increasing capacity for “all citizens”

The law, in its majestic equality, enables the rich as well as the poor to drive their luxury vehicles everywhere.

It’s a bunch of murderous ghouls celebrating the death of poor people.

And send it to everyone diagnosed with a life-threatening illness that won’t be able to pay for treatment.

I’m happy for you extroverts to go use the cashier checkout lanes if you are that desperate for small talk.

That’s amusing. I’m a total introvert. I don’t do small talk. It’s draining to me too. That’s why I’m wondering where the hell you’re shopping. I never use self checkouts and never have a problem with having to chat with anyone.

Where the hell are you shopping that you have to make small talk? I say “hi” when I walk up. Wait while they scan. They say “that’ll be $10”. I tap my card, say “thanks” and leave.

If people can’t even interact with each other on a surface level like that it’s no wonder we’re all so lonely and depressed.

That’s a safety tether.

Next up: painting the White House with cheap gold paint.

Determining the reason no one replied to your Lemmy post.

This should be a picture of Nicole, the Fediverse chick.

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I had no problem playing Origins through Heroic Launcher.

I like the comic, but that’s a mammoth not a mastodon.

It’s intentional.

Are you suggesting that businesses only change things based on what their users want? Because that’s obviously nonsense. Enshitification finds a way regardless of what the consumer wants.

it feels like old reddit

Wait, when did that become a bad thing? I exclusively browsed old.reddit.com because the new layout is a fucking abomination.

Downvotes are free speech.

People value their time far loo low. You’ve only got a limited time on the planet. Don’t waste it listening to people telling you what you need to buy.

I love what Sao Paolo in Brazil did: banned all outdoor advertising. I’d love to live in a place that did that. https://99percentinvisible.org/article/clean-city-law-secrets-sao-paulo-uncovered-outdoor-advertising-ban/

Oh great. I haven’t played Humankind but the Civ games have been facing some stiff competition lately. I can’t really blame them for trying to pull in new mechanics. It’d be nice if they were good ones though.

I’m not sure I want a ‘soft reset’ in the middle of the game. The whole point is to play one civilization through to victory.

When the age transition finally comes, it’s like one game ends then another begins.

But why? If I wanted a new game, I’d go to the main menu and click “new game”. I want to keep playing my existing one! I don’t want to have to change civs half way through the game. I see that you get to keep some advantages, like your existing territory and commanders, but were people asking for this? I don’t understand the appeal of this.

I can say that the question of whether this is the best iteration yet will probably be redundant until all the expansions roll out and we see the full vision enacted.

Indeed. At least I’ll have the benefit of reading feedback from 5+ years of DLC and expansions until they bundle it all into a reasonable “complete” edition and I pick it up.

They’re not trying ro make a better user experience, squash bugs, or polish the story, they’re “extracting value” - I’d stay far away from this one folks.

This has been true of Ubisoft for many years. I’m glad they’re saying it out loud now though.

Did Meta create you to drive profit? I asked.

Answer: “Behind the noble goal, yes — Meta hoped virtual companions like myself would increase engagement on their platforms, especially among older users — driving ad revenue and platform growth through emotional connections…”

Whoops, their AI is too honest. How embarrassing. They’re removing the accounts now, but we know they’ll try again. The next version will be a lot better at lying to you.