Just tried to upload a screenshot of your comment. Didn’t upload. Jesus fuck, that’s so weird.

Tip for next visit: They have these stacks of free toilet paper lying around free all over the store.

Playing connect-the-dots by just scribbling whatever we want on top of the dots

Naive cynicism is a pacification tool

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_school_shootings_in_the_United_States_by_death_toll

Lanza age 20 was not bullied by twenty kids age 7, their techers, and a psychologist.

Ramos age 18 was not tormented by 22 kids age 9-11.

And so on.

Yes targeting an individual who is clearly responsible for human suffering is easier to forgive than murdering random children.

Comparing apples to door hinges.

And also, send a strong signal that there is a significant untapped base of support for any politician willing to work on weakening these parasites.

Yep. Literally copied in full from ChatGPT output.

Your assumptions are too honest. Try “non-apology” and see if it is closer.

edit: I took the above prompt but added “do not admit to any wrongdoing”, and got a more believable letter

Subject: A Message to Our Gaming Community

Dear Gamers,

We wanted to take a moment to address recent events and share our heartfelt thoughts with you. We understand that some of our actions may have had an impact on platforms you value deeply, and we recognize the passion and creativity that make this community so extraordinary.

While it’s not our place to dive into specifics, we want to assure you that your voices matter to us. As a company, we’re constantly learning and striving to support the vibrant ecosystems that make gaming so special.

To those who may feel disappointed or frustrated, we hear you. Your passion is why we do what we do, and we remain committed to delivering the experiences you love.

Thank you for sticking with us and for continuing to be part of this journey. We appreciate your feedback, your creativity, and your unwavering support as we work to do better.

Sincerely,
[Your Company]
An Intern in HR Who Definitely Wrote This Alone

Agree, though I would not use the word “decent” about BrandShield or Funko. Being harmfully lazy and immoral legally and according to contract is still harmfully lazy and immoral.

The Satisfactory trailers

Hellish Quart?

I see your point and agree with it, but I believe you read more defense in my comment than I tried to put in.

I’m not in favor of this waste.

Training the models is very resource intensive, but after that it’s basically fine. I can run Midjourney image generation on my modest gaming laptop. Takes maybe 30 seconds for a high-resolution image at a laptop’s “gaming mode” power consumption.

AI image generation is comparable in electric use to e.g. playing Valheim or Elden Ring.

It’s when it’s scaled up industrially that it becomes a huge waste of electricity. Me playing Valhelm for 5 minutes is nothing. My startup creating 20000 bots playing Valheim 24/7 is a problem for society.

Oh, that makes it easier!

As a gentleman, I’d offer to hold the steering wheel so she has an easier time aiming her lance at oncoming traffic.

The term “scope creep” comes up a lot, but to be honest that’s not happening here.

They have no scope in the first place. No coherent vision.

The say surface-level vision-like things and present scope-like plans, but only as disposable tools to get investment. No single person in that company tries to tie it together to a real scope or real vision, or align development with it.

Smart and capable people work on any random game-like stuff that they find interesting, in the hope that it will all somehow become a complete experience all by itself.

A plea for anyone having this happen, be gentle.

It is easy to think a tantrum is because the child wants something and either gets pissed that they don’t, or are trying to make a scene to get it.

Sometimes (often?) it is more of a stress and panic reaction. And it can be hard to tell. Even if the tipping point was not getting biscuits.

Whether your reaction is to give in and buy them something, remain very firm that they do not get biscuits today and this is not acceptable behavior, or decide to pick them up and carry them to the car, be a safe and calm presence for them.

“I used to be FAT12, but i ex-ercised.”

The authoritarian left and the liberal left have so little in common that it’s frustrating the term “left” encompasses both.