I’m not saying it’s not possible that the Sims franchise has gotten worse. I’m just saying that lots of people would have described every Sims game in the same terms OP did. I’m also saying that your tastes and preferences can change over time. It’s possible, but certainly not the only option, that these two things are more true than it is that Sims is getting worse.

There’s nothing fun about the game, and you see people streaming it, it’s just building. That’s all they are ever doing. Just building crap.

To be fair, that’s always been a reasonable description of games like Sims, Minecraft, and most other simulation style games, depending on personal preference. Maybe the fact that you’re choosing to use it now means you aren’t as interested in that style of game, or even video games in general, as you used to be. Maybe not, but I think it’s worth considering at least.

They are implying that when faced with the choice of paying €30 for a couple of pints or smoking free weed that many will choose the latter which will impact alcohol sales in bars to a significant degree.

It would also evaporate pretty much instantly

I was perfectly fine with the amount of annoyance I felt before I read this comment but you just had to bring up another unfinished series didn’t you? Now I’m all flustered.

The second one for sure. The first is the regular pronunciation.

Pop-sickles vs Pop-see-kleez in case that helps

I’ll probably catch some heat for this but Creed and Nickelback are both pretty solid bands. I wouldn’t call either my favorite by any means but it is my firm opinion that the hate they’ve gotten over the years is more of a viral opinion than any legitimate criticism.

While we’re on the subject, listen to Alterbridge if you haven’t heard them. It’s Creed with Myles Kennedy as a front man, who is an amazing singer.

Nightly strollers is an interesting one. The rest have mostly survived as things a certain subset of people look down on but I don’t think there’s many modern complaints about people walking at night. Unless maybe that specific wording implies some sort of unsavory behavior I’m not aware of.

Exactly. I would say an MBA is only useful if your undergrad degree was in something other than business. It is meant to add management skills to an already skilled individual. If you don’t have any other skills it’s just an expensive piece of paper that, at least to me, signifies essentially the same thing as being the boss’s son would. You probably aren’t very good at anything but always think you’re the smartest person in the room.

MBAs have no useful skills and yet they run every company in existence.

Assuming it doesn’t evolve the ability to digest human flesh after it eats all the plastic, I think this is great news.

While that last bit is not untrue it sort of ignores the fact that not making it yourself is the whole point of fast food.

Taco Bell is not amazing food but it is decent and relatively inexpensive. That is it’s purpose. If you want authentic Mexican cuisine, or any type of food really, then a fast food joint is not the place to go looking for it.

idk what you internet people are always complaining about, Taco Bell is great. It’s easily the best of the lowest tier fast food joints and that’s a perfectly acceptable niche to occupy.

I mean, is that functionally any different? They’re still going with their own “alternate facts” over listening to scientists. They’re still refusing to support politicians and/or policies that might give us a shot at avoiding the worst of the problem. If they’re still doing all the same shit then nothing has changed.

no one will be able to argue that global warming isn’t real

There is no amount of catastrophic weather or other directly observable evidence that will ever make this statement true. There certainly should be, but the fact remains that many will deny climate change even as it destroys their lives or kills them. I don’t like it but that’s the world we live in.

Except most people don’t give a shit about Dolby. Even audophiles mostly don’t care about them as a company or the fact that they’re involved beyond the games ability to support high end output devices. Put that garbage on the box or in the credits at the end of the game where it belongs

They’re so pointless too. What are they even expecting forcing them in our faces to accomplish? You either care about audio or you don’t. Seeing your logo isn’t going to change that

Could be. Either way billionaires should not exist but you would expect more to try and be a little more low profile than the typically do.

Haha that is true. For some reason I don’t mind his obscene wealth quite as much as most of them even though on the surface his hoarding is a bit more nonsensical. Maybe it’s because he’s not flaunting his exploitation.