How do you know you're with one of those men, really? What happens when they change their tune?

A lot of men will say whatever they need to so they can get laid. Or think they really believe it until the relationship is threatened.

It's not that women can't do all that too but that women now have less ways to extricate themselves from such relationships.

Why risk it?

Women can take care of themselves or each other.

But yeah, the human libido will take charge sometimes. They're just worried it'll be men taking charge regardless of their wishes.

If you were a woman in today's world, why would you take the risk of dating someone who can rape, impregnate, and either leave or stay and dominate your life?

The reality is that tender, gentle, trusting relationships will still form... and the rest of the men will have to decide whether to try to be better men or not.

Am I unaware of my own bias? No! It's the women who are wrong!

Except Game of Thrones was hotly anticipated and with 'The Dune Show', people are responding "What? Now? Huh."

"Blaming the economy won't cut it."

blames the economy

Maybe so. But he's a good example of someone getting 'close' nationally.

Ross Perot had a shot in 1992 but blew it by promoting conspiracy theories (that may have even been true, who knows) about Republican infiltration at (iirc) his daughters wedding.

And the split in the vote let Bill Clinton beat the incumbent Bush.

The only way a third party takes a seat is when they capture the attention.

Locally, that's easier. Less people to win over, you get to focus on local accomplishments, etc. But national you need to become the national conversation or too many voters wouldn't know who you are.

One step past that is "Congress shall pass no law."

I'm not positive they won't go that far either.

Turning the panic of a blank spot in my notes into a high point of the session. Definitely was a lot of fun.

I ran a D&D session for my family (dad, aunt, uncle, cousin's husband) last Sunday. It was my first time bringing the group back to my homebrew world / plot after two years in the feywild.

They were in a hedge maze and found an intact redwood desk on clean white tiles... and that's all I had in my notes.

I scrambled and came up with a hidden drawer with a needle trap. And in the drawer would be a quill pen, a single sheet of parchment, and a bottle of ink.

The parchment showed as a letter addressed to the one who found it, but everyone else saw it as blank. At first they assumed this was an effect from the needle trap

However, closing and reopening the drawer refills with a new parchment, which behaves the same even if the person taking the parchment was not hit by the trap.

They played with it for 20 minutes, discovered that the bottle of ink was a magical potion, and moved on.

Then they discovered the minotaur in the maze, which was a callback to the game my Dad ran for our family when I was very young.

I always dissolve into laughter at the 'going into town for supplies' scene. It's just perfect.

Look, it's a fascist influencer!

Totally agreed about Debra Jo-Rupp. I was pretty sure her death was a fake out and that we would be seeing her again.

Westworld. It is a brilliantly self-contained first season with nothing more needed. The subsequent seasons are worse but do not detract.

And Heroes, of course. That was just a mess.

I'm glad they kept these cameos out.

The story felt more self-contained and didn't need to remind us of every bit of the MCU.

I'd even argue that Debra Jo-Rupp was wasted as a coven member and a callback. They didn't do anything interesting with her as a character. But at least she was from Wandavision so it was less of a stretch to include her.

Eat something healthy.

Just not eating at all will likely lead to a binge later.

That's awesome! Glad you found yourself. Not everyone does.

Strange Days is a classic?

I thought of it as a bit too clunky in its execution. But I'll admit Juliette Lewis has always been a distractingly terrible actor in my eyes. And she can't sing either.

I will admit it's good enough to deserve a better reception than it's theatrical release though.

How many people had concentration that high, and how did it get that high?

I would hope it wasn't just from using Teflon pans every day.

But with a sample size of 30k, they would be unlikely to get people who might regularly come into contact with it in a manufacturing setting.

I prefer cast iron anyway.