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[–] 136 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Do not redeem, Neo! DO NOT REDEEEM, NEEEEOOOOO!!!

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  • [–] 64 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    WHY HAVE YOU REDEEMED IT?!

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  • [–] 64 points 1 day ago (10 children)

    2026: We simply don't answer our phones anymore. Every incoming phone call is a scam.

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  • [–] 5 points 23 hours ago (3 children)

    A package arrived with a phone inside. Once he put the phone in his hand, it rang. Most people would answer that call, I think.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    So true. My phone number has an area code from a place I never actually lived in (carry-over from a family plan, most of whom do live in said area code) and I got bombarded with calls the other day. I just assumed it was US election spam and blocked every number. Could one of them be my cousin calling from the trunk of a kidnapper’s car? Possibly. But, eh, not sure what I could really do from thousands of miles away.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago

    Same! My area code is 2k miles from here before I moved & kept no affiliations with anyone over there, so when my phone constantly blows up with spoofed numbers from that area code, they're so easy to ignore, report, block.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago* (1 child)

    Phone is on silent, all calls automatically screened for spam, when it rings and isn't in my contacts, it goes to voicemail, no voicemail, no callback. All groupchats are muted, all notifications are silent, no message content on lock screen, no notif for emails, no social media apps except Lemmy. Emergency alerts are disabled too, if I'm gonna be sucked to death by a tornado, I don't wanna be looking at my phone when it happens.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 day ago

    This meme is officially obsolete. Steam no longer makes paper gift cards.

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  • [–] 44 points 1 day ago (30 children)

    Who the fuck has time to play games for that amount of money. I've spend less than half that amount in the 10+ years since I've had my Steam account.

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  • [–] 39 points 1 day ago (21 children)

    As a professional Steam purchaser I can tell you def not me. Am glad digital games can’t collect physical dust haha.

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  • [–] [S] 50 points 1 day ago (18 children)

    I've seen a few virtual environments people have made to display their game libraries. I think it would really put in perspective how bad a lot of our backlogs are...

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  • [–] 28 points 1 day ago (6 children)

    Neat idea for small backlogs. But I don’t want to be both physically and emotionally overwhelmed by my backlog.

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  • [–] [S] 57 points 1 day ago (4 children)
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    ...

    It still baffles me why people are often so damn proud of their mindless consumerism when it comes to the topic of steam libraries.

    In any other context, "I buy so much stuff that I don't need and will probably never use" would be, at best, a cry for help. But for some reason, this particular brand of 'consoom' is a point of pride for people...

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago

    Don't get me wrong. I know I need help, and I'm not proud of my overpurchasing. But it's been getting a lot better lately, and I've been able to not buy games I'm interested quite a bit lately. Ironically, I think buying a Switch 2 made me more conscious of my buying habits and helped me prioritize playing what I got first.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    It'd be awesome if it depicted the games with accumulated dust on them relative to how long it's been since they were last played (or purchased, if never played).

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    This is kickass, what software is that?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 day ago (5 children)

    They don't need to have a use for the codes on their own Steam accounts, just have to be able to sell them.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    I've never used those cards, but who'd pay a third party seller for just number codes of there's no way to verify they're actual steam gift codes?

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  • [–] 13 points 1 day ago

    They use Steam for money laundering:

    • Acquire shady funds such as by scamming people into purchasing gift cards.
    • Add said cards to their account.
    • Have a "discounted Steam games" website
    • When someone "purchases" a game, use the shady funds to actually buy it and transfer it to the consumer.
    • The consumer is stuck with a game bought with stolen funds, while the reseller gets clean money.
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  • Who buys stolen credit card numbers without a way to verify that they're usable? There are probably forums and other shady marketplaces where regular sellers can build a reputation and offer discounts on the card values so buyers are willing to take the risk. Not like they're losing their own money on the transaction.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago

    What’s happening madharchod?

    -He’s starting to redeem son of bastard bitch!

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Can I get the address for this CVS? All the local Walgreens already took their Steam cards off the rack

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