Gromnir

the post mortems is gonna be interesting. so far the stories we has seen from conservatives is that they either blame trump election denialism or mitch mcconnell failure as a team player for the red trickle. is good news for democrats if gop can't even consider the possibility that there were other factors to consider. Why were the midterm elections close? Exit polls offer clues. There was a significant partisan divide in voters’ priorities and attitudes this year. About 45% of voters who supported a GOP House candidate called inflation their top issue from a list of five, with 15% picking immigration and fewer than 15% picking any other issue as their priority. Among voters who backed a Democratic candidate, about 43% called abortion their top issue, with 18% picking inflation and fewer than 15% picking another issue. ... obviously inflation were gonna be a factor, but... It’s Not Just the Economy, Stupid the economy were gonna be significant and real even if Congress or the President has limited capacity to do anything meaningful in the short term. that said, the party in power is ordinarily blamed for perceived economic failures, so were hardly crazy-talk to assume democrats would suffer in the midterms... as were near invariably the case even w/o historic inflation increases. however, most o' the other hobgoblins the gop imagined into being only resonated with fox viewers, and that clear weren't enough. democrats got their own issues to resolve and am no more confident they will come up with a compelling unifying message which genuine speaks to voters as a whole than the gop. scotus handed midterm democrats a huge gift with abortion. trump and his carnival o' crazy will also continue to benefit democrats. is quite possible those two factors will continue to motivate liberal and independent voters in enough numbers to make a difference, but for how long, eh? regardless, is good news for democrats if the gop savages their own instead o' addressing real problems. am admitted curious to see how much blood is metaphorical shed before/if the gop achieves some new power dynamic, 'cause am suspecting they embrace stoopid and forge ahead with an investigations-focused platform which is only gonna reach their base and conspiracy theory nutters. HA! Good Fun!

the game scales down based on meta and munchkiny exploitation, assuming that the hardcore fanbase is not averse to needing resort to guides and the like to successful navigate the game if one did not invest substantial hours in the beta. such an approach is not reasonable, 'cause you can't knock off 10 points o' ab and ac from a boss beatable by a party which uses guarded hearth, mark of justice, madness domain, metal curse and skald song exploits simultaneous to be manageable and then assume a casual player will be okie dokie with the unfair boss being handicapped down to core levels... simple knock off a bit o' stat bloat? that said, am not knowing sales totals, but so far it appears such an approach is working, so is little motivation for owlcat to change their design philosophy. even so, am feeling much sympathy for any sane player who perhaps has only a passing knowledge o' owlcat's unique interpretation o' pathfinder 1st edition. similar, those encounters which is clear designed as surprises for even knowledgeable players become well nigh insurmountable and prohibitive frustrating for more casual players. punishment level is such an odd way to design a game, but if the typical owlcat fan who complains 'bout stat bloat and unfair encounters has also already completed the game and is purchasing season 2 pass, then why is owlcat gonna listen to what is being said when is far more reasonable to listen to dollars or rubbles or whatever. wotr is designed to punish casual players. am not understanding the appeal; am thinking it would be a better game and more inclusive w/o such an approach, but is tough to argue with success, eh? HA! Good Fun!

