u/jaschen

No positive father figure in their lives. No sense of community. Stigma from male role models that want to step up but fear being branded a PDF.

Can we stop winning already? I'm tired of winning so much.

He isn't gay. Wanting to fuck couches is totally hetero.

Elon is trying to break Hitler's record.

They can die from it alone in their house. Stop going to the hospitals and infecting infants and newborns that can't get it.

If they are, it's just for milking their intelligence and giving that info to Russia. Don't trust the CCP.

I prefer to call it West Taiwan, at this point, China needs democracy and what best to bring it than Taiwan.

Come visit. We are a very welcoming country and love foreigners and tourist!

Website optimization. My customers are global so I can work remotely.

Left for Taiwan in the first Trump presidency. Haven't been back since.

Taiwanese family living in Taiwan and frequent Japan prior to having kids and after having kids.

Most people are quick to point out the gruesome work culture, but honestly, that is just a small part of the total issue.

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Japanese people culturally hate outsiders. So their immigration system is setup to almost never give a foreigner citizenship.

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Japanese people culturally have a mindset that if you pop one out, it's you and only you that share that burden. That means that if you're on a train and struggling with a crying toddler that is tired of standing, **nobody** and I mean **nobody** will let you have their seat. Half the patrons will turn up their volume on their headset and the other half with mean mug/glare at you for annoying them. You wanna know the worst part. This mindset transcends to the kid's grandparents. That's right. The grandparents will not lift a finger to help you.

Edit: I also want to add that the burden is not even on the father, outside of the finances. The father does not need to help with any baby duties. I have met many Japanese men that has kids that has never even changed a diaper. Why the fuck would a Japanese woman want to have kids?

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The government is not making it easy to help the families. Do you have a sleeping kid in a stroller? Well, you better hold the kid if you're using mass transit. Elevators are an afterthought. So once you get off a train, you either have to walk an extreme distance to get to an elevator or in some instances there isn't even an elevator at all. In some rare occasion there is a designated elevator for strollers and wheel chair access, it's jammed packed with people who is able-bodied and can take the escalator, all of which won't exit the elevator to let people with wheel chairs or strollers in.

I went to Osaka Universal studios and ask to rent a stroller. The guy didn't speak English at all. We eventually used my phone to translate and he asked me my kids age. I said 5. He said, is today his birthday? I said no. He turned 5 a few weeks ago. He then poceeds to deny me from renting a stroller. I reasoned with him telling him my kid is having major jet lag and needs a place to sleep right now. He told me to just go back to the hotel to sleep because he wasn't going to rent a stroller to me.

I love Japan and the Japanese people, but honestly they all hate kids.

Yes, not giving CIV a pass. They dropped the ball here. I was just pointing out the root of the issue.

CIV has Mac players, but you might be overestimating with the word "lots".

According to Steam and other sources...

Windows: Dominates the platform with approximately 96.78% of users.

macOS: Accounts for about 1.30% of users.

Linux: Represents around 1.92% of users.

Source:

https://pcx.com.ph/blogs/tech-news/steam-hardware-software-survey-reveals-user-trends-for-march-2024

Even if Civ has more average Mac players, let's just say 4 times more than the Steam figures, you're still looking at 5.2% Mac vs PC that plays CIV. Those figures would be considered a rounding error.

I think my point is not CIVs commitment to Mac players. It's Apple's lack of commitment to gamers. Until Apple opens up 3rd party hardware support, developers will continue to treat you and your cohort a niche segment.

I game on a PC exclusively because all games are optimized for the PC and everything else is an afterthought.

It makes sense tho.

Mac lacks 3rd party video card hardware support so why would developers try and develop for a system that the company doesn't care about gaming.