certain essentials are already not subject to sales tax, do you similarly object to that?

I'm down with what you're suggesting but I'm also down with palatable and actionable short term solutions that might actually get implemented and appeal to the voting population

we just need to use natural gas as a bridge fuel trust me, let's just build pipelines and special refineries and special cargo ships that can handle these new fossil fuel supply chains. just a bridge fuel though just until solar catches up don't worry they're just multi decade leases of course we're going to hit net zero trust me just use gas it's clean burning trust me just ship the gas across the world it's the greenest choice there is just trust me

yes and if human well being was the goal over profit. profit benefits the few, and it's an amoral driving force. unfortunately it's been conflated with freedom and fairness.

If your goal is to achieve realistic looking city streets the best way to do that isn't an expensive online infrastructure and much more advanced simulation.

If the developers had the skills and time to do that they could more easily have more dense NPC crowds and richer local simulation.

The reason the games aren't already like that is likely just cost, talent, and target performance, which you'd need a lot more of to execute your plan.

there are lots of systemic forces that incentivize being an asshole as well

Of course in the liberal worldview the only political action is voting and so now that voting is over you go after people who didn't vote or voted wrong and wait four more years until you can (hopefully) vote again.

Instead of retreating with your tail between your legs and waiting for another chance to vote join up with those that are taking direct action through protest and political pressure and fucking riots and strikes.

If more of you joined the anti-genocide voices instead of chanting "vote blue no matter who" your party wouldn't be the milquetoast status-quo-upholding pro-genocide garbage party it is today.

You can punch left or you can stand with the left and build up the power to punch back.

everyone being convinced of their subjective experience doesn't mean there's not an objective truth.

Pizzagate isn't the same as Project 2025

I am doubting myself now after not being able to quickly find a verified source but I've worked with lots of smart TVs and seem to recall Samsung or LG models using this simulated effect. It would have had to have been simulated since there was no signal coming in, and I recall the pattern being noticably pseudo random.

As for why: I have no idea! Maybe just for user familiarity reasons, since a lot of people grew up with that kind of analog feedback that the antenna wasn't getting a signal.

Take what I said with a grain of salt, though, since like I said I wasn't able to quickly verify it. It's a vivid but ambiguous memory, though, since I also thought it was strange

Depending on the TV it's likely simulated noise at this point

If the only difference between you and them is who is in the in group and the out group, you might not be so different after all.

What important living beings go in the back anyway? It's usually just babies, pets, and children.

My man is trying to make a point about gender equality in a genocide. People should be killed equally in genocide.