Replaying FF6 (TWEU mod on Analogue Pocket SNES core). I'm doing a quick checklist before leaving WoB and I cannot get Zona Seeker to show up in the fucking Jidoor auction house. NO ONE WANTS ANOTHER TALKOBO. How many Angel Wings does that rich woman need? SHEESH.
As a Minneapolitan, I consider myself a "Naomi Kritzer voter."
Fun fact: the huge innovation of Piggly Wiggly was not locking all their goods in the back, but putting it on shelves for customers to browse. Customers bought more as a result, & Piggly Wiggly invented the modern supermarket. The “lock it all up & force you to ask me for it” model already failed.
Anti-theft deterrent also means anti-sales. Nice job, eggheads. "Upon discovering that an item they want to buy is in a locked case, less than one in three shoppers (32%) get a store employee to unlock the case." www.retailbrew.com/stories/2024...
Most end up trying to find the product in another store, according to a Consumer World survey.
Microsoft Outlook feature request: Skill-based matchmaking for scheduling meetings
"Creams," content streams.
Me with Hot To Go stuck in my head, on repeat:
ALT: a child in a costume is dancing in front of a sign that says 2016
Maybe, just maybe, the people he's trying to legislate out of existence are so keenly aware of what he's trying to do that they couldn't forget it if they tried, and they're extremely exhausted by being constantly confronted by these dogshit ideas.
At what point does making lazy jokes about the racist and bigoted things Trump said during the debate become just parroting those awful ideas for the people in your life that he's targeting?
"We sold you a full cup, but our cups are 8oz. It only looks like a half cup to you because you have 16oz glasses. I realize the sales person promised you a full cup and I'm sorry they didn't explain to you that our cups are *actual cups* and not hypothetical cups or glasses."
Optimist: The cup is half full. Pessimist: The cup is half empty. Managed Services Engineer: I'm sorry the sales person sold you the promise of a full cup, but we only have half-full cups and cannot support full cups.