That seems very subjective. Personally I always round prices correctly (yes I'm pedantic), and every 2.5€ block counts. So 7.99 ≈ 7.50 to me.

Use Obtainium, get your apps directly from the code repositories !

Sorry but this sounds kinda condescending to me. I know you're trying to make a point about expectations affecting people's judgement (which is obviously correct) but it really comes off as pretentious instead ; I hope this is not on purpose.

It feels like you're saying "I thought about the game and asked questions while everyone was just dismissive and didn't think, so it's their fault for not enjoying it" (I know this is not what you said, I'm exaggerating so you can maybe see how you come off)

Ironically, by saying people shouldn't be so dismissive, you are being quite dismissive of them. I think there are better ways to phrase what I believe to be your main argument (expectations affect experience), although I won't pretend I'm great at those things (I probably sound quite condescending here ; I promise I'm actually trying to help)

Do read WHY they are mentionned, though. Most of his critics are mentionned a lot, and in that case it's a good thing.

Look, I hate the Americans with a seething passion as well, but they're getting fucked over even more than we are right now.

Evil doesn't suddenly become okay when you dislike the victims...

comfortable office work to which most people aspire

What ? Do people even aspire to work in the first place ? And idk about you, but I'd rather have been a craftswoman if you could still live off of that.

You went to an elite school, and you studied philosophy; hopefully you have some other skill

You think AI can do PHILOSOPHY !? AI can barely put together one fucking function when coding, and you think it can do philosophy ? Either he's knowingly lying (he is) or he understands so little about philosophy that the AI can fool him (probably also true)

It is !? I have just checked and it is ! Wtf ? I used to always be able to tell how well a console was selling by just checking my friend circles (even then Nintendo was over-represented) so I am VERY confused that the console is selling well while I simultaneously don't know anyone who owns it 🤷🏻‍♀️

Yeah sorry, very easy to confuse ! Outer Wilds is one of the defining masterpieces of gaming, Outer Worlds is just alright.

I disagree. Hide the gear, in many circumstances they will arrest anyone obviously geared up before they even get to the event. Don't draw a target on yourself and don't make yourself like you're here to fight, make them look as bad as possible by making it obvious they are attacking innocents.

If you show up in your own riot gear it makes them look like heroes. Being discreet is very important for the optics, obviously with a few small concessions made for protection.

For example, using an umbrella makes you look like a resourceful underdog, while using a homemade shield makes you look like someone who came for a fight.

You don't want to look like you came to fight. You want to look like you came to peacefully protest, and they forced you to fight (notice I didn't say you shouldn't fight)

I mean, there's no great secret, right ? The Outer Worlds is just an alright-ish franchise. Bethesda without the incompetence, but also without the hype.

It makes some sense, because basically no one has a Switch 2 anyway 🤷🏻‍♀️

Edit : turns out my friends are just weird. No one around ME owns a switch 2, but I guess the overall market is different.

I guess it is an "improvement" that we can replace corporate brain rot with community brain rot, but this isn't going to change my mind about short form video.