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Now THAT is funny. It's also completely false. Dems have their own favorite conspiracy theories as well. In all reality, I think the political distribution of 'theorists' is pretty even...... Just not all the same theories. :D

Not much of a platform when all parties agree that people need to stop marrying their waifus and marry a real woman and get to make babies. Do the democrats actually agree to that though? Aren't they the ones advocating a guy that wants to pretend he is a woman, really IS a woman?????

Not much of a platform when all parties agree that people need to stop marrying their waifus and marry a real woman and get to make babies. Do the democrats actually agree to that though? Aren't they the ones advocating a guy that wants to pretend he is a woman, really IS a woman?????

Biden is not a moderate. Maybe on some issues, but, not enough of them. It isn't Biden himself that is the problem, it is his stance on the issues. Putting us back into the Paris accord, attempting to essentially double the federal minimum wage, banning certain types of firearms, based purely on cosmetic features, banning certain firearm accessories, (high capacity magazines, even though they are standard on a fair few weapons he is not banning.....) and a host of others. I have been thru this list several times in this thread. Nothing there has changed. Biden certainly hasn't changed his position...... Right now, it *seems* like the republicans are rabidly pro-trump. Let me assure you, that is not the case. Yes, there are SOME out there that are, but, they are NOT the majority. (you know, the voters......) If trump runs in 24, he will lose. Again. Pretty much guaranteed. The media just likes to report on the far far right, as they sells newspapers/magazines/advertising space...... You don't hear about the moderate republicans, as they are not newsworthy....

Any mods affecting the pipboy?

Well their issue is their low birth rate, for their ~126 million people. The age chart for the country looks nearly like an upside down pyramid with a large part of the population is in the 50+ age group and narrows quite a bit in the under 20 age group. I heard from someone that is familiar with Japan culture and worked as a teacher there for awhile, he sees the societal pressure is one of the key issues there that drives people to become over work and neglect dating or break contact and get way to much into escapism. So their governments push is attempt to fix something but not in the best manner to fix it, in some cases it just makes the issue worse. (Pretty much any governments attempt to fix something that isn't properly understood usually fails.) In my view, governments aren't in the business of 'fixing' anything. If they actually solved a problem, they wouldn't have that issue to campaign on. So, the general trend is to treat symptoms of a larger ill, but do nothing to deal with the ill itself.

You are assuming that folks that voted republican in the last election, support everything that Trump does/says. Let me assure you, that is NOT the case. Sure, they support some of his policies, maybe even most of them, but, by and large, a significant percentage of them, (like me....) do NOT support the dems policies/positions, therefore, they vote for the 'other guys'. It isn't an all or nothing affair here. It is simply a matter of preference for the direction we want the country to go. Do I agree with/support everything Trump does/says? Oh hell no. I think he is an idiot, and I hope the republican party wakes up before the next presidential election, and decides to run someone that can actually win. I don't think Trump qualifies there...... In short, folks voted for what they saw as the 'lesser of two evils'......

Both parties have been drifting further and further in their respective directions. It's been going on for a while. It was fairly mild, right up until Obama was elected, then the republicans decided it was more important that Obama couldn't get anything done, than it was for them to do right by the country. I don't have specific examples, just a general impression I got at the time, from the news that was coming out of the swamp. When Trump got elected, the roles were reversed, and the dems wanted to make sure that Trump couldn't get anything done.... Both sides have been moving further and further from the 'center'..... What was considered 'extremist' ten years ago, is now considered mainstream..... and it gets worse every day. As for politics not being about doing the business of the country, I typed that wrong. I meant POLITICIANS... you know, people. Their priorities, and the peoples priorities, are NOT the same. Politicians are more concerned about lining their pockets, and making sure their big donors get their pet legislation passed, regardless of what it does to the rest of us. I must have mistyped in my previous post. :smile: It WAS early in the morning for us here. :smile: Gotta refrain from posting till AFTER my first cup of coffee.

The last few days, trying to use the forums has been an exercise in frustration. Pages are extremely slow to load.... I've taken to clicking on a link, and then moving to another tab, and doing something else while I wait for the page to load. This is the only forum I am seeing this kind of behavior on. The other forums I visit load quite quickly. Is it just me, or is there something strange going on?

