Lurker > joe40001

From a tax perspective, it's a net zero for them. They donate the dollar and they can also claim that $1 was not income.

Usually the reason they do it is either:
1) so they can claim "donations from BusinessCorp raised $200,000 for x charity in 2022"
or
2) Someone influential at the company trying to create social good by funnelling money towards a charity cause, but not trying so hard that they actually spend the company's own money on it.

You don't have a perspective.

You are using a pretty clear-cut case of politically-motivated review bombing to have an unrelated thought experiment, and a pretty dumb one at that.

If you were as intelligent as you claimed, you'd realize that

A) companies using their product to support a cause, especially through charity or donation of profits, is extremely common and that

B) sharing this announcement via the "news" portion of the product page is SOP and that

C) the vast majority of people complaining about corporate political activism aren't doing so out of concern for the "ethics of steam pages", and that

D) there is a reason your post incited an intense emotional response, and that it would be prudent to think about why that is, instead of doubling down on your right to intellectual masturbation

Even if there was no charity angle, and the devs did nothing but post "Support Ukraine" on the game page, it would still be fine. It's a goddam store page for a video game, not the entrance lobby of the Supreme Court.

You are over-analyzing something that is so extremely simple and offering devils advocate arguments in a situation that doesn't warrant them, for an audience that doesn't deserve your advocacy.

And IQ tests are nothing but a measure of problem solving skills under a specific set of rules and structure. Being able to guess "x" in a sequence of seemingly random numbers means that you can solve puzzles. There is also emotional and social intelligence, which is just as important as logical intelligence, which you have shown yourself to be severely lacking.

I'm just replying because you directly replied to me. You've been on ignore for a long while now, so don't bother responding to this post because I won't see it unless someone quotes it (please don't).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

You constantly talk outside of your area of expertise (whatever that is). You give your opinion on matters where:
1) You don't have any strong base of knowledge
2) No one wants to hear your opinions.
It's like showing up to a funeral and talking about how the dead guy is a schmuck because he owes you $5. Just shut the fuck up, no one asked you.

The first post I see of yours in this topic is, "Oh, the devs have every right to do this, and it's for a good cause, but..." No. Just shut up. Nobody wants to hear your take on it. Just because you have an opinion doesn't mean you need to share it.

The number one thing you shouldn't say when you want people to think you're smart is that you're smart

It's just Dunning-Kruger. He doesn't know when to shut up because if he did you wouldn't hear him in the first place.

this isn't some culture war where someone's feelings got hurt

a mad dictator is lobbing missiles into residential complexes as we speak

there is a humanitarian crisis going on right now, and any attempt to raise awareness for helping out these civilians is justified

The evidence that what you say lacks merit is self-evident because you're criticizing a charitable effort with no downside, so shut the fuck up.

yeah but not for the asinine reason you're thinking of but moreso because they wouldn't even have reached 1/10th the amount of steam users if they did.

Then it's worth more than everything that falls out of your fucking keyboard because your posts actively detract not only from this board but the inherent worth of humanity itself. So next time you feel the need to spew the sort of stupid shit you've vomited out in this topic, remember my advice and shut. The fuck. Up.

Joe, I thought I told you to shut the fuck up.

It's literally an anti-war game. The entire concept is how hard it is to survive as a civilian during a war and the cost it has to regular people.

So no it is not a mistake and it isn't separate.

Welp, I bought the DLCs for This War of Mine & Steamworld Heist + DLCs.

It's not much but every little bit helps.

I've squandered my opportunity, but do you think there will be 100 presidents?

Joenumbers origin story.

..wait, everyone else knows you've played wordle?

Oh, you already know logic then, I wasn't sure if you did (do you work with computers?). I tried to get into it but wasn't very good. I guess by pursue I just mean trying to solve unsolved problems or something, idk.

@joe40001 some devs on Steam have pledged to donate all sales profits for a week to either the Ukrainian or International Red Cross.

Apparently some people are offended by this.

Ive always suspected that people are mostly playing for attention. Thanks for confirming.

I've been meaning to ask why you don't pursue formal logic

This is actually a funny/good post

I just miss "childish" hobbies. There was more gaming, physical activity, and things that do. You can just meet up with a buddy, wander around the woods, play kickball in the cul de sac, etc.

As an adult, meet ups are usually just drinks, eating, and talking.

Oh, you're back I guess

How to delude yourself you're not actually dumb as a brick by saying random shit, or in this case another stinker shit topic by joenumbers

I play for the Lingo nostalgia

This is what happens when a generation raised on superhero movies watches a real movie.

wait act 1 didnt set up act 3 waaaah bad movie no payoff waahhh

Now this is a troll topic.