What are your issues specifically with California (in comparison to other U.S. states), and which state(s) would you consider to be better?

I dealt with some very serious grief a few years ago. This visual rings true for me.

Playing with 2 decks is ok, but I think that’s really about the limit.

Player elimination seems to be less common in modern boardgame design. Probably because it just isn’t fun.

from around the turn of the century

Oof, that makes me feel old

That’s the in-laws

That clip deserves to become a meme, if it isn’t one already.

He’s like a bot that got stuck in some sort of loop.

DNC will ram-rod him through. Then we can call him Gavage Newsom.

Authoritarianism is bad, m’kay

So you’ve never encountered anyone and thought “wow, this person shouldn’t reproduce / have reproduced?” I’m not talking about legislating anything here, just had an opinion?

I’ve known a few social workers over the years, so I’ve become a bit jaded. You are either very sheltered or have wildly different criteria on what is acceptable than I do.

And to be clear (again), I am not talking about legislation of anything here. Authoritarianism is a big no-no.

Good. Because you seemed to get awfully riled up about it 4 days ago. Glad that you are actually ok with everything now.

Oh wow…mgtow has it’s own Lemmy instance‽ I must say that was unexpected.

So you are ok with freezing sperm as well as vasectomies?

There’s a difference between making a statement expressing one’s opinion on the matter and using state violence (or the threat thereof) to force the issue.

Yeah no shit. 15% is fucking huge

Because mornings suck

Come for the pastries, stay for the health care

Bamboo answered more thoroughly, but shorthand: streaming and broadcast are fundamentally different.

A simple comparison would be an advertisement on a billboard vs advertisement via junk mail. Fixed cost vs per-person cost.

For Americans: top picture needs to show big medical bills. You’ll get treatment for physical health problems, but at a heavy price.

Don’t let corporations own any rental building over approximately 10 units

Wouldn’t corpos be the ones to buy larger buildings (e.g. over 10 units)? It’s tough for typical individual investors to be able to buy a 100-unit building.

It’s SFH that they shouldn’t be buying.