Gromnir

have been waiting for poe2 to be content complete before providing our ultimate post-release critique. unfortunate, a few bugs has halted our deadfire gameplay for the last couple months. so, a few quick observations and comparisons instead o' in-depth analysis. oh, and 'cause have seen it a few times, "immersive" has no more inherent meaning than "interesting." immersive is gamer shibboleth. poe wins -thematic focus and overall story cohesion -development o' non critical path locations (e.g. raedric's hold and skaen temple) -dr>pen-- the one major mechanics aspect (and it is major) we give a nod to poe over poe2 -conclusion made sense, regardless o' like v. dislike -novel take on traditional gods, with a zelazny twist poe2 wins -superior mechanics-- depth and breadth o' combat & character generation/development (this is a biggie)... with the notable exception o' penetration. -small nod to improved graphic quality, 'cause it would be embarrassing if there were no improvements over the original -"exploration"/open world elements -better use o' humor -admitted a non-factor for us personal, but the alternative sexual orientation o' characters were handled well w/o overt proselytizing -faction choice had consequences and felt meaningful as noted already, am gonna wait to genuine review poe2 once is content complete and playable. that said, am thinking there is a few pivotal differences 'tween the games. overall, other than as indicated, the mechanics and player generation/development options in poe2 were superior; we could do more with poe2 characters, and combat were improved rational and consistent. however, storytelling, in spite o' fact it were apparent a rush job, were more coherent in poe than poe2. all the poe companions shared thematic focus o' the critical path storyline which provided a kinda gestalt depth missing from poe2. also, whenever these games is made, there is always a shift towards or away from open world exploration in the sequel. fans complain, and the developers overreact. predictable. fans complained o' lack o' "exploration" in poe, so we get poe2 world map boat travel... well that and josh likes open world. fans complained o' mowing largely empty and repetitive bg maps, and so we got bg2 with greater set-piece location focus... which had bg2 fans complaining 'bout lack o' exploration. *insert eye roll gif or similar here* am fully recognizing open-worldness in an ie inspired game is a no-win situation for developers, but am preferring bg2 and poe to poe2 and bg. last, am gonna observe how poe2 conclusion were leaving us utter unsatisfied. w/o post release developer input, eothas dialogue and actions were baffling, which is a fail. near complete lack o' player agency insofar as critical path story were also unsatisfying given other shortcomings o' storytelling. will more fully review if we ever finish deadfire content. april patch is coming? HA! Good Fun! ps have also made critical comments regarding poe2 priests as far back as release https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/99362-what-is-your-worst-single-class-in-deadfire/page-3?hl=%2Bpriests+%2Bgromnir&do=findComment&comment=2022103 and during beta https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/94706-oh-priest-wherefore-art-thou/page-2?hl=%2Bpriests+%2Bgromnir&do=findComment&comment=1955036 haven't changed our opinions 'bout deadfire priests or the most straightforward way to improve. "perhaps for an expansion the developers could work on a priest "trinket." each class were original 'posed to have a trinket as does wizards, no? prayer beads or vade mecum or medicine bag or some deity-specific object which performs a similar but lesser role as does the wizard grimoire. 1 spell per talent level imprinted on the trinket. 'course the trinket could do something complete different and such would be grand, but am specific considering ways to improve lack o' priest casting options." priests is effective in deadfire, but their meaningful customization options outside o' multiclass is limited. leaving this issue unaddressed is disappointing to us.

alex jones claims "psychosis" is a cause of his conspiracy theories. lordy. HA! Good Fun!

is "soon" more temporal proximate than "asap"? as long as the "happening soon" patch actual fixes bugs w/o creating a plethora o' new and equal disruptive bugs, we will be pleased... and as have already waited more than two months, am able to wait a bit longer if obsidian will get it right. alternative, if this is another, "hail hydra" fix... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcpJp_LAe-o HA! Good Fun!

