We can with enough money. We already established we can build stuff in orbit and send stuff to orbit. All you need to get to mars is a larger rocket. So assemble it in space and go to mars. It’s the same problem of going to the moon just with more delta v.

Did you hear about that boat that recently made it to Antarctica? Yeah, me neither.

We should have gone to mars by now, but all the funds went to child raping fascists and bombs apparently

And getting a lot more difficult to find email that doesn’t want your phone number, while getting more difficult to buy a phone without giving out your personal information.

We ever going to do something about Visa? Because that shit is getting spooky.

Probably just being friendly.

Have you ever played nuclear throne? That’s kinda my preferred pacing in a game, but there aren’t many. I’d love a soulslike where combat was that fast and frantic, and bosses are really difficult but also die really fast if you play it right.

so I’m not sure I know what you mean.

I was mostly basing it on videos I’ve watched. I haven’t actually played it. I’d kind of consider any fight that lasts more than 10 minutes to be well into bullet sponge territory though.

Having a stance meter instead of healthbars sounds pretty interesting though, I think I’ll check it out.

What ecosystem collapses when removing a single creature? Are you talking about pre-holoscene extinction ecosystems? Or are you talking about modern ecosystems (after most of the original biodiversity has already been obliterated, and “removing one species” is actually thousands down on the list of removals)?

How bullet spongey are enemies? One of the reasons I have avoided eldenring is because it looks that every mob has a million HP.

Every time I try a newer Civ title, I end up just going back and doing a Civ IV playthough.

That’s not a freak accident, that’s death by negligence.

Maybe the genocide in Gaza?

with fascists because right now that’s profitable

Or because there is dirt on executives. I have recently began to believe a lot of this bullshit is being run with blackmail as fuel.

Someone who didn’t touch a phone until 18 is going to be so susceptible to scams, catfishes, propaganda, digital manipulation, etc, that I definitely think it is a dangerous nuclear option. Controlled, monitored by good parents, layered introduction is definitely better in my opinion.

As far as megacorporations are concerned, they really just want all of your money

Maybe awhile back, but at this point they are kind of melding with the fascists. Social media, mainstream news, financial architecture, and communication networks controlled by corporations are definitely being backed by increasingly fascist organizations which definitely value total control over everything else.

I tried but now I’m blind after my first sip. Is that temporary?

The capitalist part that wants money can build an accurate enough profile with just statistical correlations, but the fascist aspect isn’t doing it “for the children” or even just money, it’s doing it to completely dismantle all digital privacy, so they can know what everyone is saying and doing online at all times.

If they make their lists too broad however, the lists become useless and we can all hide in the noise.

If you grow up one of the tiny % of kids that grow up without one, it will result in some developmental disadvantages I think. On the other hand, modern social media will impose another set of disadvantages, but fact is that social media and the internet in general are a large part of modern society, so not being able to interface with it until you’re 18 will leave you behind a learning curve.