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Bsky, how to we feel about BattleTech? It’s been sitting in my Steam list for ages, it’s a Paradox game, I’m a few hours in.
Am I right that it’s essentially MechXCOM? With a slightly jankier UI? (Neither of these are derogatory)
Am I right that it’s essentially MechXCOM? With a slightly jankier UI? (Neither of these are derogatory)
November 15, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Bsky, how to we feel about BattleTech? It’s been sitting in my Steam list for ages, it’s a Paradox game, I’m a few hours in.
Am I right that it’s essentially MechXCOM? With a slightly jankier UI? (Neither of these are derogatory)
Am I right that it’s essentially MechXCOM? With a slightly jankier UI? (Neither of these are derogatory)
November 15, 2025 at 10:05 PM
like, this is fine, though.
November 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
like, this is fine, though.
Ah, Mario "Wish.com MacArthur" Cavolo is still throat-GOATing the CCP on the daily & - ugh - decided he was going to go longform with his cavalcade of propaganda bullshit.
... but, I do have to say, getting that fucking idiot to argue with Grok is <chef-kiss>... something worthy of his "intellect"
... but, I do have to say, getting that fucking idiot to argue with Grok is <chef-kiss>... something worthy of his "intellect"
November 15, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Ah, Mario "Wish.com MacArthur" Cavolo is still throat-GOATing the CCP on the daily & - ugh - decided he was going to go longform with his cavalcade of propaganda bullshit.
... but, I do have to say, getting that fucking idiot to argue with Grok is <chef-kiss>... something worthy of his "intellect"
... but, I do have to say, getting that fucking idiot to argue with Grok is <chef-kiss>... something worthy of his "intellect"
The Sun may have set the sky on fire this evening, but I’m not even mad
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 AM
The Sun may have set the sky on fire this evening, but I’m not even mad
November 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
no... don't... come back...
November 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
no... don't... come back...
[THE WHITE HOUSE]: "Let's get everyone's minds off of those nasty emails. I know, release the video of him luring the small italian children with gifts..."
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
[THE WHITE HOUSE]: "Let's get everyone's minds off of those nasty emails. I know, release the video of him luring the small italian children with gifts..."
Do I owe... you? that person? the audience at large? any particular response? I was under the impression that I could write on this however the fuck I want. You seem to have appointed yourself arbiter of "how to post correctly."
But - come to mention it - how did you get that job, Newjack Rudetag?
But - come to mention it - how did you get that job, Newjack Rudetag?
November 14, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Do I owe... you? that person? the audience at large? any particular response? I was under the impression that I could write on this however the fuck I want. You seem to have appointed yourself arbiter of "how to post correctly."
But - come to mention it - how did you get that job, Newjack Rudetag?
But - come to mention it - how did you get that job, Newjack Rudetag?
Western Wumao Tankies Valorously Defend China's Honor Without Being Simultaneously Ludicrously Historically Illiterate & Unbelievably Ironic In The Most Avoidable Ways Imaginable Challenge 2025 [LEVEL: 🈲]
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Western Wumao Tankies Valorously Defend China's Honor Without Being Simultaneously Ludicrously Historically Illiterate & Unbelievably Ironic In The Most Avoidable Ways Imaginable Challenge 2025 [LEVEL: 🈲]
Verdict:
They A Little Bit Mad, but not enough to directly bring up Yasukuni Shrine or burn Toyotas in the streets.
Rating:
🐺🐺□□□ 2/5 Wolf Warriors
They A Little Bit Mad, but not enough to directly bring up Yasukuni Shrine or burn Toyotas in the streets.
Rating:
🐺🐺□□□ 2/5 Wolf Warriors
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Verdict:
They A Little Bit Mad, but not enough to directly bring up Yasukuni Shrine or burn Toyotas in the streets.
Rating:
🐺🐺□□□ 2/5 Wolf Warriors
They A Little Bit Mad, but not enough to directly bring up Yasukuni Shrine or burn Toyotas in the streets.
Rating:
🐺🐺□□□ 2/5 Wolf Warriors
ooh, let's see! How many ticks can we check off on our "PRC Mad At Japan" bingo sheet this time??
✅ One-China Principle
✅ Interfere W/ Internal Affairs (3x Combo!)
✅ "Those Who Play With Fire Will Perish By It!"
✅ Sovereignty & Territorial Integrity
✅ War Crimes
✅ "Firm & Resolute Response"
✅ One-China Principle
✅ Interfere W/ Internal Affairs (3x Combo!)
✅ "Those Who Play With Fire Will Perish By It!"
✅ Sovereignty & Territorial Integrity
✅ War Crimes
✅ "Firm & Resolute Response"
November 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
ooh, let's see! How many ticks can we check off on our "PRC Mad At Japan" bingo sheet this time??
✅ One-China Principle
✅ Interfere W/ Internal Affairs (3x Combo!)
✅ "Those Who Play With Fire Will Perish By It!"
✅ Sovereignty & Territorial Integrity
✅ War Crimes
✅ "Firm & Resolute Response"
✅ One-China Principle
✅ Interfere W/ Internal Affairs (3x Combo!)
✅ "Those Who Play With Fire Will Perish By It!"
✅ Sovereignty & Territorial Integrity
✅ War Crimes
✅ "Firm & Resolute Response"
Wishing a very merry Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming For 30 Seconds Day, to all who celebrate
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Wishing a very merry Partially Muscled Skeleton Screaming For 30 Seconds Day, to all who celebrate
Good lord what a massive step down for Piker...
November 14, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Good lord what a massive step down for Piker...
For the relatively low price of having to sit through Keanu Reeve's and Wynona Rider's attempted "Engl-ish?" accents, you get every other fabulous thing this version brought to us...
What a gory, glorious bargain!
What a gory, glorious bargain!
November 14, 2025 at 4:46 AM
For the relatively low price of having to sit through Keanu Reeve's and Wynona Rider's attempted "Engl-ish?" accents, you get every other fabulous thing this version brought to us...
What a gory, glorious bargain!
What a gory, glorious bargain!
Chances of us getting involved in a stupid-ass land war to try to distract from the president's pedophile sex scandal?
It's high. It's *very* high.
It's high. It's *very* high.
November 14, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Chances of us getting involved in a stupid-ass land war to try to distract from the president's pedophile sex scandal?
It's high. It's *very* high.
It's high. It's *very* high.
Mid-November, in the Rockies, 65°F … WTF is going on anymore… I should be thinking about buying early-season ski tickets by this point…
November 13, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Mid-November, in the Rockies, 65°F … WTF is going on anymore… I should be thinking about buying early-season ski tickets by this point…
"access to all knowledge simultaneously" but has zero capacity to differentiate actual facts from things it imagined entire &/or heard from a shitposter on StormFront
Wow, such useful...
Wow, such useful...
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"access to all knowledge simultaneously" but has zero capacity to differentiate actual facts from things it imagined entire &/or heard from a shitposter on StormFront
Wow, such useful...
Wow, such useful...
You said it, mang!
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
You said it, mang!
Even less fun fact: Her parents named her... "Yardley"
November 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Even less fun fact: Her parents named her... "Yardley"
Strangely, my "news media is an essential, independent, fact-seeking Fourth Estate of the republic... *but* it bends easily to whatever political side is most willing to scream loudest, because that's easier & gets more clicks" goggles do not seem to be stopping these ocular chemical burns...
November 13, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Strangely, my "news media is an essential, independent, fact-seeking Fourth Estate of the republic... *but* it bends easily to whatever political side is most willing to scream loudest, because that's easier & gets more clicks" goggles do not seem to be stopping these ocular chemical burns...