Since we’re speaking in pure hypotheticals here:

I would just go back and fix the clocks. Every single one of them.

Speaking as someone who did similar:

You will never be able to make him understand why you’re cutting off contact. You may not see that now. Spork knows, I didn’t for a few years. But it’s true, if you try to explain he will simply try to debate or he’ll push you off as immature.

To save your own sanity, all you can do is cut ties completely.

Other people here may offer differing advice. Some of them haven’t been through this situation, so they can’t know the torment you’re going through.

I can only speak from my experience.

Cutting them off was the best thing I did for my mental health. Cutting them off was not easy. I still think of them sometimes, of what might have been. But I’m comfortable with my decision, I’m confident I made the right one. Through plenty of evidence-based psychology, I now understand the reasons.

Getting back to your first question: sometimes, it’s good to be selfish for the right reasons. Maintaining your own health and well-being? That’s the right reason.

Your father’s desire to hurt people is far more selfish than making him discuss something. But if you make him discuss it, he will only act threatened and refuse to see your point of view.

You will only begin to heal once you cut him out of your life. I don’t say that lightly.

Again, if someone hasn’t lived through a situation like this (and hasn’t had to make the same hard decisions), they can’t understand. So don’t be afraid of the naysayers.

“Not all societies”

Katamari Damacy

Sadly, they are hoping for a violent revolt from the people, because that means they can call the military in to murder civilians

That’s something. By which I mean it’s not nothing.

The problem is, there are no good options.

The coup perpetrators aren’t doing it for federal money (at the moment), and they would be happy to have more of the money not be spent.

At the same time, Democrats can’t sit idly and do nothing.

Only 5?

Or did you forget to type a zero or two?

🤨

But tell us how you really feel.

I never even bothered to make an Epic account to get the free games. I have so many games on Steam and GOG already, and I do most of my gaming with a Steam Link on my TV.

Oh, it’s still hated.

Epic couldn’t make a superior product, so instead they bribed lots of game developers to make things Epic exclusive.

On top of that, even after being around for years, the Epic software is missing tons of features that Steam has had for years.

Epic bleeds obscene amounts of money to build a separate set of infrastructure, rather than actually trying to improve things for gamers.

Epic’s ostensibly biggest benefit is that it charges less money per transaction to developers. But Epic has, at this point, given away hundreds of free games, and Steam has so many more people with a long history of buying games. So there’s an argument to be made that Steam is still the better value, because it provides better exposure and a larger paying player base.

A werewolf is a cursed hybrid creature, so most likely he had a hybrid.

A small island nation to crush beneath the heel of your boot.

Or, if you don’t have boots, you can ask for those.

I just assumed it was for Mr. Rogers’ well-documented crack habit.

You’re not wrong. I was simplifying, and your description is more technical.

The camera is overwhelmed by the extremely bright light of the flames.

It’s a limitation of the recording systems they had.

… Huh.

Language is freaky like that.

Edit: removed what I said because apparently, in spite of the literal definitions of the words, I was wrong!

Judging by the upvotes, at least four whole people do want it.

Honestly that’s more than I would expect.