I’m not sure how, but I’ve somehow been able to learn his name in Japanese and English and the difference between the two never stuck out at me…

When I saw the title, I was concerned.
Upon reading the article, I was really happy to see this.
Now that I actually think about it though, I DO play a gacha game and it would simply be impossible to exist if not for the gacha business style it utilizes. I’m very happy that so many people sink real money into it, as I simply am unable to do so myself.

I looked at a few Lenovo and MS laptops to see what they are charging to jumps from 8 to 16 GB.
They are very close to what Apple charges.
So, they are ALL ripping us off!

I’ve found when I watch low rated movies that they are typically worthy of their low rating.
Sometimes I do find that high rated games / movies aren’t as great for me (BOTW is one example) as the majority sees them.
One example is the zombie genre.
I watch a ton of them and I have yet to come across one where the aggregate review score is much different than what I felt about the film / show.
For sure I disagree with the hatred / burn out that people had with TWD as I iked it to the end.

I only have so much time.
What method do you suggest to weed through entertainment that is not worth your time?

Was he not just the benefactor of being in the right place at the right time and reacting in a good way?
I’d say that his high point was mostly due to luck and a good playing of the cards dealt to him at the time. He has since revealed that he is a scummy dude.

I’m not from New York so I could be greatly oversimplifying or misrepresenting things, mind you…

Great to see consequences for the terrorist acts they committed.
I can’t help but scratch my head how someone with obvious Latino roots managed to find himself a part of this gang and then to have risen to the top…?
It is like a real life version of Clayton Bigsby.

Yeah, the federal law needs to be fixed.
In the meantime though, it is pretty unlikely that they would go after anyone.
Keep on following state / local laws and vote where you can to improve things at a federal level!
That is my plan anyway.

Uhhh… I managed to save up a hefty down payment and bought my house in 2009.
It has since then over doubled in value.
So yeah, “sane choice = buying a home while you are young” is my vote.

… buuuuut, today you’d have to be nuts to buy a home.
Not sure where that leaves the young people today, but there is no way (in my area at least) that home values will keep on climbing.
They plateaued and I don’t see any further appreciation.

If you have the option, maybe look @ moving to a blue state that is doing all it can to keep the crazies at bay and create human-centric societies.
Personally, it isn’t the most important thing to me, but I did vote for it to be legal and I am proud that I’m aligned with the majority of my neighbors on the issue!

Yeah, warfarin was what I was referring to.
I expect to need a new aortic valve at some point, and I’ll likely need blood thinners.
So, rat poison it is!

I actually don’t seek them out.
The first rule of figh… err, prepping is don’t talk about prepping!
Seriously though, if it were to come up in conversation I’d entertain exchanging info / plans.
It isn’t something that lends itself to most standard conversations though.
I should say that I have as much as possible weeded out all conservatives from my daily interactions, as I just can’t look past their goals of making our world a more hateful and miserable place.

So, my prepping talks are typically kept online, and anonymous.

Yeah medication is a pretty big Achilles heel.
I am fortunate that I do not YET have the need for maintenance medication.
At some point in my life however I very likely will.
When that day comes, I can only hope that things are more settled down than they are now.
Otherwise, I’ll have to really stock up on rat poison!

I am an admitted prepper.
I am very sufficiently protected from a disruption to food supplies.
I am of the mind that bugging in is better than bugging out.
I would probably keep working until things ground to a halt (I can work fully remote) and monitor the state of things as far as sending my kids to school.

Honestly though?
I don’t see civil war as a real threat where I am at.
Sure there are flare ups of violent events from time to time, but there is no real concerted effort by either side to bring things to a more constant and real level.
The fact is, life is still much too easy and the problems we face much too far removed from basic necessities that I could really see any one group pushing us into a civil war.
I hope I am right…

I would guess there to be more left leaning preppers than you might imagine.
At least from what I saw on Reddit, there was a decent representation of left leaning preppers.
I count myself among them… well, not a Reddit user anymore, but my prepping is pretty decent.