it's at the point where "they're a football school tbh" isn't even a joke anymore

And let's not forget the British half of the equation. Sure, it was their territory (the people who lived there certainly thought so), but they could have bought them all houses in Croydon for the cost they paid to invade, and bonus: no one would have died in the asshole of the world for it.

And yeah, anti-colonialism and whatnot, but it's the fucking Malvinas, dudes. There are about eight thousand different aspects of neocolonialism that have a bigger effect on people's lives than who controls some lichens and sheep.

When I think of wars being a senseless waste of human lives and treasure, there are a lot of wars that killed more people, but not many that feel more pointless than the Falklands War. Two absolute shitstain governments going to war over a half-dead rock to boost flagging approval ratings.

yes, set it free

Which is an even MORE dad thing to say, I realize.

Honestly, good. Klondike (the game called "Solitaire" on most computers) is an objectively dogshit patience game.

looks like freecell

my dad status: "well, hopefully he's not playing klondike, it's an objectively dogshit patience game"

It wasn't even the politics, mostly. It just became increasingly useless for the things I used it for.

Today reminded me of the Joe Webb Game, where I went in really excited just to see someone other than the existing terrible QB, and it turns out that actually playing NFL quarterback is quite difficult and there are people worse at it than Christian Ponder.