I thought it was Patrick Rothfus. Now I’m not so sure.

Midwest US was going to be my first guess. Not uncommon behavior around here.

“E pluribus anus”

It was the original definition of “gooning”: wikipedia

Sadly the traumatic kidnapping was generally the least bad part of the experience, since the camps were/are incredibly abusive.

Didn’t both genres, tower defense and MOBA, evolve from Warcraft III mods / custom levels? I don’t think it’s too outlandish to get them confused if you aren’t into them.

This is my philosophy too. If you’re gonna do it then there’s no harm in doing something fun first, and if it’s still bad tomorrow you can finish it then. Having suicide as an option always on the table is a bit freeing, honestly. Momento mori and all that.

Wow, I had no idea. I wonder how many still believe that.

In my anecdotal experience chiropractors are often drawn to pseudoscience in the US. The last one my spouse went to was handing out anti-vacc pamphlets to the patients. I’d never seen such aggressively dumb ones before, just the usual scummy claims of being able to cure Crohn’s disease and such.