This has created a dilemma for many of them since they want mercenaries and servants to support them in their apocalypse bunkers, but don’t want to be at their mercy when suddenly the billionaire, himself, is no longer useful to the killers that he’s hired.

Robots. The answer here is AI and robots.

As long as it’s their autocrat, yes.

I’m tellin’ ya. It’s a gift.

I don’t know if it’s been studied, but anecdotally, I’ve known a few such “bug attractors.” As a software engineer, I am blessed that I know people that will turn my work into ashes in a matter of mere seconds - it’s amazing.

If you really do have a knack for making computer software fail, a viable career in QA awaits you.

/me ((Cries in Linux Nvidia driver upgrades.))

This is why I had a problem with “phonics” as a teaching philosophy.

You have “ph” sometimes teaming up to cosplay as a freaking “f”. And that’s one of the easier rules. It’s all broken from the get-go.

Fun fact: this also makes the boat move through the water faster.

Good lord. At what point do we require a CDL to drive these things?

was a yoga teacher for 3 years earning $25 a week and no man wanted me […] in Northern Virginia & Washington DC […] And I didn’t have a car.

TL;DR: even with treating your body like a temple, having a low income and low transportation mobility makes one unattractive in the DC metro.

In that region, single-income setups have low viability due to the egregious cost of living in the area, so people actively seek to partner up with high-income earners. Plus, the whole suburban sprawl is designed, and ultimately requires, cars in order to get around. You’d think that location would matter - and it does for schools and employment - but nobody lives near anyone else they want to date, and not being hyper mobile by driving all the time is practically a social death sentence. It can be a brutal environment that is hostile to most activities outside of earning an office-job income.

For example, the NoVA subreddit had recurring threads started by young professionals looking to move to the area. Every time, they’d ask where the nightlife is and what rent is like in those neighborhoods. Cue the entire subreddit throwing buckets of cold water on OP, as they’d get a reality check that as a post-grad, they’d be able to afford rent anywhere from 40-60 minutes (by car) from any such hot-spot. Oh, and the same would go for their commute too, and work might be just as far from said nightlife as it is from home.

Bad news: the “village” is 4chan. Have fun!

I… I may need to frame this and hang it over my monitor.

What’s in-between the lines here is that the newer elite food aesthetic takes substantially more labor, skill, energy, and time. This effectively gate-keeps “simple” food from most people. It’s not until well after the industrial revolution where we see these kinds of meals become more affordable for people.

So they began cooking meat in meat-based gravies, to intensify its flavor.

This is a great example of what I’m talking about. Anyone can roast a cut over a fire or just toss raw meat into a stewpot. But a rack of lamb with a rich demi-glace? From scratch, in an 18th century kitchen? And that’s not the only course? Yeah, strap in, because that meal just became an all-day job if you don’t have any help.

Not why, memorize.

Otezla. It’s relatively new(ish) and used for autoimmune stuff. Documentation said that some abdominal pain during the titration period was typical.

What I experienced was pretty consistent searing hot pain in my gut after the second day. Blood test would later confirm this to be my liver; my enzymes were all over the place. It was so bad, I didn’t even get five days in.

I don’t know. I didn’t think to ask.

…

What else should I be asking about? I usually just pay for the drugs and go.

The single most important character on the team.

Also the second most terrifying, after Pyro of course.

As someone that once took a prescription that violently disagreed with my biology and general well-being, that sign is entirely appropriate.

I’m not saying that strippers don’t like you. What I’m saying is that, since money is involved, you’ll never know for sure.

Even we humans can withstand 3000°C for a short time.

If we want to be entirely pedantic, everything can withstand any destructive condition for at least one plank time.

Of course Japan decided to use robots. But why not use a big dog instead? Maybe it’s a humanitarian concern since they’d be facing off with bears…

:: looks at image from article ::

Oh. It’s a fucking robot yokai-cyber-demon-dog: pure nightmare fuel. They’re clearly on to something here.