Dr. Gonzo

I still can’t get over that pathetic moderator. I’m told he’s Fox’s best journalist. Guess that says something about Fox. The next debates they better add the ability to cut mics so we don’t have the orange man constantly interrupting the moderator or the other old guy. The number of times he tried to speak over the moderator was unreal.

... Orange Man just told the Proud Boys (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proud_Boys) to stand down & stand by. I don’t know what the fuck that means, but that’s definitely unusual. I’m also going to leave this article right here - https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/29/america-prosecute-presidents-pardon-Barking Spider-nixon/ *edit* FFS you have to work around the filter to read that...

What in the fuck was that bit about the cars?

Omg we have to get rid of these filters

The Orange Man, I think is a direct reaction to the last young guy (relatively speaking, for a US president) who was in office - Barrack Obama. I think the reason a largely moderate candidate that rubbed a lot of Americans the wrong way for some pretty unfortunate reasons. And the last young guy I think before him was JFK. Who got his head blown off. Clinton maybe? He was young wasn’t he? Still, I imagine he’s pretty polarising as well if someone like his wife is so wifey hated. But then after him... America gave us Bush. In short, I fear the backlash of America going with a young president again.

Tbf the last time that happened, half of America decided they needed a racist orange man who can’t read. And before that they shot the President in the head. And this debate is a shitshow.

Weirdly, these are the words of a true Metallica fan

Because we've got all of these similar yet slightly different ethnicities that hate the fucking shit out of each other, because people are fucking stupid.

Was wondering why this is flaring up again 30 years on. The Armenian Ministry of Defense is alleging a Turkish fighter pilot shot down an Armenian fighter pilot & killed him - Ankara has denied it. If this is true it would represent a pretty massive escalation here.

Better than letting Alonso drive a bus for sure

Pretty sure the last time I watched an MLS match I saw some pretty bad officiating and a weird VAR moment tbh. Not gonna lie though it’s been a long long time since I watched an MLS match.

I’m against VAR purely because I don’t think the officials will ever be good enough for it not to be shit. And the way they’ve changed the handball rule for VAR is a complete abomination. Test it out in international football. Or make fucking Qatar and/or MLS league test it out and work the kinks out before bringing it over to the bigger domestic leagues.

Actually they haven’t. They declared a “state of war” - apparently that’s like declaring a state of emergency.

Azerbaijan’s parliament just declared war on Armenia

Started playing Destiny 2 for the first time with a couple of friends. Pretty fun so far

I'm intrigued to see how much he can fuck Barcelona up.

I think the only thing that ties it to One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest is that her name is Nurse Ratched I'm still about halfway through, I'm finding it a pretty tough show to binge watch which is normally how I like to Netflix. But definitely a good show that's keeping me interested.

No offense, but I think I'll take anything he has to say about democracy, transparency, or equity with about as many handfuls of salt as I can

Well I'm not really surprised that the erosion of community connections is pretty commonplace all around the UK. Modern Britain was largely shaped by Thatcherism and generations of Tories that believed in that line "there's no such thing as society."

That last bit's sort of how I ended up with an Xbox One. I had a PS3 back home, I was planning on getting the PS4... but most people here that I'm either friends with or the work colleagues I'd want to game with are on the Xbox. And that was pre-Gamepass too. But I came to appreciate what I think is a better UI for partying up and playing online than the PS operating system (granted, I can't speak for the PS4 because). But Gamepass has certainly probably guaranteed I stay with Microsoft for a while. I just think it's a pretty incredible deal and Microsoft keeps throwing money at it to keep it pretty compelling for customers.

I honestly don’t even know what to think about that. It’s just kind of staggering.

It’s an argument that’s much better suited to the US than the UK. The US often asks their police departments to do things that in the UK would be handled by social workers. That’s shit these police aren’t trained for. And on top of it, these police in the US are well armed and, certain departments are particularly militarised and quick to shooting first upon feeling any “threat” - plus the whole American racism component added to the mix. That’s not to say there might not be a need for police reform in the UK (because chances are, there probably are - there’s usually room for reform in anything tbh), or that there aren’t problems with racism in the UK (there definitely are)... ...it’s just that the “Defund the Police” idea (which I think is a shit tag line, because it’s a more complicated thought than that - it’s defunding police to direct some other funding for adequate social services so police only have to focus on policing) doesn’t fit the UK as well as it does in the US.

Idk, Fallout 76 was a pretty big flop at launch. They did a bit to fix it with the Fallout 76: Wastelanders patch and I tried it out earlier on in the quarantine and it wasn't as bad as the game that I'd read about getting terrible reviews constantly. But it still wasn't great and it didn't make for a great Fallout game. I don't think we'll get a new Fallout game for a very long time, but I suspect the next numbered game in the series (well, I guess 76 is a number... but I mean like "Fallout 5") will probably be a single-player game. Again, I don't think it'll be for a very long time - but I think Microsoft will be pushing Bethesda to be doing what customers want so as to basically print money. I don't think the next Elders Scrolls will be out for another 5-6 years. Starfield's definitely the game they're closest to releasing now. Microsoft will probably want to space out when they release out games that are pretty similar to one another. Obsidian's got it's own Elders Scroll looking fantasy RPG coming out in the not too distant future, so I imagine ES:6 isn't going to come out to cannibalise their sister's studios sales. It's Microsoft though, they make strange decisions with their gaming studios all the time.

Yeah it's the story of Nurse Ratched prior to the events of One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest. It's also done by the people who did American Horror Story (which I've never watched).

That's a shame because while I loved The Outer Worlds... I did find myself missing being in the Fallout world. I also miss having a radio built into my Pipboy instead of just having a menu. I'd absolutely love Obsidian to make a new Fallout game, I hope Microsoft forces it on Bethesda. Specifically in the form of New Vegas 2. Or somewhere totally different for the series... like New Orleans or some shite like that. But I'd want Obsidian taking charge of the development and storyline over Bethesda.