Emma Watson is older than Joanne when she first published; it’s so creepy that Joanne is desperate to infantilise her.

The child actors would have already been paid, boycotting the show isn’t going to negatively affect that.

What’s far more important is the attention and subscription economy. Whatever platform is streaming it, unsubscribe from them and tell them exactly why. Don’t talk about the show. Don’t endorse watching it, don’t discuss with people how it did XYZ different from the books or whatever, fuck the whole thing off. Don’t even bother pirating it. Let it fizzle out like a fart on the wind. They’re going to pump millions into trying to get you to watch it and you’re going to spit in the face of all those executives desperate for your time by refusing to do so.

What’s infuriating about this is there already exists forms of ID to verify your right to work in the UK and people employing people without the documentation to prove their right to work in the UK don’t give a shit whether they have the correct documentation.

This is a complete waste of time and money which can be better spent elsewhere.

The United States meddling in the affairs of South American countries? What an entirely precedented state of affairs.

Hang on, so I need to upload government ID and/or a selfie in order to access “adult material” in order to protect kids but Meta trying to bait men with pictures of girls under the age of consent is perfectly fine? What the fuck is happening?

Valve should absolutely be doing more to fix their mistake.

That’s definitely not the norm for indie devs on Steam. They are heavily reliant on wishlists because it automatically notifies when the game is released and on sale; it’s why the call to action for indie games is to wishlist it.

Simply bully your friends into having weekly mandated game time.

Shocked that they haven’t already had ads.

Has anyone used a smart fridge? I’m struggling to think of what features I’d actually end up using.

SOLD!

(Dare I even ask what happened?)

I love playing big, involved boardgames and their designs are fantastic but trying to teach it to someone and do all of the admin of resolving moves can make it feel like a chore.

For example, I’ve played Nemesis precisely once. It took HOURS to get through because of learning all the rules etc. Loved it, love the design, would be freakin’ perfect if there was a digital version which automates the faff.

"Code your own engine and show us how it’s done, please”

Don’t need to be a fucking pilot to know that a plane shouldn’t be upside down in the trees.

Advanced purchasers get access to a special gamestate: “Fucked”.

Depends on where you live, I suppose. Where I am, you can’t have someone hook up their phone to a bluetooth speaking to play the world’s most tame Spotify playlist but they will absolutely have the radio on at all times.

“This is Lars Ulrich, the drummer of Metallica. This month he was planning to install a gold plated shark tank bar beside his pool, but thanks to people like you downloading his music, he must now wait a few months before he can afford it.”

But seriously, why do they even bother with labels then?

Labels provide the upfront capital for things like recording studios, distribution (traditionally, less so nowadays when there’s not a physical product to distribute), publicity, marketing, live shows, etc in exchange for a percentage and usually with a contract that the artist will make X many albums with them.

Although things are slowly changing, you are unlikely to be doing huge tours at sold out venues and getting your songs played on the radio unless you have the substantial money to do so in the first place.

It’s unacceptable for games from big studios to be released in such a shoddy state. At this point, the best bet as a consumer is to wait 3 months before buying anything.

Picked up the Indiana Jones game which is actually pretty fun. Also been trying to get into playing Total War: Warhammer 2 but a lot of it feels like an exercise in frustration (I might just not be very good at it).

They could be referring to those weird features in Win11 where it records what you type and takes periodic screenshots.

Fire suggestions ngl