If you want to know what a Reform voter looks like, here's a good example

https://x.com/SalfordMe2023/status/1803714304476074137

Isn't that the Megabus man without his hat?

It's weird, because Pokémon didn't invent turn-based RPG's, nor did they even invent the pocket monster genre because Dragon Warrior Monster arguably had a better game than Pokémon out around the same time - with more monsters, breeding, and a better storyline.

But Red/Blue and Gold/Silver were great games of their time. Very basic, but great, mostly because of the world built around them. If you didn't appreciate Pokémon, it's probably easy to see why you'd find it dull.

I played one Resident Evil game for 5 minutes, and gave up because of the fucking stupid controls.

Outside of that, probably Halo. I've tried several of them because I loved first-person shooters, but they just felt a little soulless to me, and unbelievably slow compared to the likes of Unreal Tournament, Quake, and Doom.

Pigs in Blankets are this (pork sausage wrapped in bacon):

What you're describing is a sausage roll (pork sausage wrapped in pastry):

I'm all for American versions of things, but please get these staples of British cuisine right.

They're worth it when it's a sanctioned display, and they've spent enough money to make it worthwhile.

I'll never understand why people set them off in their own garden. Fireworks aren't cheap, and unless you spend some proper money you're basically just setting off fireworks for a dick-swinging contest with your neighbourhood.

The problem the Republican party seems to have right now is that it's caught in a bizarre cult of personality, where the only viable candidate is Donald Trump. Eight years have been dedicated to a man that likely won't be around for another eight due to his age and lifestyle. Donald Trump can't drop out, because to many he IS the Republican Party.

Put succinctly, if Trump were to drop out, could you realistically see him backing another candidate, without making it about himself?

In some ways it's petrifying that Trump could win. In another, it's hilarious to think that IF Trump were to lose, how would the Republicans recover in four years? Trump will never not make it about himself, and I bet he'll put himself on the ballot for as long as he can, further eroding the right.

As someone from the UK, I absolutely do not think that 13% of the population can speak French to an acceptable level. I'd go as far as to say that 13% of the population can barely speak English to an understandable level...

I had been active on Reddit for close to 15 years, and left due to the API decisions. That move feels more justified every time I bump into Reddit, from being unable to view programming questions from a work VPN, to the emails begging me to invest in their IPO, to their exec pay fiasco.

Reddit is a shell of what it was, but I think this is largely due to stepping away from it. I know several people that use it religiously, and they don't notice it as much as I do.

In a similar vein, Lemmy can have some absolutely batshit views too, and can also be incredibly toxic at times. We just don't notice it as much because we're used to it, but I bet some people new to Lemmy would see some posts/comments and think "eh, no thanks". I won't say that Lemmy is as toxic as Reddit, but the community size makes it more obvious on Reddit.

Wasn't this always the angle, even when people called his age out last election? The argument was that Kamala Harris would step up, and that Biden didn't want a second term.

Given Harris' recent comments in the press regarding stuff she'd fix "if given power", I wonder if she's even on the VP card this time around? IMO, AOC might be a smarter choice for VP, since the left love her and the right loathe her. She'd bring a lot of younger disenfranchised people back around, and that might be enough.

Not American, so excuse the silly question.

What is stopping the President from dissolving the Supreme Court?

Yeah, that's true. It amazes me how some of my team in NYC will make double what I make, but live like I lived when I was a student, and be amazed that I own a car.