Occam’s Razor: The simplest explanation is often the correct one. It’s a whole lot simpler that there’s nothing when we die, rather than the whole afterlife business.

There were those three jets that fell into the red sea or something like that. My hope is that they were intentionally sunk by the pilots 🤞

I got a speeding ticket a year ago, and they included a link to a video of me going too fast through an intersection. In my case, I was between two other cars, and because I was unfamiliar with the camera, I was the only one that didn’t tap on their brakes while going through. Regardless, the video was clear evidence against me, so I paid it.

In short, I think they’ve gotten much better since your experience. It at least felt fair.

I don’t have any experience with making mods, but I did use a chunk-editing program once. I flew around in creative until I found an area I liked (kind of a valley, with a huge semicircle of mountains on one side, and ocean on the other). I then used the editor to delete a few hundred chunks in a radius around the circle. My objective was to have a finite area to explore around in, so that my incessant terraforming would have an end point. I don’t know if that’s your objective as well, but it’s an option.

I’d highly recommend Distant Horizons to be able to see the whole thing at all times, without relying on render distance 😎

He can blame them in the short term, until he finds the next thing to blame for his actions.

Even if the tech was perfect, they’d be far too loud. Drones are already pretty loud, but you wanna make em huge and everywhere? Ugh.

Since it’s the court that decides what’s official, I feel that disobeying their order would be considered unofficial, since it’s not following the rules, right?

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I was disappointed when I saw that there are few roads in the game (my expectations were far too high). I was hoping for, idk, 70% of roads? Really, some sort of driving game using google maps data would be pretty awesome, if a nightmare to process all the images. Hmm, data storage would be an issue too… streaming would be too slow (I think).

I feel like this is how it starts. Something relatively minor, like banning books, but that escalates to throwing legal permanent residents into a foreign megaprison, then claiming that “They’re under the sole purview of that other country, we can’t do anything” when asked to bring them back.

I’ve spent more time in minecraft and terraria (and skylim, released in 2011, which I last played in 2023) than I have in any other games, and those aren’t exactly what I’d call “premium”. I’d agree that more than money needs to be poured into a game to make it good.

My partner and I point out when the other uses an uncommon word. Exercising your vocabulary should be encouraged!

It’s Europe, so I’d presume they’d recycle. Of course, the phones might warrant secure disposal that precludes standard recycling.

Coastal area checking in, same thing for the tsunami alarms. I had some good fun with a tourist when, after they asked what the droning sound was, I replied with “Oh, it’s just the tsunami alarm” and then didn’t react to it. They were visibly nervous, so I waited a sec and then said “It’s just a test 😁”

I feel like he is closer to the norm than we think. We should all strive to be like that, rather than relegating it to random chance. We should also demand more of our leaders.

Isn’t there a warrant for his arrest through the ICC? Does the U.S. not honor that?

Susceptible.

I totally agree with your words, as a US citizen. Don’t ever give in to wanna-be dictators!

If you have some spare time, you might try visiting an animal shelter, just to give the animals there some playtime and affection. We are much longer-lived than our pets, and it’s our responsibility to make sure they have the best lives possible. I bet you did that for your kitty, and they were thankful for it.

Speaking as someone with anxiety, try not to predict what others feel. You’re likely going to be wrong, and never in a good way. It’s not your responsibility to guess what others are feeling, it’s their responsibility to tell you. Always assume the most neutral opinion from others, and only change that if they say otherwise.

If you need to stay alone to recuperate, then go all-in on it. Let your friends know that you had a bout of anxiety. If you’re worried about them being upset, then not giving them a reason won’t help that.

I wish you the best, and please ask if you have any questions that I might be able to help with.