Hah! My mom was my ride to work, and since she started her work day at 6 am, that meant I got dropped off at a little after 5 am, several hours before the park opened. And the music was still playing then. I got so sick of hearing Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons (at least, La Primavera. I don’t remember if they played other music from The Four Seasons).

I did close on occasion, but I was usually opening. I admit it was one of the better jobs I had when I was young. I tried transfering to other stores the following season (one in Germany, then one in France). I should’ve stuck with the Emporium.

Italy was one of my favorite places to go for lunch! It was a long walk, though; I was in the Emporium in England. So we probably did meet!

Huh. Small world. I worked at BG that year. It was my first job. Didn’t keep the name tag though. They kept putting your home state or country on badges for a few years after.

I was amused to learn it existed. I worked in a cold warehouse but the battery room (where they charge the forklifts) was always too cold, so they put a Big Ass Fan in to push the warm air down from the ceiling. “Wait, is that really its name?” Yup.

The assembly shop I work in now has two of these fans. Feels like once I learned they existed, I started seeing them everywhere.

But… it is easy. And so is the package manager. You don’t have to use the command line if you don’t want to, it is just another option.

“We’ve been trying to reach you about your car’s extended warranty.”

I still play XCOM 2. The mod Long War of the Chosen really breathed new life into the game for me. I’d love to see the series continue.

I vowed a long time ago to never buy another Ubisoft game unless they stop being shitty. I think it was around the time they decided to implement always-online DRM for single-player games. Fuck that shit.

Here is mine.

Voter turnout was low in 2024 compared to 2020. I made a conjecture as to why that’d be the case when the stakes were so damn high. But fuck me for trying to point that out.

You don’t need to convince me that Trump is much worse.

Not half of everyone voted. I think we’d be better off if they did, but I can’t blame them too much for sitting out when the other side still supports a genocide.

I am surprised that Symphony of the Night isn’t on there.

Started a campaign in XCOM 2, using the Long War of the Chosen mod, along with Mod Jam. XCOM is one of those games I’ve revisited regularly over the years, and mods help keep it fresh. Found out the person who made Mod Jam is taking a break and someone else made a replacement already - TedJam. Maybe I’ll play another campaign after this one using TedJam instead.

Fair enough. However, they should release the footage regardless. Especially since 4 people got shot, 2 of which were bystanders, and that this was over a cheap fare. Cops are pretty untrustworthy.

Oh? Would getting shot in the head protesing in Israel be more productive? I donno about you, but I work my ass off and would love to take some time at the end of the day with a game or movie. Unfortunately, I’m not rich enough to stop a genocide half a world away.

Probably because there was no knife in the footage.

So Israel deployed snipers using lethal ammunition to target protesters with excessive force. In this case, a US citizen. For some reason, this event reminds me of the Boston Massacre. Protesting the slaughter means you get slaughtered too.

I’m guessing we’ve abandoned all pretext of a red line that Israel can cross and they’re free to do whatever, and the whole situation just feels like we’ve decided that we’re on the side of evil because we keep supporting this. Might as well start putting skulls on our caps.

I have a similar story, except the people I asked about it convinced me it might be a scam. I bought some later, but it wasn’t the lifechanging amount it could’ve been.

Looking at other sources, it looks like they’re shipping them to other counties. Now they’re homeless somewhere else. How heartwarming.