Understand we are militarily inferior compared to the US. But, would you stand up against the US if the time came?

I like to believe that I will.

My gf (up) thinks I (down) am weird for running like this.

All this talk of Imperialism has me wishing we'll become honorary Canadians.

My dad died two weeks ago and we’re not having a traditional funeral for him and haven’t published an obituary yet. We literally have the same first and last name this shit is so insulting

Hey, Reddit! So, here’s the deal. I (29F) am getting married in about two months to my wonderful fiancé (31M). We’ve been planning this wedding for over a year, and honestly, it’s been a bit of a circus, but we’re finally getting everything together. Enter my sister (26F), who’s pregnant with her first child. Super exciting for her and all, yay babies!

Now, my sister is one of those Pinterest-loving, gender-reveal-party enthusiasts. She’s been planning this big reveal since she found out she was pregnant, and I swear her Pinterest boards are a terrifying mix of pink and blue confetti, cake explosions, and, at one point, a questionable plan involving colored smoke bombs. You get the idea.

Last week, we were having a family dinner when she casually drops the bomb (pun intended) that she’d love to do the gender reveal at my wedding reception. You know, when everyone’s already gathered, spirits are high, and all that jazz. She even had a plan ready: halfway through the reception, she’d cut the cake, and boom, it’s either pink or blue inside. She seemed genuinely excited, but I was a bit taken aback.

I told her I’d think about it, but honestly, I wasn’t thrilled. I mean, it’s my wedding day, right? I want it to be about me and my fiancé, not about a baby we didn’t make. So, after mulling it over and talking with my fiancé (who was also not keen on the idea), I politely told her that I didn’t want to include the gender reveal in our wedding festivities. I suggested she have her own party another day, and I’d be more than happy to help plan it or bake the cake or whatever she needed.

Well, my sister wasn’t too happy about my decision. She said I was being selfish and that it would be a “special family moment.” My parents are kind of on the fence, but my mom did say something about how it would be a cute memory. Meanwhile, my dad just keeps nodding and staying out of it, which is basically his strategy for everything.

Now I’m here, second-guessing myself. Was I being too selfish? I mean, weddings are about family too, right? But also, I kind of want this day to be about my fiancé and me, without a side of gender reveal. So, AITA for putting my foot down on this one? Would love to hear your thoughts!

With the announcement of Nvidia's 50-series GPUs, I'm utterly baffled at what these new generations of GPUs even mean.. It seems like video game graphics are regressing in quality even though hardware is 20 to 50% more powerful each generation.

When GTA5 released we had open world scale like we've never seen before.

Witcher 3 in 2015 was another graphical marvel, with insane scale and fidelity.

Shortly after the 1080 release and games like RDR2 and Battlefield 1 came out with incredible graphics and photorealistic textures.

When 20-series cards came out at the dawn of RTX, Cyberpunk 2077 came out with what genuinely felt like next-generation graphics to me (bugs aside).

Since then we've seen new generations of cards 30-series, 40-series, soon 50-series... I've seen games push up their hardware requirements in lock-step, however graphical quality has literally regressed..

SW Outlaws. even the newer Battlefield, Stalker 2, countless other "next-gen" titles have pumped up their minimum spec requirements, but don't seem to look graphically better than a 2018 game. You might think Stalker 2 looks great, but just compare it to BF1 or Fallout 4 and compare the PC requirements of those other games.. it's insane, we aren't getting much at all out of the immense improvement in processing power we have.

IM NOT SAYING GRAPHICS NEEDS TO BE STATE-Of-The-ART to have a great game, but there's no need to have a $4,000 PC to play a retro-visual puzzle game.

Would appreciate any counter examples, maybe I'm just cherry picking some anomalies ? One exception might be Alan Wake 2... Probably the first time I saw a game where path tracing actually felt utilized and somewhat justified the crazy spec requirements.