Except it’s actually the best of both worlds for the rich - as far as I know, a lot of these companies are publicly traded AND receive public funding.

Good call. Everything is Zeus’s type.

I guess this makes the Midwest the taint of America.

Tell Rizzo he’s one of the cutest pups I’ve ever seen.

I start to get weak and fussy if it’s 12:30 pm and I haven’t had lunch. Assuming I get lost in the woods after breakfast that means I have a good 3-4 hours to find a settlement before I drop dead of being a little bitch.

Mathematically it works out to half the cancer type 2 diabetes and stroke.

Edit: Fixed the disease

Pros: price

Cons: the watch doesn’t work and now you have lead poisoning

That’s fair. I’m certainly not against the concept of drinks with sugar alternatives, but for whatever reason the only one I actually enjoy is Fresca.

It’s the “no sugar” part that I find the most blasphemous.

Classic Lemmy user, bringing not one but two laptops to a live show.

I’m more curious as to why “$1.00 Drinks” costs $3.30.

If you ignore the first W it reads to me as, “Fart Free Water.” That’s actually an attribute I like in my water.

I love this, but also found it hilarious - especially the towel as a helicopter blade trick and your description of it being “very undesirable for the fly.” I’m picturing your partner or housemate sighing and being like, “there they go again, herding flies.” I can definitely see it working though.

Avoid hoarding? Let’s just say I bring a real “gotta catch em all” energy to the trackers.

I’ve never gotten around to actually reading up on this, but I’ve always suspected it has to do with the frequency of gratification. In real life you could study for 8 hours and, while you’ll learn a lot, you don’t get that dopamine (or whatever) hit until you complete the test, succeed at the project, etc. Games, however, are constructed so that you get little rewards at regular intervals to keep you hooked, like levels, new gear, etc. Some, particularly a lot of mobile games, obviously prey on susceptible people with that loop, but even “regular” games can get pretty addictive with that sort of progression.

(I’m far from anti-gaming. It’s my main hobby. This is just my guess at how the psychology behind it works.)

This would be a pretty interesting way of finding out.

I was really expecting to see Saddam Hussein somewhere in this picture. I admit, I looked pretty hard.

Translation: The AI will show the worker photos of people they will let down if they rage-quit their terrible job.

Super cute, though the music sounded weirdly ominous to me. It sounded less baby otter playing with toys and more baby Cthulhu playing with humans as toys.

I think this might fall under “cruel and unusual punishment” for his cellmate. Imagine having to live in a tiny room with this blowhard.