What’s the monetization plan? I don’t do subscriptions but would consider a buy-once or old fashioned “buy expansions every year or so”

Most people don’t care about things. They just want the convenience. Eat the marshmallows now. Getting a stomach ache later is some future problem.

Interesting. I played the game a fair amount, but it doesn’t usually hook me. I feel like exploring is often kind of hollow and I don’t find interesting stuff

Different parts of NY state are all very different. Even different neighborhoods within Brooklyn can be very different costs and experiences. I live here but would not willingly choose to live in the suburbs around the city.

In the city, you’re likely not going to find rent under $1000/month. Make a budget spreadsheet. You can cut some corners - my phone bill is $20/month, and I eat a lot of rice and beans to keep my food budget low - but some stuff is just expensive.

You’ll probably need room mates.

Look for colleges first, if that’s a goal. Some have housing assistance.

Meh. Heroic launcher has been fine.

I don’t mind this. I’ve never ridden one of the horse carriages. They seem expensive aside from the animal welfare concerns.

He also earned a very specific fame for his “You’re not supposed to be here” Easter egg in Duke Nukem 3D, which was only accessible via cheating.

Oh! I remember that one!

I dislike feeling pandered to, yes.

Capitalism has always sounded great in theory,

I dunno, “People who don’t do the work get rich” sounds kind of shitty.

People use the word “capitalism” to mean different things.

If you ask someone “Should someone who doesn’t do any work get money from people who do?”, a lot of people would say no. And they’d probably think you’re talking about welfare or communism. But that’s capitalism. The guy who “owns” the company can sit at home and watch netflix while all his office workers make stuff, and he keeps the profits. If you frame it right, you can get people to agree with you or suffer some cognitive dissonance.

But none of that is what some people are thinking of when they think capitalism. They think “free markets” and “competition”. They often don’t really think about how that trends towards monopolies or cartels. Either because of magic, or “the government will prevent monopolies.” But not too much regulation. There’s got to be a few decades of suffering before an intervention, typically.

There’s also a lot of binary thinking. Either capitalism, or total state ownership and oppression.

I bring it up a lot but the book “dying of whiteness” was a horrifying look into this. A significant amount of people don’t want national health care, even if it means they themselves get sick and die, because then those people would get it.

The money facts don’t matter. It’s just emotional sludge.

I often find it’s hard to really capture lyrics just writing them out.

"The weather never really matterered it was just something there was to talk about

We fall into patterns and habits and there’s not much we can do about that

Rearrange the room again I want to live somewhere as small as i feel when i fall asleep or wake up"

Little known band joyride! is a consistent favorite of mine.

https://joyride-sf.bandcamp.com/album/joyride

Reminds me of the game where you awaken as monstrous vermin Jeff Bezos: https://direkris.itch.io/you-are-jeff-bezos

Except that one you can use the money for good

On September 29, federal prosecutor Jerome Morgan, assisted by FBI agent Jennifer Runyan, publicly charged a Michigan nurse with assisting the escape of a man held by ICE from a hospital.

That sure is a guy with a name and probably address.

When you’re interfacing with the world emotionally, that’s how it goes. I mean, we’re all emotional, but for some people that’s the bulk of it. Emotions create reality. For other people they’re more advisory.

Is it an old person thing that I listen to entire albums instead of shuffling tracks?

I don’t think “decent Nazi” is a valid combination

People making the decisions are removed from how work gets done, how users engage with the product, and any real consequences. But they keep most the profits despite contributing minimally.

Capitalism. The people calling the shots and keeping the profits are not the people doing the work.

It’s bad and will continue to be bad for everyone except the top layer of rich people.

Aside from the possibility of me being unclear, your extremely aggressive response is uncalled for. Furthermore, “everyone” is not evident given there’s a total of 3 votes on the post.

My intended point was it would be nice if people were better, and could admit fault. They can’t. That’s a common human behavior that’s infuriating. They’d rather double down. I was agreeing with you.