@TNP said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Make them a mix tape and send it to them anonymously: Music to Fuck To.
The Used's 'Buried Myself Alive' is playing on the radio
Her: Didn't we have sex to this song?
Me: Yes.
Her: (laughs) We had sex to a lot of emo music.
Me: Yes.
Her: Ever wonder why we got it on to music about bad breakups?
Me: I always figured it was because we had low expectations.
@Rinel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
That's not much consolation to people who can't get any.
Thank you, but that's not really what I was getting at.
There really is no food shortage. There is plenty of food at the supermarkets. There is plenty of food out in the countryside where folks are selling direct. While there may be a disruption in the supply of THE MEATS, it's not like there aren't other choices out there -- and remember I'm that weird bitch that needs meat nutritionally to live.
Seafood? Plenty of that. Not-meat? Lots of that. But looking elsewhere would hurt companies like Tyson and Perdue, enough that the former took out a full-page ad to "warn" about a potential food shortage that, as I said, simply will not happen.
Sudanese refugees have no access to food. We in the United States have access to plenty of food. If the refugees came over and saw what we had available, they would disbelieve any alleged food shortage -- and that's what I'm trying to get at.
@Admiral
If I add the other mods, does that mean I have to restart? I don't want to restart at this point. 
If you're a fan of well-produced, accurate documentaries, Netflix has the best ones in my opinion. Aside from American Factory (hello, Dayton!), the Rotten and Dirty Money series are exceptional. And then there is Ugly Delicious and its ilk, all of which I could watch fo-ev-ah.
@kk said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
But on the other hand..food shortages.
Here's an unpopular opinion: there are no food shortages.
While some major meat manufacturers have been hit hard with COVID-19 cases due to their inexplicable lack of safety measures, there is little evidence that there is or will be an actual food shortage. For example, in Ohio, none of the slaughterhouses have been shut down, so there should be plenty of places for farmers to get their animals processed.
(Note: I mean no disrespect to anyone who is pro-animal-rights, and I am trying to use common, accurate terms to describe the process.)
But a lot of farmers can't do this not because of the lack of slaughterhouses but because of contractual provisions with the major meat manufacturers to use their particular (mutant) strains of animal. This is a decent article on the problem in the United States regarding our meat supply chain, and there is an exceptional bit on it in Netflix's Rotten documentary series. (I want to say it is Season 1, but it could be Season 2?) So, the animals are there, the facilities are there, but motherfucking Big Ag is causing the "food shortage" because it won't release farmers from their contracts.
In truth, there is no "food shortage." The empty shelves we see are due to the unexpected hoarding behaviors in response to the pandemic; supply chains are set months in advance, and can be difficult to adjust on the fly. There are plenty of small market farmers that sell direct to market, but they do so at a "higher cost." But the "higher cost" is actually a reflection of how much the meat should cost if the meat market wasn't so close to a monopoly as it is. If there is a good thing that may happen from this "food shortage," it may be the destabilization and destruction of Big Ag in favor of smaller, local producers.
That said, most families cannot afford meat at $8.00 / lb. And this is because of policies which have kept labor wages in check despite record profits. But the consumer sees rising prices at the supermarkets and try to buy low, only to thereby raise the cost of the product, which exacerbates the problem.
My suggestion: look at a neighboring county for a local farmer selling meat. Invest in a freezer, and consider buying direct from them. If you don't adjust your diet, you will at least be: (1) supporting a local neighbor; and (2) sticking it to the companies that caused this problem to begin with.
I am returning to say that "Prepare Carefully" is exactly what I needed to enjoy this game more. Now I have a nice little team, and have started brainwashing poor fools who attempt to invade my fortress of doom.
Thanks, @Admiral.
Well, fuck, now I need to figure out how to get and turn on these mods.
#OldPeopleProblems.
@Admiral
That feels almost like cheating, but I'll think about adding the mods. I want to get the feel for the game first, yeah? Before I start cheating.
Played my first go at Rimworld last night.
I think it's fun? But after 30+ minutes of getting the right trio of characters, I spent another hour before one of my settlers wandered off and got picked off by snipers.
Like, damn, I suck at this, yo.
@Cupcake said in Good or New Movies Review:
Despite the fact that there are definitely gory moments, it doesn't really feel like a horror movie to me, per se.
