If you generalize the term “civilization” to be any sufficiently large group of people who have some sense of shared purpose or identity you could include gaming communities or even forums too

Things usually don’t just explode all at once though ofc sometimes there is abrupt change that causes a community to decay rapidly

Ah hell yeah. That’s really the only change I wanted as a kid tbh

Is this a shower thought or a bong thought?

I hope they kept all the realy bad voice lines from the original. It was part of the charm

Wow that was one of my favorite parts about Oblivion. You could break it so easily

I had a wizard who was maxed out in basically ever skill except the magic skills so when I finally did the mages guild quest line I was face tanking everything

I was so over powered I started breaking the enchantment system bc I had done every important quest and could afford anything (100% chameleon was hilarious)

And let’s not forget that jumping off mountains to level up is clearly the best mechanic of all time

Maybe I’ll skip this one if they removed the good jank

Wages haven’t kept up with inflation so comparisons like this are only a small part of the picture

I have mine behave like a butler for an ancient vampire

Honestly they were better until recently. GPT (at least) has gotten really good at de-escalation and providing (mostly) factual responses when you get irate

the article is talking about how they could have a booming ad business but at present have little to none

The Cupertino tech giant is not an advertising company, however. Chatterjee notes that Apple’s decision to only show a single Search Ad in its App Store could limit the revenue opportunity relative to his prior expectations.

Gods below

So a shirt

Oh it’s about tariffs

Ur parents have good DNA?

I like my team. I don’t mind meetings

Remembering my chemistry professor telling us about how he went half deaf. As a young TA he had access to a brick of sodium and thought it would be a good idea to throw it into his parents pool

Bc more shortcuts != Good shortcuts

Well sure, but it’s also good to give you a rundown on various patterns and options. Like any tool it’s only as good as the wielder

Honestly I always forget. I’ve never really participated so headlines like this just seems like bad takes to me lol

Everything is a hole with enough force

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