I believe he is Czech. Forget whether Czech Republic or Czechslovakia though. I thought he was testifying in mid-April? Like, second or third week of April. Unless that's different from the already planned DOJ budget hearing thing. congress wants unredacted report next week. barr offered redacted by mid april and, "Barr also volunteered to testify before Congress “shortly after” the report goes public. He said can testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 1 and the House Judiciary Committee on May 2." *shrug* HA! Good Fun!

aw. someone is a fragile widdle flower. will be more careful in the future. back to on-topic... barr will testify for Congress in early may and am suspecting the numerous inevitable unanswered questions from barr testimony will result in a demand for mueller testimony. gonna be a long hot summer. HA! Good Fun!

Are you even a Swede or in Sweden? Or are you another American who yell "America Numba One!" and put down other countries he has no idea about? name three regular wot posters who fit the description. if chill is "another, " there must be more, yes? ... am seeing this often, but is reflexive stereotype as far as am able to tell. pretty much every American poster on these boards is quite vocal 'bout criticizing "America Numba One." sure, USA folks on these boards is often patriotic, as is many Americans, but am tending to see a whole lotta negativity directed at America by Americans. converse, if Gromnir ever points out free speech differences 'tween US and euro nations or new Zealand or wherever, we inevitable get the predictable (and typical ignorant) defense o' Austria, Sweden, New Zealand, etc. folks get mighty angry and aggressive if we suggest free speech is getting more protection in the US than _______, and they will fight us tooth and nail arguing something which they got "no idea about." all the sublimated nationalism frightens poor Gromnir. regardless, we don't get it. just an observation, so name three. HA! Good Fun!

am curious what shady does for mac n' cheese. have never had much luck with a good stove-top mac and cheese, and bake mac n' cheese has us make enough for a small army... isn't a good side unless am cooking for at least 4... or maybe 8. we also do something similar with chicken, but is sear in a cast iron skillet and then put in bottom rack o' a 400 degree oven to bake. the thing is, while am not a mashed potatoes and gravy guy, am finding cast iron chicken breasts actual make for our best and most simple poultry gravy. long time ago, kfc sides were kinda standard; if you ordered a family-sized bucket, you would get slaw, mashed potatoes and that weird kfc 'gravy.' other than the fact we hated kfc gravy, the inclusion o' the brown gelatinous goop didn't strike us as odd 'til we got older and realized we never had much luck with deep fry anything + gravy, with the exception o' chicken fried steak + gravy. fry cube steak requires little oil, so is much easier to pull off good milk-based gravies... kinda closer to sausage gravy than poultry. pan fried chicken, which ain't true deep fry, may result in nice gravy, but we fry our chicken in vegetable shortening, which also ain't the best fat for gravy. pound our three boneless skinless breasts as mentioned earlier and then do a buttermilk 'brine' (to season the buttermilk, we go with a curious pepper medley: add a combo o' black pepper, white pepper and a bit o' cayenne pepper) in the ziploc bag. buttermilk is salty enough to work as a brine, but it does need an overnight soak though you may wish to add a bit o' salt, but not too much. next day, make sure to pat chicken breasts dry and then add 'em to a medium-high cast iron skillet with bout 1.5-2T bacon grease. just as bacon grease reaches smoke point is when we add chill chicken, which will cool the hot fat a bit. flip chicken after developing a nice crust on one side, and then lower temp just a bit to keep bacon grease from getting to smoke point. we don't quite need a finished sear after the flip 'cause will get nice and crusty on the bottom in the oven, and we don't actual wan't chicken seared to point it ain't releasing juice as it cooks. likely requires ~15 minutes to finish cooking in the oven. remove cast iron skillet and place on medium stove. transfer chicken breasts to a plate from skillet. your still-hot cast iron skillet is gonna be near dry, but is gonna have something like pure chicken resin sticking to the bottom o' the pan. stuff is almost the color o' root beer hard candy and has same glassy quality. whatever that stuff is, some alchemy o' bacon grease and chicken essence, it makes best starting ingredient for poultry gravy. add a bit o' dry sherry (not cooking sherry) to the pan to deglaze and then drop a couple o' tablespoons o' butter into the pan, which will melt almost instant. don't let it burn. classic proportions for good gravy is 1:1 flour:fat. as such, is gonna take a bit more than two tablespoons o' flour to get a nice roux. make roux before adding fluid keeps your gravy from having lumps. immediate before adding fluid, throw in whatever herbs and spices you want for gravy. minced sage and thyme are good options, and have become enamored with white pepper for poultry. (aside: white pepper is hideous stuff which when added to most foods smells a bit like sweaty gym shorts, but for some reason it works well with poultry.) if you wanna add a little more flour or butter, do it now, 'cause you don't wanna add flour or fat after fluid is introduced. fluid... chicken stock is fine and is what we almost always use, but if you got starchy water from either cooked pasta or potatoes, then maybe go 2:1 chicken stock: water. reduce heat to medium-low and add fluid maybe 1/4 C at a time and will likely need at least 1 C, but probable closer to two C total. don't add too much fluid 'cause is too late to add more flour to thicken. patience. whisk gently 'til you get a slight watery gravy... fluid will continue to evaporate after you are finished and will thus thicken a smidge-- seeming perfect gravy will become a paste within a couple o' minutes, so a bit watery is actual ideal. got yourself nice gravy, which is particular odd to us as we never much considered gravy and boneless skinless breasts as pairing. pan drippings from turkey or roast chicken is swell, but in our experience, butter works better for gravy than does rendered poultry fat. something to try if a person gets bored with boneless skinless chicken breast routine. HA! Good Fun!

