"Polls are a liberal conspiracy to convince conservatives their policies are unpopular."

Somehow I don't think there will be an issue with the Orks being able to krump nearly any enemy they come across. They are, after all, made for fightin' and winnin'.

During Bush II, his approval rating dropping into the mid-30s was a sign that people were getting sick of Iraq/Afghanistan and also pissed at Hurricane Katrina. But I imagine that level of introspection is not going on at the Trump White House.

Hell, Biden's EPA put forward a regulation that was intended to eliminate all use of asbestos, even in its currently limited use cases, and Trump reversed it. So they're *literally* pro-asbestos.

The tree of liberty must, from time to time, be watered with chicken broth

Yeah but that's why people like it.

The "torch passing" was half-hearted in the first place, precisely because they didn't want to fully abandon Kiryu. So even with two full games under his belt, Ichiban still feels like he's playing second fiddle to the "real" Yakuza protagonist(s).

If we are being honest, they seem to struggle with letting *any* major character disappear permanently at this point. Kiryu is the most blatant example, but RGG just can't seem to resist bringing back old favorites, no matter who absurd the notion that they are still alive.

There Is also the simple fact that they clearly wanted to wrap up Kiryu's story but didn't have a clear idea of how they should do that. And then they spent another two games basically having a redo because it was so unsatisfying the first time.

His political slogan is "Don't like Schloss? That's your loss!"

www.youtube.com/watch?v=z227...

Never underestimate the power of cognitive dissonance. They will find a way to make this all conform to their worldview, or else they will reject the evidence of their eyes and ears.

Time to learn how to cook a Hoover stew

Man it's a good thing that the AI industry isn't inextricably interlinked with various contractual obligations and investments. Otherwise, the failure of one could have a domino effect that takes down the entire industry!

Whenever someone launches a business venture with an incomprehensible business model, I just assume it's some form of money laundering.

To be fair, the Venn diagram between crypto shills and AI stans is basically a circle. If someone is invested in one, you can almost guarantee they're invested in the other, so even if they were unfairly conflated, they are basically destined to drag each other down if/when there's a market downturn