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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨66% of Americans say they want extended European-style vacation policies at work⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I did consider including more detail about maternity etc in my comment but in the end thought it wasn’t material to my point. I’m glad you took the time to add some more nuance as an aside though. Thanks 👍

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨66% of Americans say they want extended European-style vacation policies at work⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The USA had a chance to start again and get so many things right. So why are they so backwards with some things

  We’ve had legally-protected paid leave in the UK for almost a century now. Granted, we were the first in the world, but most of Europe and many other countries besides now have similar protections. Many of which are more generous than the UK’s.

  That’s not to mention the myriad of other laws and protections covering unfair dismissal (the “at will” system is fucking dystopian, sorry), a years paid maternity leave, statutory sick pay, mandatory employer pension contributions, working time regulations and mandatory redundancy pay. All of which have no federally-enforced equivalent.

  I’m honestly a bit shocked that only 66% support PTO. Surely it’s a no-brainer?

  Is it a size thing? Is the idea of looking out for each other just untenable in such a large, diverse place?

  I can’t imagine what it must be like to live in a place where 34% of people have such an individualistic “I’ve got mine” mentality, that they don’t even support mechanisms that virtually every other developed country collectively agrees is the fucking minimum needed in order to live reasonable existence.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨It's Party Time: Baldur's Gate 3 is Out Now⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I just love everything about this whole thing.

  I love the game itself, what an incredible feat.

  I love how almost naively passionate and nerdy the folks at Larian are.

  I love how aside from a few AAA game developers trying to tell everyone that this masterpiece shouldn’t set the new standard for RPGs (LOL) Everyone else just seems so happy these maniacs have actually pulled it off.

  I love the freedom this game offers. So many permutations, over 170 hrs of cinematics, most of which the average player will never see. All so that the world can feel almost as limitless as the tabletop D&D. There were no shortcuts to this goal. I’m sure the tech is great, but fundamentally, this wasn’t about clever technology, which can only do so much. It was about the herculean effort of 400+ people making content for over 6 years in some of the most indulgent over-engineering I’ve ever seen in a AAA title.

  They could have rolled out the EA Act I a few years ago and it still would have been better than most RPGs out there. Instead, we get an Act I with 33% more content and 2 entirely new acts.

  Got two kids under 4 and a demanding job so no idea when I’ll get to play even. But I’m just so happy something like this has happened in this shitty, cynical industry.