Where have you been the last couple decades? Extremism has become the 'thing' for both parties of late. This isn't anything new, it's pretty much "normal" now. Politics isn't about doing the business of the country, it's about making sure that the Other Guys can't do anything good. And both parties are guilty of that.

I just use scrap everything, and I have yet to encounter an object I want to scrap, that I can't......

This is true. Beth has been known to play pretty fast and loose with their own lore.......

We still have baby bonus here in the Great Frozen North and at one time I think the idea existed south of the border too ... has it been done away with in the US or was it always more of a state by state thing? You still get tax deductions for each child you have, and if you have 12 (or more) you don't pay income taxes at all. The republican party is against abortion, and a fair few of them are against federal dollars paying for contraceptives as well. The republican party gave a really good shot at defunding planned parenthood. And I think some of that is still about. To the point of NUMEROUS clinecs closing. Yes, the birthrate is declining, but, that isn't relevant to the discussion. The republican party is all about 'pro-life', right up until you are born, then, you are on your own. So, while they may not be actively encouraging a high birth rate, they ARE taking active steps to see that it happens. Fortunately, they aren't as successful as they would like.

Considering what he did for a living, that really doesn't come as a surprise. :D

Name one. The United States. Maybe not directly, but, indirectly. Of course, the rationale here is religious..... so, not entirely sure we can get into that aspect of it. Don't think we are over-populated? Look at housing prices in places like Los Angeles. Or many other cities.... (New York?)

As far as I can recall, the only animals I have seen in FO are indigenous to the US. Some just picked up some rather interesting mutations. No idea on the timeline, but, brahmin were in FO1.... which wasn't real long after the war.

Very True. But you must also understand I am of the belief there are too many people on the planet. So with that in mind, my Darwin-esque approach to healthcare makes perfect sense. I wholeheartedly concur. Way too many folks on this little planet. Some would argue that the entire population could be packed into the state of texas. Of course, I think we would have to take turns breathing..... But, that isn't really the point. We still have large populations living in areas that really don't lend themselves to habitation. But, those places seem popular, and the population continues to increase, even though the area is already short on resources to support those that are there already. Or countries that are overpopulated, yet still encourage their citizens to breed like rabbits. (or at least, they don't DIScourage folks from breeding.....) All in all, as I see it, humans are pretty much idiots. We consider it our God-Given RIGHT!!! to do stuff that is inherently bad for everyone...... Some variety of population control really would be in everyones best interests... but, in most countries, (especially here in the US) it would never fly. We are our own worst enemy, and humans will cause their own destruction.

Possibly. Did windows do any updates overnight?

I suspect there are legal issues that prevent this from happening.... That, and there just aren't that many modelers/animators out there to tackle this.

There is a Perk that allows you to shoot through objects. Some objects will fall apart when shot as well. (some of the wood fences....) What REALLY annoys me though, is GLASS can stop bullets too..... Suppose that is one of the side affects of NOT having a destructible environment..... Maybe for the next game. :D

True. Some 'truths' that were once widely accepted, were later proven false by forward thinking individuals, or new discoveries in science. But, we still have the flat-earthers..... Guess some conspiracies are more resilient than others. :D

I would suggest downloading Vortex, and using that to install your mods. :) Steam tends to bury things pretty deep. So, the 'path' you are looking for is: (assuming default install location for both steam, and the game....) C:\Program Files[x86]\Steam\steamapps\common\fallout 4\data You can manually install F4SE, but, it goes in the Fallout 4 folder, not the data folder.

I think Homemaker has 'em, SSEX certainly does. Though I wouldn't consider either of those mods 'small'..... :)

Do a clean install. Uninstall EVERYTHING, the game, all the mods. You can likely leave your mod manager installed. Reinstall JUST the game. Will it start/run now?

People do all sorts of things that are inherently bad for them. Smoking, over eating, drinking soda, doing various drugs. My guess is, if you dug deep enough, you could come up with a reason to deny pretty much anyone of medical care. How about folks that were speeding when they wrecked their car? Or weren't wearing their seatbelts? :) Maybe someone ate too much bacon, clogged up their arteries, and had a heart attack. Everyone does stuff they shouldn't. It would be pretty much impossible to draw the line of wear to discontinue care. Though, I think folks that OD on drugs regularly, should have a limit..... Like the guy that had EMS out to his house 3 times in ONE DAY. That's excessive. If you are going to be that stupid, then you deserve the consequences.