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I always give up on crafting about halfway through the levelling process.

In my opinion, with the way we've moved into a global economy, the global effect of environmental issues, global media, etc.; I'd say the melting pot is pretty much the future. As an optimist, I just hope it will be a slow and peaceful transition. But that may not be realistic.

I thought it was Henry the Navigator who was 'given' that honour. He is the first guy I teach the students about in the unit.

I am immediately changing my lesson plans and putting Bugs in as a central character.

No, but telling them they are all violent savages who follow a savage religion isn't exactly going to help either. I should probably add that economic prosperity tends to solve all these problems, while economic crisis magnifies it. Where I live, you have a tremendous melting pot of cultures and religions, and yet you have very little conflict. Stabilize the economy, get everyone jobs, and it doesn't matter what religion they are. Obviously that is harder to do than it is to say.

I will definitely concede that point to you, it is hard to imagine what type of impact this surge of immigration and refugees can have on a country. I am definitely speaking as an outsider on this, and I appreciate your perspective. My main point isn't that this isn't a dramatic issue for Europe, but that I believe it has less to do with the religion of Islam, and more to do with culture clashes and human nature. We can look at numerous situations throughout history in comparison where Islam was not in the picture, and yet the issues all look very similar.

Yes yes, historical figure is not a nice guy, yada yada. He still kickstarted the age of exploration. Wait...Tim Shafer had the first big video game kickstarter...and now he is vilified. Coincidence?

A warning put in front of content that may "trigger" someone. An obvious example being newscasts that warn about "shocking imagery" such as dead bodies or what have you. Naturally with the internet being the internet it has been reduced to basically "anything that may offend". E.g. content that discusses sexual dimorphism would require a trigger warning for those who don't "identify with" or "believe in" biological sexes. Wouldn't your first example simply be a warning? I have no idea what you are saying with the rest. Look, I get it, somewhat. There are some crazy people, I assume on twitter, using crazy terminology. But given that I spend almost no time on twitter and zero time reading what those crazy people say, the only time I hear about 'triggering' or sexual dimorphodons is from the nice folks that hang out in here. If you know they are talking crazy gibberish, why would you adopt their speech patterns and terminology?

So...that article is unreadable to the average person. I don't even know what a trigger warning is. I'm interested in knowing more about the case, but there is no actual information in what you posted.

Really? I thought being in Africa and dealing with Malaria was a pretty great concept, even if the execution was lacking.

Far Cry Primal - Gotta hand it to them, that is a great way to keep the franchise fresh.

I'm still really into Dead State. I think I'm about 25 days in and I've got a big group with a fair amount of supplies. I'll probably pick up Age of Decadence in a couple weeks when it gets the official release, Iron Tower has impressed me enough.

That would be obvious, although really there are probably better doorways for actual organized and funded terrorists. Ideally it would be great to be able to swoop up any extremists with background checks, but it's probably not entirely realistic.

Ah yes, the 'bad apple spoils the bunch' philosophy. Very good.

I've been playing hockey for 25 years. The stuff that causes brain damage has nothing to do with the sport. Fighting is dumb, and I never cheer for a big check. I celebrate skill, not brutality. With football, the equipment IS the problem. Those hard plastic pads and helmets are used as weapons.

How is this even open to debate? You know, this stuck with me for a bit, because it didn't sound too accurate. But my copy of an English Koran was at work, and I didn't look it up until just now. Needless to say, it doesn't match up nearly the same. My copy is published by Tahrike Tarsile Qu'ran, Inc. in New York, and I have the 14th edition, dated 2005. As for the Tabari, that is a book written by an islamic scholar. It his record of something someone told him that Muhammad said. It is hardly what can be considered a central teaching. Much like the bible, translation, context, and interpretation can vary dramatically. We can cherry pick verses and engage in internet theology all day, but the fact is very few Muslims are out trying to behead unbelievers and conquer the world. Most just want to live in peace.

Heh, where is that quote from? At least Obsidian delivered a product, pretty much as advertised too.

No thanks, I like surprises.

Wait, what is Wild Space? Is that just an area? I had a brief flutter of hope that we would be able to fly around in space freely.

Been watching The Muppets with my daughter, it's pretty dang good. My favorite moment was Ms. Piggy getting a hot stone massage and the Swedish Chef popping up muttering something about bacon.

It was ridiculous that they couldn't make the achievements retroactive.

Nope. Everyone here joined to celebrate Obsidian taking on Armored Warfare.

I think you spend way too much time on the internet.

Maybe L. Ron Hubbard was right about psychologists.

Yes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OqqNG0vuO4