Allow direct conflict, but give it severe consequences. A little research should pull up some ideas of worst-case scenarios - anything from economic collapse to destruction of the UN to nuclear apocalypse.

Civil war mechanics could be interesting, for example if a power took direct action and it caused severe unrest among its populace.

Why would we care what he thinks about phone cases?

The fact that he considers sideloading to be “drama” really tells us why we shouldn’t care about anything he says.

I mean, duh. Eggs don’t come out of the mouth.

Are you sure it wasn’t a lizard man disguised as Elvis?

Technically, everything about those games is stupid. Aside from the fact they are fun, I mean.

If we are going by post-WWII logic, not only should we allow it, we should force them into one against their will.

Those ingredients CAN go well together, but NOT in that configuration.

What innocence?

I have a prompt designer? Man, I should fire that asshole. Look at the shit he makes me write.

We do!

Are we nobody?

Maybe.

See, you say that as a Linux user.

Ordinary folks don’t talk or think like Linux people. Nobody understands what a “process” is, let alone what a container is or what isolation means.

And if somebody is used to “pres butan get bacon” anything else is going to sound like gobbledygook.

Also: a modern distro running gnome or KDE is harder to screw up. Folks don’t need to use clunky package managers like Synaptics. As a result, they are less likely to break things.

Excuse me

A BCT

Not a BLT

…do you know where the name “Godot” comes from?

The waiting is the worst part.

You should hear what he called your mother last night.

You’d need to start by telling us what you’ve tried so far.

Telling us more about your laptop’s hardware would be useful too.

Chrisjen starts as an anti-villain and, over time, morphs into an anti-hero.

It’s brilliant writing. I despise her. I love the character.

So, a Thundererish

Or maybe a Thundererer

Everything is a joke to me.