if you know about the encounter, you may prepare a bit, no? first time were different, but subsequent we always have potions o' protection from fire in a slot for every companion and critter if am in the general time and location nexus for the encounter. you may quaff a potion and then move in a round. at higher difficulties, the improved initiative feat(s) is almost a prerequisite, and the dragon has unimpressive initiative, so is a better than fair chance you got multiple casters able to achieve buffs as well as seelah casting mark of justice. have more than once done enough damage to send the dragon scampering before it attack as the big lizard will retreat if it takes enough damage. is possible to end the encounter before the flame breath. however, am conflicted 'bout trying to drive off the dragon or just enduring some pain. in the balance, am thinking it makes more sense to focus on mitigation o' losses, but chances are we waste at least one possible reload seeing if we beat bloody the dragon so as to premature end the encounter. if we get initiative wins for sosiel and seelah, then chances are we try for the fight rather than flight option. animal companions resurrect after a rest, so death o' critters should be considered from a tactical pov. not being mounted is our preference, 'cause the dragon will spend a round destroying your critters and then escaping. mounted means your companions is killed along with the animal they is riding. unmounted means you may distance your squishy and expensive-to-resurrect humanoid comps. spreading out is a good idea, but with our recent azata skald build we didn't wanna spread too much. ordinarily we move companions out and away from the animal companions who serve as cannon fodder. and keep in mind, the encounter is over kinda quick, so as long as you survive, even only barely, you may raise dead and heal and whatnot. is not an encounter you are s'posed to win. assume you are gonna need raise or resurrect a couple party members means needing doing so is less painful. though am admitting given the somewhat unimpressive 1007 haul from killing the dragon, in addition to need paying greybor, the purchase o' extra scrolls and potions to survive the encounter is a bit irksome, especial at a point in the game when you may not yet be richie rich... rich. is a loser quest from a financial pov. HA! Good Fun!

they are laughing at an empty juice container. advice: keep walking. jealous? HA! Good Fun!

Democrats to maintain control of the United States Senate am posting not for the story but for the comments. fox news articles is worth reading if only to get a looksee at what fox readers/viewers believe. in any event, the next two years will be interesting. success o' democrats is gonna depend on foreign supply chains, the housing market, putin and a bunch o' factors they is gonna have even less control o' in 2023. perhaps more vital to democrat fortunes is how the gop reacts to the 2022 midterms and to the trump legal problems which is only gonna increase in the near future. am doubting anybody believes trump is gonna try and fade into the background as the gop power dynamic is clarified. how does the gop respond this time. after january 6, many gop leaders made an attempt to distance themselves from trump. a few visible republicans even criticized trump excesses which they had ignored the previous four years. has been multiple times during the past +6 years republicans shoulda' showered off the trump filth and stank, but didn't. is 2022 gonna be different? am thinking we are stuck with trumpism for awhile, but the gop could be in for major or minor changes as republicans either swear new loyalties or reaffirm their devotion to trump. is so many times republicans coulda' turned away from trump but did not. is 2022 different? am genuine uncertain. Did Lindsey Graham Say Republicans Would Get 'Destroyed' If They Nominated Donald Trump? credit where credit is due, eh? call, him a spineless hypocrite, but many o' lindsey's pre 2016 election predictions 'bout trump look positive prescient, yes? HA! Good Fun!

am thinking georgia is a near must for democrats. manchin is up for reelection in 2024 and is quite possible he needs to out gop his gop rivals if he has a chance o' victory. sinema is... weird. am not sure what is sinema's endgame, but if the republicans ever get a budget reconciliation effort passed (filibuster proof) or whenever Presidential appointments are up for senate approval, democrats should not feel comfortable they got the senate votes to prevail. am thinking dems serious need to hit the georgia messaging with all resources at their disposal. yeah, the kinda majority the gop is likely to have in the house has only ever been effective during crisis situations when both parties set aside differences... and am thinking there were one oddball year when a bunch o' Congressmen died due to disease right after an election and so a bare majority effective increased, but a gop majority in the house is still bad news for democrats and not just 'cause o' the investigations. similar, the razor-thin margin democrats will enjoy in the senate is deserving a momentary sigh o' relief, but not much more as you got at least a couple senators who is as likely to vote with gop as the libs. regardless, and unfortunate for more than a few posters, while 2022 were not great for republicans, it is terrible for progressives. the only legislation which is gonna get made law for the next two years is the increasingly rare bill which got bipartisan support. even Presidential appointees is gonna need tend towards moderation to be successful. unfortunate, progressives ain't fans o' compromise anymore than has been the maga republicans. if every issue represents an existential crisis, then it is indeed immoral to ever give ground. in any event, am predicting a whole lotta stoopid investigations from the likely (not certain) new House majority, 'cause am gonna assume the gop did not get the memo (in the form o' unanticipated poor midterm gains) from their constituents that all the trumpy vendetta and outrage is providing diminishing returns for their party. furthermore, if we were a democrat we would be mighty concerned 'bout manchin and sinema these next two years. georgia is if not vital, it is still mighty important and am thinking the messaging on that point so far has been lacking. HA! Good Fun!

