It was good natured. I wasn’t offended.

I just think it’s funny how some people are all about marble runs and some people just don’t get it. No in between. Personally I’m all about marble runs.

I once bought my niece a marble run. I got some shit for it, because I guess some people just don’t get it? But she loved it, and my 6-year-old daughter now loves marble runs too.

My daughter also collects rocks, so a rock tumbler was a big one for her.

Another gift for a niece I got shit for was a drum. She loved it. She was so excited that it was a real instrument. My brother always said he’d get me back, but my daughter got a full-ass drum kit for Christmas, and I think it’s great.

Oh, and make your own slime kits are huge right now. It’s science-y, DIY, and kids love slime.

I find it deeply offensive that an app could suggest I may not know the word “cornucopia.” I wouldn’t give a shit if it was the only app I could use to pay my bills; if it at any point suggested that I didn’t know a word as common as “cornucopia,” I would delete it immediately, leave a 0 star review, and post the offense to a community like this.

And just to be clear, the bar for how uncommon a word would have to be in order for it not be offensive is way higher than cornu-fucking-copia.

“Terpsichorean.” That’s a word I wouldn’t be offended if they thought I didn’t know it. Or maybe “legerdemain.” I know both of those words, but I wouldn’t be offended.

You won’t regret it! The game really is a singular experience.

Last time this meme came up I had the perfectly worded Disco Elysium quote ready, but I’ve forgotten it. So just pretend I said it right now.

tightening the purse strings

Is that really the right phrase to use here? If I took all my family vacation money and spent it on ninja swords from the mall, I don’t think my wife would say, “We can’t go on vacation because my husband is tightening the purse strings.”

Outside? With bears?

Nice try, but that’s just Big Bear propaganda, trying to get more people eaten by bears.

I’m usually fine with paying more for things I enjoy that are worth it. Like $70 games are just not a big deal to me.

I’m also too lazy to cancel most things. I’ve ignored Game Pass price hikes before and justified them by thinking of all the games I played without buying.

But this one is just ridiculous. There’s no value here, no way for me to justify it. I was enjoying Silksong on Xbox because I didn’t have to buy it, but now that I do have to buy it I guess I’ll do that on my Switch instead. Replaying it is going to be rough, especially without my Elite controller.

I hope Microsoft gets their shit together, because Xbox has been my favorite game platform for years.

Oh yeah there’s also Vampire Survivors which is weirdly good.

Mobile gaming is so good. There is a lot of chaff to sort through though.

• Balatro is amazing. Great to pass the time with, very playable even for people who aren’t that into games.

• Slay the Spire is one of the greatest games ever made.

• Root is very good if you’re into board games.

• Baba Is You if you want a mind-bending puzzle game.

• Marvel Snap if you like competitive card games, have way too much time on your hands, and hate yourself a little.

Trump and Musk have both made claims that wouldn’t really count as “keeping the secret”. I don’t know what the truth is, but I don’t rule this out.

Ow. Fuck. I rolled my eyes so hard that I hurt my head.

Grown men having strong opinions on how Disney Princesses should look will never not be silly.

There’s no reason for it to matter to them.

It was actually Project Veritas, weirdly enough. The video seemed legit, but it was just a guy positing a theory. He wasn’t personally doing that redaction.

Plus it’s still Project Veritas, so you can’t trust it.

The reason we need freedom of speech from the government is because the government has a monopoly on violence. The root of it is whether or not violence is an acceptable response to speech.

When people say “freedom of speech isn’t freedom from consequences”, they’re not typically referring to murder as one of the consequences. You can see why that would be a slippery slope if they were.

Ok, but that’s still in the realm of freedom of speech. I’m not saying it’s ok that Trump got elected, and I’m my saying I’m ok with the situation we’re in now. I’m just saying that stupid people saying stupid things is not the part of this that should be changed through violence.

You’re right about Hitler, but Kirk wasn’t Hitler in this analogy.

The world is probably a better place without him, but as far as I understand it all he did was say a bunch of stupid stuff.

It just felt hard to relate to. The core premise is intriguing like I want to see where it goes, but it’s not intriguing like I feel personally invested in it.

Baldur’s Gate just had this perfect buildup, where you’re trying to solve a personal problem, and then it just keeps growing until you’re killing gods.

I’m not usually a fan of turn based games.

Baldur’s Gate 3 hooked me. It was one of my favorite gaming experiences ever. I played through it two and a half times, consecutively.

I couldn’t get through Expedition 33. It’s very well done, but the story itself never hooked me. It just felt too abstract, like it never got me emotionally invested.

And the gameplay was too narrow. I’m sure it opened up after a while, but it would still be the same kind of turn based combat the whole time.

Back in the days of instant messenger, there was a girl I’d talk to for hours. We just connected in a way that we always had more to say to each other, about everything.

I’d say something in parentheses, and she’d respond in parentheses, and sometimes we’d end up holding two entirely different conversations at once.

I don’t have a lot of regrets in my life, but some of them involve her.