It's the financial version of "if we stop counting COVID deaths, the numbers will go down"

But they super promised they never even heard of it or was going to use it. Then installed its writers in key positions. Purely by happenstance.

Legend of dragoon, vanguard bandits, .hack series, and final fantasy tactics are some serious comfort games for me when it comes to jrpgs. I do realize I have a bit of a type when it comes to jrpgs

My best guess is also usually correct though so it just means I'm too lazy to link you the source

Not exactly...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grapefruit%E2%80%93drug_interactions

I'm not saying I specifically went after someone with parental issues, general anxiety, and other hyper specific mental or developmental issues. I am saying that the type of person that, when combined, these things generally cause is the personality I am attracted to. There are other traits that add to that but physical attraction only gets you so far compared to personality and mannerisms. It's just that I'm attracted to a specific flavor of broken that complements my own

Imo if you don't vote in the primaries, you've forfeited your right to bitch about the candidates on the general ticket

Assuming the political leanings of the populous are measured in a vacuum, sure. But they aren't. They are so much not that the idea of centrist in the US is pretty solid right for the rest of the democratic world. When your only options of votes are "guys who have a hard-on for fascism" and "let's appeal to those who aren't entirely sold but are willing to see where the fascism goes", you see how this can, over time, really shove things in that direction. It's a false choice that's even further reduced due to both parties controlling educational resources and the generational knowledge base used to influence successive generations

It's also how the Overton window keeps skewing to the right, js

I'm a step off from it at an MSP so it's not like it's just anyone calling in. But the number of c suite people who apparently can't do their job without AI these days is concerning

The good/bad news is that the old "I swear to God you bootlickers need a good ass kicking" and "Jesus is ashamed at what you do in his name" styles of country are making a comeback

And for inclusivity, there's a sub genre devoted to the "you tried to end my people but I will not die" style which includes focuses on lgbtqia+, women in general, pagans/wiccans, indigenous groups, other, and various combinations therein

The bog witches, fae creatures, and {unknown description of Appalachian denizens} have been putting out some good stuff

For me, it was realizing that while I was smart, the shit level of schooling was more an impediment to me gaining the skills needed to continue excelling and I continue to be surrounded by absolute dipshits wherever I go.

In school, I didn't have to study to pass and there was no real incentive to learn how to. This bit me when it came to university because the lectures didn't cover everything that was to be tested on. Turns out, trying is a skill I never needed until then.

Then, in the workforce, I'm constantly exhausted dealing with people who are at best functionally literate and I have to cater to their understanding of literally everything. No desire to either understand the problem or fix the root cause, just make the thing do what they want right then.