CoffeeJunkie

To be fair, he did lose weight at the gym

Everyone should know, US flag code is relatively new phenomenon, with the beginnings of it forming around 1942. My grandfather predated US flag code.

Similarly, flying the flag at half-staff/mast only goes back to 1954-ish.

Regarding the US flag & how it is presented, treated, there is a lot of customs & nuance that we're just kind of making up as we go along. It seems as the world gets smaller, the rate of divergency & traditions is accelerating.

Most soldiers I've met don't really care about the flag code. They dislike the flag being burned but currently there's not much we can do about that.

I am (mostly) mindful of "flag code", just out of my own personal respect & love for America. But it's not law; the flag is made for Americans. Americans aren't made for the flag, to structure our actions around what some guys said in 1942.

Youth justice is for the many nuanced & lower stakes scenarios. Stealing a car, breaking windows, shoplifting/petty theft, getting into fights, drug abuse/addiction, arson, criminal mischief, etc.

Not stabbing strangers to death.

You can't equate the two.

Depending on marketing & their dedication to bringing it to market...again... they can & they do. Digitally. Nintendo has sold old video games on the Wii, Wii U platform. Then, they packaged & released the NES & SNES Classic consoles, very smart move actually & it was a cute product that appealed to many consumers.

Since then, Nintendo's greed has grown. They no longer sell because they don't want you to own copies of old videogames....they want to rent them to you by the month or year. Via Nintendo Online subscriptions, you can browse the whole catalog & play all kinds of old games. It requires a Switch, an internet connection, and don't forget that sweet, sweet Nintendo Online subscription. Once you've gotten your fix & you cancel your subscription, you own nothing & they've got your money. This is their goal, everything is going according to plan. Subscription models for endless reven on old games.

You will give them your money, you will own nothing, and you will be happy.

Even better, get a proper tongue scraper like this one. Scrape all that stupid, nasty bullshit of your tongue first. THEN brush your teeth & tongue. THEN an alcohol-free mouthwash.

It's a lot easier to brush the bad bacteria & waste away if most of it has been physically removed before the brushing.

I quit probably 11 years ago. IIRC they did some dumb stuff to cap trades, and I played out most of everything that was very cool & interesting, and they kept adding new stupid skills that I had absolutely no interest in doing. Like the hunting/trapping skill. But then they'd release sick new quests, with good rewards/perks, but to do them you'd have to extensively train up that yucky, boring, dumb "skill" that you would never use otherwise. If not for that quest.

They turned my play into work, and took the fun out of it, and eventually I was like why am I paying these people so I can grind away hours on dumb stuff that I don't even like?? So I quit.

It's called money. 😆 And surgeries.

Omg I would love translucent

This Analogue group is very specialized in high-end, non-emulated resurrections of old consoles. They're known for their passion & product quality, and also a shitty website UI. In my opinion. It sucks. Can't be good at everything, I guess, and you struggling on their website isn't their problem.

So as you noted, they're charging enough for their product...and quite often when they do a limited run release (especially on a brand new console), they sell out within minutes. Sometimes they'll do a restock, much later, if they feel like it.

I also don't want to get anyone in trouble, buuuuuut it is heavily implied that while their hardware doesn't involve emulation of any kind, there may or may not be physical cartridge emulators that can run ROMs of all kinds of games. Legal & not so legal. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I got a used, working N64 maybe 11 years ago, and I had to pay $40. Maybe you can get it for less, but I sincerely doubt it. The decent, working ones only tend to become more rare with time, and what was $40 11 years ago...certainly...isn't the same as $40 today. 🙄🙄🙄🙄

My friend went to a nerd convention & IIRC there were people selling "reconditioned" N64s for $130, more for exotic & limited edition colors. While expensive I think this is actually the way to go, because the nerds take them apart & give them a great cleaning, to where they're basically like new! My friend bought one for his kids.

Then for a little more money, there's new tech in this one. Crazy upscaling, modern connections, fixes to old problems in the original console. I have such fond memories of the N64, but I also remember sometimes when it was trying to render some very intense Super Smash Bros scenes it would struggle & lag out for a while. This should be fixed. 10x the resolution, but in keeping with the spirit of N64! And with the original N64, you have to find, buy hokey low-storage memory cards & such. This one has a microSD expansion port & modern 8BitDo Bluetooth controllers, ALL the bells & whistles.

....so.... this appeals to millennials who want to experience their childhood on crack, just the best of what is old rendered & reimagined on snappy modern tech by people who care so much about retro gaming. To get together with their friends. To share with their children. Idk I think it has more than a little appeal, to the right person!

Kinda relevant

I, personally, am a big fan of brevity. Fort Liberty: Short. Sweet. To the point. 🙂

There is no reason why we couldn't do both! Commission a big plaque, a statue/picture, write it up on the website -- Fort Liberty honors Shugart & Gordon, two Delta Force operators who gave their lives trying to protect a downed Blackhawk pilot in Mogadishu. Just bake it in, tasteful AF.

I just really don't like things that get in the way of primary purpose, or title. For example, I type airport into Google. One of the results, do you mean the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport?? The honorary title, it's longer than the place. Oh, and that airport is on Everett McKinley Dirksen Parkway, and god help you if you misspell that name, because Google won't if you're off by one letter.

Honor all the people you want, as much as you want, with all the weird names you want. Write a whole damn book. Just do it in the credits, not the goddamn title. There's a proper place for everything.

*** On second thought & reading your comments...I do very much like, and appreciate, the sentiment of naming bases directly after honorable people. And it's probably far less consequential to have an odd and/or long name assigned to a military base than it is a road or public transit. Now if you'll excuse me. I need to go to the General Wayne A. Downing Peoria International Airport on Everett McKinley Dirksen Parkway. 🤪