A lot of people in the US argue that the poor don’t deserve anything, any lack of money is a moral failing, and they don’t deserve any kind of help.

A bit of a reduction. It’s not that being poor is a moral failing, but there is a mindset that if you don’t have a job, it’s your fault, and that if you have a job but are still poor, you’re probably wasting money on drugs or something. It’s not so much “they’re poor because they’re a bad person so I shouldn’t help them” as “if I help them then they won’t help themselves.” Which is an easy position to hold if you don’t consider how little the low-hanging jobs can pay, how much rent costs, how much food costs when you can’t home-cook it, and how hard it is to get a job when you don’t have a number, address, shower, or clean clothes.

And then there’s a second group that thinks “Well, we have systems in place. There are homeless shelters somewhere, so they should be going there instead of begging on the streets.” And they can be right, but you should probably do some research on said homeless shelters before you take that stance, in case it’s too far away to walk, understaffed/underfunded, or poorly managed.

It’s easy to think the poor don’t need your help if you don’t think on it too much, and to be fair, not everyone has the bandwidth and energy to be thinking on that. But at the end of the day, we have poor people, so those with means should be doing what they can to help.

Reaching that second field of hogs under the conversation felt kind of ominous.

I’ve seen this one before, but the alt text had me in a (silent) laughing fit anyways.

I agree with you, but I’m obligated to downvote.

What’s this about Mojang?

we wanted to give you the opportunity to address.

*Adds landlord to resume 🏘️📈👑😁

hits rock bottom 🪨📉😭
*adds geologist to resume 🧑‍🔬🔬🪨😁

*Has meltdown 😡🤯💥
Adds nuclear physicist to resume ⚛️🧑‍🔬🏭😎

What app is this that justifies the text with hyphens? Is it in a fixed-width display, or does it detect syllables automatically?

I wouldn’t say nothing. After stopping the Flag Smashers, they went to the GRC and told them not to be so mean to the refugees. But they didn’t really address the world borders thing or anything (as far as I remember,) so I guess this counts.

Well there’s that (and an answer to that,) but I meant superheroes enforcing the status quo by beating up people who want a change for the better without addressing their complaints. Like Killmonger comes to mind, but Black Panther did listen.

I can’t even remember the last time a superhero was like this.

I dunno. I didn’t read it. Did you find anything interesting?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Meanie

This is Joe Biden’s America.

I don’t know these guys, so I went and did some research, and it wasn’t until I was neck deep in an article on a theory about them being the same person that it finished off saying that the Wikipedia page for Childish Gambino redirects to Donald Glover.

Nice one.

They fight in the city, yes. Then they almost fight at Radical Train, but Shadow gets in the way. Then they meet up and go through Kingdom Valley together, then when the Egg Carrier crashes, the two of them go back in time together so Sonic can stop it. That’s more interaction that Silver and Shadow have I think.

Wanted to make it a bit more obscure for my friends, and also cropped it.

Other than the fact that the majority of Silver’s story revolves around chasing Sonic, I guess that could be the case…?

Sonic '06 actually has some of the best story in the series. Shadow is at his peak, and Silver’s story is good too. It’s just Sonic’s story (especially with Elise) and the gameplay that ruins it. Mostly the gameplay. But even with the gameplay problems, the level design is pretty good, as you can see if you play the Project '06 fan remake.

Sonic: “We’re on our way to the Space Colony ARK, so I guess that means we’re going too.”
(Shadow '05)

Or…

Sonic: “Look, ramps!”
Tails: “We can use those as ramps!”
(One of the Sonic Boom games)