I made it through Hiyori and Kyou's routes for a full clear of Karigurashi Ren'ai. Ayaka ended up being the only girl I really liked in the game, but at least the remainder weren't annoying. After giving up on Ren'ai 0 Km, it's nice to actually finish a visual novel for a change. There isn't much other than sex in these Ren'ai games once you get past the common route, it's kinda sad. The common route is the best part of the game, and the individual routes are more like chores. >.<. And I've already completed the common route of Futamata Ren'ai, so all that's left is the chores.
Another problem with the Ren'ai series is their reliance on running gags. Every conversation is the same, it feels like the visual novels could be 1/10 as short and still have the same amount of content. It's very different from '100 Waifus,' where every conversation is the most passionate and loving moment in their lives. I miss meaningful dialogue like that. The initial joke is funny, so hearing it a hundred times isn't that bad, but still. . .
Limelight Lemonade Jam was so much better than these games, and Little Busters! is so much better than Limelight. I feel like my past self was so spoiled compared to what I get to play now. But all that will change once Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave comes out. Then my past self will envy me.
Tales of Xillia Remastered is basically useful for one thing, the Japanese audio option. I also like that you can turn off random encounters and get extra experience from boss fights to stay strong enough to keep winning and move the plot along. It really speeds up the game, and there's no point beating the same enemies with the same moves over and over again. But I already played Tales of Xillia three times in my youth, so this is a plot I'm very used to. I love the game, but I loved it so much I've already played it into the ground, so this fourth time only feels a little nostalgic and nice. I suspect playing Final Fantasy Tactics Remastered would feel the same. That's another game I've already played way too many times, and now they want me to play it again? >.<. But I would like to play it again, just to see what's new. Oh well, I still have plenty of time to do everything I want, with Xillia coming first.
One thing that makes Ren'ai fun is turning off its bgm and using my wonderful playlist instead. This beefed up 1810 strong song collection is absolutely mesmerizing. It has every 5-star song and every 4-star song I want to listen to, and there are so many it never gets old. By the time I hear a song again I'm already feeling lonely for it, so every time it starts I get excited. The hard work preparing the list before is paying off now.
No matter how much we impoverish Iran, it will still have enough money for missiles and nukes. Look at how poor North Korea is. Iran's weapons only cost them $8 billion a year. Out of a country of 92 million, that's only $87 per Iranian. Everyone can afford $87. There's no country on Earth where people couldn't pony up that kind of money. Threatening to impoverish Iran unless they surrender their weapons doesn't work. Countries would rather be impoverished and feared in the world than rich and enslaved. Supposing we somehow did manage to completely eliminate Iran's economy, China would happily donate the $8 billion out of 'humanitarianism' and we'd be right back where we are today. None of America's wars ever work. The only wars we won in the last century were WWI and WWII, and all those victories did is ruin western civilization. Nothing good ever comes from American warmongering. I wish we would just stop already. Trump should admit our military can't achieve anything and go home. Then we could slash our military budget by a trillion dollars a year and use that money to pay down our national debt. Or at least stop bleeding our deficit ever higher. We could start using our money to take care of ourselves instead of Israel. This war has always been so pointless. Iran was never a threat to anybody, they haven't waged an aggressive war in centuries. We could walk away at any time and there would be peace again. Why not just walk away? There's already a ceasefire. Here's our chance. Instead of resuming bombing on Tuesday we could scrap our military and never war again.
Here's a new touchstone to work off for all future wars: If you aren't instantly going to use nukes, don't go to war at all. This would keep us out of all trouble on Earth. The moment Trump announced he wasn't going to nuke Iran the war was already lost. We should have walked away right then. Everything after that is just a waste of time and money that can never achieve anything and will never achieve anything. What did we achieve against Yemen? Against Afghanistan? That's right, nothing. Why don't we ever learn?
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