have never made pork stock. at any given time, 'tween freezer and fridge, we got one gallon each o' chicken, beef and veggie stock. am gonna need make pork stock and try with our smothered pork chop recipe. am not a fan o' chicken breasts, but is the meat most likely to be served at our table. breasts aren't much healthier than thighs, but we still reflexive buy breasts. took care o' our sister for a few years when she were ill and she would not eat chicken thighs. for chicken breasts, we often/typical quick brine. chicken breasts don't need an overnight brine-- 15-30 minutes will suffice. have seen suggestions o' overnight brine o' chicken and am discouraging as is too much... do with coke overnight and your chicken tastes almost like ham.... which ain't bad, but is unlikely what you are expecting or wanting. grill? use coke, ginger ale, dr. pepper and even orange soda. tried grape soda once. this was a mistake which will never be repeated. am not certain what chemical reaction took place, but evil were spawned. if misery were something you could taste, we came close to achieving with grape soda brine o' chicken breasts. vile. corruption. we found the place where culinary nightmares is spawned. if am not grilling, then typical do salt + sugar + water + _________ brine. no brine? then chances are we do buffalo chicken sliders or somesuch. pulled chicken cooked in a half-bottle o' franks or other hot sauce. last five-ten minutes o' cooking am adding a bunch o' celery. serve on slider buns with crumbled bleu cheese or bleu cheese dressing. ... is gonna sound peculiar, but am most often toasting slider rolls/buns with mayo. better than butter, the mayo makes for an easy-to-spread, liquid-impervious, golden-brown crust. highly recommend trying mayo 'stead o' butter if you are ever making a particular wet sandwich or burger or whatnot. aside, am not certain how other folks pound their chicken breasts (and other meats) to achieve something approaching uniform thickness... not that we ever bother making chicken breasts genuine uniform thick. typical method we seen used includes plastic wrap, cutting board and one o' those metal or hard plastic meat tenderizer mallets. messy and awkward. have discovered if we put three big chicken breasts in a gallon ziploc bag, with open end o' bag falling into our kitchen sink, am able to pound the chicken flat with a rubber mallet from a hardware store. such a method reduces the chance o' spreading salmonella or various life threatening bacteria 'round our kitchen. mess is almost complete eliminated as we remove chicken from bag with tongs and then discard the bag. HA! Good Fun!

How Californian flax is the stuff used to make linen, yes? you don't eat the tablecloth. am knowing the flax seed is what is used for oils, and the seed is edible, but have never used-- flaxseed oil has an even lower smoke point than butter, so am rare seeing a point. then again, am only a transplanted californian, and have never willing an/or knowing eaten a pizza with artichoke hearts, avocado, or sprouts. am clear not baseline california. HA! Good Fun!

