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#51

Off the Record / Re: Australia begins enforcing...

Last post by The Brain - December 11, 2025, 11:11:26 AM

Musk not shouting for the disestablishment of Australia?

He's doubling down on antidisestablishmentarianism.

#52

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Valmy - December 11, 2025, 11:09:38 AM

One of the main reasons for building a hospital and other health related buildings in your capital is to try to increase the longevity of your court characters.

I am surprised you didn't experience young characters dying in your game. Did turn disease off in the options?

Not unless they are turned off by default.

I got constant death spam to but everybody was dying rather late in life.

#53

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by crazy canuck - December 11, 2025, 11:07:42 AM

CK gets that way on occasion but less so since thats the core of the game.

Also in CK you would have people die young. People would be infertile. People would be murdered or try to murder you. People would go insane. There would be plots.

None of this happens in EUV. Every woman seems to have several children who all grow up to adulthood who do next to nothing of note and die at a ripe old age.

That is not accurate. There is character trait variability in EU5 and characters can die young, as happened to one of my heirs.

Ah. Well that's good. I had played up until the 1600s and none of my kids died young. And I didn't notice any of my courtier's kids dying young. But maybe there were just so many of them I didn't notice. They need to make infant and child mortality more common...historically common.

One of the main reasons for building a hospital and other health related buildings in your capital is to try to increase the longevity of your court characters.

I am surprised you didn't experience young characters dying in your game. Did turn disease off in the options?

#54

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by Josquius - December 11, 2025, 11:05:51 AM

It's pretty clear fuck the youngism with the fonts.
Serif fonts are easier to read on paper.
Sans serifs fonts are easier to read on screens.
This is typography 101.

Yet another area where maga are letting some pathetic culture war nonsense that means nothing to anyone else reduce the efficiency of government.

#55

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Valmy - December 11, 2025, 11:04:21 AM

CK gets that way on occasion but less so since thats the core of the game.

Also in CK you would have people die young. People would be infertile. People would be murdered or try to murder you. People would go insane. There would be plots.

None of this happens in EUV. Every woman seems to have several children who all grow up to adulthood who do next to nothing of note and die at a ripe old age.

That is not accurate. There is character trait variability in EU5 and characters can die young, as happened to one of my heirs.

Ah. Well that's good. I had played up until the 1600s and none of my kids died young. And I didn't notice any of my courtier's kids dying young. But maybe there were just so many of them I didn't notice. They need to make infant and child mortality more common...historically common.

#56

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by crazy canuck - December 11, 2025, 11:02:27 AM

CK gets that way on occasion but less so since thats the core of the game.

Also in CK you would have people die young. People would be infertile. People would be murdered or try to murder you. People would go insane. There would be plots.

None of this happens in EUV. Every woman seems to have several children who all grow up to adulthood who do next to nothing of note and die at a ripe old age.

That is not accurate. There is character trait variability in EU5 and characters can die young, as happened to one of my heirs that had good stats. I found that to be a cool part of the game. I felt the loss of a character who was going to become a great ruler.

#57

Gaming HQ / Re: Europa Universalis V confi...

Last post by Valmy - December 11, 2025, 10:49:15 AM

CK gets that way on occasion but less so since thats the core of the game.

Also in CK you would have people die young. People would be infertile. People would be murdered or try to murder you. People would go insane. There would be plots.

None of this happens in EUV. Every woman seems to have several children who all grow up to adulthood who do next to nothing of note and die at a ripe old age.

#58

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - December 11, 2025, 10:41:38 AM

It is axiomatic that judges interpret the laws passed by the legislative branch. This week the Premier of BC is being highly critical of the way in which the courts are interpreting legislation he brought in when he was the AG, which meant that all BC laws had to be interpreted in a manner consistent with UNDRIP.

And guess what the Court of Appeal said BC laws need to be interpreted in a manner consistent with UNDRIP.  Just like the Premier's legislation said it does.

#59

Off the Record / Re: Elon Musk: Always A Douche

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - December 11, 2025, 10:03:01 AM

I'm not worried about the far left. First, their numbers are much smaller. Second, as soon as more than a dozen of them gather together, they collapse into infighting. Just look at Your Party in the UK.

The far left is more than political parties. Lots embedded in the cultural institutions, administration, education and media.
Their influence is significant enough to be bothersome negative in western Europe. And has been for decades .

But again: it's the authoritarianism that's the real problem since that mindset means that once power has been acquired, of any type, the ones holding it will try to remove any and all opposition from the conquered space.

#60

Off the Record / Re: What does a TRUMP presiden...

Last post by The Minsky Moment - December 11, 2025, 10:00:04 AM

Marco Rubio, the walking and breathing embodiment of the Peter Principle, has finally found a task that perfectly fits his modest skill set. Some may question Rubio's enthusiastic participation in the war on "DEI" - which seems to be inexplicably sprouting additional letters ("DEIA?") in fierce competition with the LGBTQetc. community - given that he is the administration's most prominent diversity hire in the senior levels of the cabinet, filling out the key demographics of "Hispanic" and "Not Insane". But such nagging inconsistencies take back seat to practicality.  The "war on woke" requires 3 key elements: Stalinesque repetition of slogans, finding the "bad" words in various texts, and figuring out what the last guy did so you can do the opposite. Rubio's mastery of the middle school level academic skills required for this effort is for the most part unquestioned.  He's the right man for the job and as long as he is doing it, we can hope against hope that some qualified person in the State Department is doing the actual work of Secretary.