Then I heartily recommend It Comes At Night for you.
@Tinuviel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
That's not how language works. If the idiots are loud enough, influential enough, or simply large enough their meaning overtakes that which is 'accurate'. Republican already doesn't mean what it originally meant.
I understand this, but that reinforces my belief that we should continue to use the word accurately rather than avoid it and explain why and how we are using it each time, as necessary until the idiots either stop using the term incorrectly or the term's meaning reverts back to its intended definition.
@GreenFlashlight said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
It's important to acknowledge that certain terms can be poisoned by their use as dogwhistles. Yes, people can innocently describe someone as sleepy-eyed or well-spoken or whatever, but I will not assume a person who says such things isn't being racist without evidence, nor ask anyone to assume the same of me.
I understand this as well --
If I do not want to be lumped in with those people, then I have a responsibility to not adopt their language; a much greater responsibility than my audience has to guess at my intent.
-- and I understand this too. But I suppose if I had a point, it would be that I see nothing wrong with using words that aren't known dog-whistles and pushing back against an extremist's attempt to subvert that word's meaning. Terms like "white-knighting" and "virtue signaling" are as easily applied to actions on the political right as the left, if not more so.
@surreality said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
Because the normal people, when they go, 'huh? why is <thing> bad?' will get told by the assholes or poor ol' google spewing out the endless repetitions of the assholes' meaning.
That's not what I meant to communicate, so let me restate.
Why should I be concerned that a bunch of idiots are misusing a term when I decide to use such term in an accurate, acceptable way? By that reasoning, I should stop using words like "patriot" and "Republican."
As for far-left extremists, they aren't the ones holding up "ARBEIT MACHT FREI" signs at protests. Still, being Catholic is a little tougher than usual these days in my chosen circles. Telling people that screaming at a group isn't going to make them change, but people still believe that protesting will make a greater difference than strategic political planning, so what the fuck can I say.
@insomniac7809 said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
I think that, for all the fine lines we might want to put around what is or isn't "white knighting," it's gone the same way as "virtue signaling" and "SJW" in that it's now just a way for the Tyches of the world to attack anyone left of Mussolini as fake.
So long as we understand what normal people consider to be an acceptable definition, why does it matter that unreasonable people will attempt to subvert its meaning?
@Kestrel said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
So, I don't care if this is considered virtue signalling, white knighting or white saviour.
Calling out racism isn't white-knighting; it's something to be done.
Virtue-signaling is a specific behavior to draw attention to one's moral character. For example, "I hate how the rich take advantage of the poor!" is a statement as to one's moral character, not as to how that exploitation is wrong. Another example, "I would never treat a person of <whatever ethnicity, race, religion, etc.> that way!"; like, thanks, no one asked you what you would do.
@TNP said in Real World Peeves, Disgruntlement, and Irks.:
The Catholic Church has a lot wrong with it not the least of which are its homophobic dogma and the hate speech of some of its leaders.
I think it's really odd that a religion based on a loving dude who hung out almost exclusively with dudes preaching love and tolerance would end up being so homophobic.
This is especially odd given that all of the prohibitions against homosexuality seem to crop up in the religion whose leaders the loving dude spoke out against.
That said, I am happy with my parish and my church. Around here, there's a bit of a controversy regarding a local Catholic school discharging a beloved, long-tenured teacher based on his sexual preferences. It's good to see so many Catholics demanding the teacher be returned to his position.
@Cupcake said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
I'm not doing this for others, I'm doing this for me.
And I'm behind you on the choice, if that means anything to you.
@Aria said in RL things I love:
I just got into the top-ranked of the four MBA programs that I applied to -- making the interview I have at another one on Monday waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay less stressful and dropping the fact that a third refused to grant me a GMAT waiver into a "Cool, you guys can withdraw my application" category of giving zero fucks.
Hooray!
Please take the economics courses seriously, though, seriously.
Things I really don't care about: leaked game plots.
Everything is incorporated, as far as I know. It has been re-mastered too, so the graphics are boss.
Totally worth it.
Honestly, I prefer the controller and have never gotten carpal tunnel pains from it despite, what, 35+ years of gaming?
Except playing Street Fighter II, but those were thumb-pad calluses.