Clearly the solution is more bubble voice

>sell out to a sketchy hedge fund

>fire the guy holding everything together and growing the portfolio

>everyone follows the guy that was good to them instead of the faceless brand

>get left with 0 talent and one worthless IP

>collapse

>try fraud

>fail

what is this business strategy called?

Holy shit seaspray! Say hi to Alana for me!

As many as it takes so you no longer have space to put another CRT

Man I love CRTs, that ping-whistle as they turn on, the flickery warm glow, almost makes you forget there's an electron gun pointed at you whizzing around dozens of times a second

*trips over the folf*

gremlin behaviour

I see I have my answer

Sounds to me like you want to be tamed more...

Focus on the people who show you kindness, those who shut you out can stay in the cold

AUGH
I feel pain just thinking about that. Only family members I'm not out to are the two I'm no contact with, and I'm only not out to them because they don't get to know ANYTHING about me.

Some more!
Statutory rape is monstrous.
Deploying masked kidnappers in the streets is monstrous.
Consolidating power to interfere with the democratic process is monstrous.
Destroying history in the name of erasing "DEI" is monstrous.
Denying fact on a national level to push an agenda is MONSTROUS.

As someone whose first experience with the series was Half-Life: Source, yes, very much play it! It is a classic for a reason!

Also, as much as I love my scuffed port of the game, just play the original GoldSRC version. I made my choice on purpose, but the OG is the best, most polished way to play

anyway, I wear pastel colours and sequins and vibe in a room painted deep purple in my free time, life's too short to waste it looking at stupidly named shades of desaturated brown

there are people out there robbed of the vision cones in their eyes and you choose to make your home and everything you wear a washed out sepia wasteland‽

I am doing good!

"Winning"

I get the joke!

In fact, many abusers learned their behavior from someone who previously victimized them. That is the cycle of abuse. If you or someone you know is being abused, remember that you have at least this power: to break the cycle. Never let harm done to you justify doing harm to others