The business logs how often you use the game. They use it as a metric of engagement. If everyone breaks their streak, their marketing department has a melt down.

Nah, you’re right to have pointed it out, especially because of the circumstances. No distress here. ☮

Whoops, genuinely didn’t mean to.

“There is no evidence that Bezos favors Trump. Apart from the fact that Bezos favors what Trump supports.”

My brother in Christ, do you read what you write?

Source? I want to read that story and have a laugh.

Edit: I couldn’t find a case where the USSS took on trespassers. I can only find preventative measures.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/secret-service-maintains-safety-president-addresses-congress-analysis/story?id=77341486

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/07/politics/white-house-construction-trump-biden/index.html

Follow the money.

Online dating is essentially a startup pitch. You spend weeks reviewing ‘applications,’ then finally meet for an in-person ‘investor meeting’ to discuss potential ‘synergies.’ If things go well, you can initiate a merger, but if the market shifts—aka they’re not into your favorite TV shows—you’ll quietly dissolve the partnership and move on to the next opportunity.

Actually the 100 families that “control” the world do so because they are obscenely wealthy due to inherited wealth and familial connections. Some of them just happen to be Jewish, so there’s no point in focussing on that fact.

Look through this list and find how many of them have Jewish heritage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wealthiest_families

Some of those that work forces are the same that burn crosses.

I see economists complaining about variations of this policy being bad, e.g. leading to food desserts.

Sounds delicious. Let us eat cake.

What’s a word for when everyone is laboring, but no one is getting paid?

For me personally, I want to limit interactions with my phone by reading notifications on my wrist increasing interactions with my watch

That just sounds like interactions with your phone but with extra steps.

Ah, it’s one of those time based locks.

No. Did you read step one?

That’s a easy solution, here are the steps:

Step 1: Do not purchase a smart TV

Step 2: Yay, you did it! You did all the steps. 🥳

Edit: People are missing the point. This is a joke.

Here’s another joke: It’s a pity that a TV is a necessary item to live.

It would be cool if these graphs could be inflation adjusted.

“Line go up” is the animating force of the age the rich and powerful, the critical philosophical principal around which our entire society their lives is are arranged.

I choose not to confuse their values as mine or that of my community.

“Don’t make me tap the sign.”

I think the refund feature is not intended for testing any game and getting money back.

This is the first sentence from the Steam Refunds Policy page: https://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds

You can request a refund for nearly any purchase on Steam—for any reason.

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