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Nothing new I guess... one of the worlds leading platforms of intolerance, misogyny and racism has decided to "cancel Frieren" (yes, twitter, x whatever stupid name that particular platform wants on its gravestone) Just because she's very racist, labeling demons as beasts mimicking human speech and thinks they should be eradicated on sight. Elon Musk probably feels bad for the poor, persecuted demons A few things I learned about the main character... she's NOT a morning person ...and she's teaching her apprentice the same low tolerance attitude towards demons Sigh... and now waiting for it to become Friday night so the next episode can get released

Honest Government Ads take on the upcoming UK elections (with government like this, who needs terrorists?)

US lawyers are world famous for earning a lot of money... whether they do or not, they are famous for it I doubt even Guiliani can walk down to his local ATM and do a $148m withdrawal for "new expenses"? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67723332 Tl;dr; found guilty and ordered to payup "Rudy Giuliani, a longtime associate of former President Donald Trump, has been ordered to pay more than $148m (£116m) to two women over false claims they tampered with votes in 2020."

Just finished watching episode 15... Since the party is now broke, "Lord Stark" and Fern getting schooled in noble etiquette in order to do a job ...and Sein getting to show off a bit, as being the right choice for the party in the beginning of the episode. No idea how many episodes are left, crossing fingers and hoping it's more than 16!!! edit: the ending... Frieren trying to decide which grimoire to pick as her reward

Yay

The closest I think Guild Wars 2 came to 'pay to win' (imho) is a recent introduction to the cash shop where you can buy "hero points". You could argue it's just a time saver, but I do think it's very borderline paying your way out of playing the game to achieve something. Mind you, it's still my favourite game and I play it almost daily. A mix of no subscription and no gear grind per se (once you got best in slot gear, it remains best in slot, even 10 years later). You can take a break for 6 months and you wont lose out (other than practicing your hand/eye coordination)

Finished Heavenly Delusion episode 6... I'll have to watch the whole thing a second time, because only now does a few things from the first couple of episodes start to make sense. A guy from inside the sheltered high tech sanctuary that somehow managed to get "outside" teamed up with another "guy" who came was originally from the outside. I say "guy", because he got attacked and almost completely eaten by a "man eater" monster, leaving only his head and upper chest, everything else got devoured. Last thing we saw was his sister racing to his rescue before fading to black. When he wakes up again, his consciousness is trapped inside his sisters body. He reasons and unknown figure simply called "The Professor" is to blame for his involuntary body swap (which doesn't stop him from getting the hots for himself admiring his female body in the bathroom mirror). He now works as a body guard for those who pay him. In this case, the guy from the sanctuary that managed to get outside. They now both look for a place simply called "heaven" while trying to survive a post apocalyptic society, where might is right (and his gun, which is almost out of ammo now helps giving him the edge in a fight). Also revealed, the newly born inside the sanctuary has no resemblance to human babies, but looks like the offspring of those man eater monsters that now roam the world, eating any and all humans they can corner. Might have something to do with his decision to run away? The story hasn't told so far, leaving some large gaps between the past and the present.... Now where is my next episode of Frieren?

Sheesh. Axel F was soooo 80's I just can't it imagine it having any business, showing itself outside of that time period Edit: Adding the only thing I liked about the original....

While waiting impatiently for Frieren episode 15 to arrive, passing time with watching Heavenly Delusion. A series I started watching a while ago, but work, life, other stuff got int he way, so it got put aside for a while. Now up to episode 4. Liking it so far... a dystopian mystery / adventure story, following (so far) a couple of parallel stories in a world where civilization collapsed a decade ago, following some on the outside and some on the inside of a high tech enclave, seemingly secluded from the outside world.

Frieren episode 14... made me go all soft in a very unmanly way

Finland can breathe a sigh of relief… looks like Putin got tired of the game and probably realised he couldn’t pull off a new invasion of the country… https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67647379 edit: also helps alleviating his manpower problem in Ukraine a bit

True. I remember having the same argument on this forum many years ago, because I condemned Zionism for being as bad as any other nationalist sentiment based on a divinely given right to exterminate your neighbours and seize their land for the glory of a greater homeland (substitute homeland with any suitable country that believes in the rhetoric of being destined to rule the world). Has nothing to do with ethnicity and everything to do with populist movements.

Not sure what the real definition of brandy is. For myself, I usually think of it as cognac made outside the Cognac region (because the name is protected iirc)

Continued from previous thread... https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/132505-ukraine-conflict-the-nationalist-not-only-does-not-disapprove-of-atrocities-committed-by-his-own-side-but-he-has-a-remarkable-capacity-for-not-even-hearing-about-them/

Im Osten, nichts neues...

Reached episode 12 of Frieren. Almost binge watching it at times now. That potion I mentioned earlier.... showed up again No, it's not really an anime with a lot of nudity (none) or even innuendo (very mild).

Finished Episode 4 of Frieren... I think I'm in love Before I started, I was worried it might be some sappy drama stuff, but I was wrong. It's awesome. An elf girl just after my head (not sure if she has any plans for that potion that dissolves clothes in future episodes)

Looks like someone forgot the importance of (or lack of) complete air superiority in their planning. Ask any general in Pentagon to wage a land offensive without air support and he'll tell you to go stow it.

Got no spotify account, so no helpful algorithm telling me what I like I suspect I do like 80's music though...

Waiting for the mobs to start tearing down statues of notorious slave owners across the US... like George Washington

I don't often follow US politics, but when BBC puts it up on their front page, it's hard to miss. Apparently Santos had made enough of a mess that he managed something very rare, uniting Democrats and Republicans https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67593885

I don't really remember every having being worried about China in the 70's and 80's (or even the 90's), the "big evil" being Poland and DDR (East Germany), because those were tangible enemies sharing sea borders with Denmark. Amphibious divisions were poised just on the other side of the water. Nobody really expected them to cross the water though, as Denmark would most likely be completely obliterated and left as a glowing crater, in order to secure the water ways between The Baltic Sea and The North Sea to ensure safe passage of the Soviet Navy between their Baltic bases and the Atlantic. You can only stack so many subs in Murmansk... except the odd stray sub being put on display on Swedish rocks (probably not many here who remember the "Whisky on The Rocks" incident) Kissinger was a follower of realpolitik through and through and I'm personally convinced (in an entirely subjective/opinionated/fact free way), that his overtures to communist China was of no other interest than to create a second front against the Soviet Union. A shame he didn't get the Taiwan issue sorted out at the same time, I'm sure Beijing would have been more open to suggestions at the time when they were still interested in international recognition... the benefits of hindsight.

I wonder if a movie/tv-series adaptation was ever made of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant. At least I could have held the fast forward button down It was painful reading through it, but maybe I was just too young and immature to enjoy it at the time. I was way less proficient at English too (at 15).

I can't remember his name, but back then some standup comedian was quoted for saying something along the lines of damn, they are trying to put us out of work (when Kissinger got the "peace" prize) Edit: the Nobel peace prize has been a bit of a running joke ever since I think?

Which sort of answers @BruceVC’s question too edit: his legacy includes bringing Pol Pot to power, the Argentinian military junta and replaced Chiles democratically elected government with general Pinochet