Taking money from social programs and piling into the military which contains "a lot of fraud, waste, abuse and grift across the board", certainly is a choice. Sort of the opposite of a smart choice, but definitely a choice for sure.

In my experience, this doesn't work. The primary reason being that most of their friends are playing Roblox and if they are consuming any content on the internet, much of it at their age is related to Roblox.

Our kids have never been allowed to play, and it still comes up somewhat regularly despite all the various games and consoles they have available.

Regardless of any claims of having this, I would say this behavior aligns with what I have seen over the last couple decades. I'm more surprised that other people would expect anything different?

Yup, this type of behavior is pretty much as I would expect and it's something I've seen since I first started posting here.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The U.S. president was due to sign unspecified executive orders later on Wednesday.

Anyways, I thought that issues with Americans being able to afford things like housing was all a hoax made up by Democrats?

Why craft policies to address a made up issue?

I'm not sure what good gold would do you if people start physically fighting each other for food and water.

How many game studios were bothering with native Linux clients before Proton became known?

Sure, but you still have to make a serious attempt or the experience will be terrible for any non-cheaters. Or you just make your game bad enough that no one cares. That's an option too.

I don't really miss the time of having to choose games this way. If you lucked out it was great, but you were also potentially putting down upwards of $50+ bucks in 1995 dollars on a game that you might end up really disliking.

I’m concerned about human rights, but I’m equally concerned about yellow journalism or coordinated media bias.

I'm equally concerned about people being paid to push narratives in places like Hacker News. Especially in defense of large organizations.

Games that sell a battlepass or have ongoing MTX are an minority of the video games available.

There are plenty of games available that are priced similarly to books and there really isn't a question as far as which will provide more entertainment.

For instance, I recently purchased the Mass Effect series for $6. I should be able to easily get 100+ hours out of that set of games.

It also means its hard for Democrats to improve as well since removing any improvements in filing are some of the first things Republicans push to undo when the come into power.

Pretending that there aren't concerted efforts to exert political influence on Reddit isn't helpful, and comes across as pretty disingenuous.

All governance in the western world has become weak as hell. You only need a few bucks to corrupt anything, unless somebody with a few more bucks is already corrupting it.

Yes, corruption and bribery exist exclusive in "western" governments. Thankfully "eastern" governments are completely immune to these issues.

And I know, "I never said those exact words!" but that at was the obvious intention.

As is the existence of Hacker News.

That seems like the logical solution. Given the complexities involved overall, a step for "don't build over this patch of dirt" seems relatively achievable.

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Is this the norm for most places in the US?

Where I live our water/sewer bill averages out to a little over $100 a month.

It's not terrible for everyone. It's great for people who control the National Guard as well as has the ability to control what people are told about their impact.