HeroHelck

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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Walgreens Replaced Fridge Doors With Smart Screens. It’s Now a $200 Million Fiasco.⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:
Comedy gold, except for everyone who has to try and shop at a Walgreens.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Stream Fatigue? Americans Spent 23% Less on Streaming Services in 2024, Study Finds⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
For a LOT of them it’s just inertia and a handful of comfort channels. This is the way it is with my parents. They spend 90% of the time watching streaming, BUT, what if they needed to watch something on cable! So the subscription keeps going, even though it’s long outlived practicality.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anon is a nostalgic gamer⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

so nobody feels ‘trapped’ in an unfun game.

I think this is an understated problem. It’s simply awful to be in a slowly losing multiplayer game that you feel you have no control over, and when you also simultaneously feel that you aren’t playing with people you care about. It’s pretty easy to start not caring about monitoring your behavior. After all, who cares if everyone in this lobby thinks you’re annoying or awful to deal with, you will never see them again, and if you do they won’t recognize you, so act out your frustration without fear of real consequences. I also don’t think bans for “bad behavior” actually address the reason people behave this way, it just encourages them to hide it in more subtle ways that automated scripts can’t detect, or that give them some plausible deniability.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony boss admits forcing PC gamers into PlayStation accounts can "invite pushback," but insists they have to keep games safe – which doesn't really track in single-player⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
This isn’t going to stop, just have to hope enough consumers have the wherewithal to say no to this sort of thing.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Horrible!!⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
To an extent, think work friends versus the kinda friends you meet at a concert, or at the gym. It’s not necessarily a “different” personality as much as shifting behavior and topics a bit. In short, I’m gonna talk a little different around my young engineering friends vs the guys I’ve known since high school.