a (two-pronged) plug fitting into a socket from the look of it?

at least it’s not teams

the free markets choice sticking you with huge policing penalties to model discontent from inequality was also a neat bit, although the way that played out (environmentallists can be strictly more warlike between that and having bonuses at taming the alien mind worms) was kinda funny

not the point but: Planned was also amazing with Democracy b/c those plus Children’s
Creche (a facility you wanted anyway) equals population boom.

i assume there is a huge commander-in-waiting pool / a random asking to join is probably not relevant but if not uhhh is it possible to get in on that?

Yeah I think it's worth thinking of this as like, leaded gasoline or radium in consumer products or widespread asbestos use rather than a lot of the previous tech hype cycles

I wrote up a thing that started by agreeing and then went on to say some other stuff, looked at what I had written, considered I was in the mentions of Eize saying “I’m starting Chainsaw Man”, and wrote this instead lol

Yeah the show doesnt rub it in your face too often after the beginning but the bit where he’s been selling his own organs and run out, just to allllllmost hit the very bottom step in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a big part of his characterization.

There’s also websiteleague.org
But it’s new enough that I haven’t messed around with it

Yesssssssss!

if you’re like, evil cog in the evil machine, watching your shitty boss who risked your life in a fuckup actually straight up die for it in front of everyone is probably the most satisfying moment of your life lol

Me in the 90s: damn this would be so bad for morale
Me in 2025 seeing who floats to the top in authoritarian systems: I bet every junior officer has a poster of him in their quarters

my guess is it’s for the other end- if you have a lot of plugging/unplugging into an expensive device it would be cheaper to plug this in once and replace when it’s receptacle wears out? But idk if there’s an actual instance of that hypothetical

stiknork.substack.com/p/qing-up-in...

i was thinking about the Q-Up blogpost and how video games basically marinate people in rngs that have been nudged to be “fairer” in light of gambling but there’s basically no disentangling those