Posts made by Too Old For This

@macha Capitalism error in your favor, collect $200.

@derp Given that students rarely get to dictate what happens in class during school hours, I'm going to guess that that isn't, in fact, it. They do not get to exclude his child from any school activity as they lack the authority to do so.

@roz I believe the studies showing that are also the ones showing that people need less vacation time as performance-based benchmarks place much less stress and expectation on the employee, so they no longer feel they need as many 'mental health days' or 'staycations' just to recuperate from daily job stressors.

It would not work for all industries, but for those it does work for? People are less stressed, less depressed, complete work with higher ratings across the board, and tend to get better reviews on their performance. There's less pressure to do X,Y,Z in the next 2 hours OR ELSE. No more having your boss throw you under the bus to finish a report in 10 minutes that they've been sitting on for three days. As long as you hit your benchmarks? You get your salary, and nobody can give you shit if you took two days to deal with a sinus infection. Or your sister is giving birth RIGHT NOW and really wants you there with her. Or you need to work from Butte, Montana for a month to help nurse your mother through an illness. And hey, if you want to take a vacation and just go sit on a beach somewhere? Long as your stuff is done, go jump that plane!

@derp said in RL Anger:

@ganymede

Ehhhhhh. That -- really depends on what we're talking about when we say 'kids'.

A teacher letting a kid think it's ok to exclude someone because they don't believe in the same invisible man as you is about the most fertile ground for future bigotry I can think of.

Especially if these are very young kids.

If their parents want them to believe that strongly in whatever, private religious schools are an option, and they can pay to have their child go to the super elite place where they can solely be around their own people.

Nopenopenopenopenope. Separation of church and state. I FULLY support teachers opting out of religious conversations with their students. It is not their job to be a student's religious leader. I could have wished that the teacher might have given @Wizz 's child some more one on one support to help them come to terms with it? But no, I will NEVER support teachers having to also make decisions on religious matters.

LOOKIT ALL THAT LEGG! Welcome home Sylvanas!!!

I think there are certain families and households that need the ability to work/school remote. I also think there are certain families and households that need the ability to be on location for work/school. And I feel like there should be some means of compromising towards a solution for both. NO solution is going to be perfect. There will always be someone who gets left behind or screwed over or whatever. It's going to happen. But by either side ignoring the needs of the other, we're causing more problems than we're solving.

Me and mine are high risk, and it's been shown that the vaccine isn't completely effective from preventing contracting COVID. With the high rates of contraction right now, me and mine need the ability to work/school from home to safeguard our own health. Both physical and mental. Others need to be able to be on location for their health, physical or mental or both.

There NEEDS to be compromise in there. Somewhere.

@silverfox I wish to cuddles him and flick the string with the feather for him.

Thin Mints. Lemon Ups. And Toffee-tastic.

My son is fond of the Tagalongs and S'mores.

@silverfox My son walks to school (there are bullies on his bus that he wants to avoid and he's familiar with the route). Yesterday, the day where the skies opened up and dumped like 4-5 inches of snow? He chose to wear his hoodie and sneakers because 'it didn't look that bad out'. People suck at judging the weather. XD

@macha You can get litterboxes that are disguised as other things! So like, a sidetable can house a litterbox as needed. If that's an option!

@silverfox Please send the sooty floof in the sink.

Damn. That's two good people gone in a single day.

@ganymede You say that as if the reason for the change matters. Brain doesn't like change, why is irrelevant.

@betternow And Star Wars. And ABC. And Photobucket. And GoPRO. And Hollyood Records. It's getting scary.

@macha They COULD, but would it be the same? I dunno. I was never a fan of the 'sudden shift to another actor' for a lot of things. I still remember Family Matters, and Harriet Winslow suddenly changing actresses. Or Roseanne, with Becky. Fresh Prince did it too, with Vivian Banks.

Stuff like tends to stick with me.

@roz In general, I would agree with you! I like having variety in my game developers, it means that I'm not just playing the same three games over and over again (no matter what my Steam library says). But I have to say that of all the huge takeovers/buyouts/mergers that have been going on lately (Disney comes to mind), Microsoft is the one that bothers me the least. They aren't interested in changing the path of a development company, they mostly seem to be trying to buy up broken companies that have lost all credibility with their audience and making things better.

Granted, Activision/Blizzard is a BIG buy. But given that Microsoft itself doesn't have any really BIG heavy-hitter developers already on the payroll, I would say this is more them starting to really step out onto the field. Game Pass is great, but it in and of itself does not create games, it just provides a platform through which you can cross-platform between Xbox and PC.

Now, if in a few years, there's talk of Microsoft acquiring Square Enix or Bungie or Ubisoft? Then I might start to side eye things a little more. I think this particular one will get a standard investigation, but I don't see it being some huge deal. Hell, I was more suspicious when Disney acquired Marvel, Fox, and a chunk of Sony within a span of like... 6 years.

@betternow Then you wouldn't want it at all. FO76 is an MMO. That's not a bug, that's the type of game. XD

@roz said in 2022: A New Year, New Dead Celebrities:

What the hell, man. Gaspard Ulliel dies in a skiing accident.

Well... fuck. There goes Moon Knight. Dammit, I was looking forward to that one.

@betternow I mean... they've basically overhauled the entire game WHILE continuing to release add-ons and dlc.

More basically, the open world multiplayer isn't garbage anymore. The looting system has gotten WAY better (easier pickup, nearby looting, etc.). Weapon/armor/clothing bug issues (both in equipping and clipping). A pretty regular stream of bug fixes across the board. They made CAMPS and Workshops easier to use/build/navigate. Overhauled and updated the UI for the Pip-Boy. Added a PVP system, including the ability to clone your Adventure campaign bit to port over to the Public Worlds. NPC interaction fixes. Pathing and environmental fixes and updates.

At this point, I would feel safe in saying that it's pretty much a new game. The FO76 that launched has been left in the dust.

@testament said in General Video Game Thread:

Makes me wonder with buying Activision if Microsoft is going to run afoul of anti-trust laws because this could be considered an monopoly.

Nah, there's too many other developers still out there.