Yes, but if I don’t feed my family, friends, and neighbors bananas while they sleep, they won’t get enough potassium in their diet!

This is where we are now?

C’mon, Valve has been extremely off hands in moderating their platform since day one. It’s a problem, especially since their business model is to provide people value for using their service over DRM-free and piracy options.

Ugh.

At least Arial exists. And Helvetica. But Times New Roman? What is this, English class in the early aughts? 12pt font, double spaced with one inch margins?

Hell, if you want wanna make America great again make it Courier; tech bros’ll think you’re coding but we know you really just want to take us back to late 1800s when typewriters and bad economic policy were in. Or maybe something appropriate for this administration, like Wingdings.

Had a similar treatment for clay when fired a certain way, although I forget the details. Looks like an oil slick. I wonder if this is similar?

If they manage to reel it in, what happens? Does Earth get a new orientation?

Last three were Star Ocean (the first one), Radiata Stories, and Skies of Arcadia.

Currently playing Alundra because a friend grew up with it and wanted me to play it. Honestly it’s not great but RetroAchevements made the bosses extraordinarily painful to master, which is uh … fun. Yes. Fun, let’s go with that.

Oh and ps these commenters all have fantastic tastes.

Ah, my teenage hero. Good chance I direct downloaded something; the Internet was so much better back then, lol.

This actually happened to me. I still had to look busy so I mostly just studied more or worked on a second job I had grading papers. I also spent a bit of time writing stories and designing things. Adding in something creative can help your brain balance things out.

Flannel’s plaid disrupts any curves so it’s pretty good for covering up bellies in particular. A big reason I’m a fan of the season of flannel (plus scarfs are nice, too).

Fun unsolicited social psych lesson: in terms of persuasion, spontaneous messaging is catchier but thoughtful messaging is more likely to have a stronger long term impact. Often best to use both.

It’s not always the same level as debate, but the idea is there. Why buy? It’s got safety standards. It builds strong bones. It’s good for the environment. Good? Ok now here’s emotional music and a celebrity you like.

Research shows spontaneous messaging without the cognitive side isn’t going to sway attitudes in a meaningful way, although the latter might be needed to get attention (and most won’t work if someone is already decided, then you really do need debate lol).

That said, I’m pretty sure the average ad is just trying to keep a brand in public consciousness, since that’s taught in marketing programs. Some research on associative learning might support that but I think it’s weak at best.

I mean, providing zero value is a higher contribution so yes.

My turtle likes to be pet and scratched on his shell, so the reverse is true in that not everything good to pet is fuzzy.

I legit would love to have Obvious Plant gifts for Secret Santa events. The anonymous nature improves the experience.

Sure, lock me up for supporting hunmus, I guess.

I mean, sure. Fuck malthusians.

Social dilemma theories (e.g. totc, prisoners dilemma, etc) are kind of neutral, though, and it’s one of the easiest ways to argue in favor of climate change regulation. As in, people make choices between selfish and cooperative choices. Some are more inclined for one or the other, but regulation can help curb the selfish oriented people.

In my social psych class I get to share research that literally says conservatives and people who prefer authoritarianism prefer competitive choices (as well as other factors). It’s basically a field devoted to figuring out what causes people who ruin everything for everyone else, lol.

That’s just what I was thinking. Do they swoosh the joke and just assume OP is an asshole?

Yo, is it really so inappropriate?

Should it just be “Walk Like a Hieroglyphic” to clarify that this is in reference to Egyptian writings and not literally how people walk in Egypt? Lol

Ants are just like us humans! So cute.

Mods make it easy, mods make it hard.

I personally am the over prepared type but that’s why I get mods that extend the end game and put me through my own optimization and automation personal hell that causes everyone around me to question why I’ve never seen a therapist for my clearly neurodivergent behavior.

Y’know, expert Minecraft mods.

I’ve heard of these things from a documentary from that era called Mac and Me. I think they also routinely held something called a “birthday party” at them. Unfortunately there are no physical records to confirm that I am aware of.