Assembling the right mix of mechanics to perfectly match your setting/character concept is a whole game in itself. Sometimes I’ll just build a character for the fun of it.

I use messenger to get in touch with people I have no other contact info for.

I use marketplace because Craigslist is a ghost town.

The things other platforms don’t do better is “have a near ubiquitous user base”.

I haven’t used Facebook as social media for at least a decade

Absolutely. I’m not terribly privileged, but while the difficulties of life are non-trivial, overall I’ve experienced enough joy to justify the expense.

That bigness is bad in a lot of ways, but it’s great for niche content. A big platform makes big communities horrible cesspools, but it makes small obscure communities actual communities

“Self-defense”

Think the CEO of Costco did a similar move with the hot dogs

“Behind”, “Behind, hot”, and “Behind, sharp” are traditional

Free speech means the government can’t retaliate against you for what you say. That’s it. Any other consequences are on you.

She actually jokes that I did, since my spice tolerance is still higher than hers. She appreciates other flavors too, she just pairs things bizarrely

Not really a big reader of the comics, but from my understanding the multiverse isn’t really a fringe topic. Seems like it’s been a pretty central aspect of the comics for decades.

My wife loves hot sauce but her choices are… confusing. Like sure, I get it, you want more heat. But it’s like she prioritizes heat over, y’know, a balanced and harmonious flavor profile. Like hey, maybe red pepper flakes would complement that pasta sauce better than whatever Tex-Mex sauce happens to be within arm’s reach. Maybe that steak that I’ve been sous viding in garlic and herbs would taste better with fresh cracked pepper and horseradish then that mango habanero sauce.

Doesn’t the defense also have veto over jury members?

I will take due notice thereof.

Still, there’s the friction of checks and balances. It’s certainly not perfect, far from it, but the alternative is still worse.

Guillotine: old, cumbersome, hard to find, frankly boring to a modern audience

Woodchipper: easy to find, easy to transport, new and exciting, sends a message

Liberalism is centrist. That’s not an endorsement of liberalism, it’s a recognition of where the ends of the popular political spectrum lie.

What’s the difference between a Pakistani wedding and a terrorist headquarters?

I dunno man, I just fly the drone.

The state is nothing but a monopoly on the legitimate use of violence.

Which, ideally, is pretty much how it has to work. The state is, ideally, composed of elected representatives and their appointees. The alternative to violence monopolized by elected representatives is violence distributed to private interests. State monopoly of legitimate violence is not great and I agree with the problems inherent to that, but realistically the alternative seems worse. I’m racking my brain for another system, but I can’t think of anything that doesn’t devolve to oligarch-led private armies oppressing people.

I did try to be specific: on that day.

Goodness, when was that?