Good luck finding the same ones your friend owns. That inventory is random AF.

Great idea, but aren’t board games at least $30 each now? And TV remotes were like $80 already years ago. I’d look for things like coasters and as salt&pepper shakers that you can find at discount or thrift stores.

The bread doesn’t really soak up peanut butter, but yes regarding the jelly.

You don’t just put a modest layer of peanut butter on both slices first?

if it’s anything like my Steam Deck, the packaging wasn’t discrete

No it’s much better this time. The shipping label still says Valve Corporation of course, but otherwise there’s no indication of the contents.

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Where did you get the idea that chewing gum is made out of rubber and plastic? 🤔

Edit: Thanks all, I had no idea!

Oh wow I haven’t seen that in aeons haha

Still not my thing but I guess that makes sense, and I haven’t seen one with a story. Thanks.

Sure. But what exactly is that commentary? To me it feels super cynical, like “Look, people are suckers and you don’t need to waste effort on story and gameplay, they’re happy to just mindlessly click buttons”.

Progression and tech trees are my favorite parts of rpg games.

Oh I like those very much too. They serve as a reward for playing the core game and unlock further choices and complexity so your skills and particular playstyle can expand.

Good incremental games distill that part to a fine, highly concentrated progression liquor.

Uh, no I would argue that they boil away everything interesting – narrative, gameplay, choices, skill, problem solving – and what’s left is naught but the kind of task 1960’s neuroscientists would set for rats with electrodes implanted in their crania. How is that appealing whatsoever?

I can’t really disagree with any of that. But I did enjoy playing back in school, and then women’s Olympic soccer is way better to watch than men’s IMO (they play hard, and don’t fall down and fake injury at the lightest bump).

Huh? That’s like saying you love a shitty drug. You’re not enjoying a story or developing any kind of skill, you’re just raising your risk of RSI for a dopamine hit. What am I missing?

Basketball. It’s practically the same game as soccer and hockey without the interesting constraints (no hands, or play on skates). I won’t deny that it requires athleticism, but then it has the non-skill requirement to be freakishly tall. If you’re not biologically tall, well too bad, that’s a huge handicap you have basically no hope of overcoming.

And NBA games are the worst, it’s always tied like 100-100 until the last 1-2 minutes which is where all the interesting plays happen (between a half dozen fouls) and the actual outcome is decided. The rest of the game you can often just ignore and not really miss anything important.

Not a single title, but any incremental “clicker” game. What’s the point? Seems like “hurr durr number go up”.

Similarly, any game that’s more than a little grindy, where the grind isn’t a fun gameplay loop in its own right. e.g. I played Warframe for years, and the core gameplay feels great. But if it wasn’t for that I would have likely hated the game due to how repetitive it gets just to collect tedious resources and upgrade your gear.

Oh? I’d be delighted for me to be wrong and you to be right on this.

Good luck! I couldn’t hold out and I hope I don’t regret it too much. The game is already good but I’m trying to give useful feedback so it’ll be even better for everyone later.

I only see one other reply to your comment, and I’m not sure it’s making these assumptions. Maybe you could point to the ‘backlash’?

Regardless, I already said I think you’re right in the grand scheme of things and shared my input. But I didn’t write the original comments you were responding to and have no need or desire to defend those.

Ok fair, but your motives are certainly suspect nevertheless.

No, you’re right in general, but context and frame of reference are a thing. Here the discussion is specifically around reacting to the rise of Christian Nationalism.

This is Karl Popper’s Paradox of Tolerance. If these christofascists are allowed to take power, they will aggressively erode tolerance of anyone else. And based on precedent they will lie and manipulate to get that power. The response must be swift and ironclad.

But knowing the UK cultural propensity for excessive politeness and unhealthy avoidance of social discomfort, they’re probably screwed.

If you’re rooting for the spread of disease, you might want to reconsider whether you’re the good guy here.

https://youtu.be/ToKcmnrE5oY