am agreeing, but... is good to recall where clockwork orange falls in the kubrick catalog. is after spartacus and 2001 and orange were a warner brothers release. would we see a similar film from an established director nowadays? is possible, but major movie studios cannot afford to take risks the way they did in the 70s. is not the lack o' cojones 'cause o' dark and edgy content per se, but economics is different in 2022 and the current reality makes such releases extreme unlikely save as the kinda streaming fare you identify and possible indy stuff. am recalling we mentioned chariots of fire not too long past as the kinda movie is near impossible to make nowadays, and not 'cause it were edgy or dark neither. the industry is in a tough spot with their tried and true theatre release model becoming less viable every year. that said, am not a huge fan o' kubrick's orange. had the misfortune o' reading the book (including the oft omitted final chapter) before seeing the movie, so our pov were perhaps tainted the same way a person who saw movie first would read the novel different. curious, the movie is extreme faithful to the source material save for the manner in which kubrick used film techniques to subtle change his portrayal o' alex and the missing final chapter. kudos to kubrick insofar as his craftsmanship and skill, but am not able to embrace his vision. HA! Good Fun!

am gonna guess trump is lying, 'cause if is true he sent doj resources to interfere with a state election, then he just admitted to crime. somehow having this go complete unnoticed in 2018 is unlikely, so am gonna suggest trump reflexive falsehood is what is happening with this admission, but it would be big news if true. HA! Good Fun!

doing similar, but am gonna wait a couple months 'cause o' silly tax considerations. spent a whole lot on repairs and improvements this year and 'tween costs and depreciation on rental property, am effective paying no tax on our properties. as such am crossing fingers 'cause costs is all over the place, but am not wanting to waste the tax advantages on a year where am already at 0. am already losing 4% on the solar credit by waiting 'til january. so our tax and home improvement planning amounts to an episode o' press your luck? do we end up as terrell or owen? HA! Good Fun!

would put judge mark pittman in a similar legal rogue's gallery as aileen cannon. “In this country, we are not ruled by an all-powerful executive with a pen and a phone,” he continued. is a direct shot at obamma, has no place in the opinon and seeing as how the judge admitted ignored the standing issues, this decision amounts to little more than political scree. ... am knowing is texas, but... c'mon man. HA! Good Fun!

and thus you keep making the same mistake. education is not ez and am admitted similar old(er) so we no longer try and lead folks such as you gently to enlightenment. take or leave the opportunity matters little to us. *shrug* is a good example o' a common problem. ask most americans if we got a two party system and you will get near universal agreement. then ask those same americans what it means that we got a two party system or how 3p are limited and am suspecting an embarrassing high % o' folks scramble to their favorite search engine 'cause they never bothered to consider what it means that the US is two party. surely there must be some kinda meaningful limit on parties other than democrats and republicans or we would have more parties represented, yes? even so, is one o' those things everybody knows while most people don't have a real clue as to reasons and they sure don't get why is so difficult to change. our gimmick is indeed annoying. may come as a shock, but that were the original intent behind the gimmick. *eye roll* regardless, you still have a chance to self educate. never too late or too old. HA! Good Fun!

your loss. you too mighta' learned something. keep in mind, the specific euro observation were that the US should "allow" more than two parties. is a frequent claim by americans and foreigners that the US has a two-party system. is nothing which prevents 3p from being successful at the local level save familiarity and custom. at the national level is similar no impediment or systemic limits. curious enough, is a state-level issue 'cause most (not all) individual states has winner-take-all grants o' "electors" (or whatever is the state vernacular) and this has led to 3p success at the national level becoming prohibitive difficult for President and a smidge less so for Congress. etc. and then we explained the whole state v. national aspects and constitutional prohibitions and limits am not gonna once again get into 'cause one person were too lazy to read. US literal can't do anything to allow... and the follow up where an american indicated he were 3p were precise our point, 'cause most americans don't recognize the issues any better than does ordinary australians or germans who get all their political info from the intraweb. education is always the first step. am here to help if you let us. next, if you wish, we can explain how poor understood and misapplied is the occam's razor principle. HA! Good Fun!

