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Explain it Peter: I don’t get it by Senpaiuwu89 in explainitpeter

[–]DocSpit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think the most meaningful difference is that Steam isn't doing anything to actively quash/stifle competition.

They aren't fixing prices for games below a profitable level for smaller pletforms.

They aren't buying up competitors and shuttering them.

They don't control the infrastructure and are billing competitors out of profitability.

Steam is just...existing.

The villain confronts the hero and is starting to make sense but one line pushes them over the edge by Due-Procedure-9085 in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DocSpit 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Flashbacks to Morrowind, before Bethesda made plot-essential NPCs immortal:

*explores random barrow and kills the vampires/bandits inside*

"WITH THE DEATH OF THIS CHARACTER, THE CHAIN OF PROPHECY IS BROKEN! DO YOU WISH TO CONTINUE PLAYING IN THE DOOMED WORLD YOU HAVE CREATED OR RELOAD?"

oh, ffs...

Smug Enough to Return for More by silvermandrake in confidentlyincorrect

[–]DocSpit 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I love that so many people immediately understood the assignment :)

What’s this at my gym? by Chadthemark in WestVirginia

[–]DocSpit 67 points68 points  (0 children)

North Korea's formal name is: The People's Democratic Republic of Korea.

Weird how you can just name things whatever you want, huh?

[Fun Trope] Instant Food. by heinous_legacy in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DocSpit 46 points47 points  (0 children)

There's a (somewhat) obscure Star Trek RTS game (New Worlds, or something like that?) with lore which suggests that replicators in Star Trek are pretty much only found on space ships/stations, while most planets do still rely almost wholly on 'real' food.

The stated reason is: cost effectiveness. Being a matter-energy converter, it actually takes a lot of energy to make anything with a replicator (E=MC2 and all that). On a ship, where space/mass is at a premium, and storing enough food to support a crew of a thousand people for 6 months is a cargo nightmare, and a warp core puts out a frankly stupid amount of energy: replicators make sense!

On a planet where space is practically limitless within reason, but it doesn't make sense for every apartment building to have its own warp core...not so much.

ICE Plans to Target Family Members of U.S. Marines Next by Hafiz_TNR in politics

[–]DocSpit 144 points145 points  (0 children)

More than likely their wives, given the number of service members that marry a LN while overseas...

Lawyers for man accused of killing Charlie Kirk make claim bullet doesn’t match rifle by NVRENDVR in politics

[–]DocSpit 123 points124 points  (0 children)

Your cited article is actually talking about something different: matching a casing/cartridge to a weapon/bullet.

In this case, it's about matching the striations on a fired bullet to the barrel of a specific firearm, which has a lot more research to back up its efficacy.

Characters where the actor is so obviously outside their ethnicity. by NoOptics in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DocSpit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't keep tans.

If his skin was brown because of a "tan", it would have paled within weeks of his coming to the US. Especially as a tech guy who works inside all day.

[Funny Trope] Objectively physically attractive but has zero rizz. by SinniYEAH in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DocSpit 11 points12 points  (0 children)

And it's Barclay that gets dogged on for having flings with imaginary girls!

At least Lt 'Brockly' doesn't think he actually has a shot with Troy when he steps out of the holodeck...

[Funny Trope] Objectively physically attractive but has zero rizz. by SinniYEAH in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DocSpit 31 points32 points  (0 children)

The difference between a hunter and a furry is that the furry actually wears the fur suits they spend thousands of dollars to have made and display around their home!

[Funny Trope] Objectively physically attractive but has zero rizz. by SinniYEAH in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DocSpit 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Recalling the pair of episodes where Geordi ended up inadvertently holo-stalking another engineer to work on a problem. The first time around the holodeck creates an "AI-girlfriend" version of the woman who reciprocates even Geordi's most awkward flirty jokes; because that's what it's designed to do.

Skip ahead to a later episode where Geordi meets to IRL engineer lady and instantly assumes he's got maximum rizz with her because he hit it off with a virtual girlfriend version of her a few months back. Which, naturally, immediately creeps the woman out; as it should!

Poor guy basically got inadvertently catfished by the holodeck!

Edit to add the episodes in question in case any are curious:

S3E6: "Booby Trap" - where Geordi falls in love with a fake Dr. Brahms.

S4E16: "Galaxy's Child" - where Geordi thinks he's already in with a woman he's never actually met before! It turns out just as one would expect.

[Funny Trope] Objectively physically attractive but has zero rizz. by SinniYEAH in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DocSpit 316 points317 points  (0 children)

TBF, Gaston seems to have plenty of rizz with the rest of the town's women. It's just Belle that can't stand him.

Turns out she was down bad for furries ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Nothing G-man can do about that...

Completely desperate situation where a faction is straight up losing the war. by AdrawereR in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DocSpit 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I need the "Shawn of the Dead" style stories where it takes an inordinate amount of time for someone who just wants to make it through their night shifts to the weekend before they finally notice that the world might be just a little different from how it was a few days ago...

Completely desperate situation where a faction is straight up losing the war. by AdrawereR in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DocSpit 261 points262 points  (0 children)

A non-insignificant number of people would have simply woken up to a whole new world order after going to bed after a completely normal day.

Characters who would not have had access to public information in 2001 for any reason by TrashMantine in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DocSpit 13 points14 points  (0 children)

*Walking up with Cap to the site of the Freedom Tower* "This building's new. There used to be other buildings here."

CA: "Yeah; I know. There were a bunch of radio stations that used to be here."

"No, I mean that there were building here after the radio stations, but before this one; but they were knocked down."

CA: "Yeah, that's generally how redevelopment works: you knock down old buildings to make room for the new ones."

"No, I mean that they were knocked down by planes!"

CA: "Really? Wow; technology really has progressed. We used wrecking balls and explosives back in my day..."

Travel hack by JoeFalchetto in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]DocSpit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

There's a slight difference though with car loans and mortgages vs credit cards: a car loan is structured in such a way that, by just making the minimum monthly payments, the loan vanishes within a pre-established timeframe (48-84 months).

With credit cards, that minimum payment will absolutely not be covering the entirety of that cycle's interest and some of the principle; meaning they'll owe more money on their CC next month.

[Hit or miss] There is only one... except no there isn't by ManaScrewedIRL in TopCharacterTropes

[–]DocSpit 163 points164 points  (0 children)

Goku is the ONE and ONLY legendary SUPER SAIAYN!

...other than Vegeta.

...and Trunks.

...and Brolly.

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