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"We've been told our games are too expensive in some countries but we've been using Steam's recommended pricing for a while. We trust Valve enough to not change this. If our games are still too expensive for you, you can pirate them until you have enough to support us."

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Based is just a common word zoomers like me use. While your likely implication of it being some sort of dogwhistle or right wing term might have been correct like, half a decade ago, it doesn't apply anymore. Everyone uses it between the age of 16-20.

Simply: Based = Good Cringe = Bad

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I wish people stopped using it, because it's often confusing as f.