, everyone might just nuke themselves out of sheer stupidity and the people continually enabling it.

Enough to make a person want to post the "Are you kidding me?" Rage Face.

I've been to Hiroshima, you can still see physical evidence of the detonation. What do they think created it?

I don't really know where that stems from, but if I have to guess, it's a poor case of self-esteem. Seeing that you're not as worthy as everyone else and that talking about yourself, is not only boring, but a waste of time...

Perhaps it's a good idea to take a look at the mirror, see how you've treated yourself lately, and perhaps, examine your relationship with yourself... or go through my path in life and pretend everything is ok while crying for help every now and then. I don't recommend such a path.

I'd say it's worth giving those people (whomever you're talking about) a chance to hear you out, even if they do seem stressed. Sometimes being able to listen and help with someone else gives one a chance to set aside their own worries for a time. They may even find it helpful to approach new problems or the same from a different angle.

Did they spend years thinking I was never interested in having them in my life again?

I've been on both sides of that, it's fairly common. If they're still active, shoot them a message - they might really like to hear from you.

Soviet land is so impossible to invade, not even Russia can invade it when it wants to.

Except a few Mongols with horses and bows.

Just so you know, I'm going to steal this observation at some point.

My money's on zombies. 00s nostalgia is coming in in a big way.

Probably because people are fetishizing the stereotype of black men rather than the actual amount of melanin in their skin.

That's my guess anyhow.

If it gets you a Netflix comedy special with a title like "Triggered", sure.

Here's a little trick to avoid "Triggering" anyone by getting caught doing shitty things. Don't do the thing.

Wait two days and get it pre-owned. Boom, you can play the game without putting money in a shitty person's pocket (well, not the very publicly notable shitty person, let's be realistic)

I didn't care for Rowling well before the actual controversy came out. Much of her writing seems more vindictive and petty to try and win any argument she was ever had, didn't endear me to her well before that point.

She's basically Hyper-British.

I hope cooler heads will prevail and it will not come to this but if it does.... it was a pleasure knowing you.

Thanks and I appreciate the sentiment. But I prefer for those acquaintanceships/friendships to continue on for a few more decades :)

From what I know, only one side threatened a nuclear option o far... Starting this would be... well, you know Fallout games Franchise? They present somewhat positive outcome. Positive in a sense, that there is actually something left after the nuclear war.

Yeah, at this point anything you could really meaningfully say with it has been said and it's just trying to slurp out whatever little milk is left in the FNAF tit.

It's basically a narrative shortcut to show a character thinks "tactically". And also gives said character a chance to use cliche dialogue talking about "pawns" and what not.

And then there is Legend of the Galactic Heroes where the greatest tactician in the series is awful at chess

You should see the chess match from No Game No Life where the pieces have wills of their own and refuse to be sacrificed because virtually no one would obey an order that requires them to die, something chess doesn't take into account.

The over saturation of the Joker in particular has me very... tired of him. Harley I kind of go back and forth on because now that she's basically DC's equivalent to Deadpool she can at least be placed in different dynamics so there's more you can do with her compared to Mr J.

The Joker kind of suffers from....how to put it....the idea is I'm going to go "Wow, he was behind it all! What a diabolical mastermind!" but it actually kind of has the opposite effect where I just stop caring explicitly because they make him behind everything that ever happens. If anything, it diminishes the impact.

As for Harley Quinn....I didn't dislike her, at first. But I don't feel like she needs to be a central plot character to every movie and game ,she's ever in. Not to mention, Poison Ivy who was one of my favorites, mostly has devolved into just being a prop for character shilling, the squealing clown schoolgirl and doesn't really hold any identity of her own anymore, other than "Harley's sometimes girlfriend."

As did I a long time ago. Eventually, however, I just figured that it's not worth hating the world.

There's always going to be a bumbling idiot out there somewhere, and everywhere, so what's the point. Best to just focus on improving your world rather than the world at large.

To quote a movie:

"You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went. You could swear, curse the fates, but when it comes to the end, you have to let go."

Basically, to me and with my experience, it's futile. Say what you want, bellow your curses, punch a pregnant woman, but it won't make you anymore happier, satisfied, or indifferent with the world, and at that point, what's the point.

Best of luck!

Best of luck to you.

For whatever it's worth, my fingers are still crossed for you.

Just means it's the start of the countdown to the next holidays!