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No, it won’t be. That’s literally the point. Publishers have viewed the second-hand market as craven scalpers for decades. Companies like GameStop make an absolute killing selling the same used disc 3 or 4 times at $65/ea than selling new for $70 once.

Every few years there’s a new and more aggressive push to limit what people can do or get with a trade-in. It’s why pre-order “bonuses” have gotten to be such a big deal, why live-service games got such a huge push, and now why Sony is eliminating physical media. They think cutting the resellers out means they’ll get more customers, not that less people will play their games.

It’s totally unreasonable to assume conservatism is the exclusive domain of selfish and short-sighted people. A person who votes the same way as you can still be a mess personally.

It was called “the Final Solution” because Germany had exhausted all other options in trying to deport their Jewish population. No one, especially the US, wanted to accept Jewish refugees en masse.

If you think not tipping your server will fix the problem, you’re letting a wage-slave suffer and enjoying a discount on your meal.

all stories are the hero’s journey

People need to stop saying this shit. When Joseph Campbell wrote Hero with a Thousand Faces, it was from his limited point of view and selectively chose or changed details on the subjects he picked. It wasn’t true then, and it’s even less true now.

Mike McMahan, the creator of the show, got the gig in part because he ran the parody Next Gen season 8 Twitter. Which was also a hilarious love letter to Trek that could only have come from a real fan.

My grandfather was a state trooper. His motto was “It’s only a crime if you get convicted.”

ACAB, BTW.

But what about the Baileys? Will AOC vote in line with the Baileys?!

Steam killed the second-hand market for PC, but PC only accounts for about half of the gaming market. All those other people? Capable of buying used and trading in physical media.

It’s convenient for some customers, but the reason retailers like GameSpot have been able to hang on for so long is because it’s really inconvenient for other customers. People with smaller budgets rely on the second-hand market, buying and reselling one or two games at a time versus wanting to own forever.

Honestly, just do it every ten years for everyone. Then the blue hairs can’t claim agism, and the idiots who decide it’s fine when they run stop signs will need to demonstrate that they understand traffic laws.

We elected a black man and it broke the brain of every conservative in America. That’s why it’s seemed to ramp up over the last two decades.

In as much as it’s working as intended.

I don’t have a stance on blind people, but I do think deaf people shouldn’t be allowed to drive.

Part of that belief is the obvious practicality: not being able to hear sirens or honks mean they’re likely slower to react in an emergency situation.

But I lived near a deaf college for a few years, where I learned the real terror: deaf people will talk to their passengers while driving. In a language that is entirely visual and mostly dexterous. So drivers are taking both hands off the wheel to gesture, then taking both eyes off the road to get a response. The number of near-misses I’ve had with deaf drivers is harrowing.

incredible, gutwrenching performances and they were driven by their mistreatment and pain.

I’m reminded of the supposed exchange between Dustin Hoffman and Laurence Olivier on the set of Marathon Man. Supposedly Hoffman stayed up for three days straight to get into the physical and emotional space of his character, and Olivier criticized the choice by saying, “My dear boy, why don’t you just try acting?”

Actors are trained to deliver performances. Their job is to believably convey emotions. If the director can only get the performance he wants by abusing his cast, he’s a horrible communicator and has no business in the director’s chair.

Alternatively, if we believe actors need real experience and emotional depth to draw on for a performance, we should get rid of stunt doubles and special effects. How can I believe Hayden Christensen’s pain at the end of Revenge of the Sith if he actually still has all his limbs?

I used to work for a ski shop. Almost everyone would get laid off in March, rehired in August, and collect seasonal unemployment between. The owner would argue that he doesn’t give sick time or PTO because everyone already got four months off paid vacation per year.

In this particular case a starter home is specifically an average of the bottom third of the housing market. Zillow recently reported that, using that as the metric, 242 American cities now have starter homes costing one million dollars.

The nationwide average for a starter home is about $200k, which is still a lot, but not the huge figure that’s been making the news this week.

My partner absolutely loved Lost Records. I thought it took way too long to get going, so I fell off pretty early on.

My workplace has a corporate-sponsored advocacy network. Basically, they organize little fundraisers and events throughout the year, and march in the pride parade while wearing the company logo. It’s… fine, I guess. Certainly the most inclusive gesture of any company I’ve ever worked for. But the entire network is straight, white women who identify as allies.

I tried going to a few events when I first joined the company, but it’s real weird being the only queer person at the Lunchtime Dance Party Charity Fundraiser. Like, they didn’t even play any Kylie Minogue. WTF?

I did a 100ft free fall into a net once. When the adrenaline is going, you have plenty of time to think about it. Mathematically, I know the drop took about 2.5 seconds, but it felt like a full two minutes. My perception of it was 30 seconds of “Wow, this view is really nice” and 90 seconds of “What the fuck? Where’s the net? Why am I still falling? What the fuck?!”

So, yeah, she probably had plenty of time to panic.