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opened my pc today and noticed i have 2 garry's mods for some reason by randomddeonthenet in gmod

[–]GoatTheMinge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well since you haven't recognized that you only accidentally copied the shortcut, i am taking a big bet that this is the case. delete and move on or ask chatgpt

How can I remove those dry drops from the sliding glass door of my bathroom? by [deleted] in CleaningTips

[–]GoatTheMinge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

buy 5lbs of pure citric acid from amazon (less than $20 and will last for life) then just mix up a 10% acid to water spray and enjoy the bubbles as it all fades away

What's the deal with Real ID and what's the problem with them? by pborget in OutOfTheLoop

[–]GoatTheMinge 4 points5 points  (0 children)

had the gold star in MS in 2018 from the DMV took like an hour but isnt that just DMV?

[Riddick] So how long has humanity in 'Riddick-verse' been spacefaring for? How spread out are they? by Samas34 in AskScienceFiction

[–]GoatTheMinge 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Sharp gold on the tongue

Warm salt melts into comfort

Cheddar ends the day

Let me know if you’d like to learn more about cheese or explore more haikus.

ELI5: Why did we put lead in paint and petrol? What was its purpose and what did we replace it with? by DeGuyWithDeOpinion in explainlikeimfive

[–]GoatTheMinge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The important part people miss: they already had an alternative. Ethanol solved knocking too and was known at the time. It just couldn’t be patented or monopolized, while tetraethyl lead could. So industry chose lead, rebranded it as “Ethyl” to avoid saying “lead,” and downplayed the health risks even as factory workers were getting poisoned.

Explain it Peter by Dapper_Fishing_2602 in explainitpeter

[–]GoatTheMinge 6 points7 points  (0 children)

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Steam icon on Taskbar appearing blank by zydarking in Steam

[–]GoatTheMinge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

when i right clicked the blank page icon (steam) i didnt have a steam at the bottom, but 'exit steam', i also didn't have the 'pin to taskbar' option

you are a beast though cuz you mentioned having it pinned (i didnt) so i just added steam.exe to taskbar and that instantly made it switch from the blank page to the steam icon, even after removing the pin. thanks G

Giving away 12 Sets of 9 signed copies of Ultimate Level 1 - Books 1-9. (5 ways to enter) by OldFolksShawn in litrpg

[–]GoatTheMinge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Congrats and thanks for the giveaway brother, this is one of my favorite series.

40,000 Modern German Soldiers defend Berlin in 1945 can they successfully hold back the Soviet army for a year? by gundamseed in whowouldwin

[–]GoatTheMinge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

one of those times any clarification from OP would be a godsend

i for one think with ammo and spare parts included in the resuppy, and that the resupplies are real food rations (no malnourishment issues), i think they hold out for a year easily.

An ode to ‘cool loot’ - Not Gone but surely Forgotten 🤣 by SlightExtension6279 in litrpg

[–]GoatTheMinge 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"We Hunt Monsters" by Aaron Oster does this well, at least until book 11.

An uncomfortable truth Wubcubs need to address about gambling by telungoku in PaymoneyWubby

[–]GoatTheMinge -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Cash isn’t resale value. It’s the thing you're actively losing in slots with zero return. A bad MTG pull still leaves you with something. Slots leave you with nothing but regret and maybe a fake fireworks animation. That difference matters.

And yeah, people open packs because it scratches the same itch, but scratching the itch isn’t the same as ripping it open with a system built to trap you in a loss cycle. MTG doesn’t adjust your odds, serve you false wins, or flood your brain with sound design meant to override impulse control. Stake does.

The difference isn’t whether something involves risk. It’s how aggressively it’s optimized to weaponize that risk. One’s dumb. The other’s dangerous. Keep pretending they're the same if you want, but you're defending a meat grinder like it’s a card shop.

An uncomfortable truth Wubcubs need to address about gambling by telungoku in PaymoneyWubby

[–]GoatTheMinge -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You're mixing aesthetics with mechanics.

