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hydroacetylene
4m ago
Mormons also actively check up on adherence to minimum religious practice. The Catholic church does this only on an ad hoc basis.
Bartender_Venator
6m ago
Not terribly often, but sometimes. Just helped a friend move last weekend (though I did get some old books and a sweet radio that I will likely never use any more than he did). I've probably done bigger good deeds than this one but it sticks with me: I was staying at my aunt's place in a third-world country where she rents out flats. Some elderly regulars were visiting, and the man was in very poor health, clearly not going to be around to come back next year. One day I'm walking out of the vestibule as he's walking in, and he suddenly starts to collapse, I'm in arms reach to dart in and prop him up. He's a big, portly guy but I'm strong enough to hold him up, my brother gets in on the other side and we slowly walk him over to a stair where we can sit him down safely. At that age, in that poor health, and with the issues of the local hospitals, a bad fall would likely either have killed him or meant the end of his mobile life. There's also something particularly satisfying about being able to help somebody just by being there and being physically strong/quick, primal male stuff.
hydroacetylene
6m ago
Mormons also have people checking up on their religious adherence.
hydroacetylene
9m ago
Obviously the dividends are going to get plowed into social security if intel ever makes a profit.
hydroacetylene
14m ago
The first thing with any question about how you insure your vehicle is is the vehicle paid off, and if not what are the rules in place on how it is insured from the owner of the loan.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
23m ago
Because in 4-8 years the blue tribe might start doing it too, and this is a silly road to go down.
Trump doing this doesn't make the Dems more likely to do it. They've already thought of ways to do this on their own (e.g. the government held over 60% of GM as part of Obama's plan in the aftermath of the GFC) anyway. The danger is more that if it appears to succeed (i.e. Intel both does well in the short term and builds more advanced fabs in the US) that a future Republican administration will do more of the same. If, as I think is more likely, it fails (because Intel sucks and this amounts to a further bailout) and future Republicans decide to do more of it anyway, that's mostly on them.
Mantergeistmann
29m ago
Joan Aiken's Dido Twite books might fit this, as might Patricia Wrede's Mairelon the Magician series.
People don't always realize, art in GG changes noticeably during its run.
Some context. In comic book industry it is(/was) quite common that the artist is responsible for "art" (pencil line-drawings), but black ink is done by the inker, and other colors are added by the colorist. Last two are/were viewed assistant role. In The Dark Knight Returns, drawing is credited to Frank Miller (who most people have heard of), inks are by Klaus Janson and colors by Lynn Varley who are less known. I think the division of labor was product of the 20th century color print technology, all the tasks were bit different skillsets. There always has been 'auteurs' who wanted control over all aspects of product, and with digital indie publishing it has became more common, but division of tasks was industry standard practice for pumping out comics product quickly.
How is this relevant to Girl Genius? Phil Foglio started his illustrator career in the old industry (born in 1950s, genuine member of boomer generation), I guess that is how he is used to work. Today the colorist is Cheyenne Wright. Additionally, Mr Foglio's style for GG today has quite faint line art, and he embraces a comic book style with bubble heads and round eyes (which is not perhaps most artistic, but it is his style and enables him to draw one page in day). Most of the work that makes it look semi-realistic is with color, shadows and textures. Consequently color and ink has huge impact on the visuals, in the way it doesn't for more 'flat' art like Garfield. First volume available on the web has muted colors, which were a later addition to original black-white publication (you can see it was originally BW, there is so much black ink). Then subsequently they brought in a colorist, who did very colorful, shiny neon lighted color-work. (in-story explanation that it represents main character's inner world expanding as her superpowers "break through". I think when people complain about GG art, it is this period, unless they can't stand Foglio's rubbery faces at all). After couple of volumes the colorist changed, to Mr Wright and I think it is better.
About the story aspect, I believe the Foglio's are true believers in sex-positive feminism. (Look up XXXenophile). Many elements in the stories do tick the GIRLPOWERR box. (Nearly every female character in the series is excellent superstrong martial arts fighter, justified by magitech). I agree it doesn't fail the way some other more pushy products fail. First reason is the romance, about that later. Secondly, they are boomers, perhaps it helps them stay somewhat grounded. Their takes are often informed by their feminist takes, but they are still also interested in telling compelling stories and interesting characters, not stories about characters who are feminist ideal stereotypes and nothing else.
First it is important, the main protagonists' romantic subplot is not really subplot, the romance plot(s) very much are main drivers of all story archs. Most of sidekicks have their romantic subplots, too. It just that "for boys", the main action on screen is mystery-action-adventure, not the romantic elements. Very shonen anime, frankly. Romance is often background cause of the situations that come to be. The reason why it works, it is pracically always a cishet romance, so it must involve male characters. And they do write male characters competent, interesting, different personalities, with varying amount of masculine traits, with pursuits and challenges that have story weight of their own, not only about their interest in heroine but then interact with her.
sun_the_second
could survive a COD lobby and a gay furry discord server
44m ago
fmac
Ask me about bike lanes
46m ago
different incentives than making the best product or most money
I think they absolutely have these incentives and are just out of touch idiots like most of the """elite""" class in the West at this point in history.
Well then you'll get the same outcome as French Dirigisme: a very nice infrastructure and industrial base slowly rotting under the weight of uncertainty as all your competitors catch up and loot it until it can no longer support its own weight.
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