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Quoting: scaineEveryone who has access to this site... they're all (myself included) so unbelievably privileged, we have no right to voice our opinions on this subject. We lack the context and (hopefully) life experience of being able to contribute to this "debate".

Only people without Internet access can have opinions on abortion or politics?

Ah, is that what I said? Not really, but you're right, it was poorly worded. I was suggesting that this law change will affect the least privileged people. Those with no recourse. People so far from our existence that it's crass to have strong views about "what it must be like" to have this change forced.upon them.

Hopefully that's a clearer explanation of what I was trying to say.

Yes, thank you. I still feel like that's a broad assumption to make about everyone who visits the site, because even lower middle class people could have a very challenging time e.g. taking time off work to travel to another state or country to get the necessary procedures, not to mention the social fallout, especially in states that offer bounties for intel on women who get abortions.

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Quoting: scaineEveryone who has access to this site... they're all (myself included) so unbelievably privileged, we have no right to voice our opinions on this subject. We lack the context and (hopefully) life experience of being able to contribute to this "debate".

Only people without Internet access can have opinions on abortion or politics?

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And just like that, another debate is aborted without consideration for its potential because someone didn't feel like carrying it on :cry:

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Quoting: TherinSYou mean, this ruling takes a law you cannot change away from the federal government and returns it to the people to vote in thier state as they see fit, right? Isn't that freedom? To change what you want as you see fit?

Cute. Of course, we both know that the people have little to no actual power over their state’s decisions, much like the country’s, especially when their views don’t align perfectly with whichever of the two available parties (lol) is in office; and so returning power to individual states is only really beneficial to the state representatives that disagree with the majority of the others.

But since you prefer to argue about abstract principles rather than practical effects, if the majority opinion in each state (in a fictional USA that isn’t gerrymandered to hell and where the majority opinion isn’t meaningless anyway) is more important than the majority in the country, why have federal laws at all? Nay, why have a federation? Why not break the US into independent states? Then break those into independent counties because those can’t agree either? Then into city-states because urban and rural citizens really don’t have the same needs and will never see eye to eye? Why not keep going and let everyone choose for themselves? You know, the same kind of self-determination that Roe vs Wade protected for everyone at a federal level?

Quoting: TherinSGetting to the base of it is the belief of when life begins.

If you ask me, the real base is a good deal simpler: if it’s in my body, I can choose to get rid of it. I don’t care if it’s a fetus, a baby, mom’s spaghetti or the cure to cancer. But if your ultimate goal is to save every life no matter how miserable and detrimental to society it’s fated to be, you’ll want to know that sexual education and accessible contraceptives are the most effective tools to avoid unwanted pregnancies and, in turn, abortions — and both tools are becoming increasingly hard to attain in the US. You’ll also want to read up on how many women commit suicide rather than being forced to carry to term, or die trying to get an abortion (or perform it upon themselves) illegally, or end up killing themselves and/or their infants after being forced to look after them for a while.

Maybe it’s worth considering how life ends, not just when it begins?

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Quoting: fleskI think nostalgia is the primary reason why everyone's being so critical of this new style.

Nah, I just don’t like the weird geometry and flatness, especially on characters (the backgrounds don’t really bother me). If it were any other game I’d probably ignore it after a glance at the art style, but because it’s MI I’ll just suck it up. So, pretty much the opposite of being overly critical of it because of nostalgia.

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Quoting: ertuquequeI was hesitant to comment here saying that I'm not a fan of the art style, but reading the other comments, I see that it actually is a realatively common opinion. I mean, I'll definitely play it and I'm sure is going to be a good game, but yeah, the art style (and animation) is definitely not... popular.

Pretty much my thoughts exactly. Not a fan of the look, but not to the point that I’d spurn a Monkey Island game for it after putting up with the bad 3D and the aggravating navigation of previous entries in the series and ultimately enjoying all of them. I can relate with the hesitation regarding revisiting prior locations and characters, but I think it can certainly be done right, especially since the description makes it sound like they’ll be used to show how things have changed, and not rehash previous adventures.

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It scratched my Souls-like itch when I finally tried Dark Souls III and couldn’t stand the action queuing. I wasn’t a fan of the oppressive atmosphere, though. Metal and artificial lights everywhere get old quickly for me. Also the game didn’t explain much so there was much time spent on wikis, but that also seems to be standard for Souls.

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Oh neat, I was afraid they wouldn’t fix it up. This would be my number 1 game to play on Deck if I end up buying one eventually.

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I really like Iris and the Giant. The lack of explanations for things can be frustrating, but if you include "figuring out how exactly everything works" as part of the rogue-like experience, there are a lot of specific interactions between cards and enemy types and hidden areas to discover as you play. Probably worth checking out a Steam guide before you start or after your first run, though.

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Curse was my first foray into Monkey Island, so if they do it with a 2D painterly style like the teaser suggests, that suits me fine. Either way, probably an instant purchase!

In addition to Dominic Armato returning as Guybrush, I’m happy to see Michael Land doing the music again. I’ve been listening to MI3’s soundtrack a lot lately. So comfy.

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