It's not a binary choice. And that also doesn't explain why after like 2 dozen major updates and expansions, some core systems are still absolute garbage. Like learning an alien language literally one word at a time from one person at at a time. Or why running is still interrupted by tiny changes in floor height. Or why you can break down salt to get oxygen and dihydrogen.

Tencent owns Digital Extremes as of a few years ago, and last I knew its monetization wasn't too bad. So maybe there's a slim chance they'll take a lesson from that?

I'm sure that's a stretch though since DE built up their payment model many years prior and were bought when they were already successful with a large playerbase. A new franchise is likely a very different story.

Oh? Have they fixed some of the core features? Is running no longer clunky and terrible? Is learning an alien language not an obnoxious chore? Do space stations in different systems actually offer anything new or are they still identical? Can planets have more than 2 biomes now (one on land and one underwater)?

Otherwise, last I played it was not a very good game.

No, I stick to rEdRuM

That sounds reasonable, yet here we are with criminal cases -- proceedings necessary to carry out the law -- being put on hold due to said memos.

Sure, aside from that pesky thing called Niagara Falls between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, yeah.

(Yes there's a canal to get around it, I just thought it was a funny thing to overlook)

And apparently absorbed the power of them all

TIL I identify as a towel

I think you're vastly overestimating the size and underestimating the number of worms.

Nude pipe?

Yep. I'm on EndeavourOS which is about as far as you can get from Mint without going to like Slackware, LFS, or BSD. Basically every single run of pacman prompts for a reboot. I'm sure I could restart individual services or subsystems instead, but that's not what the OS popup says.

Buy one made before, I dunno, 2005?

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/privacy-nightmare-on-wheels-every-car-brand-reviewed-by-mozilla-including-ford-volkswagen-and-toyota-flunks-privacy-test/

https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/

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Yeah for real, fuck SMS protocol for omitting basic quality of life features developed decades prior.

Why? BCC is the solution and has been part of email since at least 1990. I'm not condoning a dogpile on OP, but this is a solved problem.

For actual production cars you might like the Peel P50, or some of these other fun microcars.

Came to say this. Also of note, digital purchases on Bamdcamp are downloadable as DRM-free, lossless FLAC files which is awesome.

I'm pretty sure I saw the thread that inspired this. Spot on meme, good work.

C'mon, where's the trigger warning for folks with dental PTSD?

Also I came to post the Mitch Hedberg joke, that's a classic 😁