The lack of blood spraying out makes me thing so. Source: Been around a few people that lost teeth from impact. Gushed like a fountain.

I don’t think he’s qualified.

Entire avionics field would be emptied out over night.

Oh so that’s why I couldn’t get it to work on fresh install. Thought I was just stupid.

Calm down Ben Shapiro

Guys is fucking your wife and pulling out gay?

With the full context, no. The girl should not be punished as she very clearly informed the school of the problem, they ignored it. They are trying to frame her as the perpetrator to cover their own asses for doing nothing in a sexual harassment case.

Be pedantic as you want, steam makes no bones about it being 30%.

And unlike other marketplaces, Steam doesn’t demand exclusivity. If anything they encourage publishers and developers to put their content on other storefronts or other alternatives that are available. Unlike, say Origin, Epic Games or what ever the hell Ubisoft was trying to.

Steam taking 30% may seem steep but they do a lot of support for developers in addition to the largest PC marketplace out there, complete with built in communities around new games where developers can directly interact with players of their game(s.) As long as the game works as advertised, Steam has historically done very little to penalize or inhibit developers on the market place. And nearly every case of it that has come to light has been admitted to be a mistake and rectify, such in the case of Hatred, or has been transparent about a third party stopping short of legal action, such as in the case of the Mastercard censorship scandal.

Compare that to Epic Games, who provides basically no support to developers, no community features or anyway to connect with other people who enjoy that specific game or those like it, and actively spies on users and is somewhat infamous for downloads servers to sporadically go down or corrupt a game require multiple attempts to ensure the product works. All while taking 12%

Steam isn’t perfect, they’ve screwed stuff up and missed a few bad actors in their midst before, but overall they are very pro-consumer and provide an open and fair platform where indie games can get showcased on the front page of the store as much if not more so than AAA games with million dollar advertising campaigns. Many of those indie games never would have seen the light of day without steam.

Steam is basically today what Netflix was in the late 00s/early 10s. A massive collection of content for people to enjoy that actively opposed the idea of exclusivity or preventing other. Where Epic is actively trying to push gaming to where Streaming is today by trying to bribe publishers and developers with better deals and kick backs if they agree to put their game on EGS exclusively for 6 to 18 months if not permanently.

The owner of the marketplace has the right to charge merchants who sell their goods in a safe place provided by the owner, especially when the market itself is delivering and garunteeing the product works.

So yeah, Valve takes more than other companies, but unlike say Epic Games valve is actually making sure the devs deliver a working product.

That’s just geographical politics. People raised in urban environments slant leftist because they are exposed to people living in preventable suffering and see how small acts at community level can meaningful improvements to the lives of less fortunate.

On the other side you have people raised in rural environments who either don’t regularly see the less fortunate suffering, or if they do it’s presented as self inflicted. The people suffering are lazy, unmotivated or just careless and splurge on recreation rather than requirements. Shows of wealth are common and celebrated while any form of charity is not targeted at local impoverished but rather somewhere abroad where no is going to see the result (all to often so it can be taken out of view and embezzled.) So youth raised in these environments slant right because they are being taught that anyone who works hard and commits themselves to living properly will get ahead, when the reality is everyone who is getting ahead is well connected and the hardest workers in the community are often the exploited working class who struggle to put meals on the table for their families.

Fox News was October 96 not sure how they got 77

That should just go without saying. No female athletes, just oiled up twinks and gym bros frolicking in a field naked for weeks. /S

The number of online dms I hear complaining about flight speed races and flight spell boggles my mind. You just got licence to make 3d puzzles and encounters. And also show those players why spiders in magic the gathering had the ability to defend against flying creatures through out the 90s

Last campaign I ran the paladin was so proud of herself for smiting down a couple lesser demons and gushed about it for the rest of the week. So for the next 3 arcs of that campaign I snuck in a cambion who was hounding the party and got his lights clocked in multiple times just knowing the dopamine release it gave that player even when every ‘challenging’ encounter crafter for that group was done in about 5 terms and took me nearly and hour to craft ahead of time.

To me as the DM it’s your job to learn what quirks or functionality of the players particularly enjoy about their characters and find a way to sneak in encounters, puzzles or situations that give that player time to shine and enjoy it. Even and especially if it trivializes the challenge you put into it.

The friend isn’t there for when the date is in the public space. The friend is there for after to ensure the girl gets home safe.

Maybe I just to respect the French language /s

yeah my keyboard doesn’t have those funni french accents.

Your read of the situation is pretty tilted, ngl.

He said he’s not paying for her, the implication is they are going out to eat for a date. Not chilling at home or somewhere in private. Bestie can chill somewhere else other than at the table the date is happening at, if homegirl feels threatened or scared of the guy she can signal for bestie.

I can totally understand wanting a trusted friend around to ensure a date goes fine, hell ive done it several times for girls and guys I’m friends with. But that safety net can stay in the background and doesn’t need to be at the table interfering with the date. But never once did I expect the friend I was wingmanning for to buy me food or drink while I hovered in the background. All homegirl had to say is bestie is paying their own way or homegirl was gonna give her some money.

She’s covering her butt, understandably, by bringing a friend, and he’s covering his by stating he’s not paying for the third wheel.

You’re selling an underpowered console that spies on the home for 800usd. Stfu about the price being tough on the company

Dude never said friend can’t come, dude just said he’s not covering her bill.

I’m fine with a girl bringing a buddy or backup but don’t make it a third wheel unless your intention from the start is a menage trios.