Saying that out loud is the quickest way to curse yourself to be adopted by the most chaotic till fur gremlin imaginable.

I’ve personally been replaying Chrono Trigger recently on PC using Reshade with the CRT-Royale settings for exactly this reason.

Of course there’s also a setting in most emulators to do the same thing.

At least paper can be produced through sustainable farming practices and any waste is almost entirely biodegradable.

But I do agree that the debate sucks. What we should really be doing is forcing corporations and governments to 1. Adhere to very strict sustainability levels and 2. Pay for clean up efforts out of the salaries of their board of directors. Any corporation that declares a profit or gives a bonus to someone in managment without meating their sustainability requirements results in large fines for the company as well as every individual member of the board of directors. And anyone who claims they can’t pay within 12 months is given jail time and stripped of all assets instead.

Sounds harsh, sure. But till we start holding them accountable, it’s not going to matter how many people are using reusable plastic shopping bags or soggy paper straws. It’s not going to make any difference

And my toddler throwing a tantrum at bed time is the user arguing with IT that they did turn off the power and rebooted when they just closed the laptop and opened it again

He got better

From memory it was several months between Frodo arriving in Rivendell and the actual Council of Elrond. Maybe that’s what you’re remembering.