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  • JasonDJ@lemmy.ziptoMemes@lemmy.mlsigh...
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    18 days ago

    As a parent I don’t have the time for multiplayer gaming.

    Sometimes I feel like picking up an MMO. Nostalgia is calling for TBC Classic. But then I remember that I’m not going to have this combination of desire and time to play again for like a week, at least.

    And I’d spend all my available time tonight just installing it and getting it working.

    And then forget it’s installed.

    And then next time I can play, it needs to patch.

    That’s not way to play an MMO, especially one where I’d be paying $15/Mo for what amounts to a couple hours of playable time.

    So yeah…single player ftw.



  • JasonDJ@lemmy.ziptoMemes@lemmy.mlthe debt
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    26 days ago

    Articles and posts like this really just exist for conservatives to shout that we need to stop federal spending and cut out “unimportant” things like Dept of Education, as described in Project 2025.

    The problem is that debt is good. It enables us to pay for infrastructure projects and services. It doesn’t work like a household budget…not on the scale of international economies…because money “in the bank” is money that’s not in circulation.

    When money is not in circulation, it’s not being used to pay for goods and services…it’s just…sitting there being hoarded.

    You all complain about Musk hoarding a few hundred billions. Imagine if the debt were in the opposite direction and the government had $34T sitting in the bank doing nothing.

    And anyone can buy Treasury debt. In fact, last year it was an AMAZING return on investment for anyone that bought into it and holds into the debt for a few years. One of the safest places anybody could put money to earn a return (behind a HYSA at FDIC insured banks).














  • The Internet is a perfect example of why we can’t have nice things, or rather, why anarchy could never work.

    That’s what the Internet used to be, and what it largely is. And it worked quite well, until people realized the Internet could be monetized beyond just being an extension of your brand.

    Now it’s quite obvious that regulation is necessary. People are idiots and they can’t be trusted with a dopamine-injection-button run by greedy corporations. That gives those companies really unprecedented power.