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- Comment on Reservoir Dogs [1992] - I don't tip 5 hours ago:
If you don’t want to tip in a country where tipping is the norm when eating at a restaurant. Then don’t eat out, it is as simple as that.
If you want to change the laws so they get paid a living wage fine. But don’t short the worker who is just doing their job expecting to be paid. That just makes you an asshole.
Coming from a country where tipping is not the norm and knowingly refusing to tip in places where tipping is the norm also makes you an asshole.
- Comment on Do you think that Trump is the most hated U.S. president? 1 day ago:
If we survive Trump. We will be weaker in so many ways. The institutions that underpin our democracy have been severely damaged. I also expect a severe economic downturn over the next few years.
I worry that the next Republican President will be younger more calculating and energetic. They will look at the Trump era as a blueprint for taking permanent political control of an already damaged system.
- Comment on Xbox wanted 77M Game Pass subscribers by 2026 — today it has less than half that 2 days ago:
I liked game pass initially. I don’t care to replay really old games and I didn’t need a huge investment in hardware to run high end games. The library of games to choose from was pretty good.
But once they started increasing prices I bailed which killed the whole platform. I don’t think I’ve turned my Xbox on since then.
- Comment on I am someone who works out daily and sweats a lot. Just doing laundry doesn't seem to adequately clean the underarms of my shirts. What are some ways to clean these areas of my clothing better? 6 days ago:
Wear an undershirt. It will protect your nice clothes from stains. Get cotton ones as it will absorb and breath better.
If you’re a guy it will also make you look more solid. Kinda like a push up bra for dudes.
- Comment on What is your favourite gaming console you have played? 2 weeks ago:
Dreamcast, that system was awesome back in the day.
- Comment on Sony PS5 sales drop 46%, even before recent price increase 2 months ago:
It seems like consoles are in a death spiral of price increases and lower sales.
I’m in a good spot financially and can afford new games and consoles on release date if I choose to. However I generally wait a few years after their release.
I haven’t bought a new release game or console for myself in over a decade and I’ve only bought one or two titles at full price for my kids in the last three years.
It just doesn’t seem worth it.
- Comment on PS6 and Xbox Project Helix "will start at a 50% higher price" than PS5 and Xbox Series X, predict analysts following Sony price hike – and $999 "is not impossible" 3 months ago:
In a world where inputs to the process of chip creation can scale you would be correct.
However it takes at least a decade to bring a power plant online restrict power generation. Access to natural gas and oil can be distrupted further restricting access to power. There is a finite supply of water in most areas that can not be expanded . Disruption to trade routes due to war and tariffs make expanding the inputs to production difficult. Reduces access to capital due to a lack of faith in the US government and rising interest rates will restrict that access.
The world of plenty we lived in was dying even before Covid killed it off. We live in a world of scarcity and disrupted supply and resources now.
- Comment on PS6 and Xbox Project Helix "will start at a 50% higher price" than PS5 and Xbox Series X, predict analysts following Sony price hike – and $999 "is not impossible" 3 months ago:
No it’s gonna suck. Those data centers will consume fresh water and power driving up costs of both over the long term.
The chips will also become obsolete or will degrade over time. After 7 years they will require replacement. Same is true with memory and ram.
It’s never going to end.
- Comment on Is it "weird" for kids to co-sleep with parents through their teenage years? 3 months ago:
It’s kind of like when someone asks when do you need to respect kids privacy when they are changing. The right answer is whenever the kid signals they want privacy or asks for it.
I have a ten year old who still occasionally ends up in our bed at night. But he does it to be near our dog who usually also sneaks into bed with us at some point in the night.
As long as nothing was forced you are fine OP.
- Comment on I am only now discovering the sheer addictiveness of Sid Meier's Civilization. 3 months ago:
Civ III was the height of the Civilization franchise.
- Comment on 18-26 year olds, How do you plan to dodge the draft? 3 months ago:
Just act gay or trans and come into the recruiter wearing a Mexican flag.
- Comment on The Undiscovered Country: Why is the galley set so worn out? 4 months ago:
The Yorktown is specifically mentioned in the movie and the ill fated captain of the Yorktown reports it to the admiral in this scene:
Also Star Fleet Admirals being the canonically evil dicks that they are would totally stick Kirk with a messed up haunted ship.
- Comment on The Undiscovered Country: Why is the galley set so worn out? 4 months ago:
I like that version of the lore but I added my own. Enterprise A is actually the Yorktown… but why was the Yorktown available you may ask? I mean it would have had a captain and crew right?
Well it was one of the ships that attempted to intercept the whale probe during Star Trek III The Journey Home and had its systems soo badly scrambled that it lost all power and was running life support on batteries. (Which happened in the movie and was a transmission received by Earth, it is even mentioned that they were trying to assemble solar sails to attempt to make it to a habitable planet.)
Well the fearless crew of the Yorktown didn’t make it and the entire crew suffocated or froze in the cold blackness of space…
Starfleet isn’t so big that it can waste a starship even if it’s full of frozen dead people. So they spaced the bodies, cleaned it up and stuck Kirk with a malfunctioning potentially haunted ship as a kind of punishment.
