The business logs how often you use the game. They use it as a metric of engagement. If everyone breaks their streak, their marketing department has a melt down.

Nah, you’re right to have pointed it out, especially because of the circumstances. No distress here. ☮

Whoops, genuinely didn’t mean to.

“There is no evidence that Bezos favors Trump. Apart from the fact that Bezos favors what Trump supports.”

My brother in Christ, do you read what you write?

Source? I want to read that story and have a laugh.

Edit: I couldn’t find a case where the USSS took on trespassers. I can only find preventative measures.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/secret-service-maintains-safety-president-addresses-congress-analysis/story?id=77341486

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/07/politics/white-house-construction-trump-biden/index.html

Follow the money.

What Russia and every other country on earth now knows is that you cannot trust the United States if you disagree with them

If any country pays attention to US foreign policy, they’ve known this for decades.

Very small. In fact, the test subjects happened to have the same names as the researchers. What a coincidence.

No. Did you read step one?

That’s a easy solution, here are the steps:

Step 1: Do not purchase a smart TV

Step 2: Yay, you did it! You did all the steps. 🥳

Edit: People are missing the point. This is a joke.

Here’s another joke: It’s a pity that a TV is a necessary item to live.

It would be cool if these graphs could be inflation adjusted.

“Line go up” is the animating force of the age the rich and powerful, the critical philosophical principal around which our entire society their lives is are arranged.

I choose not to confuse their values as mine or that of my community.

“Don’t make me tap the sign.”

I think the refund feature is not intended for testing any game and getting money back.

This is the first sentence from the Steam Refunds Policy page: https://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds

You can request a refund for nearly any purchase on Steam—for any reason.

If you count inane AI babblings as a microblog, then yes.

Are the ads in the room with us right now?

Edit: I thought it was obvious that this was a joke, my mistake.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/is-x-in-the-room-with-us-right-now

Up and down votes are not a “agree / disagree” button. They are for dis/encouraging posts. You can upvote a post you disagree with but can see that it is useful for the discussion.

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The most likely scenario is that the person with first-hand knowledge misinterpreted the situation.

Exactly. Which is why I started with questions so you could explain more. That’s how a conversation works and prevents it from getting toxic.

These poor men and their sensitive feelings…

Case and point.

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