SpiceDealer
@SpiceDealer@lemmy.dbzer0.com
The Universe’s greatest distributor of Spice. Cult of the Shrike member.
Old .world account: lemmy.world/u/SpiceDealer. Do not interact with that account. Leaving it up only for archival/backup purposes.
- Comment on Game over 1 week ago:
Dime que eres gringa sin decirme que eres gringa.
- Comment on Don't forget to wash up! 1 week ago:
Now, what does this remind me of?
- Comment on sales =/= quality 1 week ago:
Mathcore: Am I a joke to you?
- Comment on EA invents new microtransaction nightmare as it breaks paywall promise on Skate: rent a playable area for 24 hours or buy a premium pass, bucko 2 weeks ago:
This is actually good advice… in isolation. Encouraging people to spend their money more wisely can bring awareness to an issue but it ultimately does little to implement change. Sure, you and I (and the Fediverse as a whole) might be hyper-vigilant about these kind of things but the average consumer isn’t. Continuing with your Nintendo example, Nintendo has decades of brand recognition and a zealous fanbase to satisfy the demand. An eager gaming press will gladly take free hardware from Nintendo for positive coverage.
Real change won’t happen until the tap is turned off, so to speak. These companies are taking advantages of gaps in the law that permit them to get away with this. Antitrust law in the US dates back to a time when steam-powered trains were still common and the last breakup involved a telephone company. When AT&T was broken up, the home computer (desktop in modern parlance) was just starting to take off.
So, yes, we should spend our money elsewhere when we see this kinds of corporate abuses but until you starve the beast, keep expecting these kinds of behaviors.
- Comment on EA invents new microtransaction nightmare as it breaks paywall promise on Skate: rent a playable area for 24 hours or buy a premium pass, bucko 2 weeks ago:
In American-style neo-liberalism, everything must have a price tag. If it doesn’t generate a profit, it can’t exist.
- Comment on EA invents new microtransaction nightmare as it breaks paywall promise on Skate: rent a playable area for 24 hours or buy a premium pass, bucko 2 weeks ago:
Along with his Saudi oil tycoon buddies.
- Comment on Just getting into a little bit of Troubles 2 weeks ago:
…depending on the type of IRA chosen.
Are there two options, by any chance? Provisional? Official?
- Comment on misleading cover 2 weeks ago:
Fantasy smut sells! This dude could make fucking millions off this. I would rewrite the whole thing if I were him.
- Comment on Duval holding cue card for Brando who can't remember his lines. 2 weeks ago:
I remember reading some Godfather tidbit that said that the cat in The Godfather was a stray found around the set and that Coppola decided to include in the movie. People actually thought that cat was supposed to be some kind of symbolism.
- Comment on Day 576 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing 3 weeks ago:
I misread game as grave. I was worried there for a second.
- Comment on Beyond fucked up 3 weeks ago:
I did some research (more than I should for this ancient trite) and this comes from February 1978 issue of High Times magazine. A fucking stoner magazine! What the hell was the writer of some second-rate publication for grass and shrooms doing writing a lust piece about an up-and-coming child actress? What kind of grass would make you want to fuck a child?
Hold on, it gets worse. According to Wikipedia, the article’s writer, Ed Dwyer, was the magazine’s founding editor. Imagine working at that magazine’s office and reading your boss’s 1970s equivalent of a horny post.
- Comment on Name it 3 weeks ago:
Dishonored.
- Comment on Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period 1 month ago:
Don’t get me wrong, I love my Steam Deck but it’s an extension of Desktop build not a direct Switch competitor.
- Comment on Trying to find a messenger bag at Amazon 2 months ago:
This far from a solution but I thing I do is do a quick search for it on a search engine and look for websites makes a list of the best ones you can buy at the moment. Here’s an example: I search for “best hiking shoes for national parks” and many outdoor-focused gear websites will recommend shoes from brands like Columbia and Merrell.
- Comment on Hey look, a giant sign telling you to find a different job 2 months ago:
Child sick, buy some medicine
Your sick, buy some medicine
How about providing free health insurance at no cost to the employee and access to child care services also at no cost? Or would be socialism?
- Comment on Trump wants the NFL to change its name so that soccer is the only sport called football: ‘We have to come up with another name for the NFL stuff’ 2 months ago:
Knockoff Rugby League.
- Comment on eat the rich and go to libraries 3 months ago:
Remember folks, not everything has to generate a profit. Things can exist simply to just exist.
- Comment on Elon Musk’s Grokipedia cites Stormfront — a neo-Nazi forum — dozens of times, study finds 3 months ago:
I already said this a couple months but Shitter (I refused to call it by that letter) has become a cheap knockoff of Stormfront.
- Comment on The wonder of the sea 4 months ago:
Story idea: Lovecraftian horror but from a fish’s perspective and instead of “cosmic horror”, it’s “terrarian horror.”
- Comment on Shower. I hate the wet place 4 months ago:
Everywhere, all at once.
- Comment on A strange charger 4 months ago:
Intelligence is a lost skill.
- Comment on What went wrong with Pizza Hut? 4 months ago:
Oh, fuck. You live and you learn.
- Comment on What went wrong with Pizza Hut? 4 months ago:
Marco’s Pizza became a thing.
- Comment on FACTS 4 months ago:
Finally, someone that understands my… “interests”
- Comment on AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright 4 months ago:
A reminder to not buy “smart” home appliances unless you can self-host it’s internet connectivity or its “smart” features are optional.
- Comment on Is anyone NOT steaming their Music? 5 months ago:
I’ve gone back to sailing the high seas and don’t regret it. Cost efficient, superior quality, more control and a better service overall. If I do buy music from an artist that actually deserves it, it’s on Bandcamp. I’ve been looking for a physical/analog setup and make copies of those. I’ve also learning how to self-host so I can setup a Navidrome server for seamless transition from device to device.
- Comment on Relooted - Game made by South Africans has been bombarded by right-wingers 5 months ago:
Ah yes, the “My ancestors rightfully stole this land and your existence is oppression, kefir!” crowd. We meet again.
- Comment on Relooted - Game made by South Africans has been bombarded by right-wingers 5 months ago:
Not to mention, Jewish.
- Comment on We're all going home early today 5 months ago:
Well, somebody watched a lot of Is It a Good Idea to Microwave This? growing up.
- Comment on Frick 6 months ago:
Carboniferous 2.0. Coming soon to a ecological disaster near you!