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It’s all great, but the tiny podcasting mic is clearly the icing on the cake

I was half joking, the British shows are usually pretty good in their own right, but there are a lot of successful American shows based on British ones (as well as a few flops). Whether they’re “better” is subjective, but it’s a longstanding phenomenon.

The Office is the best example, but there are others. Three’s Company and its spin-offs were based on a British series. Sanford and Son, as well. Veep was made my the same creative team as The Thick of It and is a clear spiritual successor. American Idol was based on Pop Idol, the latter only ran two seasons while the former is still going.

Some British shows stand on their own, even if remakes are attempted. The IT Crowd, Red Dwarf, they tried like three different shows to try unsuccessfully to recapture the magic of Fawlty Towers.

Regardless, without British television, American television wouldn’t be the same, and without American television, most people would never have heard of most British television.

Either way, death to America and Britain as per usual.

They’re pretty good at making television shows that get remade into better television shows by Americans. That’s something, I guess.

When asked to rate the national economy, some people base it on how they're doing financially or what they experience themselves. That might seem odd at first

No it’s not! That’s not weird! The strength of the economy is supposed to relate to people’s personal experiences! If the economy is doing “well” but everything is still getting worse for almost everyone, then either we’re measuring the wrong things, or the premise that economic health, as defined, is good for society is false.

The deal is that the line goes up and everyone gets more. If that’s no longer true, there’s no reason to sacrifice anything for economic growth. We should just be making sure that people are getting their basic needs met and that’s it.

Some basic musical theory might help give you some ideas. High notes vs low notes. Major vs minor keys. Fast vs slow tempo. Harmonies. All things that could correspond to how magic changes reality. Music gets complex, and that complexity can reflect the different ways that magic manifests.

You also might consider how people are making these frequencies. Possibly there are certain materials required to make the sounds. You could have musical instruments or sound-making devices that have a large range but are difficult to learn, simpler devices that can be played more easily but with fewer efffects or less nuance. Maybe single-sound devices that only generate a single effect, meant for novices, or as a safety measure. Perhaps some effects require multiple people making sounds together, either to add complexity (like an orchestra) or for pure volume (like a marching band).

Some groups might be more technical about their use of magic, only using the minimum complexity required to create an effect, while others may treat it as an art that is meant to be aesthetically beautiful as well as functional.

Lots to play with.

Ticket scalpers take way more risk, plus they don’t get sympathetic coverage on the news when they’re whining that people aren’t buying their tickets at a high enough markup. Also ticket scalpers aren’t withholding a fundamental necessity from people. Ticket scalpers work harder, too.

Really, ticket scalpers are just incorrigible scamps compared to landlords.

The screen sitting on top of a storage container next to the toilet, rotated ever so slightly for best viewing angle while pooping, is

This is an incredibly embarrassing attempt at trolling. You should post it on Reddit, they’d love it over there.

Ambitious, but I do really like the idea of doing something interesting with the characters when the players aren’t present, and have that affect the game at times where there’s crossover. Neat!

FYI https://youtu.be/ccBQZVpVvAE?si=ObiacPNjUllErvyo

Very true to form for Bethesda. They give the players a bunch of mechanics to play with and then see what happens. Reminds me of the bucket trick in Skyrim where you can put containers on NPC’s heads to block their vision so that you can steal from them. It’s very silly, breaks the game, and ruins immersion, but it’s a single-player game so who cares? Enjoy the silliness if that’s how you want to play.

Elon Musk got me to stop using Twitter.