Don’t forget that Epstein was linked to Israel Military intelligence, so there is that…

Daaaayumn

It was super attentive to d&d details such as almost all the classes of the party using intelligence as dump stats or the specifics of the spells mechanics while also not needing the audience to know any of that to have a good time and understand what was going on.

And the use of d&d lore and mechanics were woven into the characters and narrative, it wasn’t just hey remember this thing from d&d. Way underrated, probably bad marketing.

Trust no one. Using the framework of Noam chomskys manufacturing consent to help identify biases and read between the lines is a pretty good strategy though.

So they are going to build capacity in the vacuum of the US empires withdrawal. Let’s hope China weilds their new regional empire a little gentler than the US did…

Having lived in China, I can say China is largely self sufficient and Chinese tariffs on American goods isn’t going to hurt the American economy as much as other aspects of a trade war such as quitting their policy to buy American debt. That said, China does import a shit ton of grain and oil (both cooking and crude), some tech stuff, some cars, and a good amount of aircraft parts, and 40 something films a year see box office releases in China. So certain industries will be hit but specifically related to tariffs and only tariffs, China losing access to the American market is worse for their economy. But by no means is it good for the American economy and tariffs aren’t the only weapon in a trade war.

Sorry to get pedantic, but it’s the internet here.

I think pet implies some level of affection. Pretty sure to them we’re just livestock.