a chicken in every pot, and a beer in every koozie

this casting sucks more than any casting that has ever sucked before

like, I don't care about any of the story stuff, but I do care if ryu's med. tatsu beats psycho crusher

the real problem with adapting street fighter into a movie is that it's not, to anyone who plays it enough to care, so much a narrative experience as it is the world's most complicated game of rock paper scissors

during the holidays too lmao like between various thanksgiving and holiday parties and nobody wanting to be outside in the cold it is literally peak house party season

as someone who's spent more time than I would have liked to around pigs they definitely have the capacity to be lovely but most choose violence for fun

I like NIN more than I like Arcade Fire and I like Johnny Cash more than I like Peter Gabriel but it's the truth

just watch out for pyroclasm!

bunch of thallids, nemata grove guardian, sprout swarm, doubling season -- oof. if it was standard you could run black green and throw a couple of tyvars in there if you're feeling crazy

oh man shroofus would be such a good saproling commander

if you're missing a more american bar experience I recommend Mr Brown in trestevere or bukowski bar in whatever it's called just north of trestevere

and delivery food probably is getting worse but it's not because of retuvrn shit it's a consequence of basic economic forces and the fact the American restaurant industry largely treats it's workers as disposable, subhuman scum.

in person dining, the increase in inventory cost and reduced experienced labor pool raised consumer costs while simultaneously lowering quality. then trump took over and between the tariffs, the ethnic cleansing, and the looming threat of recession the bubble is popping...

restaurant bubble and a boom in higher quality local delivery food between like 2010-2019,. then the pandemic hit, which not only ran a bunch of these restaurants out of business, but killed experienced cooks at a genuinely shocking rate. even after places started to open back up for...

my theory is that the walmartification of the retail economy opened up a bunch of cheap commercial real estate in smaller towns. the complete destruction of local retail, combined with a cultural valorization of the restaurant industry and the widespread adoption of delivery apps, led to a...

not to hand it to a brand on the internet but it really is the best everyday salt

as soon as the weather turns cold they lose all sense of personal space