Same. I buy exclusively digital for the convenience, but how can they claim this is a physical version of the game when it doesn't physically include the game? It's not even a loophole at those point. It's just a lie.
I think that years of struggle just to meet basic needs leads to dangerous anger, resentment, and bitterness. Tbh billionaires are the ones who have rigged the system against us with decades of lobbying and most, if not all of them, would gladly see us dead in a cost benefit analysis if it gained them profit, so I have no problem with people taking pleasure in their misfortune. They made their choices and current public opinion is the consequence of that. No one gets to and stays at billionaire status off of pure merit alone...
We don't get to pick and choose who's lives have value, even if they do something risky or stupid.
But isn't that exactly what happens? Was there as much of a rescue effort to find the hundreds of missing Pakistani migrants who went missing off the coast of Greece last week? Was it even as widely covered in the media as 5 missing rich people in a sub? Have you even heard that they were missing before this comment?
What about the 5,000 missing and murdered indigenous women who disappear every year? Are we mobilizing the military to find them?
We absolutely pick and choose whose lives have value. That's the problem.
I feel like most people make an exception for the 19 year old kid. I haven't spoken to anyone who doesn't feel bad about him, but maybe that's just my circles.
I work in healthcare and I've been so burnt out after working through COVID despite how politicized it was, not knowing if I was risking my life, my loved ones' lives, or my own permanent sense of smell and taste, all while getting told off by ignorant, selfish pieces of crap just for wearing a mask and taking an illness that I personally witnessed kill many people seriously, not to mention being overworked and understaffed for literally YEARS due to a combination of baby boomers retiring while simultaneously increasing the need for healthcare workers by needing more care as they age, coworkers finding other jobs because of their own burnout, and hospital administration trying to maximize profits at the expense of the workers and at the expense of patient care that I just up and resigned from my own job a week ago.
I don't even know what I'm going to do. I withdrew my retirement account early and I'm just taking some time to figure it out right now. Tbh though, the idea of going back to healthcare makes me feel physically ill. And that's really sad because I got into it to help people, but after the way people acted during the worst pandemic we've had in a century I don't want to help anyone anymore. I just want a normal 9 to 5 where I'll have weekends, evenings, and holidays off and very little to zero risk of bringing a contagious and deadly or debilitating virus home to my family.
Idk how obscure it is, but I was just looking for Zoids Chaotic Century last night and couldn't find it on any streaming service, so I checked Amazon for a DVD copy only to see people want $150+ for used copies of the show... Sucks that it's so hard to find now!
I'm not even sure I need to read the rest of the thread after this comment. You win by default! I guess it makes as much sense as anchovies on pizza though.
Probably the most tame one in here, but I love to mix mayo with a little mustard to dip my french fries in. Baked potatoes with butter, sour cream, seasoning salt, and malt vinegar are also really good.
IMO you nailed it. It's not a bad game per se, especially after they fixed some things, but it's no where near the quality of the original ME trilogy.
I don't know if you consider this a spoiler or not, so maybe stop reading here if you're concerned about that... But the thing that bothered me the most was the lack of alien diversity. They went to a whole other GALAXY and both of the new sentient alien species they encounter are bipedal carbon-based lifeforms. To add to the disappointment every race that came to Andromeda is also bipedal and mostly carbon based, so it's actively less alien than the original games even though we're in a whole new galaxy. No hanar. No Volus. No elcor.
And every Asari face is literally the same model except for the crew member you have with you. They all have literally the same face. Idk. It really bothered me.
Another thing that's annoying is you have less control over your squad mates in combat. I really enjoyed the way combat sometimes felt like a puzzle in the OT, bringing certain people for certain enemies and combining powers so each of you are stronger together. It felt like teamwork even though it's really all you. In Andromeda they basically just made the main character OP instead and that's the only one you control.
With that said, it's still fun! And I think it's worth a playthrough or even two. Just don't expect it to be Mass Effect.
This was exactly my first thought too. Afterall, the API is still free right now too, so they can use as many 3rd party bots as they want to influence public opinion.
That is such a great analogy. I keep trying to get my SO to join Lemmy, but he won't put any effort into learning how it works or getting used to it. I've explained to him what the fediverse is, what instances are, and what Lemmy is at least 3 times already, but then he still got confused the other day and thought Jerboa was another instance instead of an app. It's frustrating. People just love the familiar and don't want to be inconvenienced whatsoever...
I had no idea of the size and variety of the Fediverse! It has me feeling a bit overwhelmed. I'm enjoying BookWyrm very much; it's the GoodReads/LibraryThing replacement I've been looking for for years....
I would've guessed Rimworld. I once had a cat that kept getting into my alcohol and passing out in the freezer. It kept losing limbs to frostbite until it was finally just a stump that couldn't leave its pet bed...
Starfield physical release won't include physical disc (szmer.info)
Phil doing what Don couldn't
Opinion - Death clocks are ghoulish, whatever you think about billionaires in subs (12ft.io)
Meteorologist resigns, citing PTSD from threats over climate change coverage (www.washingtonpost.com)
Who had this on their bingo card?
What obscure cartoons/media from your childhood do you remember?
I remember having quite a few VHS tapes from a company called "Just For Kids", that had some of the neatest shows....
What do you eat that other people think is odd?
I'll start: pesto as a bagel topping.
What are you playing this week?
What have you been playing this week? Do you think others might like it?
And now there are threats to remove moderators. Dying site
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Republicans Declare Banning Universal Free School Meals a 2024 Priority (newrepublic.com)
Isn't it ironic.... that we all left reddit because 3rd party apps were being killed off, and came to a place where there are no 3rd party apps.
edited to meet rule #3!
Twitter is being evicted from its Boulder office over unpaid rent (techcrunch.com)
It feels like we’re on the brink of something
Covid, WFH, Musk, The fall of Twitter, Netflix plateau, Reddit Blackout, Crippling interest rates, Trump, Decentralisation, Tech Antitrust, Ukraine...
Other Fediverse projects (en.wikipedia.org)
I had no idea of the size and variety of the Fediverse! It has me feeling a bit overwhelmed. I'm enjoying BookWyrm very much; it's the GoodReads/LibraryThing replacement I've been looking for for years....
Describe a game in 5 words or less, and see if anyone can guess it.
I'll go first. Deranged Spiderman with guns