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I think the biggest problem for most of them is that they go for punishingly hard too early in the gameplay. It feels like bashing your head against it until it works rather than slowly building up the skill.

WingsOfGood posted...

So what difference do you expect in said graphs if you raise the wages to above minimum wage across the board?

What happens is there is less debt in 2021 sure, but the people in 1973 are now upper middle class or pushing to wealthy.

And the conclusion is then the same.

But you are ignoring the fact of college grads finding hard time getting jobs as has been the case for many since 2008. Yes, they eventually windup in a min wage job.
@Nemu

It would depend on what percentage of people back then subsisted on minimum wage. If 50% of the country subsisted on minimum wage previously and now only like 5% (not counting tipping jobs), then you need to adjust for several variables to have a meaningful chart. Those numbers are completely random just to be clear. I have no idea what the actual percentages are.

How many full time adults actually subsist on minimum wage? Not that there aren't problems with inflation, but statistics using federal minimum wage generally seem to act like numerous people actually live off it when I don't think that's the case at all.

This must have been developed solely for the purpose of people taking videos to post on the internet.

The dumbest thing is you know for sure he doesnt even have the faintest idea on how to actually do that, so hell just end up releasing a helmet with a camera on it in 2025.

Robot2600 posted...

This is bullshit and it's the same thing as the fucking gay wedding cakes.

Not really considering this is a private sale. You can discriminate on your own private property in whatever stupid ways you want. Trying to regulate that is impossible. On the inverse, publicly shaming them for being assholes is also perfectly fine, so hopefully they wont get a sale at all.

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The charges against them should be the same because the outcome is the same, someone is being abused for their monetary gain, but abusing a mentally unwell person and actually forcibly restraining some random person into servitude are still two completely different actions. The article doesn't really clarify the actual setup.

The gold bars are pretty good reward, but the actual gameplay needed a lot more play testing.

Seems doubtful that many people are going to risk their job to spite a victim who doesn't even know they've been victimized.

Other than flying and appointments where it's required, don't think I've worn a mask going anywhere else since summer. I'd say maybe 10% of the people I see out and about voluntarily wear them.

2D Zelda definitely could work, but they'd have to trash pretty much everything but the story and the high/low combat concept to make it actually fun.

ModLogic posted...

what did people expect for hardware rhat is 3 gen behind?

Much better than that for sure. They're literally the largest singular franchise on Earth, and they should have enough experience to make a game way better looking than that without sacrificing performance. Not sure if this was GF or another studio, but everything they've put out for the Switch has been lackluster in many ways. GO might be the only exception where I don't remember anything particularly off, but they also only had to make like 180 models or something like that.

Christ, public proposals should only happen if the couple has already sort of unofficially gotten engaged and it's more of just a matter of when to formalize it. Doing it spontaneously should not be a public spectacle.

I really dislike the concept of speech being criminalized, even if absolutely disgustingly insulting like this example. Unless it's a direct threat, harassment encouraging suicide, or breaking some kind of restraining order, it just seems to be going too far to punish people for it.

Shishiwakamaru posted...

I really dont understand why people are so mad about NFTs. DLC I understand because this is content that used to be included in game but now a lot more content is left out of games and it costs extra.

Like I understand why these are popular (mysterious new way to make money so they get promoted and become a fad) but this is something to laugh at. Imagine getting angry over Pogs or Beanie Babies.

It's a really shitty trend that'll slippery slope pretty fast if enough people buy into it. It's not really something you can write off as just a fad when crypto is so big right now.

This reads confusingly. Were they forcibly keeping him there, or were they abusing a mentally unwell person who had nowhere else to go by vastly underpaying him for his work and providing insufficient "shelter"?

Its pretty much impossible to save it at this point. Itll have its popular movies and its trash movies. Looks like theyre leaning a little bit more towards actually decent movies at the moment, but itll never be the phenomenon that is the MCU.

Theres definitely merit in keeping ones emotions fairly under control, but taking that to the point of bottling everything up is definitely a few steps too far. You can see examples of the opposite extreme in overly emotional people who cry at nearly any opportunity.

Don't have the technology to create a self-sustainable space colony yet. If we did send a live ship, they'd have to be able to get to their destination before inbreeding issues set in. We don't have cryo technology yet. We don't have science or AI advanced enough to gestate children outside of a womb yet. Finding such a planet is theoretical at this point. All we can do is use math to determine that a planet may be in a zone in which conditions for life may be present. We lack terraforming technology.

Given that verticality and that weird phasing ability seem to be the key aspects of the game, I imagine that they won't tie those to consumables. If they're going to bring back durability, all they need is a proper endgame for it.

1. Make it so you can craft unbreakable weapons after a certain point, makes it so combat is more fulfilling because you can slowly work towards something tangible over the dozens of hours. There was literally no reason to fight after a certain point unless you like fighting for the sake of fighting.
2. Add some kind of actual collection aspect, whether a museum, weapon gallery in the house, etc. The camera probably fulfilled that for some people, but the actual act of collecting items is generally more fulfilling.
3. Make it so loot somehow reflects the current average of levels of all held items so you're always getting something better than what you're spending to a certain extent. Battling random enemies to end up breaking even or losing out is pointless.

