I want to be mad about this, but I own a PS5 with a disc drive and dozens of games, and none of them are physical. I can’t run the game off the disc and still need the available storage space to run it (and often doesn’t contain a full/completed version of the game), so the disc is just an extra step that gets in the way.
have surged in popularity among conservatives
Why? Is smoking woke now?
Quit laughing, it’s just low tide right now.
Just use alternating black and white LIKE GOD INTENDED
There are soulslikes with anime girls now.
After delivery fees and tips, that’s roughly a meal for 2 people, plus a dessert. And a drink, which the driver left at the restaurant.
This happens all the time. For the customer, they’ll get a refund if it’s the first time it’s happened to them, but if it keeps happening then they’ll likely be denied refunds after a while, as support will assume the customer is lying to get free food (unless they submit doorbell cam footage, which they often do). For the driver, nothing will happen to them, but if customers keep reporting their food as stolen then eventually the driver will be removed from the platform, as support will assume the driver is stealing.
You mean besides overwhelming statistics?
No. Let’s make it much worse.
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I just noticed it has a SID chip for ringtones. I’m sold.
Or maybe it’s because “audiophile-grade” isn’t an actual thing.
What do you need 5G for with a phone like this, though? It’s explicitly not a media-consumption device.
Oh, I thought that was an old coffee filter somebody threw in the corner.
I think I’m gonna go puke my pants now.
He’s just spotting. “Three more reps, bro! You got this!”
Where will you take those goalposts next?
^ That was rhetorical.
It’ll sound like a low rumbling of bubble wrap shifting across the lands.
Oh, so now we’re at the “pachinko isn’t gambling because you have to go across the street to get cash for your prizes” argument. Knew we’d eventually get there.
You see, in Japan, pachinko parlors are “technically” not gambling because you exchange your winnings for cheap toys, similar to exchanging tickets at the Chuck E Cheese counter. Except there’s a store directly across the street from the pachinko parlor that buys those toys for, well wouldn’t you know it, the exact amount of your winnings!
And since it’s “not gambling” in the eyes of the law, it’s not damaging, right?
https://academic.oup.com/alcalc/article-abstract/49/suppl_1/i17/105541
Conclusion. This study revealed that the prevalence of pathological gambling, especially among men, was much higher in Japan than in other countries. Pachinko was very popular and was strongly suggested to have contributed to this heightened prevalence.
Oof.
Yes, it’s still gambling even if you have to access a grey market to obtain fiat currency. Why? Because obtaining fiat currency isn’t a defining factor of gambling.
Where will you take those goalposts next?
It’s a moot point when the disc, alone, does not guarantee a playable game.