I would expect half of the haptics to go away, tbh. They’re much weirder for a handheld because it can affect the screen, which is part of the controller doing haptic things. Add on the extra battery drain and I’ll bet we get the adaptive triggers and maybe some mediocre version of vibration.

I can’t answer most of your questions, but one is easy:

The UK is a country. None of Northern Ireland, England, or Scotland are countries - they’re all a part of the UK.

You may or may not notice an outlier here: Ireland, which is not part of the UK and is its own country. Note that Northern Ireland is part of the UK, and is not a part of Ireland (despite being on the island of Ireland). The UK and the Irish have a… strained relationship.

Britain is the big island, not a country itself.

So to recap:

• The UK and Ireland are both countries.

• The UK is (primarily) made up of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

• Britain and Ireland are both islands. The Island of Ireland consists of Ireland (the country) and Northern Ireland (part of the UK).

I’ve just been using the same brand of socks for ~15 years 🤷‍♂️ I just get like one pack every year and have never had to match anything since. I also have never understood the fancy-/patterned-sock craze, so that’s a non-issue.

The rescue divers were the first real public turning point. He has always been crazy, but he tried really, really, really hard to project a cool-uncle, anti-establishment persona online before that.

I think he eventually just realized he was rich enough to stop caring and so he stopped pretending.

…what jaws of victory? The Dems were literally never projected to win by a majority of polls at any point during the election cycle.

I’m not afraid of Trump’s competence. I’m afraid of Trump’s cult of personality and the competent people that are now handling him. We didn’t elect Trump, we elected Project 2025.

Good news, there will be an absolute fuck-ton of further deregulation and dismantling of consumer protections over the next four years!