it's awesome that every single american city just is Gotham, but instead of the things you'd say in a Batman story about like, oh the city council answers to the Gangs, the Gangs can just shake down city bus drivers &c for not showing proper respect, we have to cut social services cause our corrupt mayor keeps funneling all the city's money to the Gangs, better hope the Gangs don't decide your club is a little too queer, the Gangs act with total impunity, we need the Batman to beat the shit out of the Gangs... you just take all those statements and replace "the Gangs" with "the Cops", and that's it, that's every major american metropolis.
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Me: "They say you're the best rigger around. The fingers and arms move a little weird on this model. Do you think you could help get it VR ready?"
Old codger: "Nay. 'Tis true I be a rigger, landlubber, but this be like no sail me eyes have ev'r beheld."
that's why I don't own it on DVD or blu-ray
Saw some dude go into a wild tangent over a scenario that only exists in his head about the whole "pedestrians needing to grab a brick to cross the road" post that has been going on ("But what about MY safety while driving a murder machine???") right before blocking them, and I have to believe that this brand of driver psychopathy is exclusive to the northern hemisphere or something
I remember a few sessions ago I was trying to explain something during a game and told the others "You know how pedestrians always have the right of way?" to set a baseline to what I was going to say later about mechs, but instead was met with several "huh????", having to say that yes, when you're driving a 2 ton death machine, the fragile meat and bone person will always have the right of the way
Guess this is the difference of mindset you get when you say crossing the street is illegal instead
I mostly think about this 2020 study that found people that drive nicer cars are worse drivers and then if you live in the US it's even worse cuz so much revoles around having a car even if you dont need a car to get around it still creates a 1st and 2nd class citizen dichotomy.
My favorite demonstration of US car culture is when someone on the birdsite posted a video of the stuntman minigame from Infinite Wealth, and some QT'd with "this is just what it's like to walk anywhere in America"
And they're not wrong.
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