sparky1337

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[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 14 points 6 days ago

I’ve worked at a couple of Mom & Pop places in the south during my youth, and generally they were terrible with money, racist, and tried avoiding taxes any way they could.

Small sample size with a sprinkle of confirmation bias on my end, but there are usually signs.

Always need help? Discount on cash purchases? Making the customer pay the credit card transaction fee?

There are many others, but those are generally the biggest ones where management is just interested in customer sympathy and the bottom line.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 8 points 1 week ago

That’s disheartening to hear. At least Tesla has to sell cars to even stick around and it doesn’t look good for them in Europe so far.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 49 points 1 week ago (25 children)

I was about to say, this seems pretty slam dunk for them.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 4 points 1 month ago

I’ve had this discussion with a friend of mine at length. He’s an “independent” and votes such. I think an approach to the 2 party system without ranked choice will always be a losing battle. We agree the system is broken, but have vastly different opinions on how we can approach it.

Trying to explain that systemic issues that go back generations cannot be solved overnight. Even 20 years would not be enough to see a large enough change in society, and how others are perceived. Think about it, our civil rights movement was only 60 years ago where people of color and whites were segregated and explicitly did not have equal rights.

Personally, and I hope I’m wrong, I see the next 4 years being a downward spiral. Those who voted for Trump are so closed minded, they grasp for anything that remotely supports their position.

It’s impossible to help those who do not want to be helped.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 18 points 1 month ago (5 children)

It’s difficult. You’ve got people that vote red or blue for no other reason than that’s what they’re told to do by peers/family. They don’t look at the possible outcomes, just that “they win”. And wanting to help people is almost looked down upon in many facets of society.

America has a critical thinking problem, coupled with an extreme lack of genuine empathy. Don’t let the “nice American” bit fool you if you ever travel here. The nice small talk is a front, and you can very easily find yourself in an uncomfortable situation. Health care is a great example. Or anything LGBTQ+.

Honestly, it’s a culture thing. It’s toxic as hell and hard to navigate.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 3 points 1 month ago

Friend of ours was actively messing around with graphic settings and found a Porygon

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Light bowgun no longer has a melee action. I am devastated.

Performance was as expected. It’s a demanding game.

The new mount is cool, I think it’s great with it auto tracking to the target.

Being able to swap to a completely different weapon mid fight is super cool though.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Breakdown is probably a non-military version of “debriefing”. Just because you completed the project, doesn’t mean that there are’t obstacles you didn’t initially account for that you’ll need to address during the project. It also helps to break down (heh) how successful the project was, or if there will be follow up actions. Then you cleanup once unknown unknowns are taken care of.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 5 points 2 months ago

I agree. I certainly felt the outcome was going to be much different.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 30 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (11 children)

They weren’t beaten badly, it was barely a 1.5% margin. Electoral votes….different story. But even then, this illustrates that a few more votes in key states would have had a drastically different outcome.

[–] sparky1337@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 months ago

I’ll take it if that means companies start optimizing their games better.

 
 
 
 
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