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It’s no Half-Life 3, but I’ll take it for a spin. 🤪

While not entirely incorrect, the simple fact that they knew ahead of time, and were clearly aware enough to avoid sending it to Germany, thus making them complicit at best.

No. Fuck them.

Apologia much? 🤷🏽

The high seas welcome another mariner. 🤘🏼

They only apologize when they get caught. Everything else is “fine”.

Day 14,269: The pink apes still haven’t discovered my ruse… I’m beginning to question the humans’ cognitive spread as a species, and by extension, its longevity in the cosmic scheme of things…

I don’t have a snout. 🥲

This is how us poors retire before the bots make our labor unprofitable. Oh, to have $400k. I’d have such a view of the fall of things, and I’d be happy keeping it warm until then, in a heartbeat.

This! 🥳

Also, depending on your location, getting a library card doesn’t require residence in its area. So, if your preferred library app shows a book/album/film, etc. isn’t available digitally, check another major city’s library catalog and sign up if they have it. Add that new login and boom. Bonus: each additional library membership makes that happen far less often. 🖖🏼

How long have you been away from that other place, exactly? Do you really believe they’ll notice your absence? We wouldn’t, FWIW.

Buy a home? 🥹 If you’re in the US, you were born decades too late for that, citizen. 🤌🏼

“Added value”: prescribed, trickled-out, tiptoed smidgens of steps forward

“Enshittification”: unscripted, greed-backed, frantic, top-speed Thomas Salto tumbles into the corner and off the mat.

Yep, sounds about right. “Progress”.

Oh, I’m already on the Lifetime Hard Pass and it’s all but free —ad-free, slop-free, greed-free, bullshit-free, etc.

IIRC, the cost is ~$5/mo for upkeep, took me no time at all to set up, and I get to listen to/watch whatever the fuck I want, whenever & wherever I choose.

Fuck Plex. I hope it dies gurgling & terrified. 🥰

Seconded!

That said, the voice acting seems 50/50 and I didn’t see any in-game footage of the progression systems in place. So far, just cutscenes, dialog, and combat clips. No skill trees, spells, abilities, combos, or allies’ collab options, to name some basics. Hrrm… 😶

Some areas may even have systems in place that force the defendant (corp/co) to pay said legal costs outside/on top of the awarded sum.

see: wage theft, workers comp, fee-shifting provisions (freq. labor violations, discrimination claims, environmental law, consumer protection, IP, etc.)

That said, here’s a relevant PSA, if that helps anyone here:

If you’ve experienced the following or similar issues with your employer:

• not getting your full break(s) during a shift (eg. being asked to come back early “for the team”),
• bathroom visits deducted from break time allotment,
• breaks deducted from your check incorrectly (usually in said employer’s favor)
• tips “adjusted” for any reason, incl. non-tipped positions (eg. mgmt) taking a percentage,
• wage “adjusted” by internal policy, despite local/state/federal requirements stating otherwise
• OT unpaid “for reasons”
• etc., etc.

… you should at least contact a local law firm specializing in employment/contract/labor law. Often enough, many will offer a free consultation to first clarify whether you have a case to work with, or what steps are still needed in order to move forward toward justice.

Keep in mind, fellow poors, there’s no obligation for you to ultimately choose any attorney(s) you consult with (don’t forget: start w/ free consults in this exploratory stage). FWIW, most of those that I’ve contacted over the decades seem personally driven to champion for us poors in their work. (Anecdotal, yes, but earnestly hoping it helps) Which may be related to the fact that it’s the judgements against said shitheel corpos that the attorneys get their wages from, instead of their client, who’s yet another victim of normalized, unchecked greed. ✊🏼

It’s risky AF in that it’s so far without precedent, and thus could prove to be a complicated endeavor that could very well sap the progress of the former, if attached to those efforts. (IANALE)

Yes, and that’s why screen-inward is the better orientation vs screen facing all that interaction with those outside objects, etc. 🫪

To clarify? Oh thanks, sweetie. 🤦🏼‍♂️🙄

Yeah, that model strikes me as some boomer logic.

Um. “Bend”? Thafuq are you doing with your pocket— actually, don’t answer that. 🤫😅

Who releases a product with busted AF bluetooth these days?! Hard pass until that, at least, is corrected. 🥹