BillCheddar

@BillCheddar@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon plays World of Warcraft⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It might help to think of it less like a video game and more like a million person bowling league.

  People would log in to hang out. To chat. To bullshit.

  Sometimes, to level up or to raid or to pvp. Sometimes, people would log in and play for a few hours just…going around helping other people with stuff. Some people take their characters to the starter zones, handing out bags and some nice gear upgrades and advice to new players.

  And that doesn’t even take into account the RP servers, where people would have like guild meetings in game, or legit life events like a wedding in game. Funerals when a guild mate dies? Of course!

  **That is how it became the biggest MMO ever. ** And the game has largely strayed from those roots, which is why so many WoW players go for the Classic version, rather than play the new expansions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An 82-year-old YouTuber grandma was raided by police and SWATs during her live stream last night where she plays Minecraft to raise money for her grandsons cancer. Authorities brought 20 police cars⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And that required mobilizing a 4-star GTA response in the middle of the fucking night?

  This is police state horseshit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨.ml has got to be the only place on earth where I'd get downvoted for a comment like this⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Have you tried engaging in a good-faith discussion instead of whatever half-witted rage-bait you attempted the first time?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New York real estate titan likens the phrase ‘tax the rich’ to racial slurs⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  To quote Tony Soprano: OH, POOR YOU!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The bosses are never going to just hand workers a 32 hour workweek.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Weird that the divergence is also the same point in time where (a) modern conservatism is born, (b) Fox News is conceived, and © the middle class died.

  Total coincidence, I’m sure.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The bosses are never going to just hand workers a 32 hour workweek.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Let’s see if that rationale holds up under other conditions.

  If you want a parking lot blowjob on your 15 minute break, it is yours. Just go get that beej in the parking lot, and then find a job that is compatible with your desire to get head mid-workday.

  That’s how unreasonable you sound to everyone else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨AAA Dominance Is Eroding: 56% of PC Gaming Revenue Now Goes to Games Outside the Top 20⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’d pay the $70 or even $100 for a AAA title…if it released complete, relatively bug-free, and didn’t try to soak me with microtransactions and subscriptions.

  But that’s not what’s they’re selling.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Amazon laid off 30,000 workers while CEO Andy Jassy got a 30% pay bump⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAq2Vh8EEgA

  The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire We don’t need no water, let the motherfucker burn Burn motherfucker, burn

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I am an American. I used to be proud of my country. Now it feels like a turd circling the drain. Is there anything going on behind the scene that America is actually doing good in?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Take heart: There are far more of us than there are of them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Current events dictate that I post this.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I did not argue that regime change is necessary. I didn’t say a goddamn thing about regime change.

  What I said was a direct question, and your dishonest ass couldn’t answer it.

  So I will repeat it: HOW MANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN IS ISRAEL ALLOWED TO MURDER BEFORE YOU’LL BE AGAINST IT?

  Answer the goddamn question I asked or leave me alone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Current events dictate that I post this.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In your mind: How many elementary schools can a nation bomb before we’re allowed to say that nation’s government is evil and should be eliminated?

  Because Israel is constantly targeting and killing women and children, and you’re…ok with that? Please explain.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get. Out⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Respectfully, you don’t know what you’re talking about.

  I am an accountant for a company that has both types of manufacturing. The robot-heavy factories are so much more of a pain in the ass than the people-heavy ones.

  Per plant, on average I spend more fixing and maintaining robots than I do on labor at the other plants.

  People are stupid but easy to train. Computers are smart but hard to train.

  IDK why y’all think the computers will be easier to tame but hey, feel free to compete with everyone else with one arm tied behind your back.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Get. Out⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think you might be underestimating the costs of upkeep and repair of those robots. The McCorps will have to figure that piece out before they can go balls-deep on automation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This MF is quadrupling down and dropping Alien files before dropping the full, unredacted Epstein Files. GODDAMN.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know there aren’t aliens in government hands, because the President would have sexually assaulted one by now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Double standards⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Dude our whole country is governed based on the feelings of right-wing men.

  Every issue, every unsolvable problem, every “why the fuck do we do THAT?!” exists because right-wing men have huge feelings about things and the only cards they can play are either “violence” or “control” (which are usually the same thing.)