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  • jaspersgroove@lemm.eetoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why do right-wingers say that minorities must create their own stories if they are going to complain in the same way?
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    8 days ago

    Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.

    -Jean-Paul Sartre

    Replace ‘anti-semites’ with ‘right-wingers’, and there’s your answer

  • jaspersgroove@lemm.eetoScience@lemmy.ml•Thirsty in paradise: Water crises are a growing problem across the Caribbean islands
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    2 months ago

    The problem with GDP per capita is that it conveniently overlooks the possibility that a lot of that GDP is artificially inflated thanks to money that never actually moves around and stimulates the economy, because that country is a tax haven for foreigners and shell corporations, which is pretty common in the Caribbean.

    Head to Nassau and walk around sometime, let me know if you still think the Bahamas is in good financial shape.

    But I agree, rainwater collection is what they’ve been doing for hundreds of years, they just need to find ways to do it more efficiently.

  • jaspersgroove@lemm.eetoGaming@lemmy.ml•Kerbal Space Program 2 studio reportedly shut down by Take-Two
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    3 months ago

    Some parts of the interface are actually pretty similar to the old Kings Quest/Quest for Glory games lol. For instance you still cycle through the cursor with a right click to look, talk, walk, and left left click to use the action shown by the cursor etc. The combat is substantially different, and sort of like KoTOR you can pause during combat and plan the next moves for all your party members. It also helps to have at least some understanding of AD&D’s combat system, THAC0 in particular, as that is what the combat is based on.

    But yeah if you’ve been gaming long enough that you remember the golden age of Sierra games then you will probably be able to appreciate BG1 and 2

  • jaspersgroove@lemm.eetoGaming@lemmy.ml•Kerbal Space Program 2 studio reportedly shut down by Take-Two
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    3 months ago

    IMO the user interface/controls/gameplay of BG1 just feels so dated compared to modern games. If you didn’t play it back in the day and have that extra nostalgia bonus when you go to play it now, you may just find yourself thinking the game is super clunky and wondering what all the hype was about.

    That being said, the story is second to none, and the story of BG2 is arguably as good or better. So if you don’t mind the somewhat-dated play style and want a good story, they could be right up your alley.