Don't know when it will hit, but there will be one after some time after next week. you didn't even get an asap? HA! Good Fun!

odd syllogism. you create a whole line o' reasoning dependent on big money and then suggest best way to get such money is to put forth a national candidate who is doomed to lose... to generate money? is no different than sandwich shops or auto parts stores. local guys don't need a national celebrity spokesperson to be successful. your sandwich guy can't initial afford more than one store much less contemplate national franchise to compete with subway. sell a product people want. do better than competitors. keep costs Down. focus on location... cause we all know as with sales and real estate, three rules is: location, location, location. bass ackwards. you are trying to sell national franchise before getting local success. don't need big money local. don't need a national spokesman. HA! Good Fun! t comes back to ballot access. To use your sandwich shop example Subway & Panera don't have a legal means to keep Jersey Mike's from opening in their strip mall. Imagine if they did. D & R do not have to fight to get their candidates on the ballot or even have their parties certified as actual political parties in every state in every election. The LP has to fight for what they get for free. It is that way because the D & R made it that way. They figure that is their tree house and they are cutting the rope to keep anyone else from climbing into it. That effort to get on the ballots, hell just to get recognized AS a political party, costs money. The only way to get it for free to get people to vote for you. The only way people can vote for you is to be on the ballot AS a LP candidate. In TN & OH Johnson/Weld were independents not Libertarians because rules in those states for ballot access as anything other than D & R are draconian. So to get the votes you need to advertise but when damn near every nickel is spent just getting on that ballot and there is no matching money from the state or federal governments you have quite a hill to climb. A presidential ticket gets a little bit of free advertising from the media and you just have to hope they don't f--k it up. Johnson wasn't the best candidate. I preferred Austin Peterson but since the LP does not officially exist in TN (there is one but they are not allowed to participate in elections. Feel free to eat the s--t in the red or blue bag however) Since there is no LP there was no primary in my state so I didn't get a say in who our candidate was. Nice to live n a free country ain't it? am not certain if you are indulging in hyperbole or are being serious. if you wanna open a subway in smalltown ca, subway is gonna do all the heavy lifting insofar as zoning and construction and whatnot. if you open a subway, you are gonna need pay subway in perpetuity for the right to not only use their name, but to benefit from subway's national muscle. heck, chances are subway is your landlord too. open as a sole proprietor and you gotta get permits and deal state and local authorities and inspectors. is a whole lotta work and is no safety net. is more difficult. get on ca state assembly ballot as 3rd party candidate? fill out forms and get 1000 relevant signatures by a specific date. 'nuff signatories is gonna result in waiving o' filing fee. similar in tn, but you need a whopping 25 signatures. what you probable is referencing is how many states adopt a top-2 primary system. you wanna advance to november elections, then you gotta be one o' top-2 vote receivers during primaries. libertarians were part o' a court action fighting against the alternative blanket primary system which ca voters approved during a 1996 ballot initiative. blanket were declared unconstitutional (7-2) in 2000 with stevens and ginsburg dissenting. regardless, during 2018, six libertarians advanced to november, and no offense, but these guys were hardly fantastic candidates. honor mimi robson and autumn brown were the most successful o' ca's libertarian candidates in 2018. is not the system. as we noted, libertarians fought to keep the system. get a few realistic candidates to run in ripe districts and libertarians could make real gains. instead, every 4 years money is dumped on a pointless presidential candidate with no chance o victory. libertarians is doing this all bass akwards. HA! Good Fun!

odd syllogism. you create a whole line o' reasoning dependent on big money and then suggest best way to get such money is to put forth a national candidate who is doomed to lose... to generate money? is no different than sandwich shops or auto parts stores. local guys don't need a national celebrity spokesperson to be successful. your sandwich guy can't initial afford more than one store much less contemplate national franchise to compete with subway. sell a product people want. do better than competitors. keep costs Down. focus on location... cause we all know as with sales and real estate, three rules is: location, location, location. bass ackwards. you are trying to sell national franchise before getting local success. don't need big money local. don't need a national spokesman. and national face is gonna backfire if you don't get right face. gary johnson were not a great spokesman... just as jared fogle mighta' been a poor choice in retrospect. aside, SCOTUS won't hear bump stock case. ban went into effect a couple days past and multiple attempts to get SCOTUS attention to halt the ban has now failed. am conflicted regarding bump stock ban. on the one hand, am thinking is good bump stocks is illegal. converse, this ain't the kinda thing we should need rely on executive action to achieve. the fact Congress wouldn't do anything 'bout bump stocks is an embarrassment. fact Congress does as little as possible is arguable the core problem. HA! Good Fun!

