Furbag

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How soon do you get there?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  Crackpot tinfoil hat time: TSA telling you to be there so early when it almost never takes that long to get through security is a conspiracy by the airport stores to get you to eat, drink, and shop more than you otherwise would if you timed it better.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨$1.8 trillion was wiped out from the US stock market yesterday, where did it go?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It didn’t go anywhere, that money was “unrealized”. It’s quite literally just what people think the shares are worth and a dollar amount associated with what people agree to pay for owning it.

  Imagine if I own a priceless antique. I can value it myself at $1,000,000,000. That doesn’t make me a billionaire, except maybe on paper or insurance documents perhaps. It also doesn’t mean that people are out there buying billion dollar antiques from me, that’s just what I think it’s worth, although I’d be unlikely to sell it if someone wasn’t going to pay me at least close to what I thought it was worth.

  If I get the antique appraised and they tell me that, actually, it’s only worth about $100 fair market value, then $999,999,900 was just wiped out. But the rest of that cash valuation isn’t floating around in the ether somewhere, the true value of the item simply did not match my own valuation, and the antique market shifted to correct for my gross overvaluation.

  That’s essentially what happened yesterday.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨why does the Saddledome need to be demolished but Madison Square Gardens is still in use⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Same answer as to why the Raiders and the Athletics left Oakland to build new stadiums in Vegas while the Red Sox still play in a stadium that is over a century old.

  The team owners, by and large, care more about money than they do about the fans of the team, and flashy new stadiums get butts in seats at premium prices, even if the team itself sucks ass.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon owns a gym⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Quick, somebody warn Nate!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Wouldn't it be weird?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Honestly, the people hacking the illegal gambling website and the fake money website are modern day Robin Hood figures in my eyes.

  Better them than hackers stealing from AARP or GoFundMe or something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨EA is shutting down BioWare and the next Mass Effect has been canceled⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Bioware was already rotting in the mass grave where formerly successful studios they bought spend their last days being milked of any remaining collective goodwill in the gaming zeitgeist before being summarily executed.

  This was just them posting the obituary we all knew was coming.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Any help , bros ?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Get some heavy duty wire cutters, that would be the easiest method, but if you don’t have any you can just take a hammer to that plastic bit and obliterate it. Heck, even a hefty stone would work.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bloodborne is now on PC natively with online features like massages, bloodstains and co-op⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Even though it came out on the PS4, it’s backwards compatible with the PS5. Keeping it exclusive still means that the game can sell a system if someone really wants to play it bad enough.

  Of course, that probably accounts for less than 1% of people who purchase a PS5 at this point, but you and I have probably put more thought into this in this one single thread than the entire board of directors at Sony did. To them, games are transactional and old games are not worth bothering with at this point.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bloodborne is now on PC natively with online features like massages, bloodstains and co-op⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  gasp not my good boy points!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Bloodborne is now on PC natively with online features like massages, bloodstains and co-op⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  My understanding is that they’ve always wanted to port it to PC since it was an incredibly successful title, but they had licensing issues with Sony thay prevent them from doing so.

  In other words, don’t blame From Software, blame the suits at Sony for thinking that keeping Bloodbourne as a console exclusive forever will somehow translate to selling more Playstations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes bikes⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not as hard as it seems. I have taught adults how to ride in a single afternoon and after their 3rd or 4th time out riding they are as confident as if they had been doing it since childhood.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon likes bikes⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Use a higher gear on 0% inclines? Once you get moving it takes very little effort to keep the bike going at a pretty good speed.

  I feel like the sweaty folk are all in 1st gear because it’s easier to pedal, but they have to be constantly pumping their legs to maintain speed, so elevated heart rate causes excessive perspiration.

  Also, like everyone else has already said, ebikes can help give you a break when needed and also help with the dreaded hills and steep inclines.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Realistically, what do people plan to do on the Moon and Mars that requires a permanent, or long term human presence there?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The only reason a Lunar base/habitat would be needed aside from just a scientific endeavor (no expectation of return on investment, just for the sake of knowledge itself) is that the escape velocity is much lower than on earth so it wouldn’t require as much energy to launch rockets and satellites. A shipyard on the moon could be a realistic case scenario.

  But, we aren’t producing spacecraft at a scale where it would be economical to do so yet, and there’s still the logistical issue of getting the fuel to the moon to perform launches without some kind of space elevator - impractical and hazardous.

