• Diablo II: had a -skiptobnet command line option.
• Diablo II Resurrected: Load Battle.Net first, click through ads for other stuff, click again to start the game, press buttons to skip the animations, and press another key to really log in, for real this time.

So I just made a button that launches a script that does all those clicks for me while I retrieve a beverage. The only reason I didn't just pirate was so I could play online with an old friend.

We exist within nature, so nature created linear particle accelerators.

I wonder if there's any animals who see crystals in nature and think "wow that's a really cool rock".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks

I don't understand, what do you think Montagge is suggesting?

That's asking for an Ethan Frome type injury.

The downside to living in a world that can't forget anymore.

Direct action

I'm having trouble understanding you Mitch comma, can you start pronouncing all your punctuation question mark?

Never blame the guy fighting back for the group punishment.

Unfortunately, not everyone does. If a politician loses too much favor, the spot often flips to the other side

We've seen this play out over and over. He'll gain favor with centrists who will vote Republican anyways, and lose favor with progressives who will stay home. Then we will blame the voters and not the policy choice.

Republicans not being honest with us and will not cooperate or compromise. You can't win a football game with all punts.

I have similar conversations with coworkers that end with "and that's why we all ought to start working less".