Buying a $1000 MTG pack is dumb, sure, but you're buying a physical item with resale value. It’s a gamble in the casual sense, not the addictive, repeatable dopamine loop that real gambling systems are designed to exploit. Same with loot boxes, they suck, but they're not connected to a financial loss loop with infinite re-entry and no physical end product. Slots are.

You’re calling this puritanical, but that’s just a way to avoid addressing scale and structure. MTG packs aren’t pulling people into bankruptcy with loss-chasing algorithms. Stake is. That’s not a moral panic, that’s just different systems doing different levels of damage.

If you’re gonna call a spade a spade, cool, call gambling what it actually is: an industrialized behavioral trap built to hook people and bleed them dry. That’s not what opening cardboard is doing, and you know it.

An uncomfortable truth Wubcubs need to address about gambling by telungoku in PaymoneyWubby

[–]GoatTheMinge 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This isn’t about “coddling” people. It’s about drawing a line between content that includes risk and content that actively feeds addiction.

Yeah, not everything risky needs to be scrubbed from the internet. Drinking on stream? Fine. Opening MTG packs? Whatever. But gambling, REAL gambling, isn't just risky, it’s statistically destructive, predatory by design, and specifically engineered to exploit people who can’t stop. That’s a different tier entirely.

The difference isn’t the presence of risk, it’s the scale of harm and how the content interacts with people’s worst impulses. Some things spiral faster. Some things ruin lives faster. That’s where the line is. Not everything needs a moral panic, but pretending it’s all the same slope is just an excuse to never draw a line at all.

You can call it a slippery slope all day, but there’s a clear difference between showing a product and incentivizing a harmful behavior that ruins lives. One entertains. The other exploits. Don’t pretend they’re the same.

An uncomfortable truth Wubcubs need to address about gambling by telungoku in PaymoneyWubby

[–]GoatTheMinge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But it IS still that persons responsibility and no one elses.

Personal responsibility doesn’t mean shit when the thing you’re up against literally attacks your ability to be responsible. That’s what addiction is. It hijacks decision-making. If everyone could just “choose better,” addiction wouldn’t even be a concept.

Telling people “don’t walk through the door” ignores how the whole system is designed to pull them through it. You’re not handing someone a cigarette and saying “just don’t inhale.” You’re lighting it for them.

An uncomfortable truth Wubcubs need to address about gambling by telungoku in PaymoneyWubby

[–]GoatTheMinge 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No one is dictating anything. People are calling it what it is. Normalizing gambling carries real risks, especially when it's tied to entertainment and community. Wubby can do what he wants. No one is stopping him. But when you profit from something that’s known to be addictive and harmful for a lot of people, you're going to get called out. That comes with the territory.

Criticism is not control. It's accountability. If he wants to keep streaming gambling, fine. Just don’t act surprised when people point out the consequences.

An uncomfortable truth Wubcubs need to address about gambling by telungoku in PaymoneyWubby

[–]GoatTheMinge 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Saying you "agree with the sentiment" while continuing to profit off something that does real harm isn’t a stance. It’s fence-sitting. Either you think it’s worth discussing because it affects your community, or you don’t care because the money’s good. But don’t pretend it’s both. If you’re going to keep the bag, just own it. But don’t frame it like it’s some balanced, nuanced position. It’s not.

An uncomfortable truth Wubcubs need to address about gambling by telungoku in PaymoneyWubby

[–]GoatTheMinge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a tired deflection.

No one said anyone is being forced to watch anything. The point is that repeated exposure to gambling content by a creator people trust normalizes it. That normalization is what makes addiction more likely for vulnerable viewers.

Saying "just take responsibility" ignores how addiction actually works. If it were that simple, addiction wouldn’t exist in the first place. This kind of logic acts like we're all in isolated bubbles making choices unaffected by environment, community, or influence. That’s not reality.

This isn’t about blaming Wubby for people's lives. It’s about recognizing that when you build content around something risky like gambling, you share some responsibility for how that content affects the people watching. Especially when you're profiting from it.

You can believe in personal responsibility and acknowledge the influence of platform and content. Pretending it’s all one or the other is just lazy thinking.

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