  Will we get to that point someday? Most likely, but right now any attempt at a permanent moon habitat is doomed to fail. Case in point, if governments are struggling to provide the ISS with necessary parts and technicians to keep it operational, doing the same thing but farther away is just not going to work.

  I hope I live long enough to see it, but I’m not holding out hope that it will happen in my lifetime.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨According to the New York Times, Game of Thrones is the 6th best TV show of the 21st century⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  That one is on there, I think.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*Throws grenade and runs*⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Stop qualityposting in my shitposting community!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨.🤨.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  In case you are unaware of the story of the origins of the Mormon faith that Mormons actually believe, go look up the South Park episode titled All About Mormons. It gives a pretty brief overview of everything, including the stones in the hat.

  It’s quite a funny episode, tbh.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨SBA #242 Sins and Virtues⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I fucking love this squidward meme lol

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Time keeps marching forward⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Is it weird that I kind of appreciate the design language of the Volkswagen in that picture? Moreso than the Audi, at least.

  Yeah, that form factor is definitely old people coded at this point, and has always been for as long as I can remember, but I find something quite charming about it. I can’t quite explain it. It’s not nostalgia, because I never owned a car like that before, but I do remember seeing them on the road 30+ years ago and thinking to myself “that’s an old car!”.

  I wonder if design trends ever loop back around for cars the same way that it does for fashion? Perhaps not, as I’m sure the industry has purposefully moved away from cars that look like that due to improved safety features or enhanced auto regulations, but if I were interested in buying a car for it’s unique or appealing shape alone, then I would much rather be driving around an old boxy VW Golf than ever be caught dead in a Cybertruck.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨So are they like extinct or something?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Jokes on you! We’re currently in a rhomboid-shaped economy right now!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Min wage in most states is so sad⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know. On one hand, I think it’s naive to think that dragging these politicians down to our level is going to make them see things through a different lens, as most of them are multi-millionaires anyway and the pay they get is just the gravy on top, and reducing their salaries isn’t going to fix any kind of budgetary problem all on it’s own - the money that they earn off of taxpayers is nothing compared to the national debt.

  On the other hand, this cadre of politicians who exercise the most power and authority is so openly corrupt now that they do not even bother to hide it anymore. I feel like you can’t get much worse than we already are without them resorting to literal mustache twirling acts of villainy.

  Now, if we were somehow able to make them give up their wealth, to divest themselves from the financial consequences of their actions and live with the lasting legacy that they themselves wrought for others, that might have some effect, but that would require people to be altruistic and principled enough to understand that taking a job as a public servant shouldn’t make you rich, and you should do it for the good of the people you represent.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨*Eyeroll*⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There are so many dog whistles in just this one post, it’s more like a dog siren.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Food served to US service men & women.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Like what?

  And before you say free ride through college, let me head that off - it’s not free if it comes at the cost of human life being churned through the endless war machine.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨$29 in San Francisco⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That noble act of service deserves to be a tax write-off of some sort.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon has seen it all before⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Helios and Luna? You’re mixing Greek and Latin nomenclature! My immersion is ruined!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Well if that isn't just about the most evil thing you could openly admit to doing.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Can’t you guys just rob banks like normal crooks?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Behold, "the whole story of Steam's economy in one picture": the top 1% of games earn 84.5% of estimated revenue, and most games barely make anything⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Okay, but explain how consumer preferences are somehow Steam’s fault?

  If you told me it was that way because Steam was boosting AAA games and suppressing indie titles, then okay, you have a valid reason to criticize Steam for that, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Easy Delivery Co. I'll just be a little car driving a kei truck around a mountain town.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Haha, I’m playing through Mina the Hollower. I get to be a cute mouse girl, but live in a terrifying world full of monsters. Sorry Lionel, I changed my mind about repairing the spark generators. I’m just going to stay in town and hang out, if ya don’t mind.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Chef⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Unless the recipe calls for an absolutely egregious amount of garlic, I sometimes triple or even quadruple the garlic the recipe calls for. One clove is barely perceptible to me now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨this is so dark, Black Mirror couldn’t have imagined it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “Sorry, the job description said we were looking for a software developer, not a bot wrangler. There must have been some kind of miscommunication. Best of luck out there!”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Take-Two CEO Says We'll All Be Streaming Our Games In 3 Years⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Bet. Pirates will find a way to get around whatever draconian anti-consumer shit they come up with.