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As the population of Western society grows that has less and less "reverence" for the norms, values, ethics, practices, etc. of Western culture, those things will continue the erosion that has already begun and eventually they will simply peter out.

As in anyone

Yeah, yeah - I know it's Axios...

¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I honestly have no idea and that's what makes it exciting! I'm willing to bet that the "Western culture is superior" zealots wouldn't be singing that same tune if they were truly honest with themselves in a situation where Islamic culture -- no matter how repressive -- had somehow managed to attain the identical achievements far ahead of the "secular" West if history had played out differently. If the first man on the moon planted the Islamic crescent flag, if Islamic scientists had made the first advancements in medicine, genetics, etc. Every single Western civilization chauvinist would probably be rushing to throw the West's women into burqas, outlaw alcohol, etc. Hell, if the Mongol Horde had turned further west instead of due south, this is exactly what would've happened. One culture's "superiority" over any other is largely an accident of history. Don't put too much -- or any -- stock in it.

The sooner "Western culture" and its inherent degeneracy meets its demise, the better.

I'm sure both of them are pretty upset right about now.

No?

In the words of Oliver Cromwell to the Rump Parliament: You have sat too long for any good you have been doing lately. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!

There is none, and the sooner the "left" wises up and realizes that, the better!

Absolutely not. They were going to vote for (R) no matter what. WhatsHerName never entered their political equation.

I simply do not believe those people exist in any discernible number to be of any relevance. They were going to vote for the candidate with the (R) whether it was The Imbecile, Little Marco, or Lyin' Ted. They were never going to vote for WhatsHerName to begin with.

If that truly is the case, then my only response is: so what? I can 100% guarantee that each and every one of those people would've voted for the GOP candidate, no matter who it would've been. The absolute number of individuals who are so very incensed by the "PC movement" that it motivated them to vote for The Imbecile is so insignificantly minuscule in the greater scheme of things that this is a "problem" not even worth an iota of contemplation.

OLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL They're both calls to prayer and can be beautiful/annoying depending on your propensity. Personally, I vastly prefer the muzzein's call to prayer that happens only 5 times a day (praise Allah for that!) as opposed to bells that go off EVERY. SINGLE. GODDAMNED. HOUR.

Hitman 2's new levels feel like the series at its peak (PC Gamer) I just hope it doesn't get buried by Fallout 76 and Red Dead this year. Hitman 2’s Colombia level lets you take selfies and stab a man with a tattoo pen (PCGamesN) While I have a soft spot for Hitman’s denser urban settings, Santa Fortuna’s flowing geography makes for an enticingly open level that satisfies in its own ways. From this brief look, there certainly appears to be no shortage of emergent possibilities, and the combined presence of revelling tourists and heavy armed forces makes for a uniquely tense atmosphere.

Oh man - Tomcats performing fleet defense against Backfires!

Fallout 76’s big multiplayer question: Who is in charge of the story? (Polygon) ‘Fallout-with-friends’ proposition works, but can get a little chaotic With so much of the game dependent on how nicely others play together, as well as post-launch content and balancing both promised and necessary, fans should approach Fallout 76 with eyes open to the possibility this game will take a few months to hit its stride. Playing solo and interacting with nothing but orphaned robots and audio diaries could make repetitive tasks feel even more so. Running around with friends might deliver great spontaneity and action, but less story progress. Fans will be in charge of balancing the game they play as much as Bethesda developers will have to tune the one they’ve built. How Fallout 76 handles combat with VATS (Polygon) It’s possible that at higher levels, or with other perk cards equipped, VATS becomes more useful. (“Concentrated Fire,” at higher ranks, confers an accuracy and damage boost if you go after the same body part.) But it’s also possible that VATS’ biggest success ends up being that it was included in a multiplayer game and nothing was broken for it. The scanning/highlighting utility may help some players who are less skilled in multiplayer shooters, which can often break down to being shot to death before you see who’s shooting. Against CPU foes, I made faster work of my enemies by free-aiming. No NPCs in Fallout 76: It’s weird, but still workable (Polygon) Fallout 76 is an entertaining compromise (Eurogamer) Perhaps that's Fallout 76's real feat of the imagination, rather than its reduction of the almighty nuke to a cycling game-as-service mechanism. It tantalises with the thought of a loneliness as big as a county, a landscape of hollowed-out vignettes - Gone Home with the resources of an open world blockbuster at its disposal. But then a team-mate bounces a grenade off your head just as another group crests the road in a rattle of shotgun fire, and you're back playing that other game, the knockabout party blaster wearing Fallout's skin. It's not a natural marriage, but it has a certain rough-and-ready charm, and I'm curious to see where it takes us. Fallout 76 Played Solo Is a Lonely, Not Lifeless Experience (US Gamer) I'm cool with Fallout 76's solo gameplay. I'm down with digging up Appalachia's secrets while taking a potentially deadly walking tour through West Virginia's lush and slightly radioactive landscape. When I played, I heard the occasional gunshots of other players, and it was enough to remind me I wasn't alone. I loved that feeling. I'm interested to hear what other fans have to say, though. We Answer the Big Questions About Fallout 76 (US Gamer podcast) How Fallout 76's Nukes Work—And Why You Probably Won't be Nuked by Trolls (US Gamer) All told, we have nothing to fear from Fallout 76's nuclear missiles. They're hard to acquire, they're not worth wasting on petty troll antics, and rebuilding is simple if the worst does happen. We probably stand a better chance of getting hit by actual nuclear weapons in the real world. Take that factoid to bed with you and sleep tight! Fallout 76's VATS is pretty disappointing, here it is in action (PC Gamer) You can't slow down time or pause an online game to watch gruesome cinematic kills, so what's left of VATS? Fallout 76 has Red Dead-style treasure maps (PC Gamer) There are dozens of treasure maps hidden in Fallout 76 which bear an uncanny resemblance to the ones found in Red Dead Redemption. Each map depicts some crudely drawn scenery complete with an all-important X, and that's basically it. You have to rely on your eyes and memory to find the treasure, so spelunking in the Appalachian frontier is just as fun as it was in the Wild West. Watch a nuke getting dropped on us in Fallout 76 (PC Gamer) The 12 most surprising things we learned by playing Fallout 76 (PC Gamer)

It might have been D'Aubuisson, but I don't remember if it was El Salvador, Guatemala, or Honduras.

The odds of his name being Roberto are pretty high.

I totally agree with a Central American right-wing death squad leader from the 1980s whose name escapes me right now: The "moderate center" is like an anus: it's round and it stinks.

All three hours of gameplay: Impressons summary:

Nothing because it doesn't exist. It's an intellectually bankrupt, empty, vacuous red herring.

There's a headline that the Associated Press probably wrote for Weimar Germany in 1932.

China has confirmed it is holding the missing head of Interpol, Meng Hongwei. Beijing said he was under investigation by the country's anti-corruption body for unspecified breaches of the law.

That entirely depends on whether or not the Democrats claim the House.