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Completely forgot this game existed. Who would willingly subject themselves to it?

It’s $1.99/month or $16.99/yr, which is waaayyy less than $3/month. Less than half that, if paid annually.

How would you guarantee someone something like that?

Incorporate, NFPO, most likely 501©(7).

Besides that, I don’t think they tried. “Do no evil” isn’t reassuring in the slightest, especially to those of us who remember Reddit before Advance and Tencent bought in. This is when Reddit was literally user powered (image relevant). We bought gold for other redditors, knowing that the funds were directly supporting the site. Go take a look at how that worked out. “It’s your site”, “we couldn’t do this without you”, meaningless. I remember when they pledged 10% of annual ad revenue to non-profits, selected by the users. They really did the most to make the users feel like they were part of something special. We see how that turned out.

Obviously, support whoever and whatever you like. All I want to do is balance out the optimism. Real money is changing hands here, and some of us have been down this road a couple of times. Those experiences have taught me that it’s at least as likely that the site-runners want to be rich and successful as it is that they can resist the temptation when it comes knocking, and that’s being generous.

That doesn’t answer the question…

“Which is more likely — that the whole natural order is to be suspended, or that a Jewish minx should tell a lie?” - Christopher Hitchens

incredible 😂😂

Also, if you’re into pulpy sci-fi, the Avery Cates books are fun reads. Start with Electric Church.

Revelation Space! Yes, yes, yes! Pick them up and don’t look back.

In other words, everyone, including your favorite bands, likes things the way they are. Things will not change unless the fans take a stand, which means things will never change.

i want 2 beta sooooo bad ❤️

https://vicharacterdaily.tumblr.com/image/160194386538

So, UDP just sends it out there and anyone can intercept it?

This is my wife. She thought she had IBS yet entire life. Nope, just dairy. Plugs her up for days.

FYI: Many e-readers, whether hardware or software, have a special font built in that helps dyslexics. It’s called OpenDyslexic and is a game changer. My wife uses it on her Kindle and it works a treat. Give it a go.

https://opendyslexic.org/

edit: Thought of a book recommendation. Check out the little known Avery Cates series, beginning with The Electric Church. Cyberpunk, spy, assassin. Good stuff.

Epic AF! Very impressive.

if they’ll do this much for free, imagine what we can get for a couple packs of smokes.

Dumb meme. Assumes that Christianity is nothing more than Job, Jonah, David & Goliath, etc. and not the single-most scrutinized historical and cultural institution ever. The fact of the matter is, most of the book is practical, or an attempt at practically. Noah’s Ark is a fairy tale, but Paul of Tarsus wasn’t, and his gospel is perfectly mundane, offering prescriptions for life that made sense in his time, even if we see how clearly immoral they are some 1700 years later.

The Bible is maybe 10% parable. That’s the fairy tales. And, if you knew them, I think you’d be happy in a world where those stories are all the Christians live by. Unfortunately, the other 90%, much of which speaks with authority and/or makes “common sense” arguments, flawed as they are, that are enough to convince most people with a monkey brain, let alone one belonging to a child. But, I digress…

There is no God, Jesus is not the Lord, and the Holy Ghost can eat a bag of dicks. We all get it. But believing it’s all fairy tales is naive and lazy, and is as bad as thinking Noah put two of every animal on a boat.

Find a copy of a book called Burnout Society by Byung Chul Han. It isn’t about ADHD directly, but there are parts of the book that will be felt hardest by the neuro-divergent.

oh my god lol. perfection.

cars gotta get married to a motorcycle, have a couple of kids, and start going to church. it can screw around with other cars when it goes out of town on business, but that’s it. no matter how sexy the truck across the street is, you can’t give in. just think of what the scandal would do to your family. so what if the truck sits in the driveway with its hood up all day? there’s nothing wrong with appreciating a good engine. every car does that. oh my, is that a V6? no… it’s a V8. praise god. you’ve had an inline-4 before, and that was fun. can you even imagine being with a V8? could you even handle one? oooh, what are you doing? why’d you have to stray from 2-strokes? ever since that time in San Francisco, you’ve been obsessed with 4-strokes. more and more, you’re driving is erratic. at this rate, an accident is a guarantee, if you don’t straighten your life out. but… 32 valves, 8 cylinders, 5 liters, and two 4" exhausts. are you so weak? what about your motorcycle, your kids? oh, sure, the kids are almost out of high school, and once they’re off to college… well, you’ve done your duty to them, right? and what then? can you really be expected to spend the rest of your days with the motorcycle? no. no way. and, anyway, they’ll probably understand. maybe you two can even be friends. after all, you are friends… right? after all these years, you are at least that… so, it’s settled. two more years. the trikes will both be off, and you’ll be hopping on 8 cylinders of pure american muscle. oh, the waiting is torture! but, nothing can be done but wait. now, shape up, snap out of it, and be careful, or you may never drive straight again!