Back on this point again, I've been of the opinion that the Libertarian Party could finally get off the ground in the Orange County area, a place in California which if one had told me in 2012 would turn Democrat I would have laughed in his face, unable to contain the spittle spraying onto him. However as the 2016 election has shown with Clinton beating out Trump in that area, in spite of it voting heavily in favour of Romney in 2012, and having turned completely blue in 2018, the only conclusion is that the current Republican party has left the educated, upper-middle class (people who are amenable to low taxes and fiscal probity, and at the best of times can take or leave the conservative commitment to the "Culture War" and at the worst hostile towards it) that has been the lynchpin of their strategy in suburbs behind, something that in spite of vehement claims demographics cannot fully account for (as Orange County's own Republican Party chairman has said "Significant numbers of Republicans we turned out, look to have voted Democrat.") image is more than a few disillusioned republicans and democrats in CA and other states. the thing is, overall, CA will vote democrat for president for foreseeable future. as such, put up a libertarian candidate to get stuffing beat outta him/her is silly given the 0.00% chance o' victory. wasted money. furthermore, aleppo moments end up hurting the libertarian cause far more than benefits o' being visible for 15 minutes. as the dominant parties become increasing polarized, they is leaving themselves open, local and even state offices, for a reasonable alternative. should be a good opportunity for libertarians... if only they would get their act together. HA! Good Fun!

well, is kinda a troll move by mitch. typically this kinda legislation goes to committee where is debated and kinks is worked out before going to floor for a vote. making senate democrats vote on what were little more than aspirational framework were exact the kinda thing mccain woulda' condemned as a dbagy bit o' gamesmanship by fellow republicans. with only 57 votes, further senate nonsense were thwarted by democrats... who is being equal dbagy in the House by rigging the committee at their end o' the building. no winners. only losers. HA! Good Fun!

three observations: 1) debt reduce debt has been a republican mantra for decades, but recent budgets is actual increasing debt. any kinda 2019 new deal proposal is gonna be expensive... monumental expensive. am not sure how you get republicans as a whole to support anything like New Deal legislation. 2) impotence when republicans had both houses, they failed at everything significant save a cobbled together tax cut, which ain't producing anywhere near trump's promised 5% growth. repeal and replace were a foregone conclusion when republicans got control o' Congress, but with partisan politics at their worst in many decades, and a wh capable only o' further dividing, what were initial a inevitability became doomed. republican Congressional failures is in part what led to democrats getting back the house. so now, with only the senate, the republicans is unlikely to propose significant legislation unless such is bipartisan. 3) polarization significant legislation has been bipartisan in nature more often than not. such is not possible in 2019. republicans and democrats have shifted away from the center, and republicans is adopting a bunker mentality in anticipation o' 2020... or perhaps channeling lt. gorman. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrQHPZrnbPk am suspecting republicans try something major before 2020, if only outta desperation. at some point is gonna be clear simple supporting trump won't get 'em reelected. HA! Good Fun!

am pretty sure jefferson were in his 30s, and average age o' signatories were 40- something, but point taken... though maybe not the way you mean. mild narcissism does decrease as one ages, although pathological gets worse. am assuming most o' the narcissists being contemplated is o' the mild sort. so is possible every generation is narcissist, then eventual grows outta it. more likely to grow outta it once you ain't in dad's basement? as for founding fathers, hamilton and madison were noteworthy youngish, but keep in mind hamilton nearly resigned his commission 'cause washington didn't wanna give him a field command. too many more experienced officers were clamoring for the same opportunity in the twilight o' the war for washington to move hamilton to the front o' the queue as it were. in a letter, hamilton, who had already resigned from washington's staff, threatened to leave the army entire if not given a field command. a staff officer for most o' the war, hamilton knew battle experience would be important for his post-war political career aspirations. lucky for hamilton, washington eventual relents and gives hamilton a field command, with hamilton eventual getting his battlefield glory at yorktown. entitlement issues we s'pose. HA! Good Fun! ps life expectancy in 1776 colonies were 36, but this were due to high rate o' mortality 'mongst children. IF a person lived past 20, they could expect another couple o' decades before needing face the grim reaper. regardless, am suspecting late 20s and 30s were not considered youthful by standards o' the times, even in england.

