steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
15.11.2025 09:10 โ ๐ 10852 ๐ 7233 ๐ฌ 11 ๐ 76@shmarr.bsky.social
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steam is apparently allowing "this game had AI in it that it didn't disclose" as a valid return statement, so if you or anyone you know actually paid $70 for slop, get that money back
15.11.2025 09:10 โ ๐ 10852 ๐ 7233 ๐ฌ 11 ๐ 76They are trying so hard to avoid feeling any unpleasant emotion for even five seconds.
14.11.2025 23:58 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0"What if one of YOUR favorite politicians/celebrities/etc is on the list?" Did you all not notice how quickly we dropped Neil Gaiman when we found out about the things he did? Do you know how beloved that guy used to be and how loathed he is now? I think that right there should answer your question.
13.11.2025 05:57 โ ๐ 5241 ๐ 1470 ๐ฌ 101 ๐ 181Bury every single one of them in Epsteinโs tomb like unwilling cats with a pharaoh.
14.11.2025 03:38 โ ๐ 226 ๐ 21 ๐ฌ 3 ๐ 2William James Moriarty Part Two
14.11.2025 07:55 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Me: I'm not THAT nearsighted
Reality: Things start getting blurry for you at about six inches
Me: But that's START. So what?
Reality: If you hold your hand at arm's length you can barely make out your fingernails
Me: they're nail colored IDK what you want from me
In fact, B&N has been expanding rather a bit recently; their sales are up and they've refreshed their stores. And independent books stores have been growing in numbers too! It's been quite a turnaround for brick and mortar bookstores in the last couple of years. I hope it lasts.
12.11.2025 22:04 โ ๐ 1312 ๐ 88 ๐ฌ 66 ๐ 12My mom always had a worse prescription than me, and I knew her vision was bad, but mine is still a bit off from what hers was, so I thought it was like, moderate?
It is Not.
Made the mistake of looking up typical glasses prescriptions and oh, I am Very nearsighted.
14.11.2025 02:05 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1And he does have one that seems pretty decent at a glance.
14.11.2025 01:50 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0About to email my pathetic house rep that every time he sends me an email talking about how committed he is to bipartisanship, Iโm donating 100 bucks to a primary challenger.
14.11.2025 01:48 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Is the job market getting worse I feel like it's getting worse I was at least getting interviews up until early September
13.11.2025 23:54 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Not sure if itโs more common, but Iโm not a fan of the concept. It feels deceptive and self-serving even if it maybe shouldnโt.
I get why it would happen, but, ehh. Editor and Writer are different duties.
โWhat do you mean theyโre using Gmail Gmail isnโt realโ
13.11.2025 08:16 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Well, it's a little clearer now why billionaires are so invested in technology that produces better written emails.
12.11.2025 22:23 โ ๐ 14250 ๐ 3149 ๐ฌ 70 ๐ 102Importance: High
13.11.2025 07:24 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Nah, the accelerators got moved out to Fermilab and the reactor got dismantled and moved out to the middle of the woods before eventually going out of service.
13.11.2025 07:22 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0They are no longer there. Because why.
13.11.2025 06:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Thinking about the time they let Fermi secretly build the world's first nuclear reactor under the fully populated city of Chicago for some godforsaken reason, and then also a particle accelerator.
13.11.2025 05:59 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0*shoves them all out the door into the sun with my foot like they're moldy garbage*
13.11.2025 04:15 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0We have spent the last 4 days screaming about how the Dem leadership needs to go because they betrayed us; do you think any of us are feeling generous toward them if they raped children
13.11.2025 04:10 โ ๐ 23 ๐ 8 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0it's not even a sacrifice, it's like a Free Gift with Purchase
Here it is, from @clairewillett.bsky.social
13.11.2025 01:23 โ ๐ 2125 ๐ 313 ๐ฌ 37 ๐ 9As all this disgusting Epstein shit starts surfacing more and more, I hope we don't lose sight of the fact that apparently every major media outlet knew everything and instead spent their time money and energy attacking the trans community.
13.11.2025 01:07 โ ๐ 16192 ๐ 5590 ๐ฌ 69 ๐ 107Got 44 bucks from a Patreon settlement.
I don't even remember what Patreon did anymore, but hey, there's dinner.
As well as why their standards for that are so incredibly low
12.11.2025 23:13 โ ๐ 18 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Fucking Gmail. Not even some private server or anything.
All this talk about The Dark Web and they're just talking about it on fucking Gmail
We have a term for this: GenX
(I say this as a member of of GenX, please do note. But christ we are a fucked up cohort some vastly more than others but yikes)
It's cloudy ๐
12.11.2025 05:37 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Every technology problem is three social problems in a trench coat
11.11.2025 19:41 โ ๐ 3085 ๐ 675 ๐ฌ 11 ๐ 8ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
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