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Every 9/11, lower Manhattan becomes a circus of rightwing protesters carrying "God hates the USA" signs and liberal counterprotesters handing out "Coexist" flyers, on top of cheesy memorial speeches egging on more war and surveilance.

Barf.

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terrorism 

It's that time of year again, where rightwingers are all "9/11 never forget" while simultaneously hating and fearing everything about NYC and suggesting it should be set on fire for its sins

Greatest-ever shredding company slogan: "The Future Is Here And Everything Needs To Be Destroyed."
boingboing.net/2019/09/08/om-n

Bird Site; Might Be NSFW 

Liberals: Criticising Israel is Antisemitism!

Also, Liberals: BERNIE SANDERS IS A FAKE JEW WHO IS MONEY GRUBBING AND DECEITFUL!!! HE WANTS TO STEAL OUR MONEY TO MAKE COMMULISM!!!!! HOW CAN YOU TRUST HIM, HES A FAKE JEW!

scipol, the weather, hurricanes 

"This is the first time I’ve felt pressure from above to not say what truly is the forecast"

"If we’re politicizing the weather what is there left to politicize?"

washingtonpost.com/politics/no

Terry Bogard at Thanksgiving: I have a cold, ma, that's why my voice sounds deeper. It's nothing.

It's a travesty that Chris Farley and David Spade never got to depict Steve Ballmer and Bill Gates in a biopic

buddy, the only "contrapoints" i care about are... ok you know the game "contra"? also you can probably score points in it, i guess. anyway you can basically figure out where i'm going with this. i'm basically doing verbal irony or whatever

Listening to Tubthumping on repeat, as solidarity

"we live in capitalism; its power seems inescapable. so did the divine right of kings."
—ursula k. le guin, in her acceptance speech for the national book foundation’s medal for distinguished contribution to american letters, 2014

But what is the game like?

This game, not the entirety of the ~40 year history of roguelikes.

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The most negative review on Metacritic, which gives the game a 40, ends with, "As it stands, RAD will likely please roguelike aficionados who will forgive ill-conceived gameplay ideas because of the challenge it adds to the experience."

So it's basically saying, if you enjoy the genre, you will like it. But if you don't like the genre...you will not like it.

Thanks, very informative.

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These are quotes from 3 real reviews.

It's like if a bunch of people who've never played a soccer game before were sat down and made to provide their nuanced professional opinions on FIFA 20.

"All you can do in this game is play soccer. Why isn't it open world?"

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"The various mutations could present clever ideas for unique builds and a multitude of ways to solve problems in a planned, not random, world. This course would have also allowed for more balanced combat and a greater focus on narrative. But… NOPE!"

Yep!

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