trying to use the great recession is not as viable a crutch as you might believe it to be. since we are taking a generational approach, is best to actual look generational, yes? pretty much every generation has suffered similar job issues. imagine if those young adults who suffered through the great depression became a bunch o' self-absorbed basement dwellers? the big difference with the most recent recession is that mom and dad, who millennials is more dependent 'pon than previous generations, were all too often losing their homes in 2008-2014. perhaps no generation has faced its difficulties so meekly as has generation y. and kinda missing the point on military. IF things is so much tougher in the here and now for young folks to get education and jobs and health care, then military service should increase as a reasonable alternative to perpetual leechdom. such has not happened. were a spike after 9/11, but has been pretty much historical steady since then. racial divide has increased in the military with a greater % o' underprivileged minorities enlisting while other folks stay at home, in mom's basement. yes, not everybody qualifies for the military, but such were the case in the 80s and previous decades, your personal example notwithstanding... generational norms and all that. the US has indeed been involved in foreign conflicts... since the early 1900s. has been one foreign conflict or another for much o' recent history. am a bit unsympathetic to those who would only wanna enjoy benefits o' military service if chance o' actual having fight for their country is low. is nevertheless a viable opportunity for many and in spite o' the real benefits, millennials ain't taking advantage o' military any more than they is taking advantage o' the department o' labor programs we linked. and again, folks is still coming to the US from south America and sub-Saharan Africa, and they are coming in great numbers. in spite o' the s'posed bleak and unforgiving economic landscape faced by millennials, immigrants come and succeed. these folks come with little. contrary to right-wing radio stations, many immigrants have much education. many have negligible education. fewest is the in between. regardless, immigrants is getting jobs and supporting families and they is doing so with far greater obstacles than the average millennial. there are opportunities. generation y has greater access to free programs and education than any previous generation. 'stead, millennials use the internet to find excuses rather than jobs. as to gamer specific, am seeing no more justice in the present crusade than any other we has seen in decades. don't like a developer or their practices? obvious and meaningful response is as follows: don't buy their game. same silliness repeated ad nauseum. all the nerd rage is wasted if the folks complaining end up buying the evil developer/publisher's next game. folks complain and do internet petitions (HA!) and post fraudulent reviews and dox particular developers. nonsense, particular as a large % o' folks complaining is gonna buy the title in question regardless. impulse control and internet anonymity has millennials fighting their personal little round top with steam reviews? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL-5uyp44WA heck, the current tempest in a tea cup ain't even the result o' a late development bit o' publisher chicanery, for which we might have a bit o' sympathy for angry purchasers. spend money on a pre-order (which we never do as is stoopid… in fact, our last day 1 purchase, crowdfunded projects aside, were nwn) and devote many hours following development only to find out in the weeks before release the game will not be as advertised. *grumble* but such isn't the case in the present situation, and even if it were, our response would be same as always. as hard as it is to believe, over the years Gromnir has complained 'bout any number o' developer and publisher choices. we complain and depending on developer response, we decide to purchase or not. end. HA! Good Fun!

didn't claim. "could be," is words used. and yeah, the police, trying a defendant in the media were gonna make the prosecution's job significant more difficult. would be serious and legit arguments that the defense were unduly prejudiced by cops, on tv, proclaiming the d-bagness o' smollett before trial. cops needed to be chastised regardless. prosecutor used smollett as an object lesson the police will not soon forget? seems far more likely than smollett having friends grease the wheels o' justice to get a favorable outcome. HA! Good Fun!

