Just feels like we’re at that point in history all over again

We storming the Bastille then?

Same boat! I’ve switched over two of my lesser used devices to Mint already (an old surface tablet and my work laptop), only hesitation is with my gaming machine. Everything has been set up just how I like it so I’m not eager to start from scratch there but once I’m confident and comfortable on my work laptop I’ll make the switch there too

The IT Crowd is still my favorite comfort watch

I imagine it’s like the master going “My dog is a good boy, he’d never hurt anyone!” As the dog is whipping a toddler around by the ankles

I think the dog in this metaphor has snapped it’s leash

Wow, that really sums up corporate America in general huh?

I don’t think I had the timer, I don’t actually remember there being a choice for one. I think I’ll give it another go until I get a few more upgrades, in retrospect I might not have gotten very far at all, I have no recollection of coolant lines. Thanks!

Yeah, that’s how I like to play in general as well, yet… I guess maybe the core gameplay just isn’t for me. I might give it another go and see how it is after getting more upgrades though. Thanks for the response!

I started this game but got bored a couple hours in and I can’t really explain why. In theory it felt like a game I should really like but maybe something about the pacing? Do you think it takes a while to get really good and maybe I should try putting more time in or is the way it is at the start pretty much the same the whole way through?

Yeah, for me I always end up starting a new colony after getting to rockets. It’s my brain that can’t keep up with the colony past that point

I asked a similar question quite a while back. What ended up feeling good for me from the recommendations was Oxygen Not Included surprisingly. I thought it would be too much but just trying to figure things out on my own was fun, and I found myself falling asleep to thoughts of plans for my colony. Surprisingly addictive and chill, maybe because I could pause and think anytime things started going wrong.

But I also gotta recommend Outer Wilds if you haven’t played it already. Exploration, mystery solving in a chill solar system environment. Go in blind is the best advice for that game but I found it super chill and relaxing.

It’s a district of Tokyo with a famous, very touristy temple, Sensoji. Asakusa station is also pretty popular on its own I think

Newspaper style comics specifically? Maybe Fraz. Revolves around a janitor working at an elementary school. I haven’t kept up with it but the creator cites Calvin and Hobbes as an inspiration and I love what I’ve read so far.

My weeb ass brain read that as Asakusa and was baffled by the description and image

Make some of the men in Congress and watch how fast deepfake control laws get passed

Must have had the Trauma Team platinum package

I forget which Behind the Bastards episode first put me on to this but man, there’s such a long history of people in the US killing or trying to kill good projects because it helps the “wrong” people

Clearly people weren’t ending sessions properly, leaving spirits stuck and overcrowded in the establishment.

Been wandering if greed/power is actually the Great Filter of the Fermi paradox looking at the world we live in. The “evils” just keep getting worse…