aside, am thinking even if dems manage to win both the nevada and arizona senate contests, georgia is extreme important. am guessing IF dems do win nevada and arizona, and those victories is hardly a certainty at this point, then the person rooting most aggressive for herschel walker in the runoff is krysten sinema... and that is only slight hyperbole. the other senator from arizona, who has been identified as the most disliked member o' the senate by a number o' recent polls, is only relevant these days as a spoiler who appears curious committed to wall street. manchin is troublesome for democrats, but he has displayed a willingness to work with his party to advance key legislation and he is at least arguable representing his coal loving constituents. marginalizing sinema with an additional senate seat would be a major boon for democrats, and for the people o' arizona. HA! Good Fun!

*sigh* have no idea if trump woulda' eventual become embroiled in ukraine following a russian invasion. we didn't claim a trump administration would have perpetual avoided. am also having no idea what point you see in bringing up serbia as somehow relevant to the specific issue o' how US policy regarding ukraine would be different under biden than the former guy. 'could also have told complained to us 'bout US foreign policy regarding pakistan. if you got a wild hare up your arse regarding serbia or pakistan, then no doubt you see such as debate worthy, but neither is touching specific the differences 'tween a biden and trump administration response to ukraine. can't believe am responding, 'cause this is a level o' obvious difficult to fathom. (edit... and done with this. pontius pilate moment arrived)'cause of course trump woulda' been working with ukraine and nato allies pre-invasion, sharing intelligence and quietly attempting to impress upon them the threat the US intelligence agencies (agencies which trump did not trust and routine ignored) were observing? and when invasion did happen, no doubt trump's first reaction would have been to get other nato nations to commit to defense o' ukraine, as 'posed to a whole lotta bluster and ridicule directed at nato leaders and the press and hillary. is no way the trump and biden response to ukraine is similar. consensus building with nato by trump? serious? whatever. am so no going down the rabbit hole any further. perhaps this is one o' those situations where pre invasion opinions is preventing any meaningful chance to reevaluate. @majesticwould hardly be the only person paralysed with pre-invasion opines, but we don't know as have been avoiding to a great degree. regardless, equivocating as to whether the US response to ukraine would look different under biden as 'posed to trump is... silly. HA! Good Fun!

as difficult as it may be to believe, the laughing cave encounter is easier today than at release. that said, w/o meta knowledge is doubtful you would see the vavakia vanguard as having been nerfed in any meaningful way. pre nerfing it were fair to ask why the two wotr vavakia vanguards didn't overthrow deskari and baphomet and then set their sights on the entirety o' the abyss, 'cause their powhaz were potential army shattering as well seeming tailored to overcome most demonlord defenses. 'course asmodeus and mephistopheles wouldn't have fared any better, so war 'tween the fiends were all but over as soon as the vavakia vaguards made an appearance. as to secrets o' creation, am admitted confused by the replication o' content from enigma and secrets. @Agielsuggested backer contribution were at least in part to blame as a backer were the one who demanded an all puzzle quest. for whatever reason, owl cat went full infernal or bottled genie, perverting the backer wish so as to become a curse... or so we assume. edit: am mostly finished with act iv. a few things has changed with act iv. we got jumped by a bunch o' slavers which hadn't happened previous, but were such minor encounter am not sure why it were added or fixed. am also seeing how the hand no longer tops off your spells and daily abilities when he heals you, but resting works curious as our meal bonuses don't appear to expire as one would expect. rooftop remain dangerous for a party with many critters and embiggened companions as we inevitably set off traps when our oversized party is crammed into rooftop space. gonna finish off the quasit and then move on to the mines. HA! Good Fun!

