OK, so it sounds like they died out in the 70s?

I’m pushing 40 and I’ve only ever seen these in movies. I feel like they haven’t been in use since the 60s.

Well, if your plan is to defend you home from a fascistic government’s intrusion, you’ll be killed in a hail of gunfire. But if your plan is to take up arms against a fascistic government, you’ll be killed by predator drones the first time you step into the open.

I know it’s not rational, but the more fascistic the government gets, the less interested in gun control I am.

Yeah, it’s important to remember that Hogg has only talked about his desire to see younger voices, which doesn’t necessarily equate to progressive, and the only issue I know he has strong beliefs on is gun control. Thar doesn’t mean we shouldn’t give the DNC hell for the rat-fucking they have time, but we should be cautious in case he endorses any young Abundance Dems.

Yeah, I’m not happy about the Switch 2, but the amount of cope is unbelievable. I’ve seen multiple people claiming, “the Wii U sold out a launch too,” even though the Wii U sold worse than the Wii on opening weekend. The sales might still fall off a cliff in a month, but breaking the PS4’s record for launch sales is not a great sign.

These days he looks more like this:

He tapped out.

I feel incredibly bad for Skully. She is a medical doctor who was recruited by the FBI because of her qualifications. Then, as she’a just getting starting with the bureau, they assign her to this guy Mulder and give her the task of debunking him. So, right off the bat, the FBI upended her entire career path only to give her a dead-end assignment, for which she’s grossly overqualified.

If that’s not bad enough, every case starts with Mulder making wild, unsubstantiated claims based on incredibly flimsy evidence. She uses her scientific knowledge to calmly and rationally put forward a more plausible theory, only for Mulder’s insane hunch to be proven right against all logic and reason.

When I was a kid, I thought Mulder was smart, but watching it as an adult, it seems more like he’s an incredibly lucky dumb-ass. Seriously, every episode is like:

Skully: “Looks like a serial killer that takes body parts as trophies.”

Mulder: “Skully, look at these footprints. These shoes are very large. I think we’re looking at a Frankenstein that’s trying to build himself a Bride of Frankenstein.”

Skully: “Mulder, don’t you think it’s more likely that it’s just a tall serial killer?”

Mulder: “Yeah, but they’re, like, really big. Like, size 13. It’s a Frankenstein.”

Then, 42 minutes later, it turns out it’s a Frankenstein, and we’re all supposed to think Mulder’s some kind of genius, and Skully was just too pround and stubborn to listen to him.

Uh, you OK? That was a borderline SI statement.

They need to consider holding a new Chair election, because Martin sounded like whiney child in that audio.

Yeah, I do remember that the series ended with him being given the opportunity to become God (AKA the narrator of the show), and him turning it down, creating a universe without God, which appeared to make everything the same but without narration. I assume that was related to the cosmic energy? Fun idea, but, to bring it back to Theseus, his continued consciousness despite his physical transformation into energy implies the existence of an intangible part of his being (AKA a soul) that continues beyond his human brain. If we ever prove that transporters are teleporting our souls, I’ll happily use one. Otherwise, they are 100% suicide booths.

As I said to the last person who said the exact same thing, even at launch, the Wii U’s numbers were sluggish. It was considered a decent start, but it still sold fewer units than the Wii in terms of opening week sales, and it launched just before the holidays. It’s too early to say, but breaking the all-time record for opening day sales is a pretty good sign that this is going to be a different story than the Wii U.

For the record, I hope I’m wrong. I hope this is a flop for Nintendo, and it forces them to go back to making innovative hardware at more affordable prices with physical games that you actually own. That could still happen, but this very early data point doesn’t point that way, and it is not indicative of a second Wii U.

I mean, even at launch, the Wii U’s numbers were sluggish, and the Wii U launched during the holidays. It’s very early, and there could be a huge drop off, but this doesn’t appear to be a Wii U situation.

Yeah, YouTube creators have really figured out that negativity will get more clicks than positivity, so everything is, “finished,” or, “over,” before it even comes out.

I don’t know, but I know destroying every cell in your body at once is called suicide.

I did, and I remember enjoying it, but that was 10 years ago and I don’t remember it that well. Did they have a teleporter?

As much as I hate what the Switch 2 represents for the industry, this has been a great reminder to ignore the hundreds of YouTube videos that proclaimed, “Switch 2 is DOA,” and that this was, “Nintendo’s downfall!”

Yeah, but you didn’t shed them all at once. If the ship of Theseus exploded, and then they built a new one, the question wouldn’t be, “Which is the true ship of Theseus?” it would be, “Hey, did you guys see Theseus’ new ship?”

Mine were always hooked up to our PC. A lot of Age of Empires 2 played through those things.