My father has reached an age where money means very little to him and his interest in "proper" furniture has skyrocketed. He will go out and buy a simple table for $3k-5k and tell me how the same model was bought for the American embassy in year x, or send me links to matching chairs by designer y.
I've yet to see a piece of furniture that's worth twice the price of what you can find on IKEA. A table needs to be water/stain resistant and that's about that. /rant
Imagine being the leader and hero of your people, groomed from the day you were born to lead and protect. You're fighting a losing war against an enemy that will brutally slaughter every Man and child they come across. You are about to lose the last line of defense in Osgiliath and your once great father is quickly losing hope, and his mind.
In a final desperate attempt you ride West to seek aid from an old ally that has set its sight on leaving you behind to an inevitable doom.
Once there, you stumble upon your one and only chance to save your people, but to your dismay the secluded people that you have protected with your people's blood for centuries refuses to give this weapon. Instead they are sending the weapon with some "children" who have never seen war on a suicide mission that everyone believes will fail.
For weeks on end as you trek through hostile land while an impossibly powerful corrupting force is slowly tearing down your mind, reminding you of your people's struggles and telling you how it alone can give you the power to save them, and the world.
And then disaster happens and the leader of the suicide mission and the only one who could lead the way dies and you're left directionless. Finally you break and try to take the weapon needed to save your people.
How are you a bad person in this scenario?
The wisest angel in the world didn't even dare to touch the object in fear of its corrupting power. The most powerful elf on Middle-Earth earned back her spot in heaven by resisting its influence once. Boromir was the only human in the group, and the one most weary and desperate by the war, the perfect target for the ring.
Boromir was a great man, but unlike the rest of the fellowship he was also human, and with that come flaws. Your characterisation of Boromir is of him under the influence of the one ring, which is unfair. Free of the ring's influence we see him as a selfless hero willing to give his life to protect the hobbits from harm.
It's a shame this scene never made it to short edition of the films.
What about websites providing CSAM, hosting livestreams of animals being tortured for payment, selling drugs, etc...
Blocking a website is the only way for a country to stop these kind of illegal activists, short of shutting down the physical servers.
The new generation? I remember this stuff happening 15 years ago. People were camping outside before big game releases and had an incentive to ensure they got a copy of the game. The new generation that only buys digital is not to blame for the practice taking hold.
Airships are so strange. It's old technology, yet it looks so futuristic and fantastical.
Firefox for android has supported ublock origin for ages
one of the few remaining decent AAA developers
What? Rockstar have behaved like assholes for a long time
Just an all round juvenile behaviour from the devs. Would expect a project like this to be more properly managed.
It's satire. A genre often used to make fun of the political mainstream views.
Since the general political consensus in the west seems to be to blindly support Israel, that's the reality The Onion will be making fun of. If the US government were blindly supporting Hamas instead, you would expect The Onion to criticise that instead.
Chars are expensiv
Heard somebody brush their teeth and prepare for bed as I was leaving for the gym today at 5am. Worst part is I'm not sure who it was as there are at least 3 people I live with that likes to roam the apartment at night.
And then you got warhammer 40k writers