hollyhoppet wrote on February 13, 2025 at 4:41 AM (edited on February 13, 2025 at 4:44 AM)

Reply to [USA] You could set your tax withholdings to zero. Pay your 2025 taxes in 2026, if the IRS is still around. by twovests

even if the us were to begin a process of balkanization, the irs is how the federal government extracts value from its citizens, so i imagine it'll be the last to go. in many empires, one of the last bodies to stick around has been the tax collecting arm, long after any actually useful offices are closed.

even the ottoman empire, whos dissolution was pretty fast, took about ten years from what is considered the start of its dissolution. the mongol empire, considered to have begun collapsing after kublai khan's death, stuck around for several decades, and that was also considered relatively quick

hollyhoppet wrote on February 12, 2025 at 9:39 AM (edited on February 12, 2025 at 9:40 AM)

Reply to Do you think a potion of healing would undo circumcission? by flabberghaster

I think there's an important distinction that needs to be made here based on the other conversation: a potion of healing will prevent scarring for a wound that it heals, but it won't remove an already-existing scar. Otherwise you wouldn't have burly scarred warriors adventuring all over the place.

And if it can't do that, let alone restore lost limbs, I doubt it could undo circumcision. That said, I'm sure a potion that could do so can be researched without too much trouble.

hollyhoppet wrote on February 12, 2025 at 7:40 AM

Reply to PSA: A Message to Unofficial Fan Game Creators by twovests

"you can't cease and desist fun" is so good lol

hollyhoppet wrote on February 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM

Reply to comment by twovests in Gambling CW -- What's the catch with these promos? by twovests

i mean they do that too, it's a multi-pronged approach.

hollyhoppet OP wrote on February 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM (edited on February 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM)

Reply to The recently released Video Game History Foundation Library. A treasure trove of materials dating back to the 80s by hollyhoppet

i'm pogging so hard about this lol. even if you're not personally interested in the archive, expect the quality of video essays about games to increase across the board as this tool matures

hollyhoppet wrote on February 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM (edited on February 10, 2025 at 9:37 PM)

Reply to Gambling CW -- What's the catch with these promos? by twovests

This is literally how professional gamblers do their thing lol. One of the strategies is to drift from "free money" deal to "free money" deal and take advantage of it without falling for the addiction trap. The thing is you only get those promos once per place. If you're going to do it read the terms of service very carefully to make sure there isn't a catch.