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Modern quality of life upgrades make it so hard to go back. There was a harvest moon game i adored and i tried to replay it, but just changing tools was a pain.

I did get jumpscared by the Weiner name. He was such a disappointment.

I get reminded of this quote from their studio exec:

“You can say, ‘Okay, we are exploiting, you know, child labor,’ right? Or you can say: we are offering people anywhere in the world the capability to get a job, and even like an income,” Corazza said. “So I can be like, 15 years old, in Indonesia, living in a slum, and then now with just a laptop, I can create something, make money, and then sustain my life.”

When I read that quote a few weeks ago, I thought about how that's the kind of argument people who travel abroad to rape kids use to justify themselves.

It feels related to this, somehow. Maybe something about how children are treated like a disposable resource or an object to be used unless the person who owns them (parents?) are powerful, well to do, white, etc, etc. And that's because their owner is those things, so they're valuable property. I'm not sure if I'm articulating myself well. Too much sun.

I wonder what song it was

We had an earthquake last year and my cat hissed at it. She did her best!

Strands #475
“Goose eggs”
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I think it's context dependent. If she was using the word as an insult, then, no, it's not good. It's fine to use it casually like if you were talking about your favorite contestant on drag race. Positively is also okay. If you referred to a man who wasn't queer that way, they'd probably be insulted or correct you.

However, I really am not the best person to answer this question and only gave it a shot because no one else had. If she was like "those queens cut me off in traffic!" it's better than if she was like "those men are such queens ugh" or "those queens cut me off." The first one isn't ideal, but it's way better than using it as an insult.

edit: oh, whew, someone else answered, too

Connections
Puzzle #741
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🙂 Daily Quordle 1244
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discussed this question with my same aged friend and we kept going through things and realizing they'd already been remade or being like "yeah it was great at the time but that time sure has passed"

They slow down and spread out in the heat. Their fur becomes tumbleweeds throughout the house. They can be okay at higher temperatures, barring issues like age, ability, kinds of noses that prevent proper panting, etc. Before i turn the ac on, sometimes i'll see them spread out on the kitchen tile.