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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 months ago (3 children)

It’s always a value proposition. If I feel like a game is a better value/ROI that whatever else I was going to spend my money on, I’ll still get the game.

Sure, I’ll have more limited number of purchases due to having a cap on discretionary spending, but if it costs more for all options, it’s different math that games being more than, say, a night out or a movie or whatever. I can easily say, I’d rather spend $45 for a few beers and dinner with friends than an $80 game, but if I get 100+ hrs of enjoyment out of a game and that dinner goes up to $80 as well, the game makes more sense. Or maybe having them over for some couch coop and we just get a sixer from the store instead.

Everyone will make this decision differently and that’s okay.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago

That’s the game cart size. The switch 2 comes with 256GB built in and is expandable.

That’s said, the Switch was also expandable. I put a 256GB card in and like 55+ games later (only 7 are digital though) I still have plenty of room. Switch/Switch 2 games aren’t nearly as big as Xbox or PS5 games are. I’ve not even cared about how much storage I’ve got free on my Switch in forever… where as my PS5 got a 2TB upgrade and I still have to keep an eye on it from time to time.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 months ago

I feel like one of the biggest issues (well besides the not a holiday one) is that we have to vote between two parties or people. We don’t get to say WHY we voted for someone.

I mean, not that I agree with it, but if your someone who voted for Trump because of his stance on Abortion, now your stuck with Tariffs and horrible isolationism and threats to allies and all sorts of things that have zero to do with why you voted for him.

Like wise, for the democrats that didn’t like Biden because he wasn’t doing enough or far enough left for you, you have zero other choices. We don’t vote on issues, we vote on flawed people and those people never know what they could have done to earn your vote if you went with someone else.

We regularly poll people and find that the American public wants X by a great majority, but neither of the candidates are for it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (5 children)

Oh the flip side, I have a Bazzite desktop rig running Proton/Steam for gaming and a PS5 and Switch. I’m not in the market for an Xbox and havent bought one since the OG… so I’ll just keep not buying their stuff I guess? I feel like boycotting things I’m not buying anyway doesn’t really send a message.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Honestly, if I were TikTok and saw this, I’d just shut off all US access to TikTok, make it clear the Tarrifs and Trump are the reason, and watch gleefully as a good % of the US that use it start revolting against Trump.

[–] [email protected] 43 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Judging by that picture, I think they’re all in on that color scheme and likely just bought multiple pairs of the same socks.

[–] [email protected] 209 points 4 months ago (8 children)

A lot of people’s lives are about to get more expensive… again.

Is this winning?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

All the bills around here for natural gas are measured in CCF. “Hundred Cubic Feet” (centum cubic feet, but Latin is hard or something). I’d gladly take cubic meters instead. But then I quite like Metric.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago

To be fair, the last time I was there, the beer was cold and refreshing, the tits were adequately plump and on display, the waitress owning them was punctual and friendly, the order was accurate and the wings were pretty darn tasty.

But I’d much rather go to my local brewery or small restaurant down the street, support local and small business owners, and enjoy a smaller and cozier setting. There’s just so many other options, picking a chain like Hooters isn’t really something that happens often.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 months ago

So far I’ve seen/heard Elon:

  • Start shitty arguments
  • Be a fascist
  • Fire people they probably needed
  • Cut funding or drop useful projects
  • Spew senseless, poorly thought out catch phases
  • Censor people that were right but didn’t align with his narrative
  • Take credit for other people’s work
  • Pass the blame for failures

Have yet to see him sign a check… it’s why they lost their boulder office, for instance.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 4 months ago (2 children)

This, but Jellyfin. Plex has already begun its enshitification, sadly.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago

They’re all going to keep voting red next time, right? It’ll all just figure itself out if we keep going far enough?

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