If they dont just do a Switch 2, theyd be massive idiots. Theres time for innovation and there is time to realize that your formula is working. I could see them just sticking with this hybrid stuff as their primary niche at this point seeing as the other two will probably end up being specialized pre-built PCs in the next generation or two. Just need to make sure they properly advertise that it is in fact a new console so they avoid another Wii U situation.

uwnim posted...

Land lords are leeches on the economy. They take money from hard working businesses and people yet produce nothing if value.

That's only if you believe it's possible for homeownership to be made cheap enough for everyone, or you have the fantastical idea that the government would provide (quality) homes for everyone. There are absolute problems with the current system that need to be hammered out to make sure everything is fair, but you're taking that criticism a few steps too far.

It can be and it can't be. I'm sure some manage to put in comparable hours per week in property maintenance, while some are simply supplying the space and have others to do the maintenance (or are shitty ones who do no maintenance).

Cremation. Just shoving them in the ground has always seemed like a dont actually give a fuck move unless theyre actually making a grave for the animal or have the whole return to the earth mindset.

Hopefully that's being said by someone who lives in an area that gets snow like once per decade.

I'd say publically voicing it is more of a damning trait than actually having the preference. Whatever rational or irrational views lead someone to having such a preference, it's really nothing that needs to be advertised to others outside some very specific circumstances.

Nothing is necessary, but the majority of people will find significant happiness through romance. All a person needs to do is make sure they're living their best possible life and not denying themselves experiences out of various possible fears or excuses.

I'd assume an open hub that leads more linear segments, hopefully open-ended rather than forcing you through a particular order. Though a full open world would be really nice.

Only if you're extraordinarily desperate to play something, but it's not like any of its very few exclusive games are genre defining.

Only ever been to one proper funeral for a great grandmother.

His debate style gives him the appearance of being particularly smart, but it's mostly just how he conducts himself rather his arguments holding any real value.

Outside of knowing it existed by name, I don't think I ever really once actually read Calvin & Hobbes as a child, so I guess Peanuts by default.

Probably gore, dismemberment, and death. For a lot of other stuff, it is fucking weird, but it still has at least a connection to some core vanilla fetish in some way. That stuff is just so far disconnected that I don't even see how someone reaches the point of being aroused by it.

Seems easy enough so long as its not generated right behind you or anything. There are plenty of places where it would be unable to physically traverse, and even if it is intelligent enough to try to do something like hire assassins, its going to be easy enough to find if its going to be around highly populated zones. And if its going to try to assault you directly, then capturing it and enclosing it in cement and dropping in the ocean, or keeping 24 hour watch of it certainly wouldnt be hard. You have to give it more super powers like respawning within 24 hours of capture or something.

Depends if conditions are actually shit or if the person is just a shitty driver. If you have a line of 20 cars behind you, then it should be a sign that you need to pull over rather than persistently continue at the same exact speed for 20 goddamn miles and nobody will pass you for some goddamn reason.

I have never once actually paid any attention whatsoever to it, so I dont really get why anyone cares unless its literally their job to stock toilet paper.

It's kinda dumb when they don't think these things out, so you get glaring plot holes like Captain America (did they ever properly explain that?). I don't really like the full reset so they can have a mopey, down-on-his-luck Spider-Man. The prior direction was more fun.

As long as you're providing them with the proper amount of attention (which is quite a bit), that's a dumb take. Now, there are idiots who buy them thinking they're some kind of decoration they can just leave alone, but that's the same of any pet.

While he's a few stages beyond the "product of his time" descriptor, it should hardly be surprising that creators back then may have held some views seen as really shitty today. If we live another 100 years, you can be sure the people of the future will be judging our sensibilities in some regard as well.

meestermj posted...

Even modern pokemon sets have cards in the $500-1000 value range.
There's a set from only 5 years ago that has a charizard that is in that range. Even upgraded that charizard is selling for $200-300.

Do they? I know they introduced the equivalent of SSR cards at some point, but I wouldn't imagine them accruing that much value that quickly. I guess if their overall numbers are in the quad or quint digits, it could make sense.

pogo_rabid posted...

That happens rarely, but from what I understand, when people were unboxing pokemon and other anime cards, a box of like 10 packs was around $80

Those would be just general unboxing streams. Those wouldn't feature cards worth more than like $100. For these where they're finding super rare cards worth thousands, the packs have to be out of print.

AsucaHayashi posted...

somebody should explain this to me because all i'm seeing is a gold-coloured card with a few fancy effects that was probably made for a few dollars

No idea about this in particular, but these streams generally feature people opening decades old packs of cards that themselves cost thousands or tens of thousand of dollars in the hopes of finding rare cards that exceed the cost of the packs.

I will never understand the people who open these packs where they could potentially get a card worth tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of dollars, without using gloves.