That’s intentional. Jean-Honoré Fragonard had a goofy style.

Self portrait

Marie Emilie Coignet de Courson with a Dog

It’s not exactly hedonism, but is kind of adjacent.

The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard

It’s more ironic than satirical. Parker Brothers has absolutely used their power as a large game publisher to squeeze out smaller competitors.

It’s the Law of Diminishing Returns and has been studied extensively in Economics.

This is propaganda

• It feels great to own everything

• This is what winning IRL looks like

• A single person can and should own everything and it’s too bad if you don’t

• Owning property is a zero sum game

• Only one person can win when it comes to property ownership

• Owning property is the only way to power

It’s propaganda because the system doesn’t have to work like this. We’re just told that we have to deal with it, but there’s plenty of resources to go around for everyone to live a comfortable life. Life doesn’t have to be a zero sum game.

Monopoly is literally capitalist propaganda. Parker Brothers basically stole the game from its creator and then offered $500 for the rights. They modified the game to be more focused on owning everything.

Cautionary Tales has a great episode about Lizzie J. Magie and how she originally created the Landlord’s Game.

https://timharford.com/2021/05/cautionary-tales-do-not-pass-go/

Now I need an explainer for the structure of Vsr-like homing endonucleases.

This is so fucked up, what a blatant grift. Now that they’ve angered some of the most intense programmers online, I wonder what they’ll do.

By this logic Bud Light drinkers eat their buds.

It has an atmosphere like Venus has an atmosphere, except the surface temperature is more than 3x that of Venus. Still, it’s fascinating that its atmosphere would be a secondary one that comes from the planet itself.

More like “Give America Up” to the orange one.

I hadn’t heard of that and at just a glance their stuff looks spectacular! I do watch a mixture of channels on YouTube. I’ll list some of my favorites.

• Kurzgesagt - various topics (GOAT for sure)
• NileRed - chemistry
• Stuff Made Here - engineering
• Corridor Crew - movie/TV stuff like VFX, CGI, stunts, etc.

I still need to understand everything. My thirst has only grown over the years. I cultivate my curiosity by reading things that I’m not directly interested in, sometimes grinding through articles that I find boring.

Ars Technica does a great job of covering a multitude of topics while making them interesting even if I know nothing about them. Check them out: https://arstechnica.com/

Instead of scrolling on social media, try going directly to a website’s homepage and reading all the articles. You’ll learn a lot and maybe find something you didn’t know you were interested in!

What’s that little red thing on its “head”? It kind of looks like a mini maggot.

That kind of sounds like Chip’s Challenge, but no mice involved. Lots of blocks and pushing, though.

This is awesome, so many memories flooding back.

Has anyone tried the Android APK?

Found the Rust admin

Aren’t tails made of bone?

Thanks, I feel so much better!

He’s probably hedging that people who won’t vote for him over this won’t change their mind. But if someone is undecided, strong “law and order” usually helps the poll numbers.

Not saying it’s moral, it’s a calculated political move.