@Guard Dogdoesn't even need be here for people to try and use the i was keeding defense, eh? if Gromnir makes an off-color joke 'bout trump or antifa and somebody calls us on it, we would look kinda stoopid if we claimed that this time we were joking. got some rando who has a posting history o' years trying to pretend he is just keeding, this time, eh? is no reason you need pretend as if posters has never posted on these boards previous to making their "joke." as for @majestic suggesting that maybe biden deserves some credit for a shift in policy toward ukraine, am admitted confused 'cause it didn't appear to be meant as keeding. like him or not, agree or not, biden responded to russian buildup much different than woulda' the former guy, and act dismissive as if nato posture and US contributions maybe/possibly could have been different with 45 is the sorta hyperbole another poster, after the fact, pretended were keeding so... but while is admitted not fair, am gonna get resist becoming involved in a nato/ukraine debate, save that am thinking it ain't actual debate worthy to suggest nato posture and US response to the russian invasion o' ukraine would look quite different today, but for biden. is hardly a trivial change. even so, were so much gaslighting and pretending as if january and february ukraine posts didn't happen on these boards that am so not gonna deal with further ukraine punditry at this time... and for the foreseeable future. HA! Good Fun!

evidence o' that gop infighting we were talking 'bout moments ago, yes? trump's favorite "newspaper" is staking him out like the goat from jurassic park and is hard to imagine he exits as the gop leader anymore quiet and dignified than he did when he lost the Presidential election. january 6 didn't convince republicans to jettison trump, nor did any o' his legal issues. is almost insulting to think lukewarm mid-term gains could be what ends the gop collective genuflection at the mar-a-lago altar. for democrats, the best scenario is for the trump base to rally around their guy and prevent trump's fall or at least make it take as long as possible. am thinking democrats need trump far more than does the gop. HA! Good Fun!

as we said, your ignorance is ordinary and no worse than what we has come to expect. am not expecting an admission from you, but am gonna continue to provide corrective info as required when we see you get it wrong... again. euro and canadian preoccupation with american politics in spite o' most such individuals having only the most surface level understanding o' US issues and the systemic limitations to change is hardly new btw. many decades past we went to teach in europe and at the time we were a liberal Cal graduate who had a whole lotta anger directed at the US government. being around europeans on a daily basis for ~18 months is what turned us into a moderate conservative. and is not as if we were teaching law neither which mighta' explained why our students were so willing to opine on all things US. were literature students for chrissakes. y'know, we don't even feel confident speaking 'bout maryland politics as the US is extreme diverse and local issues is more relevant than national for most voters. prop 30 were getting significant coverage here in california and am suspecting that water is gonna be an increasing important issue with each subsequent ca election, but taxes subsidizing electric cars and water hardly make top ten o' the most important national issues and am suspecting maryland top issues look mighty different than california. we don't feel confident opining on maryland, but what euros and canadians glean from the intraweb makes all too many experts on US? *snort* aside, am marginal confident warnock has an edge in a runoff. as with the 2020 georgia senate runoff(s), placing the senate majority in the balance will overcome the one hurdle democrats always face when is time for elections: indolence. is more registered democrats in georgia than there is republicans. if democrats vote, then they should win. also, herschel walker is a terrible candidate and with the expected post midterm gop infighting/finger pointing, is hard to believe mr. walker won't become representative o' the seeming divide brewing in the gop. finally, mr. walker is a train wreck and is hard to imagine new stories won't come to light in the intervening month which make walker even less appealing to the few fence straddlers. HA! Good Fun! ps (edit) prop 30 is actual a decent example o' the kinda local issue politics which is gonna lead to euro and even non californian confusion. am suspecting most non californians would be shocked by how the prop 30 issue went down 'cause 'course tree hugging and woke californians wanna tax the rich to make more electric cars available, right?

