Did you consider that Microsoft lawyers said prices wouldn’t go up? Cause they did, they did say that, which is why the merger was approved. Do you think lawyers can just lie? Don’t you think it’s much more fair now that companies can make pinky promises that prices won’t go up before they become more monopolistic. That’s just good business for both customers and businesses /s

Punks have outstanding morals.

With the amount of people who are either lying or genuinely can’t tell when images are made by AI… I’m scared

I… don’t think that’s the case. Last year was the year of labor wins across the board. Like, I don’t understand how to parse what has happened in the world since with this statement. Media, especially corporate owned media, is always going to be somewhat antilabor. One bad interview from one person did not impact labor’s perception in any meaningful way.

Oh hey! Capitalism can’t help but make weapons. Who’d’ve guessed?

John Green first editions are less valuable if they’re signed, simply because all first editions are supposed to be signed. So that’s a fun fact.

YouTube is zoomer heavy. I know that’s true, but I like to believe that I, a millennial, am still welcome there.

Hold a stamp in an AI generated hellscape?

Alternative title: American Corporations rail that they can’t rampage, unchecked, across the entire globe like they can in America. They whine about this publicly to their paid lackeys the government.

Since earlier than that. According to my notes it’s… well… okay, I’ll admit that this book is just nothing but “Fuck Thatcher and Reagan” over and over again, but we’ve been on this particular ride since the 80s. I would really like it to stop.

Same box, just to make it clear

Listen. I’m neurodivergent. I say things that I think are funny. I have no idea how that works with the rest of you. So think how I feel when I get upvotes, it’s so rare and good.

The argument is that as more people are harmed by capitalism and realize it’s flaws, the more likely the ruling class is to embrace fascism rather than let their ill-gotten gains slip away from them.

Definitely clumsy here, but I can make sense of it.

People owning homes they don’t need doesn’t making housing more accessible for everyone else. If you understand math, this makes sense.

Completely agreed. The issue is that gamers™ aggressively advocate for better quality, and do not care about workplace abuse or worse products with more features. This creates the current feedback loop we have where games that are longer, have flashier features, and aren’t finished at launch.

Labor unions and protections would be excellent, but isn’t something that I, a non-game developer, can do much to advance, besides avocation.

I have no problem if games reached this via a similar model that Larian used here (lots of experienced staff, pre-built systems, 6 years of development, 3 years of expertly done early-access with a highly engaged player base) but they’re not going to. They’re going to implement more crunch, more abuse, more destruction of the few people who want to work in games in order to get there. And that’s where I have the issue.

I want shorter games, with worse graphics, made by people who get paid more to do less. Because that’s what’s needed to make truly great games. People who are passionate, not burning themselves out just to barely make deadlines, make great games.

Honestly, it didn’t age well at all.

“This flu in China might be really bad” - 3 years ago

“A new breakthrough that’s shaking physics to its core” - 4 years ago

“Trump may not get away with it this time” - 2 years ago

Aww yeah, the feed is lit tonight! Something new to read!