Especially because the election wasn't decided by votes.
Babylon 5, too. The whole arc (at least through the end of the shadow war) was planned from episode one, and it shows.
This is absolutely the right take. Major (A-list or superstar) actors are getting most of their pay from studio ownership, executive producer credits, residuals, licensing, or royalties. That ain't working class.
I'm fine considering small-time actors (and even many mid-level character actors without any real "leverage") working class, though. I think the replaceability criterion you mentioned is a good heuristic: if an actor could be fired and replaced without it changing the marketing, success, and appeal of the project, that's a sign they may be working class.
I don't want to give specifics to avoid doxxing myself, but I've met Cofnas in the context of professional philosophy and he comes across just as creepy and
as you'd expect. Hopefully this is the end of his career in academia.
Yeah Marx is looking a little like he's just woken up from a bender here, but my understanding is that it is in character.
Dilaudid is actually even stronger than heroin on a mg-to-mg basis. It's definitely the "you are in excruciating pain and it needs to stop right now" drug.
The beleaguered aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln’s work in the Middle East is complete
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It keeps going up because they count all the "unborn children" that would have descended from the Nazis killed by communism (and then their children, grandchildren, etc.). The further away we get from the actual deaths, the more quickly the number will go up, because it's counting larger and larger counterfactual future generations.
Having unique takes is really, really hard. A big part of what graduate school in philosophy is supposed to do is give you a good enough understanding of the pre-existing literature in your sub-specialty that you're capable of knowing if your idea is actually original or not. Even then, it's really difficult to come up with original takes that are also sensible and defensible. I agree that it is virtually impossible for a 20-something with no formal background in philosophy to put forward original ideas or positions; the space of arguments is just too densely filled.
I played the original when I was like 12, and made Ramza a monk/ninja then just because I (correctly) thought monks and ninjas were cool. It steamrolled the whole game.
Another good trick on that fight is to use Ramza's ability that increases his speed over and over again in the first phase while just kiting Wiegraf around before his transformation. Do it for like 10 rounds and you'll be getting multiple turns for every one of Wiegraf's. The second phase is considered the same fight, so the buff persists. When the demon shows up, you can just pummel him to death before he even moves.
Don't force the contact--locking them in a room together is not a good idea. It'll just terrify the scared cat, and might actually provoke a fight. Make sure she always has a place to retreat to, especially one where the kitten can't get to her (maybe something high up beyond the kitten's jumping ability). I've actually had very good luck with the pheromones. I used Feliway, the one with the "mother cat" pheromone that encourages bonding, every time I've introduced a new kitten and it really seems to help. Some cats really just take a long time to warm up, though. Try to discourage the kitten from running up on her too much, and let her go at her own pace. Make sure she feels secure. If she has favorite treats, give them to her with the kitten around so she can form a positive association. They may never be great friends (and that's ok), but you should be able to get her to the point where she's not in a constant state of panic.


