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My take is that money doesn't bring happiness, but poverty definitely can strip it away

And yet where do you think the demographic that voted for the guy that shits his pants and falls asleep comes from exactly, and moreover continues to double-down on supporting him even to their own detriment? How about the people who modify their trucks to spread black smoke just to "own those pissy hybrid drivers and cyclists"?

The continued attempts to enumerate activities that would have fit on Jackass (and likely watched the same on repeat).

Never knew a pretty girl in school who got good grades but hid then and played dumb?

There's plenty of people who embrace an absurdist mentality and openly reject anything that requires actively using one's brain.

Life isn't an RPG, but there has definitely been a push by certain groups to value looks and strength or martial prowess over intelligence and education, particularly in North American culture. Yeah, somebody can be an athlete without being dumb, and as another person pointed out there actually a lot of high-speed decision-making that requires intelligence to pro-sports.

At the same time, there are people who very much lean towards looking buff, tough, but not too bright as they categorize intellectuals as losers or socially unwanted. Similarly, there are girls or women who will emphasize their looks and actively hide their intelligence. Il This over time leads to a willful ignorance that IMO is worse than simply being of lower IQ or lacking education.

That's actually a good point about sports intelligence. Pro athletes likely have a certain almost instinctual grasp of certain physics even if they aren't running the actual numbers in their heads.

Yeah I meant to your red-hatted but hatred seems to come with that package too so...

I'd actually love to hear a twist on the story where the mirror is the baddie. Maybe it's an imprisoned demon who convinces the Queen that Snow will brutally overthrow her. Having little sides that show it also is a racist to emphasize that it's evil and biased would be fun

I mean, that's a fun take but realistically there are plenty of women who put a lot more stock in looks (just as men do) an immediate financial ability.

That jock who got a job that's physically demanding might be making more out of high school, but the IT nerd who went for they education and got a good tech job was likely on a slower burn path to self-improvement with better pay, possibly improving looks over time (or at least less of a beer belly). At least before AI started killing the tech sector again, so maybe the jocks will be coming out ahead for awhile.

Also, there's also nothing wrong with being a good dude with average intelligence who works hard. Just don't pick an red-hatred idiot. And intelligent nerds who don't learn social skills can absolutely still become nasty incels.

Well not all the time!

Sorry, gotta wait for a Quake 6 developer to find it in an SSD in an old laptop they bought online

Man, I really miss the good ol' days of bash.org, newsgroups, and Slashdot. There was genuinelyn weird and hilarious shit like this instead of influencer crap, and the monetization privacy-nightmare wasn't really a thing yet

The majority of the series was great, but ME3 left a fair bit of unanswered questions at the end and Andromeda only added them.

I'd want a sequel because personally the series still feels unfinished

Costco has been pretty consistent about not involving themselves with the current admin from what I've seen