Since Part III has hit 300 posts, time for a new threat to hopefully document the end of the pandemic and measures to address it.

So I was doing my daily maintenance over at All The Tropes and when I noticed that the trope "That One Boss" had game-specific subpages I ended up wondering which bosses in COX would count as "that one boss".  For those who don't want to bother looking it up on the wiki, the core of the trope is:

Quote:And then, there's That One Boss, the boss that falls victim to poor playtesting. You're levelling up normally, plowing through every battle, until you reach this particular battle and suddenly meet a plethora of Game Over screens. Eventually, you Rage Quit, or you go on the Internet looking for assistance. In the event that you stop by the game's message board, lo and behold, everyone else is having the exact same problem, with entire topics asking "how do I beat That One Boss?". Walkthroughs usually list the worst offenders as "the hardest boss in the game", and eventually, such a beast receives a reputation for being just that freaking hard.

I'm suprised I haven't seen an AMV of Little Honda with scenes from Super Cub.

And we all know what that means...

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Yeah, that too.

It's World Turtle Day!

Also, the North-West Mounted Police (the forerunner to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police) was formed on May 23, 1873.

And it's Drew Carey's birthday.

A thread for the stories that might not be suitable for the rest of the forum.

Voice actress Bev Standing is suing TikTok for unauthorized use of her voice in their text-to-voice tool.

Apparently, that isn't a synthetic voice.

What it says on the tin.

This is kinda crazy, but I got to thinking about how often managers will tell us not to discuss how much we're paid among our fellow coworkers.  This is supposedly to keep workplace conflicts to a minimum, but as some have pointed out, it's really to keep people from having an excuse to demand raises.

So.

What if we just put it out in the open?

For everyone to see.

Literally.

Not just your coworkers, but your customers as well.

Hang a sign around your neck that shows what your company pays you.  Not a weekly or monthly sum, because that doesn't indicate how much overtime you wind up working in order to make ends meet.

Your actual hourly wage.

The thing is, I don't believe people out there understand just how prevalent wage slavery is.  Yes, it's known that there is general discontent... but I don't think people are getting how bad it is out there.

Imagine how someone who makes six figures a year would respond if they went around, doing their errands, and they saw all these signs with figures like  $8.50/hr, $9.75/hr or even waitstaff wages like $4.50/hr.  And these people aren't stupid.  They know what the cost of living is like in their cities.  They will be forced to stop and consider: "How is it possible that someone can make ends meet with so little?"  And, "How can these people be making so little when I'm paying such a premium for these goods/services?"  Yes, where *is* your money going?

A meal or two at a McDonald's easily covers one person's wages for an hour.  A single lunch or dinner rush is enough to cover the entire crew's wages for the day.  So where is the rest of the money going?  It sure as hell ain't the cost of the food - that's pennies on the dollar.

So why don't we force people to confront the question: where *is* their money going?

Republicans demote Liz Cheney, critic of Trump's 'Big Lie,' from leadership role

Analysis: Why we just witnessed a pro-Trump purge in the Republican Party


The party that claims to be conservative just demoted one of their most conservative headliners because she told the truth about Trump.


So, when's the renaming of the Republican Party to the Trump Party taking place? He does like having his name on everything he owns, so it's only a matter of time, right?

This will let the text be styled with whatever the user has set for a monospace font in their browser, whether it's Courier New or not. Ideally I'd say that Sans Serif, Serif, and Monospace should be at the top of the list, but if it auto-sorts that may not be possible.

It's hardly a major issue, but since I'm picky about fonts and don't allow pages to specify their own it matters at least a little, to me, and if there's one thing I know about the internet it's that you're never the only one.

"Bloody knockback mechanics!"