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it's the smart dogs that are most easily trained i think about that a lot

i left nyc before mamdani because a lived through a time when i realized a mamdani was inevitable

BUTTER CONSUMPTION: 1908: 20 lbs per person a year 2023: 6.5 lbs per person a year SEED OIL CONSUMPTION: 1909: 3 lbs per person a year 2023: 52 lbs per person a year definitely the butter causing all the disease

@combustion 💯

@markmulvey 100% — this applies to all mediums. Film, art, music, design, whatever.

cosign 👌

The New York Times is now telling people to *check notes* steal? In other words you shouldn’t feel guilty bypassing a paywall ever again. It’s just a form of political protest.

feeling grateful today for my ability to stand up

Ratatouille shipped on 13 platforms in 2007, sold nearly 4 million copies in 9 months, and 5 years later its publisher was bankrupt. HD broke the math on the entire genre. In the PS2 era, THQ could ship a Pixar tie-in for under $10M, sell 4M units at $40 retail, and book real profit. The Incredibles, Cars, and Rise of the Underminer moved 25M units combined. THQ pulled $1B in revenue and $68M in profit on exactly this model in fiscal 2007. Then the Xbox 360 and PS3 arrived. HD asset budgets for characters, environments, and animation multiplied fast. A tie-in that used to cost $5-10M now ran into the tens of millions. Review scores stopped forgiving "fine for kids." And the deadline didn't move. Movies ship when movies ship. Warner Bros saw this first. Their in-development The Dark Knight tie-in got killed in 2008. The team pivoted to a Batman game with no movie release date attached. That became Arkham Asylum. Rocksteady built a four-game franchise off that one decision. Every other publisher ran the same math. THQ exited licensed kids games in January 2012 and filed Chapter 11 eleven months later. Disney Interactive closed in 2016. Pixar's last narrative tie-in was Brave in 2012. The last major-studio same-year movie tie-in was Space Jam 2 in 2021, Game Pass only. A 4-million-unit movie tie-in is now a $100M+ investment on a release window you can't slip. Nobody runs that trade.

These are fundamentally unserious people, it's just impossible to believe people who talk this way care at all about what they're saying

early pawn pushes shape the whole game. your 20's and 30's "opening" determines your later "middlegame" options play for long-term structural integrity, not just short-term space

"how can i do this more easily?" what if you didn't do it at all

@gladstein big ngmi energy

“I have no idea how Bitcoin is going to solve the declining security budget… Eventually, I swapped all my BTC to ETH.” ⚰️

eliminate before you automate people are obsessed with efficiency and productivity, but a lot of what you do can just be deleted entirely. which is peak efficiency. every senior executive on the planet gets this advice. they ruthlessly decline, delete, and delegate.

@akirathedon i love seeing this @visakanv meme in the wild ✨

@myretrolifeshow agreed

Say hello to my old friend, Ecco! The Sega CD version was the best with it's hauntingly beautiful soundtrack. I hope that's included on this!

man, i did not get the betting gene i get the appeal, looks fun... i just don't feel it seems to be all the rage though. happy for all you gambling enjoyers, best of luck out there

most people have a child-like understanding of how the world works

Happy Earth Day! Ecco is back—and it’s bigger than ever 🌊🐬 Ecco the Dolphin: Complete takes you on a time-traveling journey from the classic 8-bit and Genesis days to a brand-new modern adventure, all in one definitive package. Even better? It’s built by the original creators, reunited after 30+ years. Relive every era, explore every ocean, and dive into new challenges with speed-running, custom courses, and community features. Go to eccothedolphin.com to see news and updates. Dev. by A&R Atelier. ©SEGA

Ecco is coming back y'all this is not a drill ✨🌊✨

an all-time great contribution to the internet👌

@Danainhawaii how did he get in?!

FUCK ME - I JUST WATCHED THE WHOLE VIDEO - WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS IN HIS SHORTS 😡

Just woke up at 3AM to someone in my house. They took off when I came out of my bedroom. They left their fucking slippers in my driveway when they ran. How many guns should I load? I have 5.