I meant in the general election.

So did I.

This is seriously the one election cycle where I'd find voting for a third party in protest palatable.

I don't like his policies but everyone is quick to point out how ineffectual presidents are in making real policy, and there's no way I'd vote for Trump (or even Cruz).

At that point your might as well throw your vote at the Libertarians.

And this won't be news to any of you, since it's something I think pretty much all humans share. Life can be difficult--and especially has been for me recently--and at times its hard to maintain your focus on what matters, and not let yourself get caught up in your own problems.

I'm sat outside at the moment, at 3am, just looking at the sky. It's incredibly beautiful to think how vast a sea of nothingness we live in, peppered with isolated fusion reactors and other balls of rock. Some much like our own. As easy as it is to be cynical and pessimistic, I find it difficult to maintain such an outlook when thinking about the universe. It's not something fundamentally other than us; it's something we inhabit, and in both a very meaningful and very literal way we are the universe. Essentially, we're the universe playing hide and seek with itself.

I'm reminded of when Michael Massimino conducted a space-walk, and had to turn his head from Earth because he found it to be too beautiful to look upon. As if such a perspective is something humans were never supposed to have. Outer space is a reminder that our planet is a part of something altogether untameable. A lot of people are inclined to mock any imposition of agency on the universe--whether it be God or whatever--but I think it's liberating to realise just how insignificant we are, and how little respect the universe has for our terrestrial disputes and grievances. And it's humbling to realise that we are less important--although that doesn't feel like the right word--than something which has no agency; that's precisely where the awe and wonder comes from.

On a cosmic scale, it really doesn't matter whether I live or die. So why not experience it as much as I can in the meantime? As much as lying on the grass and just staring into the night sky. attempting to comprehend our home, is cliche. . . it's cliche for a good reason. I doubt we we will properly understand the universe even slightly, on a very fundamental and emotional level, let alone fully. There is no end to this particular journey, and that's what makes it beautiful.

Just something I wanted to share, really.

Check out Wargame red dragon Meta you might like it

I've actually had that on my Steam wishlist for time. But it's £30, so fuck that. I'll wait for it to go on offer.

Completely agree.

Although it's the kind of game where getting off to a bad start can throw you off for the rest of the match, which can make it unenjoyable. But that's more an issue with individual skill.

But yeah, it's a solid game.

My kind of politician.

As in, it's actually terrible. I've always kind of had poor hearing (I had grommets as a kid), and always used to love fucking around in class with a dog whistle on my phone that I couldn't hear. Endless laughs. However, doing a non-rigorous test, it looks like I stop hearing sounds when they hit 8.5-9k hertz (note: conducted the test without headphones).
 
Is this something to be concerned about? Most of the stuff online is to do with more elderly people and hearing loss. Is it something I should seek to correct?

Also, take the test and post the results.

And, yeah, I know CA is doing Halo Wars 2. And I expect it to be pretty mad (thankfully it's coming to PC), but it won't quite be Total War levels of mad.

Creating a Total War game in the Halo universe, with all the map/combat dynamics that implies, feels like it would just unleash CA's talent to create something both familiar and yet altogether unique. The depth would be astounding.

When life gives you lemons. . .




















Throw them to the floor and twat life in the face for giving you shitty fruit.

Save it up for total warhammer

My student loan will have dropped by the time it comes out.

It aged terribly.

I hear people say this all the time, but I really don't get it. It kind of looks like shit, but that's not really a big deal.

But yeah, Dark Souls might be the way to go.

BF4 on Origin.

And on Steam I play EUIV, Civ V and TF2 irregularly.

occasionally eats shellfish, and has nothing against eating mussels.

Source for animals like prawns and crabs feeling pain.

I'm pretty sure mussels can't feel shit, though.

Why am I not surprised that the ghoul Soros is involved?