mctoasterson

Jo-Ann is Harbor Freight for Grandma

In many areas of the US, this just means both parents work and have solidly middle-class (but by no means extravagant) incomes. My wife and I both work and we can cover the mortgage, all the expenses related to our kid, home ownership expenses, modest savings, etc. We are certainly not buying luxury cars or Gucci bags. Our big spends involve housing, healthcare costs, food costs.

I'm not sure who these people are who are affording discretionary purchases of hobby related stuff and luxury goods. That's probably more like the 1-2%. Either that or people are amassing debt so they can look the part and "keep up with the Joneses".

Agree. I am not an open socialist and my top 5 issues probably don't align with the usual stuff I see at the top of Lemmy communities. Still, it is a worthwhile source for some tech/privacy info and some other niche content.

Yeah I inherited a built-in microwave with the house I purchased. The microwave model was from like 2009 but it still worked so I just kept using it. Then recently it died - turns out it is some obscure form factor that is no longer made, so if I want to replace it I have to either find "new old stock" from 2009 or I have to tear out half my kitchen. Awesome.

As much as Harris claimed to like Venn diagrams, she didn't seem to understand that "people who value Dick Cheney's opinion" is a very small circle that doesn't overlap at all with the "people who might consider voting for Kamala Harris" circle.

That's not exactly true. While there is gun trafficking over the US southern border, the cartels have access to much larger orders of military hardware because they purchase firearms that "fell off the truck" from corrupt paramilitary orgs and security forces in central and South America.

You don't need to piecemeal acquire semi-auto Glocks when you can get crates of full-auto AKs and ammo all in one go.

I wish I could do that "meh" of a job and still make as much money in my career as Andy Dalton.

It is a pretty good experience, especially with upscaling of older systems.

My favorite is when games have been decomp/ported so they have quality of life improvements. This allows for stuff like widescreen 60-fps Perfect Dark.

Honestly all of this bullshit is why I went with a Steamdeck a few years ago. As a working adult with a family I have different economic obligations and priorities.

I need to build a new PC soon (mine is now 10 years old) but I can't justify spending $5K on a gaming rig. If I built now with a flagship card, just the card itself would cost more than I spent on my entire rig when I built it in 2014/2015. Pair that with Microsoft's ridiculous operating system enshittification, and the PC situation gets even more complicated for me.

Consoles have gotten to be a bad value proposition for me as well. Paper launches, scalping during the pandemic, DRM etc., services going offline. All that garbage leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

I'm having a decent enough time with Steam sale games, Indy games, and retro emulation.

They need to make an open source version of the Hitster card game that lets you use this to listen to the whole song (if you choose) whether you have a Spotify account or not.

If I go pitch a tent in Vatican City and take up permanent residence there, presumably he will order the Swiss Guard not to deport me. Good to know.

Yknow one great thing that costs about 1.99 (one time cost)?

Those little plastic slidy bits that cover up the laptop webcam and mic.