Eh, I would class that under sickness.

I didn’t say Immortal. Death by violence is certainly possible.

Healing of all kinds. Ageing, sickness, and wounds.

Lmao. GoW live service? Fucking hell it’s video games by committee.

Job visa or student visa

Oh I already heard a candidate! Nordlandia.

Haha but that name came from history.

Oh we’ll probably add an ia ending on a few of those and throw some extra vowels in for no reason at all. (Looking at you Bible Belt)

America is now called Greater Vinland.

English is considered one of the hardest languages to learn because we have rules. And then we don’t use them. It doesn’t help that it’s actually something like a 5 language mash up.

Too late English already dragged Danish into the alley. We’re getting some new words! Woooooooo!

I asked a man with boxing training to hit me in the face so I could try to be prepared in a fight. When I woke up he said he didn’t think I was going to not block or anything.

There’s always Star Citizen… :)

Okay but really I agree that Starfield is a mess. The thing is, nobody else has really delivered on the whole package yet. Ground and space combat, trading, and a narrative.

Mass effect and Freelancer gave two different sides of the coin and I think they’re the next closest.

You haven’t been in a situation with no time for pleasantries then. I agree as a polite excuse it qualifies. As a statement of fact you should sit down, shut up, and see what you can do to help.

Because the texting generation is old enough to have PhDs and thus old enough to be teachers.

It’s actually in the legislation. The executive branch can literally just declare your corporation to be social media that’s controlled by a foreign adversary. And while there are some limits on who can be a social media corporation there are no limits on forcing the sale. They could literally drop a binder with 400 fully redacted pages as “evidence”. (That’s pages where it’s just blacked out text, nothing visible)

And just like that your Lemmy instance has to be sold or shut down. Your video game group forum. But even more, the independent ones like discord are extremely vulnerable. Discord is partially owned by a man born in Kharkiv Ukraine. All they have to do is assert that he has improper Russian connections and Discord is on the selling block for Meta, X, and Alphabet to fight over. It doesn’t matter if it’s not true.

They have demonstrated over the past year that they aren’t required to show evidence. It’s been a refrain of “trust me” from the executive and legislative branch. And public reporting hasn’t turned up anything supporting the accusations of Chinese government interference.

Oh yeah I forgot they claimed all the Gaza footage on the app was faked by the Chinese and Russians…

God they’re so transparent sometimes.

We can’t even get running apps to not post the exact running route of soldiers in conflict zones. And if adultery wasn’t an actual crime in the military then it wouldn’t matter so much. You go to your security officer and tell them, matter handled.

Part of the reason we’re so worried is because we demand so much of people with security clearances that they already regularly lie about their activities. Weed, sex workers, and black listed bars. All of which can get your clearance revoked, and none of which would interfere with the work of most people with clearances.

Trying to block out society isn’t going to work. We need to tackle that aspect from the other side.

Monopolization of social media is a bad thing. The two remaining largest social media companies have both publicly begun supporting far right narratives. (Meta and X)

So what it comes down to is really the possibility that the TikTok algorithm gets controlled. But that’s a distraction. SCOTUS already decided that corporations have first amendment rights. So even if TikTok is controlling it’s algorithm in that way, it has the right to do so. Either that or Hobby Lobby has to pay for birth control for it’s employees.

If you’re worried about national security then these billionaires publicly turning their platforms into international political machines would be a problem too. But they clearly aren’t a priority.

So what’s left other than racism and protectionism? The law is also absolutely unconstitutional because it mentions TikTok by name and that’s a big nono. The Constitution bans that and requires that all laws are enforced equally specifically because the ability to single out one entity with legislation is breathtakingly corrupt.

If you don’t like TikTok that’s fine. But you need to realize what this law is capable of. After banning TikTok by name they can also point the finger at any other social media company (and a couple other sectors) and simply declare them to be controlled by a foreign adversary. Even if it’s wholly owned by US Citizens.

They gave themselves the power to force a fire sale and you all cheered because they said TikTok.

I just need to add that this is very much a “your mileage may vary” type of thing. You can also come out of the military with a lot of anxiety and rage.