I’m pulling numbers from the vagaries of books and articles read years ago, so accuracy probably isn’t great on that.

From the wikipedia page, it looks like there’s a fair bit of controversy about what polling really means, what it’s collecting, and whether it’s worth anything at all, but estimates for splits on the political divide definitely and routinely place more people on the liberal side than conservative, at ratios as incredible [in a ‘whoah, really’ way more than me caring, just because it seems like we have a 1:1:1 split of Dem/Rep/don’t-give-a-fuck in voting numbers) as 28:1 in some places (New England, apparently).

Even back when they were being advertised I thought they were pretty silly. Heelys could be used almost anywhere, but the grinds were like so situation specific.

I guess this is a good example of how wikipedia can be wrong. I checked the sources for one of the states that it listed as yes, and it said it was no. (#28 on the source list, if you care)

I must have forgotten the name. Apparently it’s Big Mothafuckin Crab Truckers. See here for the pdf. It’s amusing, because apparently this conversation goes back and forth between this and car lesbians.

There are enough already in those positions. Even heavily biased industries rarely get close to being dominated by one political party. The ‘liberal white towers’ of academia are only something like 1:6 Dem/left:Rep/right, and that’s usually one of the extremes that republicans bitch about. They’d bitch about other industries if they were anywhere close. I would bet there are enough lackeys and people who feel neutral that the oh-so-important people don’t feel much negative blowback.

There was a trend for a while on /tg/ for creating ‘one-page’ games. The premise and every rule must fit on one standard page. I think my personal favorite was Road Rage Crab Truck Drivers. They were meant to be played quickly, in one night or so, as a break from a traditional campaign that would take many meetings, like D&D or WW games.

Who are these people working at “DOGE” anyway? Is it that fresh high school graduate kid? Are they still doing the “80 hour weeks” without pay?

I have a friend who works in veterinary emergency clinics, and it’s always hilarious to hear his stories, because the CPR doesn’t change on a cat/dog, but there are endless complaints about how different breeds are easier/harder because of their body shape.

I think it also has a factor of how well it blends with current/dominant society. You’d probably be able to find a large amount of folks who agree that the amish are a cult, for example. They’ve been around for a while, and they have relatively large numbers, but their rejection of modern technology flies in the face of the average modern person. If pressed on ‘why?’ those people considering them a cult likely have that unique quality behind the ‘cult’ reasoning.

Just off the top of my head, the snake handlers and the jehovah’s witnesses are both considered cults in my social circle (as in, these topics have come up and are generally agreed on), despite both being large enough to be known in many areas and have been around for quite a while.

I hate you right now. >:(

I thought cats groomed to show dominance? Dogs pee on things to mark territory. Cats pee when no one can see.

I mean, he loosed war pretty early, so it wasn’t that long according to what you say.

I usually see it abbreviated as GERD when I’m dealing with doctors’ notes, medical forms, patient charts.

Post passive aggressive notes as often as you can, make big honking stinkin posts screaming about the injustice, and eventually make a new community on a different instance, I guess. Just from observational experience.

And, amazingly enough, is the exact term that many penal codes use for property damage. Just as two examples, here’s Montana’s, and here’s Texas’. Little OPer wanted to sound smart and repeat words they don’t understand.

I wonder if ‘how to use a valve stem tool’ will start being tracked in searches. I’m sure we are all on a list already, but can you imagine getting a new one created, just for us?

Ah, thanks, that’s what it’s called in the program seller on the phone. It just appears as ‘skiing’ on the desktop underneath it’s button.

Damn, yeah, now I feel old. I remember that was the first time my brother and I came to a formal agreement on sharing the computer so we could each play.

Someday I need to go back and replay that without the cheats (no ammo depletion or collision, I think were the ones I used).

There’s also a really nice skiing game called ‘skiing’ (no joke) by featherweight games. The ads aren’t too bad, and I think they did a really good job of capturing the rhythmic back and forth of slaloming.