Loved the idea of this game from the hype I had seen but this “lose everything if you don’t play as often as the devs think you should” shit is a deal breaker. I already have a job.

It took me a second viewing to realize that’s like 50% of the joke. Well played

Ha ha so glad such abrupt regime changes are solidly in the past and that the current situation in no way resembles this

This post actually got me to call my pharmacist to get early refills so I’ll have meds for my trip coming up

Getting rid of heat in space is actually a serious challenge. You can only radiate it away, since there is no gas to allow convection.

I get this reference and it’s excellent

Sheesh, leave some for the rest of us to pick on, you savage!

So much visual clutter bullshit I stopped reading after the second paragraph. The web is dead.

Thank you for this explanation!

Oof levels: HIGH

As for your co-worker, ask him if he would be able to tell the difference in your masculinity if you fucked him.

I wish them success, but I’d rather see a new game!

BADGER BADGER BADGER BADGER

DevOps on the resume, Sysadmin in my heart forever.

This lady needs a visit from child welfare. That kid is almost certainly neglected and probably also abused.

The word is bootlicker. There are of course bad union leaders, and the cure is the same: organizing.

Anyone initially read this as “orphan crushing”?

If you have civil and criminal causes of action, it’s often expedient to pursue the criminal one first, as it’s admissible as evidence in the civil case—the reverse isn’t usually true. I would be very surprised if there were not a settlement very soon, which unfortunately we will probably never hear about.

With the facts of the criminal case, I don’t think they would have any difficulty at all getting a legal team to go after EBay. It’s a risk/reward thing for them and the pockets they’d be going after are very deep.

Yup. In the car world “ricers” are specifically upgrading cars with purely cosmetic add-ons. They are stereotyped as using Asian cars and/or being Asian. The term should be strangled in the crib.