In fairness, I would much rather that than governments directly controlling access, creating an additional form of direct censorship.

Not saying what we have now is great or anything though. I’m not exactly defending it.

I wish lawmakers had some balls on this subject. If there’s gambling, they should have to register as a gambling company and comply with all the other restrictions on gambling advertisements in each jurisdiction.

My understanding is that “persons” refers to people in discrete groups, where what separates those groups is pertinent to the topic being discussed.

For example - ‘indigenous persons’ refers collectively to indigenous people, but acknowledges that there are separate subgroups of indigenous people within that. You could equally say “indigenous people” and it would be correct but you lose that nuance by not acknowledging that there are internal divisions within the group you are referring to.

Not saying that’s the dictionary definition, but that’s how it’s generally used in my field.

As an outsider looking in, I’ve seen a lot of footage of rallies and events (on both sides) that are just absolutely crazy to me. Almost dystopian. People with painted faces, all kinds of merch, hollering and shouting and cheering like it’s the X Factor or a rock concert or something. You see people being interviewed outside the events and it’s like a festival in the background. It’s really, really bizarre. We have problems with our politics here too but not like that. I can’t believe that all of those people are ACTUALLY that passionate about any policies themselves, it’s just vague culture wars nonsense with a bizarre personality contest as a proxy for it.

As I say, I’m not trying to act superior. My country has its share of problems too, just a very different sort.

Would it be worth reaching out to them on social media? Something like this would be great PR for them.

Eh. I find it difficult to have any sympathy for Valve. Sounds like it was only a matter of time before someone did this. If anything this is just free marketing.

TIL it isn’t pronounced Jizz Lane. I’ve literally never heard it before (UK)

In fairness the scale of these games has increased sharply, and they have released other equally big titles in between (namely RDR). I’d rather wait until they’re satisfied with the product than play something unfinished.

I’ve heard of people’s accents changing after receiving a brain injury. Whether that’s more likely than some form of attention seeking, who knows.