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If it makes you feel better, the people who stick their arms in aren’t allergic to mosquito bites. Doesn’t bother them to get bit beyond the feeling of being bit.

I mean I guess it could happen that they are just masochistic, but typically not.

Similarly, granular audio options that separate dialogue from ambient from music from system sounds. Definitely don’t need my ears blown out just to hear dialogue.

I like having the background music very low, but not off, system sounds a bit above that, sound effects higher than system but lower than dialogue, which is maxed. And of course ambient sound levels really depend on the game and what kind of ambiance it has.

Same thing with granular contrast/gamma/etc. Don’t just provide a few preset options, especially if they can only be set before you start the game (also they should never only be set from the main menu, never). Let the player choose whatever they want on the fly. I love playing with everything bright so I can see wtf I’m doing, I don’t give half a shit if the devs think it should be so dark it’s not navigable. I disagree.

Before reading the post body, I was trying to think if I’d ever seen apple orange juice, because I thought it was a weird juice combo thing… like the joke that apple marketing is fantastic because it’s in every other juice.

So genuinely thanks for the explanation lol

At least the 4 dinners aren’t empty calories, so there’s that. They actually contain stuff that’s good for you. So not really a wash. Plus excess eating doesn’t damage your body to nearly the same degree as a similar number of calories in alcohol form, you can just exercise it away, or shift eating habits to account for it.

Yeah, why do other countries get to have all the fun government brawls?

Jobs would be result-driven whenever possible. Those that need butts-in-seats (like contact-driven support) would provide an option for rotating duties so nobody just sits all day every day pretending to be busy. Specialist jobs like nursing and stuff where you need minimum staffing levels would get 3 months per year of discretionary time to use when (if possible) and how they like. Bullshit jobs wouldn’t exist, but UBI and universal healthcare would. Middle management would not exist. C-suites would be paid at the same rate as a mid-tier worker to do their “totally indispensable” job, because pay would be reconfigured to actually reflect effort and skill. Stock market wouldn’t exist, so shareholders wouldn’t exist, and companies would be focused on worker retention via competition again.

More casual dining places would have pod options, like were big during lockdowns, just to be away from the noise and distraction of public spaces. More maker spaces would open and be free or very inexpensive. More third spaces would open, where spending money wasn’t the goal.

School would fundamentally change from being something you do in a sterile building with boring walls and climate control, into classes held outside, held while on walks, or with practical application front and center in the curriculum. Classes would be smaller and more focused on how to think than what to think, probably via discussion. People who want to contribute a lot wouldn’t be punished for engaging, but maybe those students would be better off in a class together, so they can have wildly active tangential discussions and let shyer kids speak up to peers better suited for them.

Doctors send you a calendar invite for appointments, in which you look through what’s available and pick the time you want, while actually having the time to sort through your own responsibilities and make the best match. Most healthcare that doesn’t involve being poked, prodded, examined, etc. would be telehealth/secure message, at no additional cost. Prescription renewals are automatically sent to your doctor to contact you about, when needed, or are otherwise just reordered. Most medications that you’ll be taking forever have a rolling prescription, your doctor just checks in with you yearly or whatever to make sure it’s still working for you. All prescriptions are available through the mail, and are sent that way unless requested for pickup, at no cost.

Public transit is phenomenal, everywhere. All those old railway stations every single town already had get brought back and cars die out other than for rural living. All public transit is no cost, with no tracking card to lose.

And finally, the real winner: All items have a tiny loop so you can put them on a lanyard of some sort if you want so you don’t lose them all the time.

In my area, which is a fairly low cost of living area, I know exactly one couple who do that. They have their home and apartments where they work.

They are literally millionaires, and their primary home is literally a mansion. As in just sold a ski condo a couple years ago, one of several properties they own, for 10 million profit kind of millionaires. (And yes they do bitch about taxes and safety net programs for the poors. Frequently.)

A lot of people around me do have “winter homes” in the south or “lake houses” further north, but that’s seasonal/occasional rather than something they use every week, and it’s mostly retired people who got money and residences when that was an easy thing to do. And most of them rent out the space when not in use.

Ah that’s great thanks!

That sounds interesting, you got a link?