The other day we were at my SIL’s and all the nephews and nieces were unsupervised watching AI slop on youtube (they seldom are, but it was one of those mornings) then one of them changes channel and it’s MrBeast, auto-dubbed by youtube… doing a show where he locks up a guy in a fake store and… the premise made no sense at all, the show was essentially a typical dumb TV game/show from 20 years ago : gratuitous premise, vacuous talk and lots of money involved (the guy made like 100 grand from putting items in carts and living inside the fake store for a month). And once in a while the MrBeast itself appeared and gave the camera this creepy smile, saying “I gotta go now, I have a shoot planned in Africa!” I rolled my eyes. “In Africa”. It could be anywhere… That guy is ignorant to top it off

Bot farms throwing reactionary shit at the wall, hoping 1% of them stick ?

Alright, thanks for the catchup. This particular comic seems fine though ? or is that something they do ? start off with something innocuous to not raise any flags, and then go on a spam spree ?

Halo 3

I’ll now be borrowing chaebol for the purpose of referring to the Bolloré group and other notable members of the french oligarchy. Cheers

Not that person you replied to but I personally have no idea what you are talking about, perhaps it’s the same for them

I am definitely trying it again at some point, the plot is too intriguing and the sense of discovery too satisfying to give up on it. Maybe I wasn’t in the right headspace or something.

the automobile is the perfect vehicle for a speedy fuite en avant ! not sure how to translate that, flight forward ? rush forward ?

ah, that’s a lot of Hollow Knight and its sequel Silksong. A general trait of metroidvanias

I had a blast playing it last year. Great suggestion, it’s a 1st person story-driven power fantasy (although the story is on the simplistic side).

to temper their excitement, I usually love games where you have to figure things out for yourself, but that one had me completely stumped. I eventually uninstalled, with a bitter taste in my mouth because I really wanted to figure it out (and the mechanics are fun, the entire thing is lovingly crafted…). That’s coming from a guy who finished most of the Myst games.

Just saying because that suggestion doesn’t really mesh well with your OP statement

cars.

we’re in too deep now, investment bias prevents changing strategy

what kind of natural reserves do you guys have ?

“fully understands the core of international politics” lol

bit timid. I would have gone for

“intimately fathoms the very essence of international politics”

à la santé du colonel… j’ai la gerbe rien que d’y penser c’est magnifique

sers le jauuuune collègue, et sers-le bien pâteux !

Do you mean that would make a big eye ?

oooh, such a cool idea. I imagined the array in orbit around other planets’ Lagrange points but scattering them in the Oort cloud is way excitinger

finally a both sides argument I can get behind !

hah ! took me a minute, love it