I can burp at will. When my last partner revealed that burping excites them, it became a bit of a thing.

I don’t have much to add, but I just want to say I appreciate that you used ‘corporatocratic’ instead of ‘corporatist’. Mixing those up is a pet peeve of mine.

They tolerate those because they open when someone runs their game through Steam. How many people purchase through those platforms though? And what does that have to do with what I’m saying?

In a hypothetical situation where someone develops a service better than Steam, why is it entitlement to think people should use that better service? In the article I read (the one in the post we’re on), the guy that used to work at Epic says that people wouldn’t use the better service because they are enamored with Steam. I think they wouldn’t because they’re likely very invested in Steam already. The comment I responded to is talking about shitting on Linux and other things that are not in the article, they appear to be responding to the company that the guy in the article no longer works at and the guy that owns the company that, again, the person in the articles does not work at. Why respond to those things here and not in a post about those things?

He argues if a better launcher emerged it “would still be of no interest to Steam users”

What part of that sounds like “no reason” to give such a service money? If the guy in the article was talking about Epic I’d be inclined to agree with you, but he’s talking about a hypothetical service that’s better than Steam. I’m inclined to agree with him too, it would be very difficult to make a better service than Steam (he’s obviously wrong for thinking you could vibe code such a thing) but even if someone did at this point I have so much of my gaming life on Steam that it would be difficult to switch.

It reads to me like you’re arguing with Tim Sweeney more than the guy in the article you’re responding to.

I think that makes sense, at least for a first pass. I want all of the prompts stewing in my head, so I want to take them all in, and going in order is the most efficient way to do that. If I don’t get one I’ll just try it later after the others.

I’m sorry to hear that happened. It’s not much, but when my own father passed away, I came across this post that helped me process what I was feeling. I hope it helps you too: https://lemmy.world/post/22499928/13677504

Capital lobbyists already have so much sway over the government in the US, I think we should go full corporatist and build national level unions to counter their interests.

I asked my optometrist friend and they said there was a thing going on about eye drops that can temporarily fix near vision, which is apparently different than nearsightedness. That would be pretty neat!

Pretty sure I still have the highest score for the Gurren Lagann Opening song, had to fight a guy for it. I love that game.

Supreme Commander 2.

I bought it from Target for like $15. I put it in my CD drive, had to install this Steam thing, watched it install, clicked play, and watched a black screen crash to desktop immediately. An entire weekend of research later I learned there’s this thing called a graphics card, the game requires DirectX 9 and pixel shader 3.0 support. Mom took me to Microcenter for the first time, bought me a $40 Zotac 9500GT, and the rest is history.

Wait, is that the line? I’ve always heard it “and have we found the same old fears?” Huh

I learned from a Man Carrying Thing video that the Vape Nation guy cheated on his wife and is getting canceled by his peers for it.

Edit: I guess I’m not alone after reading the other responses.

First Contact is the first Trek media I remember sitting down to watch on purpose. The Borg messed me up for a good while. Dying is one thing, but having your very self be subsumed into a greater whole against your will is freaky.