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I think they don't really care about their citizens doing any aid. Or, basically, they care so little they're not willing to put their necks out first.

I think (well, hope) we're seeing a slow gathering of momentum as different countries make various small shows of support. If a dozen countries decided to send military escorts, and defended the aid all the way to its delivery into the people's hands, it would work... but right now, none of them are willing to step up and say that they'll do it by themselves. We'll see a bunch say they recognize palestine, then diplomatic attempts to get aid in, then rabble rousing about aid needing to be delivered... and in each step it'll be one followed by a few others before a larger amount all follow along. It'll take far too long, but I would say in another year and a half that there would be military escorts, as long as trump doesn't (threaten to) kickoff world war three.

DS2 is definitely my favorite. I liked the world's concept much more than the castles that are just terribly designed in 1 & 3. 3 was also built up too much as 'such an amazing game!' by my friends who convinced me to get into the big boss bashers in the first time, and it just felt like the story dragged too much along the same lines as the first.

I think, seeing as I started with elden ring and then moved through 1->2->3, that some of the game's choices, like certain enemies eventually not respawning, just felt so strange. That and what felt like a much slower combat pace.

I hated shalquoir, but I wish it was vr so I could give her good scritches.

The honest to god reason? Israel is perfectly willing to go all the way up to attacking other nations in this battle, and the other countries know it. NONE of them know whether the states would fuck around in their soil if israel were to start something, so they're all leery of being the first one to find out.

Ah, the 'ole "I just want someone to acknowledge that I exist and love me for who I am, rather than because of a familial or business relationship" kink.

The apartments were randomly assigned. Do you know many freshmen who got to choose their dorms? Once I was a sophomore+, I did, but that first year in university-run student housing I didn't get to pick.

I judge people based on whether they can understand youtube (which you should be changing to invidious or something else anyway) urls. It's a useful and very short way to see if people have ever paid attention to repeated patterns. The moment I saw the t=XYs, I was amazed.

In a sense of understanding the wife's perspective, proximity is just as important as the other major factors that affect how likely a relationship is to begin. There was a cool study of college students who lived in an apartment style building that showed you were most likely to begin a relationship with the person who had a door immediately next to yours. The only exception to that was for the person who had a door immediately next to the mailboxes. Proximity matters because it lets another person see you enough to form opinions based on a lot of interactions, and we all know someone who 'shines' despite their physical looks.

Plot twist: new neighbor was wearing a shirt that read, "I <3 dad bods," and was already flirting (asking for help moving boxes /eyeroll) with the guy in sweatpants.

Everyone wants to shit on motorcycles, but it's as much a red herring as a meaningful statement. You might as well mention that horse riding is 25x more dangerous than motorcycles. And if you really want to get into the weeds, go look up how many motorcycle fatalities are single vehicle accidents, and how many of those are due to speeding or alcohol involvement. So if you don't drink, and don't act like a fool, you're really not all that badly off. Still worse than being in a steel cage for protection, but it's not only for people "who don't want to get old."

That is not dead which can eternal lie, and in strange eons even death may die.

I think?

Don't look up something called, and I'm not remembering it perfectly, 'the number,' in the US, anyway.

Well, when you use money you've saved from the bank, you're cutting a check. Barrels full of water from the sky are clearly rain checks.