31 years ago today, Command & Conquer was released.
GDI vs. Nod. Tiberium fields. Base building. FMV mission briefings. And hours spent hearing “construction complete.”
Command & Conquer didn’t just become a PC classic, it helped define what real-time strategy would become.
One of the greatest eras of PC gaming was just getting started.
Remember when EA & DICE were really proud of the animation system they put in BF3?
The networking & limitations did fuck it up a little, but the animation quality was great and a lot of effort went into it clearly.
#BF6 animations in comparison look worse than this 15yr old game
Did you know that ?
There are 7 types of sounds for Super Saiyan auras in Dragon Ball Z.
But in reality, they are just variations of the same sound, except for Broly:
🔸Super Saiyan 2 use the same sound as SSJ1 but with sparkling sounds over it.
🔸Super Saiyan 3 uses a higher frequency.
🔸The Dai San Dankai uses another frequency.
🔸The sound of the Legendary Super Saiyan's (Broly) aura is completely different.
🔸And finally, the slowed down sound of Super Saiyan 1 has been slowed down for 1 movie and 1 episode, DBZ movie 7 and DBZ episode 120 !
Here they are all in one video, I reworked all the possible loops so that the sounds are usable😁
This is fascinating to me, because beyond the surface level it illuminates why conservatives are often so full of shit.
The baseline here is that there's a heatwave, and Mamdani asked New Yorkers to adjust their thermostats to help the grid. This is regular practice in red and blue areas of the country. Daniel posts a defiant "I'm not gonna do what mommy tells me!" style post. He surely thinks he's a very clever boy here.
Now if the message is "This is a free country, and I love my AC, and by god it's my house and no government bureaucrat can force me to change", then fine. Sure. But there is no law being proposed here. No police are bursting down your door demanding to check your thermostat. It's a request from a community leader, a polite ask that you engage in a very small pro-social sacrifice.
You would think conservatives would understand the idea that local communities should pull together in times of need. For the 'common good', perhaps. You'd think. And that they'd be happy if no government force was involved, if they could act merely because they had strong moral character and believed in private charitable action.
"Nobody should ever ask anyone to sacrifice for the common good, even if it's just a polite request" is just dipshit nihilism.
But I suspect Daniel doesn't actually believe in those conservative ideas. Or if he does, they're a distant second to the true guiding star of conservative thought: owning the libs. Given the chance to help people or own the libs, conservatives will always own the libs. Given the chance to demonstrate strong principles or own the libs, they'll always abandon the principle to own the libs. The actual philosophy of the right is merely "We hate the left". And it's sad.
In life, you must choose your regrets.
“You'll regret it if you get married. You'll regret it if you don't get married. You'll regret it if you have kids, and you'll regret it if you don't.
Kierkegaard said this 200 years ago as follows:
‘Whatever you choose, you'll regret it. Because the problem isn't in your choices; it's in romanticizing a life you haven't lived.
A person always finds an untraveled path alluring and mysterious.
That's why the issue isn't making the right choice.
It's choosing and deciding which regret you'll live with.’
What have you decided?” — Salih Guney