This explains why nothing worked on the Enterprise A in Star Trek IV as its systems were still pretty scrambled from the Whale probe and was haunted by the long dead crew of the Yorktown…
- Comment on Families in New York City demonstrated against a proposal to allow cars in a local park. A politician showed up in a car to mock them 4 months ago:
Because smashing their car and attacking them would make us horrible too.
- Comment on Those of you who are angry at the US for allowing ICE to stifle people's liberties - how do you channel your anger and irritation? 5 months ago:
Been stacking up on green tip.
- Comment on Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period 5 months ago:
Which means exactly what?
- Comment on Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period 5 months ago:
Which means exactly what?
- Comment on Switch 2 Sales Reportedly Struggled Over The Christmas Period 5 months ago:
- The USA as a global superpower, is morphing into something decidedly more sinister.
Nintendo is a Japanese company…
- Comment on Why do so many boomers and even some gen x believe so peristently that if you dressup and show up in person anywhere you will get whatever you went there for? 8 months ago:
It depends upon the setting and what you want. Showing up to a McDonalds shift in a suite and tie trying to get the CEO job. Not so much.
Showing up to your first office job and meeting with your bosses in a nice polo or button down shirt and slacks looking professional, yes. It signals you are eager and want to succeed. Which will go a long way.
Of course you still have to put the work in. But your boss will be more likely to give you more training/work/promotions if they know you want to learn and work over someone who doesn’t give a shit.
- Comment on Are Street Racers "bad people"? 8 months ago:
I’ve had Windows machines since Windows 3.1, when it was time to start looking at buying a new machine to run Windows 11 I noped once I saw the Ads etc. etc.
This year I bought a Mac for the first time.
- Comment on Civilization 7 developers Firaxis have laid off an unspecified number of workers, 2K confirm 10 months ago:
I don’t buy civ games until they release all the DLC. Since CIV 5 it seems like they have released unfinished games that lack major game mechanics on launch and the game only gets finished through DLC.
Poor adoption and sales with CIV 7 is their own fault. They have conditioned the market to wait for the DLC.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
22 is too young. From a purely clinical point of view your brain isn’t done maturing and you haven’t hit the prime years of your life.
But there is no option in the US for male birth control and there is a chance that the vasectomy can be reverse, so do what you think you need t so. It’s not a chance I would take though.
- Comment on Does trump know he cheats at golf? 11 months ago:
No argument here, a corrupt asshole is still a corrupt asshole no matter what they make think of themselves.
But because they can genuinely believe whatever bullshit comes out of their mouth others have no problem buying into it as well.
- Comment on Does trump know he cheats at golf? 11 months ago:
Trump cheats, lies, rapes and steals. But I don’t think HE consciously thinks of anything he does as cheating, lying, raping and stealing.
People don’t tend to want to think of themselves as the bad guy. So they make up excuses to justify their behavior.
I worked for a small company and traveled with the owner frequently. Somehow we got on the subject of bonuses for the sales staff and he told me he often finds ways of reducing their bonus if they ever got a massive deal because they are salespeople and they would just waste the money and hurt themselves… In his mind he was responsible enough to handle the money rather than waste it. I’ve encountered similar altitudes and behaviors with more than a few business owners and wealthy people I’ve encountered. They hide behind many excuses for bad behavior.
- Comment on How are Americans so outgoing and extroverted and how can I become the same? 1 year ago:
It’s usually superficial chit chat. Just weather, sports, clothing the person is wearing and family. All easy and relatable subjects that can be used to break the ice.
The fact that your German is a great talking point to bring up!
- Comment on Nintendo Anti-Piracy Policy Device Lock Update Warns of Console Bricks for Unauthorized Use 1 year ago:
Well I won’t buy one now.
- Comment on 'Make America Greay Again': are MAGA monarchists? 1 year ago:
No they want their guy in power to make the rules and punish people who they think need punishment.
They think that they will always be the chosen “good people” because they support him and nothing bad will happen to them because of his decisions.
I’m glad Trump went for Tariffs first. These mother fuckers are going to learn with their pocket book what fielty to an unchecked dictator really earns you.
Others are more cynical. They know what Trump is and think they can gain power for their movement. And dominate society I.E. Christian Nationalists.
- Comment on Episode 1 of the new season of righteous gemstones is lost cause propaganda 1 year ago:
It’s a comedy, they are trying to make you laugh.
Save your righteous indignation for something that matters.
- Comment on What do office workers actually do? 1 year ago:
Just look up the movie “Office Space” it pretty well summarizes it all.
- Comment on How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy? 1 year ago:
JD Vance is a douche canoe who would ramp it up 2x or 3x and would likely do the bidding of whatever master he follows now.
But no one likes the guy and I doubt he could inspire Trumps followers to the same degree Trump does. Without that rabid core base his power falls apart. Without a true leader, MAGA will start going at each others throats. There are too many factions held together and held in check by Trump.