I fear for valve when Gaben dies. I hope he picks someone good.

Valve has stated that if their store was ever to be discontinued they would remove all DRM they have in place to allow for the games to be played without it. This was a long long time ago though.

I just find it neat that former and current “communist” (broad term for this) countries have a high level of home ownership. People largely like to pretend that under communism you own nothing, while in reality, nations who even for a brief period of aspiring to communism had given what were peasants who didn’t own their own shirt a whole ass house and let them own it. No rent, No payment. Just supplied it.

It’s neato. An interesting statistic that dispels partially the myth that (what the OP said I think, it may have been another person) that communism never built wealth for anyone. It did at times. Just not in the way we normally like to view it. The american dream to own your own home.

But I am not willing to sit and argue every minute detail of this explanation. Such as when one person said “not a single one is communist” Which while technically true, is not worth the time to discuss with someone who is just using a very common bait.

Because it is self evident. Pretending you don’t understand is you acting in bad faith. If you actually cared about it instead of trying to bait an argument, you would be asking better questions. Instead you demand more to start a fight with and you will not get it.

Nah, you get it. It’s not hard to infer.

Nah. I think you get it, even if you’d rather pretend not to. But remember, you are what you pretend to be.

I think you get the point.

And yet… Interesting number i’d say.

It was never about you.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_home_ownership_rate

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_home_ownership_rate

I drank as much as I could if that makes you feel better

Why are you concerned? It still costs 250 but if you already spent 150 then you can get it for 50. All is well

(Kill me)

Actually the game mode is on a pack selling for 250$

People who already bought the 150$ price only get a 6 month free trial of the game mode.

Or they pay an extra 100 to upgrade

I want you to genuinely think. Will more queer folk be harmed under Biden or Trump? It’s a cynical question. But you can’t lie to yourself and say the answer is the same. That’s my simple math.

Saying I’m going to “stand by and shrug my shoulders”. You don’t know me. Your arguing a faceless amalgamation of every liberal who vaguely says something liberal. Understand I am not a liberal. Understand that I have stake in this. Understand that we both can shit on Biden all god damn day but at the end of it, we both know queer folk will suffer less under Biden. That doesn’t mean he’s going to fix it. Doesn’t mean he’s going to be a big ol trans flag waving person. He simply will not accelerate it.

I’ll take the extra time. Because unless your planning on grabbing and gun and popping shots in the next few months, that’s the fucking choice right now. And I’ll take the extra time rather than the guy who’s gonna turn your states anti trans legislation into federal legislation.

It’s cynical. But thems the breaks.

Respect comrade. We are in this boat together.

My moral conviction is I would like my queer friends not to be genocided next year. Go fuck yourself.

I get you man. I see your struggle. It’s okay to take something silly like a videogame. These people acting like they are above it while they are talking too. I still think the micro transactions fucking suck but I see you.

Now hold on guys. This may not be a cereal bowl fork, but it’s got uses. Cheese fork. Get that smoked square Gouda box and use this instead of a tooth pick. Bigly, I want it.

I’d still vote for mitt Romney in that scenario. Do you not get that voting doesn’t prevent you from doing anything? You not voting doesn’t stop it from effecting your life. The best you can do in that scenario is to pick the not worse option. It doesn’t feel gr8 to make this choice. It sucks ass that we have to make it, but you do nothing by not making it. You just allow the depression of the reality of the world get you to throw your hands up in frustration.

Voting doesn’t stop you from participating in direct action

It doesn’t legitimize the system, that’s already done. You and I and all of us can’t touch that. It will run off as little votes as it needs to.

I get your frustration. It fucking sucks, but just like you pay your taxes, slave for your boss and make the ruling class money just to stay alive yourself, this is no different. Swallow your pride and try to make someone’s life a little better than it’d be otherwise. Because someone’s life depends on it. Care about the people who’d be hurt quicker.

Care about the people who would suffer under the worse option. Care that you can in a very small way give human beings a little more time. If I had to go to the booth and vote on 4 years of Holocaust or 6 I’d vote 4. It’s cruel to do otherwise in the face of an Impossible decision.

Your right. Re-reading I was heated from other discussions and came into your reply tainted by them. I apologize and agree with you. It just sucks and makes me emotional seeing people be willing to sacrifice others for nothing. You did nothing wrong. I’m sorry.