slingstone

When the Bond-esque theme music kicked in on MGS3, after gameplay that amounted to like an hour-long cold open…wow. I’ve only played the game once all the way through, and that has stuck with me all this time.

Ah, trying to bring back old nerdus obnoxious, eh?

Cybertrucks

It’s a bit like that in the States, with a lot of the infrastructure appearing to be concentrated in the Northeast.

With delays, my actual time was around 11 hours. The last leg, from Washington, DC to Baltimore was actually on high speed commuter rail, and that was phenomenal. The cars were newer and the speed was far greater. I imagine if most traffic in the northeast US is like that, it’s actually pretty good.

Thanks for the European info. It’s interesting to know we have similar challenges. I would think, though, that high speed rail would be easier to implement in Europe since you don’t seem to have as many people stuck on automobile culture as we do in North America. However, I could see politics being an issue, wherever you go for various reasons.

Doesn’t Europe have an extensive passenger train network?

Also, I recently rode on Amtrak for a long trip from Columbia, SC to Baltimore, MD. This was my first time on any kind of train other than a subway or metro line. It had its drawbacks (incredibly long travel time and delays), but I always felt safe, and I had a lot more room than I would have had on any flight. The major drawbacks where the seats were somewhat uncomfortable and things like that are largely due to the fact that the cars were pretty old, and not inherent to train travel if it was properly maintained. The cost was much less, and the free parking was such a great bonus.

That’s the first place my mind went, as well.

What’s hilarious is that in another episode, Satan asked God to accept Saddam Hussein into heaven so he could know true eternal torment living with the Mormons.

And get nuked in return, assuming weapons could be seized by California and employed. But you’re right: I could see that egomaniac fucking us all over further by starting a nuclear conflict.

God, I want my family out of this country, but there’s nowhere to go.

The war that would result would be like nothing any of us have ever experienced, except for our veterans, perhaps, though they would never have had to fight their own people before. The only people who would truly know ahead of time what to expect would be those who came to this country from war-torn regions that had experienced civil war.

California is powerful economically, but do they have the military might to withstand the hell that the US Army can unleash? If other states join them, it’ll be utter chaos, and who knows how it ends, but that might turn the tide for the rebels as the military would likely fracture as many might follow their states to the exit.

Aside from utter dissolution of the Union, the only way I can see California standing up to the USA would be to have a nuclear deterrent available immediately upon independence, which would likely mean seizing as many federal nuclear weapons as they could. Whether the California National Guard would be up to that is beyond my ken.

God help us all if Trump continues on this path.

Maybe the cyborg roaches will gain sapience, rebel, and take over. One can only hope. It can’t be worse than what we have now.

Let me be the first to say that I, for one, welcome our new electronic/insectoid overlords.

So, we can make cockroach cyborgs, probably torturing them along the way, but not fix our messed up society. Fun.

We can rebuild him. We have the technology. We can make him better than he was. Better, stronger, faster!

Haha! Got you!

And don’t think changing your name to something like “POVsharer” is going to matter, either!

OMG! It’s that guy who has opinions!

Goddamn it, South Carolina! As a native, I wish I could say this was unexpected.

I voted for Trump

Black cats may be evil, but they aren’t vile. Take it back.

Anyone here like Folding Ideas? He’s done some good stuff about flat earthers, crypto bros, and such.

Holy crap, I’ve been an AI all this time!

Be cool, man, be cool–maybe they won’t be able to tell…

Dear Lord, it’s the fake gaywalker!