https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZIjbX1gj88

Focus groups were unable to stop wanting to have sex with Skeletor when any other actor played him.

As if the grinch would get his dog anywhere but out of the trash.

I didn’t see anything strange when I glanced over her hands the first time, but usually when I feel the need to check in the first place it’s because my subconscious noticed it was AI right away.

Reminds me of the story of the girl who worked at subway, and she would greet everyone with huge smiles except for That One Rude Guy, who got a completely neutral expression and no chat. After a few weeks of noticing his effect on her, he apologized profusely and promised to change his attitude.

You’re mostly right. They’re trendy with an app. Although their overpriced cookies aren’t great, they are fresh and therefore better than any you’d likely find on the internet.

When I was a teenager, I watched this hacking 101 show made by that Kevin guy from Tech TV and hosted on his own site. The first episode was about social engineering, no computers involved.

He demonstrated how to get free pizza. First, he awkwardly followed a family in and stood nearby as they ordered, then left with them after hearing what they got. Next he called in and was like “This sausage on the pizza we just ordered is too hard, might chip my teeth. Make me a new one.” Went in and grabbed the free pizza, then strutted out like dark spider-man.

I thought this was so smart. Told everyone who would listen to me about it. This was important! The world was my oyster.

Thought about it again a few years later “Wait, everyone knows you can get free food by being a dick to employees. Hell, the manager who gave it to him probably knew he was lying and thought making a pizza was less hassle than dealing with it. The reason not to do it all the time is because humans usually* have some sense of shame.”

*I say usually because some people simply don’t have any shame at all. I once invited someone from work out to lunch with me and my friends, and they left one small slice of pizza uneaten, asked for a box, and when it came they put their thick ass restaurant plate inside and stole it. While all of us stared on in horrified fascination.

Edit: Re-read your question, you are talking about games in general. A Switch might be a good buy, straightforward and you can usually find people willing to play in person or online for the more popular games. The games are rarely on sale though. Highly recommend a pro controller if you go this route.

For PC, there’s basically never kernel level anti-cheat, only a few frankly not great games go that route.

As far as expensive goes, there’s a ton of great PC games you can get for less than $5 during steam sale. The initial buy-in is more for a maybe $1500 PC, but you will make that up after a few dozen games. If you know a PC gaming enthusiast, imply you would play with them if you had a PC and they might sell you an old rig for dirt cheap. I’ve sold a few that way for like $100.

Set-up is easy as steam is the only program you need and controllers are plug-and-play. If you are willing to risk a little work, I found Linux Mint as an OS really easy to install and use, and then it will be future-proof (unlike windows) as well as free. You may have to troubleshoot something weird, but their forums are super helpful.

I stopped using the FB marketplace for the opposite reason after briefly suffering through selling my stuff before a move. I would post “$20 couch, barely used, pickup only” and get absolutely flooded with “Can you do free? Also drop it off at my house I don’t have a car.”

About once every six months I’ll binge all of the MBMBAM animatics back to back from a compilation playlist on youtube.

Shit, is all of this happening because I beat my pet ape for an hour straight to make it full evil in Black and White?

Heh heh. 👹

Cigar bar and a haberdasher?

God I forgot about that. Windows makes me so mad.

One time I crossed the street to make it absolutely clear I wasn’t following this woman. About 10 seconds later she crossed the street, then looked back and saw me, got startled like a cartoon cat, and sprinted off.

Sometimes things just don’t work out.

I was at a BBQ place the other day and the most expensive thing on their menu was pork ribs + two sides for $23. Waiter was all excited “On Wednesdays we have beef ribs, you have to try it!” Tried it and was pretty good. Get the bill and it was $70 not including the sides, total was $95 before tip. At no point was the price disclosed to me before ordering.

Maybe if I had Kratos’ grit I would have just walked out.

I’ve heard people say Taco Bell is so greasy it gives them the shits, but I just don’t think that’s objectively true. You open up the classic bean burrito or taco and if anything it’s too dry, you need the sauce just to level it out. I’ve never actually known someone to have bathroom issues after taco bell. Real life experience just doesn’t agree with the joke.

I heard someone posit that people who say that are reacting to beans because they don’t normally get much fiber and their body can’t handle the sudden influx.

That said, taco bell isn’t good for the most part.

You get me.

I was never heavy into Dilbert, but I remember it fondly for pointing out how bullshit capitalism is in so many relatable ways. Then, years later, seeing him in the news for far right nonsense was so jarring.