You’re still here so, good job! 👍

Thank you.

The US republican admin “efforts” thus far, pieced together from news articles and opinion pieces:

• Ukraine loses every occupied territory
• Ukraine signs deal giving US(Trump and Co.) half of whatever’s left of their minerals
• Ukraine stops all attempts to join NATO, EU or any other acronym that threatens Russia’s feelings
• A demilitarized zone set up on Ukraine’s remaining territory that Russia can patrol (rob) at will to make sure it stays demilitarized.
• US( Trump and Co.) makes a deal with Russia for exploiting the newly acquired resources on occupied territory.
• Immediate elections are held in Ukraine with no EU interference, but very much with Russian supervision
• Zelenskyy probably to be sent to Russia for “trial”
• “Denazification” of Ukraine army aka getting rid of it entirely or replacing it with Russian loyalists.

… So yeah, much “effort” on their part…

Dunno current status, but a few years back Croatia was a popular place to visit. I don’t have the details, but it was recommended to me at the time by multiple parties of the reasonable cost range.

Land is very valuable. If you think you can’t make use of that value, then selling it to someone who can is an option. Just don’t regret it after if they increase that value beyond your own means.

As other comments have said, “Altruism is the concern for the well-being of others, independently of personal benefit or reciprocity.” To be true to the definition, one wouldn’t seek worth from altruistic actions. If one did however, that’s called being a calculating person.

Anyway, altruism rarely is seen positively in the real world because there’s no worth to be found beyond the deed itself.

I mean there’s peeps spending thousands on GPUs that really aren’t worth it. The latest console at tenth of the price doesn’t seem to be something they’d skip out on…

Haven’t been playing much this week yet. I guess Airborne Kingdom relaxed me too much and I felt the need to mellow down for a while longer.

Someone shared Grounded with me to try it out, but I haven’t felt the desire to give it a go for now. Maybe by weekend time I’ll be in the mood to feel tiny and fight giant, scary bugs/spiders.

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For the sake of neutrality of the art, even propaganda pieces should be considered even if not accepted.

Played Sniper Elite V2. At first i thought it was the first Sniper Elite remade, but it’s actually about the V2 missile program. Weird, I know. My best achievement in the game that for some silly reason isn’t an achievement has to be randomly hitting an NPC in both testicles. Beats 3 heads in a row by a longshot.

Wonder if one can hit 6 nuts in a row or might it be too much to ask for? …

Anyway, in Old World, Assyria declared war on me because I was weak and then spent dozens of years doing nothing, which allowed me to build up an army. They had slingers and warriors, I had spearmen. Turns out when your units pierce into the second row, spit roasting your enemies can be an effective strategy, if you manage to position them properly. First time conquering an enemy in this game.

But I’ll probably quit soon because just as in the Civilization games, I fail at being the conquering type. Sorry Assyria, the game made me do it.

Looking to go through my library, my next try will probably be Airborne Kingdom. While I lack the imaginative creativity I’ve seen others achieve, i believe my floating bucket of bolts will nonetheless stick to the skies as i peacefully wander about that weird little world.

Got into Old World. I have zero planning and just roll with it, which led me to start a war against Egypt with my 4 elephants and several axemen thinking i was hot stuff. Egypt had 3 onangers nested on hills, a dozen pikemen and a random ballista.

I was annihilated from the militaristic point of view.

Still won the match through ambitions though since they happened to be a match with what I still had going for me.

I was annoyed though. They were doing 8-10hp damage per hit at times and i was only doing 3. My small army went from hot to not in only a few turns and i couldn’t figure out why. Turns out i just suck at it.

Anyway, if you’ve played Civilization, you’ll easily see the influence. The card and character randomness can be fun or frustrating and you might find yourself wondering at times why your resources aren’t growing as high as you were expecting them to. Better watch for that discontent!

I only have the base game so no comment on the DLCs.

That happens because it’s a social act. People who don’t want to, but have to due to some sort of obligation or as an indirect action towards achieving something else.

Activism is a chore they have to do, so without people in charge sincere in what they do and aware of this type of obligation, any attempt at serious activism will end up half-baked and likely to do more harm than good.

It’s tough to find people who do something for the sake of it and not as a springboard meant to pursue other interests.

I believe someone complained recently that there is one.

In general, the country in question should have a government (approved) website giving some information on what one should be aware of if planning on living there for a while or permanently.

There is an EU related website (don’t remember which) where one can be provided legal counsel in regards to their right in EU specifically. You might want to search for it in the Europe oriented communities.

Don’t expect the magical land of Oz. Each country developed in a different way, but we’re all tinged by the darker elements common to the world at large.

Scalpers will try to take advantage of you. They love naive foreigners.

“Eeny, meeny, miny, mo. Which will kill me, I don’t know.”

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“Pick for me where I should go. To be happy with a hoe.”

You’re in luck! It can indeed! The only possible caveat might be that you won’t get to choose the enplacement…

Lol. Ford is known to break down often when needed most. Just get a Toyota instead.

Private contractor. Anyone cheaping out on their own security service isn’t likely to survive an actual threat. Depends on who you hire and how much you paying them.

Late night bootleg radio talk shows are where it’s at. Voicing out your thoughts into the ether, without a care on who’s listening or their opinion, simply being out there.