*chuckle* our explanation shows how hyperbole is less than helpful as the issue is more complex than suggested. also, your last few posts indicate the kinda ordinary ignorance o' the US political system we has come to expect from most europeans and all too many americans. am gonna take at face value unless we see evidence which suggests another explanation. HA! Good Fun!

isn't what you said though, is it? and we explained why a magic wand approach to fixing your perceived problem is not a solution. is numerous libertarian and green party elected officials in the US, but is all local level positions. even if we get more than 50% o' americans to agree it is bad that there is gonna be not but the most infrequent 3p candidate running successful for Congress, and no chance whatsoever for President, then individual states need make changes similar to nebraska and maine. would be unconstitutional for Congress or a fed law to change the individual state voting schemes, so you need some high % o' the remaining 48 states to advance a change to what has been the norm for more than 100 years. so again, more than two parties is allowed in spite o' your claim, and the solution has already been implemented in two states. is no real impediment to change save that americans don't want it in enough numbers to alter the current situation. ... am not gonna need once again explain how representative democracy works, yes? HA! Good Fun!

... am wondering if these two recognize the disconnect. *shrug* find any mention o' political parties in the Constitution. am gonna wait while absolutely none of you bother to look. ... ... nobody who didn't look found anything 'bout parties, right? we explained all this once when @Guard Dogwere going on one o' his soap box moments 'bout how 2016 national vote totals represented a new era for third parties, but it never sticks. there is no US prohibition or codified limit on 3rd party participation at the state or local levels, 'cause that would violate first amendment and whatever 'cause most people ain't even read this far so am talking to maybe three people anyway. the thing is, for fed level elections in particular, is near impossible for third parties to develop a following because most states, on an individual basis, award electors/votes in a winner-take-all manner. if a libertarian and green party candidate each gain large % o' votes, but not more than the republican or democrat candidate, then they effective get nothing. have 25% o' people vote green party for a fed office candidate and the payoff ends up being nada, zilch, zero. the third party candidate needs an outright win over established parties to make inroads and that is a tough call. teddy Roosevelt ran against woodrow wilson as a third party candidate for President and lost in spite o' his national popularity and the kinda name recognition any modern third party candidate is unlikely to replicate. he failed as has every 3p Presidential candidate since the mid 1800s. is why we keep telling gd that libertarian ack jassery as they flush money down the toilet every four years on Presidential candidates is unforgivable 'cause they got real chances to win at smaller local levels, but is the national stuff which in spite o' no mention o' a two-party system anywhere in the Constitution or fed laws makes it well-nigh impossible to win. ok, so there is no prohibition on 3rd parties, but let's for a moment assume most Americans were to agree that the current scheme so disadvantages a third party that something should be done to fix the problem. now what? what is your solution? will wait for responses am already knowing is not forthcoming 'cause at this point is maybe two people reading and am kinda talking to self. blah, blah, blah. ... nobody? the obvious problem is even if you got a national better than fifty% consensus that two parties is bad, the fed government don't have any power to change the situation and if they did try, such efforts would most certainly be declared unconstitutional. see, it does mention in the Constitution that states is in charge o' running their elections for fed offices, which is what led to the loggerheads situation 'tween trump and raffensperger down in georgia, yes? potus were trying to lean on a state elections official in the hope the he could change national results. trump showed time and again he were willing to break rules and laws, but for elections, there just weren't the fed apparatus necessary to steal an election. even trump's january 6 scheme were predicated on individual state legislatures overturning the results o' state election totals. furthermore, is not as if the current scheme is denying a person any other fed protected Constitutional right and it ain't as if ordinary people in kansas or california is prevented from changing their voting scheme if they so desire. in fact, is two states (nebraska and maine... go figure, eh?) which do not use winner-take-all, so is proof o' the possibility The People may choose other than the current scheme which favours two parties. the US does not have a two party system in any meaningful sense. is no national apparatus or scheme o' laws which favour two parties over three or fifty. what we got is a situation wherein 48 states has decided, individually and beyond the scope o' fed interference, to adopt a winner-take-all and in so doing those states has collective made 3rd party national candidates somehwere 'twixt improbable and impossible. didn't stick with gd, so am hardly optimistic anybody else has their misunderstandings corrected. regardless, it is possible at least one german could learn something today. call it a win. HA! Good Fun!

