Pop pop!

Not critical thinking, but confirmation bias, yes.

Theoretically, amendments could be passed to alter the Constitution into anything, if they have support from enough states. Then again, if (theoretically) enough people support a radical change that is prevented because of the outsized influence of some states, how is that democratic?

It’s actually a pretty common sci fi scenario, I remember reading about it in a pop science book in school

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no pun intended

Bobbie Ann Mason, author of Shiloh and Other Stories, although the posted excerpt is from In Country

Oh wait I just reinvented violence of the state hehe

Except if the state is a community voting on how they should be policed, it isn’t really violence, is it?

oh nice, yeah the original textures are just bump maps, I plugged them into the normal map node and it looked good enough so I just went with it, but I’ve heard about how bump maps =/= normal maps and it can cause problems, so that might be a nice addon for this kind of stuff

Yeah Halo CE comes from the wonderful era where bump mapping was new and a free way to add detail without adding polys, has a beautiful technical aesthetic, kinda like Half-Life 2

Yes honey, that’s the point, the logic was dumb so I was flipping it back on them.

Yes honey, that’s the point, great reading comprehension

For many women, it is a regular occurance. Perhaps if you are frequently being assumed an asshole, maybe you are the problem?

“It says here that your class cannot wield that weapon type”

“It’s not supposed to be interpreted literally!”

Perpetual software bloat should not be encouraged; idling at 2GB is fucking insane