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- Comment on Costco Confirms It's Removed Xbox Consoles, Calling It A "Business Decision" 7 hours ago:
My friend’s dad owns a business (trade work, not even selling products) that has contracts with both Costco and Amazon and said the same thing. For Amazon at least, he can’t send proposals or bills - everything is done through an Amazon vendor portal. And he gets paid every time he crosses a threshold, not per job.
When you’re that big, you can just make everyone follow your rules.
- Comment on Microsoft doing shady Microsoft stuff again 1 day ago:
That’s a good point, too!
- Comment on Would-be City of Heroes successor, Ship of Heroes, decides to launch the MMO with a $45 price tag and a $15 monthly subscription and it's, er, going about as well as you'd expect 1 day ago:
Not only is it still running on private servers, those private servers have the blessing of the original devs. If I’m remembering correctly, they even provided the admins some dev tools and code
- Comment on Microsoft doing shady Microsoft stuff again 1 day ago:
Sure, but I’d wager there’s a huge portion of chrome users who got there through the same tactic that Microsoft is deploying here - if you to go the world’s most popular search engine on a non-Chrome browser, it tells you that you should be running Chrome and provides a download link
- Comment on Microsoft doing shady Microsoft stuff again 1 day ago:
Hey now, I wasn’t ignoring anyone. The truth is somewhere between “all installs were deliberate” and “most installs were accidental”
Several coworkers user Edge because the computer said to use Edge and a computer wouldn’t lie.
- Comment on Microsoft doing shady Microsoft stuff again 1 day ago:
To be fair, the claim that every single user deliberately installed chrome has the same citation lol
- Comment on Do you think conservative feel the same need to burn it all down as everyone else felt when trump won again? 1 week ago:
I was moreso asking about the values that used to (but no longer) exist in the republican party as the main change I see is the willingness to let the mask slip.
Though I am still confused why you consider yourself a conservative when you support all those progressive ideas! I am not a conservative but we seem to agree on a whole lot
- Comment on Do you think conservative feel the same need to burn it all down as everyone else felt when trump won again? 1 week ago:
I hadn’t considered the Electoral College thing so I’ll give you that…but the rest of the list, aside from the supreme court thing which is non-partisan, are things conservatives (famously) fought against.
Are you sure you’re conservative? If you really hold those ideals, I think you might actually be progressive…
- Comment on Do you think conservative feel the same need to burn it all down as everyone else felt when trump won again? 1 week ago:
The only thing to do is push back, and try to save what can be saved.
Not trying to bait here but what do you want to save and how far back are you going to find something worth saving? Some aspects of fiscal conservatism have their merits but I’m stumped thinking of any good socially-conservative opinions from the past hundred years
- Comment on thick skinned employees, how can you be so thick skinned? 2 weeks ago:
I’ve had several jobs since then and met a few lifelong friends but the point is none of that matters when you’re on the clock. Don’t get involved in the drama and don’t date your coworkers (unless you work in hospitality, I guess)
- Comment on thick skinned employees, how can you be so thick skinned? 2 weeks ago:
After the resulting shit from being friends with my coworkers at my first “real” job, I avoid work socialization as much as possible. I’ve been with my currently company for 3 years and have only given my number to 3 people…two of which just wanted pictures of my dog since I stopped using Instagram.
Nobody knows me that well and I like it that way. Nobody asks me to fix their computer, nobody shares the latest gossip. If they try, I say “oh wow” and then look back at my screen
- Comment on What is the first electronic device kids get these days? (Desktop, Laptop, Tablet, Phone, Game consoles?) 3 weeks ago:
My nephew got one of those smart watches for kids. There’s no real games, the camera sucks, and he can only contact and be contacted by approved numbers but it’s nice to have.
I like getting his goofy texts, too
- Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong is out now on Steam - and it broke Steam servers for 15 minutes and counting now 3 weeks ago:
Sounds like the genre’s just not for you. I also don’t enjoy games like this BUT it’s not wasting time if you’re having fun
- Comment on Hollow Knight: Silksong Will Release for Only $20, Release Times Revealed 3 weeks ago:
I don’t really like games like this (I know Hollow Knight is a masterpiece if you do) but I’d be tempted to buy it for $20 just to support the studio
- Comment on Vague design choice 4 weeks ago:
You shouldn’t need an indent to make it clear what all the buttons do lol
Terrible design.
- Comment on Vague design choice 4 weeks ago:
It would also be “easy to figure out” if each button had a different color and there was a table of what each color did. Neither design is good, though. No one should have to “figure out” what such a simple set of buttons does
The problems with it are so apparent, defending it makes me think you just wanted to argue about something today lol
- Comment on Private water company increases CEO pay by nearly 100%. This is how Steve Reeds, UK water minister, reacts 5 weeks ago:
Second time in 24 hours I’ve seen you complain about suggestions that the rich should be killed
- Comment on Why the skibidi are you adding skibidi to the Cambridge Dictionary? We think it has "staying power", answer word boffins 5 weeks ago:
They did it so articles like this would be written about them. Easy advertising
Like the time “bootylicious” was added. A word everyone stopped using a year later
- Comment on If I invented a shirt that caused cameras to be damaged when filmed/photographed, would I be committing a crime by wearing the shirt at events with cameras? 1 month ago:
I rolled my eyes at your optimism that such a material would exist but I took it all back by the end. Despite it being incredibly niche and unrealistic, that is by far the most clever suggestion in the thread!
- Comment on Samsung Defeats BOE In Landmark OLED Trade Secrets Case, Securing 15-Year U.S. Market Ban And Reinforcing Its Leadership In Display Technology 1 month ago:
This ruling will surely lead to major advancements in their technology such as…changing the VESA location on every model of their commercial displays.
- Comment on If suffering is good because it gives life meaning, wouldn't it follow that hurting people is good? 1 month ago:
Your premise is wrong but you should watch Bojack Horseman and pay attention to Diane’s arc, specifically the episode Good Damage
- Comment on Every support thread on Reddit is literally this now 1 month ago:
Would you sign up for a social media website if all the tech support posts looked like the above?
- Comment on Can an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases? 1 month ago:
Wow, it’s not like I was doing the shopping myself in 1995 but I’m still surprised I’ve never seen one of these!
- Comment on Can an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases? 1 month ago:
In a fraction of the time it took you to make this, you could have confirmed yourself that these are all the same size
- Comment on Can an American explain to me what's with the grooves on PS1 NTSC cases? 1 month ago:
Really?? I got a PS1 when they were pretty new and all of my games are in standard jewel cases.
- Comment on How abnormal is it for a mother to be her son a fleshlight for his 18th birthday? 1 month ago:
Yes, this is exactly the point I was making.
Parents generally put thought into their gifts to their kids. This is saying “I’ve been thinking about you masturbating. I’ve been thinking about how to help you reach climax”
- Comment on How abnormal is it for a mother to be her son a fleshlight for his 18th birthday? 1 month ago:
It’s not weird to make them aware of it or even suggest it. It’s weird to buy them one - especially as a birthday gift.
“Dad and I thought long and hard about what to get you and we choose this masturbation tool because we thought about you masturbating”
- Comment on How abnormal is it for a mother to be her son a fleshlight for his 18th birthday? 1 month ago:
No, it’s definitely abnormal because it’s weird for a parent to help their offspring masturbate.
What about a father buying his daughter a vibrator for her 18th birthday?
- Comment on Is there gospel music minus the gospel? 1 month ago:
Is the only thing to believe in a higher power?
- Comment on Is there gospel music minus the gospel? 1 month ago:
I haven’t seen it in years but I still listen to Strings That Tie To You regularly