Who still uses Google products?!?

I hope it smoked a cigarette once it finished.

… and I’m out of this thing now too. Glad I caught this post.

I wonder how I’d be considered. I use Steam on Linux on one computer, Windows 10 on another, and Mac on another. Maybe I get counted thrice.

It seems inevitable that we’d have some duplicates by now… with 330 million people alive in the US today, and SSNs starting out in 1936, there’s no way everyone could have a unique number; especially with the consideration of the first 3 digits of the code correlating to place of residence at time of requesting a SSN.

If anything, Venmo is a competitor of PayPal

Yes, just like how Coke is a competitor to Diet Coke and Sprite.

Are you the only one that thinks this is good? Probably

Fairly accurate.

A lot of them, sure. Not all of them.

Lmao, damn… I was done with them before this announcement but thanks for reinforcing my decision.

I know that I enjoyed this movie but I don’t remember it at all. Yay, I get to watch it again like it’s new.

Yea, you’re right. It was a mix of excitement and knowing that I’m gonna buy it eventually anyway.

It wasn’t a pre-order. I bought it and started playing it.

I ended up getting the founders edition of Civ VII. I played it most of the weekend when I wasn’t busy with other stuff.

As someone that’s been playing Civ since Civ II, I don’t enjoy VII at all. Granted, I hated V and VI when they first came out too, but this one is different. I can no longer put my scouts on auto-explore. This is my biggest pain point but other than that, there’s a substantial drop off on “fun,” in this latest iteration. If the game isn’t actually done yet, that makes sense.

It sounds like this (what the article is talking about) is a good thing, but I’m pretty irritated that I spent a large sum of money on a game that’s not completed at the time of release.

Wow, this completely snuck up on me. How exciting!

It would.

No one is targeting democratic voters specifically. It’s all voters.

When you say “buying a democrat” it leads me to believe that you’re interpreting the Democratic Party as the option on the left; it’s really just another right wing option. Leftism is not represented in the US at all.

Most corporations absolutely do prefer Republican policy; it allows them to get away with more bullshit.

What kind of “concrete” evidence do you need? There’s a history of everything I am saying. I don’t need to beat up Nick Siriani and steal a copy of the Eagles playbook to know the tush-push is in there. I see them run the play in most games they play.

Also, and on a different note, the “eggs in Denver” story is also kinda dumb and misleading, like a lot of the national news regarding things that happen in Colorado (let’s talk about the Venezuelan gangs in Aurora) and more specifically the Denver area. I live about 45 minutes north of Denver. When I go to the grocery store, there’s like 10 different egg options and the “cheap” eggs were like $6.50 about a month ago. The expensive eggs were $12 IIRC. 🤷‍♂️

Well you’re a different person than who I initially replied to, but that’s ok. I don’t have a source for my claim that this has been in the playbook for 30 years (really I meant since Reagan, so 40 would have been more accurate), similar to how I don’t have a source for the claim that media paid for and created by and for capitalistic interest is not likely to accurately or fairly paint truly leftist viewpoints. Things will always be painted to say “see, look how great capitalism is; and look how bad socialism is!” It’s one of those logical conclusions one should arrive at when considering an oligarchy bordering on feudalism. Just like the media propaganda of “see how great capitalism is” refuses to acknowledge any counter-point, the same tactic has been used over and over again on questions of the economy and executive branch with who’s in power at the time of the question being asked.

One can easily arrive at the conclusion that companies standing to earn higher profits by cutting regulations, busting unions, and squeezing people for basic necessities (all things the Republicans love doing), would make decisions that try to sway or influence voters based on swings in the left or right wing of our right-wing government. You want people to vote for the candidate that will de-regulate and make things easier for your business four years from now… blame the rising cost of goods on the party that’s trying to regulate you and make things more difficult for your business interests; bonus if you can collect more money while doing so.

Capitalism is fucking disgusting.

Sources for my claim?

That’s asking for a lot of sources and a compilation of research as to how I came to my inference on an internet comment. I don’t have the time to accommodate all of that, but this article touches on the corporate greed aspect somewhat concisely: https://www.nerdwallet.com/article/finance/price-of-food

https://www.macrotrends.net/stocks/charts/COST/costco/revenue - is a good way to look at profits at a high level for the 4 major grocers (Walmart, Kroger, Costco, Albertsons) - https://www.foodandwaterwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/IB_2111_FoodMonoSeries1-SUPERMARKETS-V2FINAL.pdf. This touches more on the aspect of food monopolies specifically: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2021/jul/14/food-monopoly-meals-profits-data-investigation - the monopolies go beyond just food.

Songs regarding what I’m talking about… off the top of my head the one I think of first is Propaghandi - “A People’s History of the World.” The last lyrics:

*"Yeah, you can vote however the fuck you want But power still calls all the shots And believe it or not

Even if democracy broke loose They’ll just make the economy scream Until we vote responsibly"*

I also think of Fugazi - “Merchandise” * “Merchandise, it keeps us in line Common sense says it’s by design What could a businessman ever want more Than to have us sucking in his store”*