This is an Odyssey

Or it just means that he has sufficiently weaponized psychic powers and witchcraft to protect him.

FWIW, Amazon bought the James Bond IP last year (and also owns MGM Studios as of 2022). The relationship between this game and Amazon may be nothing more than that.

FWIW, duck and cover was more meant to protect kids from falling debris in the event a nuke goes off a distance away that is survivable. I don’t think anyone expected this to help in a direct blast type of scenario

Just my 2 cents on a surface-level reading of the character because it’s also been a while since I’ve watched it.

Aragorn is strong and capable, with a generally masculine image about him. He’s handsome, good with a sword, rides horses, and commands respect by his presence.

But he is not prideful or boastful, he doesn’t seek glory, and he’s respectful to the women in his life.

At least the way the movies present it, his relationship with Arwen is one in which both partners are equal participants. Aragorn is not controlling, and Arwen isn’t some damsel who lacks agency without her man there to tell her what to do. And when Eowyn shows affection towards him, he is quick to respectfully decline her advances without leading her on, thereby preserving a positive and supportive relationship between them.

That might be the sort of thing people are referring to, as far as his characterization. There might be more examples, but that’s what I remember.

Guessing the deadly nightclub fire in Switzerland last week.

Verizon

I heard a joke once: Man turns on computer. Goes to edit settings. Needs a patch to fix a system deficiency. Can’t find any other solution. Windows says, “The fix is simple. Only a system administrator can make these changes. Go call one. That should take care of it.” Man bursts into tears. Says, “But Windows… I am the system administrator.” Good joke. Everybody laugh. Upgrade to enterprise for $199.99. Curtains.

(Original reference)

Well yeah, you don’t want the undesirables to benefit from healthcare, right? On my tax money? continues to spend thousands on insurance

God it killed me a bit just to type that

Wild, you’re right, it’s apparently blocked by my mobile carrier. Tried it again with a VPN and it worked fine.

So much for the idea of a free and open internet…

I can’t even view OP’s image at all, but it’s just showing as WebP to me? Is Catbox just down?

Don’t worry, I also died a little bit inside just when looking up the dates to make sure I was remembering correctly! Definitely a moment feeling like that Saving Private Ryan gif.

There were 17 years between the release of Elder Scrolls 1 (1994) and Elder Scrolls 5 (2011).

It’s coming up on 15 years since the release of Elder Scrolls 5, and still no release date for Elder Scrolls 6 in sight.

Guessing it didn’t enter full production until after Starfield, which itself had a delayed launch. Bethesda has a lot of money, especially under Microsoft, but their core studio (BGS) is still a comparatively small team, likely no A-team/B-team development pipeline.

I’m guessing development of the game is well underway at this point, maybe aiming for a release in the next couple of years. But development is always a dice roll of whether a project goes smoothly and launches on time or if speedbumps might necessitate changes in plans.

Despite the “trailer” for Elder Scrolls 6 that is already 8 years old at this point, Bethesda typically does not start hyping their projects until they’re fairly close to completion (e.g. Fallout 4, first trailer in June 2015, release in November 2015). Starfield was intended to be similar, with its first real trailer (something more than just a title card) in 2021 and a planned release in 2022, though the release was delayed a year by Microsoft for polishing, which I am guessing it desperately needed.

The Elder Scrolls 6 title card reveal, from that same showcase where Starfield got its token title card reveal, was more of a statement of commitment that the series wasn’t dead, not necessarily to show off the results of a project in process. So I’d anticipate that when we do actually see some tangible material from Elder Scrolls 6, its release date will not be too far off. You know, barring delays. But that’s maybe the only optimistic thing I can say about the game right now.

I think the Starfield engine was…fine. Not amazing, but it was probably the least buggy game at launch they ever put out.

I’d worry more about the gameplay loop and quality of writing. That’s where Starfield tanked, and that’s what will end up killing Elder Scrolls 6 if they don’t make improvements.

How do we have all of these complete reversals in literacy and education over this span, but poverty remains a mess?

The “not in poverty” ratio has not even exceeded the “not in extreme poverty” numbers from the beginning. Really the only thing that has happened is that “extreme poverty” diminished in favor of just plain old “poverty”, but the “not in poverty” numbers have not really kept pace.

Non-AMP link: https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna29837969

If you disinfect and cover, there should be no bacteria.

Dress the wound, change dressing routinely, reapply antiseptic when doing so.

Meanwhile Ranni the Witch out here dissociating 24/7

TBF Henry Ford was a literal Nazi and I probably wouldn’t want to license anything to him either.

I don’t think that’s the point OP is making, but rather using one’s lived experience as a basis for which to judge others’ lived experiences.

For some, 21 may feel ancient, but for others, their current >21 age is just right. No need to say things in a way that makes the latter feel like they missed the boat on happiness.