if it were genuine an indefinite long-term prediction, then immediate republican wins is irrelevant so... the reframing effort were kinda a cheap dodge regardless as you can always pushback the timeline for change w/o ever needing be wrong, yes? didn't mean this year, or even this decade, but eventual? prove it can't happen eventual? *snort* HA! Good Fun!

a shocking % of americans don't understand how the US fed system works, so is hardly a surprise when euros and kanadians get confused. 'course for four years, many o' us who know how the fed system is designed to work would lament that trump and/or barr couldn't do _________. they did anyway. past Presidents, with the exception o' a few infamous examples, voluntarily adhered to customs o' behavior and avoided illegal and unConstitutional actions. the previous administration showed us obvious flaws in the system, and those flaws remain as the gop has been largely resistant to closing loopholes. that being said, Congress is designed to need overcome procedural gridlock to achieve meaningful results. the founders were afeared o' tyrants only a smidge more than they were o' athenian democracy. ... nevertheless, predictions o' paradigm shifts 'cause o' republicans retaking the House is curious given that for the last two years democrats had a majority in the House and an effective majority in Senate as well as a President o' the same party. considering all the legislation democrats has not been able to successful make law these past two years, predictions o' a republican authored fed abortion ban is... curious. democrats has for decades been unable to advance national abortion protections in spite o' frequent majorities in Congress as well as a friendly chief executive. a belief this midterm election somehow heralds a major political upheaval is bordering on the obtuse. however, assuming gop retakes the house, there will be an unending flood o' investigations into all kinda stoopid which will make for at least a couple years o' gruesome tv and radio as various media outlets cover such "news" with their unique spin. fox will portray far different than msnbc. can't imagine how americans is becoming increasing polarized, eh? HA! Good Fun! ps am almost certain republicans take nothing o' value from their failure to achieve a red wave. in spite o' historic inflation and traditional mid-term realignment, gop is looking to make minimal and underwhelming gains. in a normal cycle, the gop would reflect o' success and failures o' the midterms to reassess their platform which admitted is non existent save as a list o' grievances. instead am anticipating a reflexive double-down.

if you say so, but while you distinguish iron man as a function o' time or desperation or somesuch, you seeming ignore thor: ragnarök's thor. thor fans got more demanding as time went on and needed their own personal best version o' characters with multiple iterations to be adhering to a specific interpretation? doesn't explain the broad approval o' taika waititi's initial thor effort, which represented nowhere near the first thor mcu offering. if for every new exception you need a new explanation, then your generalization don't have much merit, yes? you are making more complicated what looks like general superhero fatigue which is no different than what happened with westerns or biblical epics or any other sub-genre. these kinda hero movies is always gonna be popular even if the trappings change, but eventual we see a saturation point. producers and directors face the quixotic as fans is simultaneous unforgiving when the formula is abandoned while at same time they is rejecting the newest iteration if is just same or too similar to the previous offerings. is there some group o' hank pym fans who require an overt display o' domestic abuse for them to embrace the character, 'cause otherwise is fracture... or somesuch. doubt it. just as with westerns, creators o' superhero content is gonna be increasing frustrated as they are unable to predict what degree o' original is gonna satisfy fans w/o alienating 'em. same bat time. same bat channel. HA! Good Fun!

... y'know, this ain't actual wrong. is not schrödinger per se, but at least one explanation o' quantum mechanics suggests that is not an either/or but rather that every possibility does happen-- in one universe, the cat lives and in another the cat dies. so assuming the drawing is indeed random, and random don't necessarily mean what folks thinks it means, then yeah, every potential winner is indeed gonna win in at least one universe. so... congrats? HA! Good Fun! ps with infinite universes n' such, Gromnir, who has not purchased a lottery ticket since the late 80s when we did so once and failed to win, did in fact purchase a powerball ticket in 2022, and won. so, you don't even need be a ticket purchaser to be a winner?