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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • I was a little underwhelmed on the effects of some of the choices.

    !I did a “good” playthrough and an “evil” playthrough.!<

    !In one, I played Markus as a a pacifist civil rights leader. He avoided violence at all costs, and his broadcast was about wanting to live in harmony with humanity. In the other, he was fine with murdering humans and his broadcast was about ruling over humanity. I didn’t notice much difference in public response.!<

    !In one, I played Connor as a sympathetic and emotionally invested partner who tried to connect with Hank, saved him in the chase, and refused to shoot Chloe. In the other, I played him as a cold detective who repeatedly reiterated that he just had a job to do, ignored Hank on the roof, and shot Chloe with no hesitation. Didn’t notice much difference in Hank’s reactions.!<

    !Outside a puzzle-like element of making the “right” choices, I was somewhat underwhelmed with the effects personal decisions really had.!<






  • It’s strange how the term has changed. When I was a kid I was dragged to real estate seminars, and “flipping” was specifically not modifying the homes, that was “rehabbing”. Flipping was literally just buying cheap and selling for a profit, maybe taking better pictures or making minor adjustments to improve curb appeal. I specifically remember this guy Ron LeGrand, whose motto was “The less I do, the more I make”.


  • I don’t think biology has much at all to say about gender though? Basic biology says there are two sexes, more advanced biology introduces chromosomal configurations other than XX and XY, and even more advanced biology considers a complex array of factors beyond chromosomes alone, but isn’t gender a social construct? Sure, historically it’s been correlated to biological sex, but it’s not really addressed directly by biology.