In either of those cases gen AI is not stealing money from anyone because nobody was ever going to get paid to create it and it doesn't matter if the product is bad, because the alternative would also have been bad.

I hadn't seen the photo yet and was about to debate that a jacket over a maxi dress seems fine to me, then noticed the word "sheer" and had to go look look at the photo. Good god woman.

We're basically entering the plot of The Labyrinth Index, where the US plans to strip mine the moon and build a dyson swarm powering massive space data centers, except instead of using it to summon Cthulhu they're just trying to keep the bubble going for a few more years or possibly only months.

Or maybe call it the Jester and rule that it can't actually take pieces, only threaten the King into check

If you can't find the option to switch to Personal Classic, click "Cancel subscription" and it should show up in one of the options. Looks like they're hiding it to use as a last resort for catching people trying to jump ship.

Sweet

I actually just started liquidating all the marketable TF2 items in my inventory which didn't hold sentimental value for me. Made like $30 bucks so far.

I've been tempted to go back a couple times, but I don't think I can handle the hat singularity it's become. I'm waiting for a sort of TF2 classic mode where all the cosmetics are disabled and it's just the base weapons.

*All magnified scopes disappear from games. The guns themselves remain and still have precise aim ala HL1 revolver. The monkey paw curls one finger.*

Oh I love Mistborn.

Thank you for the good times. You made the hell site bearable for a time. <3

Oh that's what happened. Fun.

TIL, I always just assumed it originated as a comfy and friendly sounding onomatopoeia

Also I highly recommend the Void Shadows DLC if you do get the game. The new class is really fun and only slightly OP, and the story and companion are great. I finished before Lex Imperialis came out so I can't speak to how that DLC turned out.

Yeah, prepare for it to consume about as much playtime as Kingmaker and Wrath did lol

I'd have gone for the Onion Frings.

I know this feeling well. Someone once stole ice cream out of my bike saddlebags when I made a stop on the way home from the store. I noticed after getting home and a tiny spark of anger rose inside me then came out as the most malevolent curse it could summon: "I hope they get brain freeze!"

One of my favorite parts of TF2, and one that every game which followed in its footsteps simply ignored, was that when you died it did a joke by pointing at giblet marked "Your spleen" or something and then told you a stat you did well in during that life.

Because all the money comes from them having some sort of influence over what content you get served.