trying to make great recession apply to entire generation y might be a bit overbroad, no? as difficult as things is nowadays, there is also more opportunities. community colleges in many states is dirt cheap. we worked roofing and other construction jobs making good money, and nowadays is almost impossible to fill such jobs. sure, during the great recession many jobs disappeared, but even at that time, there were a whole host o' jobs which could not be filled 'cause too few people were willing to do menial labor work. am thinking shady said he identified as millennial. he went military, yes? is no doubt part o' the reason he is buying house #2. am suspect o' any millennial complaining 'bout tuition and medical costs, and host o' other issues, if they did not attempt to avail themselves o' military service. there is a whole host o' Department of Labor programs which help folks get trained in jobs and there is vast unused apprenticeship programs-- if you aren't earning money, you could at least learn a skill. most state and localities also have programs which is increasing underutilized. https://www.military.com/education/gi-bill/gi-bill-institutes-of-higher-learning-ihl.html https://www.dol.gov/apprenticeship/ immigration is a nice comparison, eh? even during the great recession, immigrants, with no advantages, and typical earning significant less money than natives, were more likely to be employed than natives. were providing for themselves and for their families. every disadvantage imaginable, and immigrants get work enough to support self and others 'cause they wanna work. https://www.bls.gov/news.release/forbrn.nr0.htm/Labor-Force-Characteristics-of-Foreign-Born-Workers-Summary our situation were a bit unique, so is tough to use as a comparison. even so, am much aware o' how many opportunities there actual is for younger folks nowadays, but seems like a significant portion o' an entire generation gave up before they even actual tried. but again, the gamer nonsense which is the substance o' this thread has been a constant for many decades. blame on millennial entitlement is unconvincing. HA! Good Fun!

could be less 'bout folks going to bat for smollett and more 'bout prosecutor's office sending a message to the cops. have honest followed this very little, but sounds as if police handled the investigation and press conferences n' such w/o consulting prosecutor. letting smollett off the hook, as much as anything, could be the equivalent o' a rolled up newspaper to discipline the puppy who piddled on the carpet... again. HA! Good Fun!

might also be a generational thing 'cause Gromnir, and most o' our contemporaries, were not needing a push out the door. never even discussed with family as we just assumed that w/i a year o' graduating high school, we would be independent. actual happened sooner as we went away to University and then had summer jobs in california as 'posed to returning back home. woulda' left regardless... join military or go back to working ranches in the dakotas or perhaps do wet work in se asia. we listen to millennials complain 'bout their terrible families, then find out they is 25 and still living at home? HA! Good Fun!

is expunged, yes? call sealed is kinda a misunderstanding. if is expunged, there is nothing to seal as all record is, by necessity, wiped clean. we didn't bother to look for details, but our understanding is the record were expunged. given how livid is cops and mayor, am thinking is obvious who got the fuzzy end of the lollipop. HA! Good Fun!

is actual very little in the linked article which is direct rejecting numbers we posted from the time article. boeroer's linked suggests there is misunderstandings caused by overapplication o' stereotypes in the workplace, and that what older employees and employers consider entitlement is also a misunderstanding. not all that much to go on in regards to millennials in the linked. the time article, on the other hand, compares numbers from 80s vs nows regarding the following: nih study o' incidence o' narcissism in college-aged, expectations of promotion regardless o' job performance, importance o' fame, dependence on moral relativism (with conscience as guiding principle) when when facing ethical/moral decision making, desire for more workplace responsibility, likelihood o' a 20-something not being married and/or still living with mom and/or dad.... or mom/mom or dad/dad... is 2019 after all. of the time statistics, only the participation trophy/promotion aspect would be direct relevant to boeroer article regarding workplace missapprehensions, and even it might be distinguishable. HA! Good Fun! ps am gonna say, as a person who studied abroad and taught a bit in europe during early 90s, am thinking the euro pov is important in differentiating, but perhaps not as others believe is appropriate.

How even does one get North America down almost perfect without going into the details of the coastline while giving South America a misshappen, well, shape. by taking a 2d picture o' a 3d object. is why flat maps has a hard time representing accurate how stuff looks on a globe. change angle and distance from which photo is taken and am suspecting north america would appear equal odd. HA! Good Fun!

So your saying he deserves his own talk radio show? hmm. perhaps you aim too low. an exec at fox news or msnbc? HA! Good Fun!