Nokra

That's fantastic news, Triage, I'm so happy for you!

From the reddit comments: "Another trailer that ruins the whole film."

I was also wanting to make a dick joke thread, but I didn't dare.

The one article I found only said "one on one" but after looking into it further, it appears that they each had one translator there as well, and it seems no aides. There are a few videos of Putin speaking English out there, so a translator isn't strictly necessary, apparently.

I'm not debating that it looks bad or is a bad idea, I was just wondering how common it is. For instance, in a quick Google search I found that Obama met with Putin one on one at the 2016 G20 meeting. Obviously Obama was not under investigation for collusion so it doesn't look as bad, but he did it. My question was to try to establish how common these one-on-one meetings are, independent of whether it is a good idea for Trump to do it (which again, I agree it is not). I'm guessing that Obama was not the first President to meet with another head of state behind closed doors, as well. Because it seems to me that from Trump's perspective, he basically has nothing to lose; whether he's colluding or not, it pisses off his enemies if he meets Putin, which he probably considers a win, and if he is colluding then the benefits are obvious. And if these meetings are common practice, it might then be even more suspicious if he didn't meet him one on one.

I get that it's ridiculously suspicious to do this when you're under investigation for colluding with the person you're meeting, but... Isn't it somewhat normal for heads of state to meet alone behind closed doors?

Make America Deutsch Again! :merkel:

What I'm reading from these graphs is that the left clearly hates America! Anyway... So in other words, 47% of people still haven't examined their belief about whether it makes any sense to be proud of something over which you had no control.

It's truly mind-boggling and disheartening, isn't it? It seems to me that so much of this hate is based on ignorance and fear, which to me suggests that the solution lies in education. Unfortunately, the process of education and changing mindsets takes such a tremendous amount of time and effort, and when such a low priority is placed on education in the United States, I fear it may get worse before it gets better.

I'll add that to my queue, thanks CNut! I see it's only $6 on the Kindle though... maybe I'll just pull the trigger. I'll be interested to know what you think of it when you've finished it, whether it holds up even through to the end.

For my book club here now we're reading The Marrying of Chani Kaufman, which is apparently about a woman being forced into a marriage because she's in an ultra-orthodox Jewish community. I haven't actually started it yet and the reviews are kind of mixed on Goodreads, but we'll see. Supposedly it has a lot of humor, and if the reviews are mixed it should make for some interesting discussion at the meeting. I finished The Grapes of Wrath and it grew on me a lot more by the end. It made me feel so sad for the Joads, and so frustrated with the system, circumstances, and people that put them (and thousands of others) in that position. I'd count that as a success, if a novel can evoke those kinds of emotions. I can certainly see why it is considered a classic of American literature. It's also amazing to me how relevant it still is, given the current administration's fears about migrants (though admittedly of those from outside the US ). I'm also reading Climate Change: What Everyone Needs to Know which I heard about after Sam Harris did an interview with him on his podcast a while back. As the title suggests, it's essentially a summary of the current state of our understanding of climate change. tl;dr: we're fucked.

Gaslighting? Stupidity? Senility? God only knows!

Dereka?

Thanks for the heads up, I picked this up for the Switch.

A fine idea in principle, but you do realize how dumb the average person is, right? And that half the people are dumber than that?

Yeah it's the color of the text that is impossible to read on some of them. I haven't looked at it on mobile yet to see whether it's better there, but on my desktop and laptop, anime, books, comics, and movies are all pretty much impossible to read. And before you ask, yes, I do have glasses, and yes, I'm wearing them.

I really like the idea of categories and wish that people had used tags to this effect before, but.... I think that the color scheme might need to be adjusted a bit, if possible. I find that some of those are really illegible. White on yellow? Yuck! That they're color-coordinated is great, that makes things really quick, but I wonder if some other text color might not be easier to read...

In my previous post I had forgotten that I was reading The Grapes of Wrath back in April, so I went back to that to finish it up. We read part of it in high school and I didn't remember how funny and vulgar the book is at times. I'm guessing maybe we read a censored version or something, in rural Idaho. Anyway I like the historical setting of it, as it was a fascinating time in American history. Sometimes I think Steinbeck becomes rather verbose (he goes into great detail to describe Tom Joad and Casey replacing a car part, for instance), but overall it's a fascinating snapshot of America in the 1930s. Last year I started reading East of Eden by Steinbeck and got distracted after reading about half of it and then forgot it in the US, but I was really enjoying it. I also read Of Mice and Men last year. I generally like his style, but the plodding westward journey of the Joads is getting on my nerves a little bit.

Yeah I watched that Chiron video and it's pretty insane. But $3 million for a car is ridic.

@Emblazon it looks like the new Playstation theme is also missing the D1P icon for browser tabs.

You can never replace the exact pictures you posted, true, but the appreciation of eye candy is eternal!

@nacthenud if you and @Triage create a new eye candy thread here, I'll be able to keep up this time. I got waaaaay behind before and then it got overwhelming to try and catch up.

Congrats on the sex, Derek! Sleep now while you can, friend.

Is your insurance all paid up? Like others have said, I wouldn't mess around with electricity and potential fire hazards. Without someone actually looking at things in person I would be somewhat skeptical of any advice you might get from here. It seems best to let an electrician take a look.

I think just Super Smash Brothers Ultimate for Switch. I still have an enormous backlog and little time, but I can't pass up Smash.