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Then go ahead, be my guest! Just answering, y’know, the question of the post mainly.

I meant that about what I said. That it’s mainly appearance-based

This sounds a tad vain, however, it would probably depend on how you dress (and act)

I never said it wasn’t, but that was an extreme anecdote first of all, and second, I have re-iterated that this doesn’t apply to people who don’t have such disposable income. Relative to their cost of living, always. Pirating is a lifestyle, stealing from poor creators when you make a substantial amount of money is not. What you sent was enough, more than enough. The dev in question sounds like a jackass and unfortunately he wouldn’t be the first with how many indie and major game devs turn out to be horrible people.

Is that relevant to my comment? I said support the creators directly, not the corporations and explained with examples. That reply was suspicious and arrogant asf if you ask me. I never said spend 60$ for the game, I said support the creators directly, even through smaller amounts. Even a euro from a person who can is enough. You cracked the game, you liked it, why not do that bare minimum if you legit have that money + a lot more?

If you have money to spend (and THAT much), you can still pirate, but if you pirate without trying to fund the source of your art and tools, you’re a mega asshole. Especially if you have as much money as this dude claims to have. You can find the creators of your games online, find their ko-fis, their patreons. Where there’s a will there’s a way

I thought the golden rule was about threesomes?

Rly depends, there’s plenty of models out there. Search for one that has all your absolutely non-negotiable specs and stay grounded to your budget. I usually start by making a minimum desired spec list and a maximum budget. Go on ebay, look for currently listed ThinkPads and look through their specs and pricing, find something that isn’t too expensive but is quality enough for you.

You could look into getting a second hand Thinkpad on ebay

Ouu, fairphone earbuds? Slayy

I would hope not. It gave me an existential crisis under very specific parameters of my fucked up brain so it probably won’t affect you as much, especially if you don’t watch the show, but I do recommend reading it, it’s an incredible piece of bible fanfiction

So when it was a little too young, I slept in the same room with my grandmother during the summer and she would like to watch TV very late at night, even while she slept. Because of that, i would sometimes happen to come across some of the more mature movies that they would be airing. This is a little too specific, but one night they were airing Superhero Movie 2008. I don’t remember if I was paying attention or not, but when my grandmother put the channel with this movie on, it was around the funeral scene.

Yeahhhh my young ass was traumatized. Necrophilia is a no no.

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman. I don’t know how to explain exactly why this has changed me, all I could really do is mention the existential crisis it gave me, but also immense enjoyment and appreciation of transcendent relationships and love for humanity.

Neil Gaiman, fuck you, you’re the best.

It might also be an affordable option to get a Chromecast too. Very lightweight, honestly pretty cheap, and even if it’s a Google device, you have to log into Google accounts on all the other options anyways so the trade-off isn’t massive. Pretty sure you can load stremio onto it too

I’ve been able to use xiaomi’s mi boxes with Stremio pretty well

If only we KEPT THE SENTIMENT - sincerely, a tired Greek

So… Peertube anyone?

I understand your concern but trust me, if this situation happens ever, it happens incredibly rarely, especially with Walmart and Microsoft considering the thousands of applications they receive. At some point, you have a whole lot of highly qualified individuals, some from diverse backgrounds. The better choice for the company is to pick with diversity in mind through the top. It’s just how it is scientifically, it’s what benefits the company the most.

That being said nepotism is shit, Idiocracy is shit, but meritocracy is also very much, shit.

Does this actually happen as much as you claim it does or are some people pissy that the establishment they applied to decided, between equally qualified candidates, to pick the one that would add to their diversity? Or are you implying (I don’t even need to ask if you’re from the US) that most minorities only ever get a job/scholarship not because of their own efforts, but because they’re receiving handouts and of course could never actually be qualified for anything?

So in this scenario, what exactly is the equal outcome supposed to be exactly? Affording education? Being accepted into a job that you’re qualified for in a diverse setting which is preferred scientifically considering workspaces and study groups benefit more from diversity of lived experience, background and origin? (Chicago Tufts University. “Racial Diversity Improves Group Decision Making In Unexpected Ways, According To Tufts University Research.” ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 10 April 2006. )