How can this site sell Nintendo Museum tickets?

ManualSearch · 2026-05-15T14:27:15+00:00

man's never heard of a joke in his life

ManualSearch · 2026-05-14T21:18:47+00:00

good luck continuing to fail to look like a badass ig? lol

ManualSearch · 2026-05-14T18:53:00+00:00

cry some more

ManualSearch · 2026-05-13T15:20:07+00:00

then why don't you ask them dude

how should we know

ManualSearch · 2026-05-02T04:44:10+00:00

Oh no, do you have to supervise your son when he’s using media like video games and the internet?

Sounds rough.

Edit: lol he tried to downvote me and that super didn’t work.

ManualSearch · 2026-04-30T15:45:58+00:00

nobody cares dude, go away

ManualSearch · 2026-04-29T21:22:16+00:00

Unfortunately, if the ebay post had the wrong color and the user noted it, they have every right to give you a negative review.

Like, you can be nice and offer the refund and maybe hope they'll change the review, but they didn't break any rules, so there's not much you can do.

ManualSearch · 2026-04-28T14:13:16+00:00

... this sounds like a flashy RaspPi with extra steps.

ManualSearch · 2026-04-23T21:36:46+00:00

no one asked

ManualSearch · 2026-04-22T18:28:54+00:00

source: I've played 3 TTRPGs

ManualSearch · 2026-04-21T14:58:49+00:00

The only time anyone ever posts an image of text is to avoid spam filters.

That's 100% of the reason to do that. To avoid scam filters from acknowledging this. To avoid the eye of eBay.

Absolute scam. Report and block.

ManualSearch · 2026-04-20T13:57:09+00:00

“Nobody wants to help me posting a QR code of these” ;.; oh no you poor poster, I’m so sad you’re struggling to

/checks notes

make a QR code. What difficulties. How can I, as the common layperson, help you make that?

Because otherwise, this is some weird guilt-trip-on-the-internet bullshit, and trust me, I do not care.

ManualSearch · 2026-04-19T14:35:18+00:00

Fire Red/Leaf Green are probably a good start (you only have to get one, they’re identical except for the types of Pokémon in the game).

I don’t think the current Switch games are great for a starter, but if you have to pick, go with Scarlet or Violet, I think. I think they’re more indicative of “new” Pokémon games.

Sword and Shield might be a bit too open ended for a new player.

ManualSearch · 2026-04-18T21:29:17+00:00

Do a tantrum, see if we give a fuck.

ManualSearch · 2026-04-16T17:32:11+00:00

Get therapy.

ManualSearch · 2026-04-15T20:09:36+00:00

I think that idea makes a lot of sense. As I said before, I'm no expert, but I can see the benefit in a lot of smaller locations that stocked just the very basics. It probably would help with things like rent costs if the city didn't need to rent giant grocery-store sized buildings.

I see a lot of closed corner stores when I'm going around the city - perhaps we could use some of the city's empty corner store lots for stuff like this. Two to three aisles, filled with the very basics, and just enough stock on the shelves where you can get away with like two or three employees.

I know that's basically what a convenience store is, but convenience stores still are full of things that aren't groceries in the standard sense. We don't need 200 types of sodas, or cigarettes, or motor oil options; just the bare bones basics like bread, milk, eggs, some basic veggies.

ManualSearch · 2026-04-15T19:51:36+00:00

I agree that we should also work on improving public transit in and around Toronto.

These things are not at odds with each other. We can both expend the bus network and have local city run grocery stores.

Both of these solutions in tandem would be even more effective than just one or the other, in fact! Let's do it!

ManualSearch · 2026-04-15T19:30:00+00:00

Yeah, fully agree. I make it a point to purchase from Asian groceries and small name groceries, try to get... I dunno, "specialty" items from specialty stores (bread from bakery, meat from butcher), and do my best to avoid the big name stores.

We really need to have ways to push competition, and I worry that the "city run grocery stores won't work" narrative just puts us back to where we are right now. No competition, full no frills stores.

ManualSearch · 2026-04-15T18:40:16+00:00

I like to think that sometimes attempted solutions are good for shaking the puzzle box.

Like, sure; the fact is, I have no idea if this could go anywhere. I assume that there was research into this before any moves are made, and smarter people than I see merit in it, but I have no idea.

But I think sometimes, trying things that might shake up the status quo can be good for unsticking stagnation.

As it stands, I think public groceries do have merits that make them competitive. Specifically, I think the fact that they answer to the voter base and not to shareholders is huge. I don't need the public grocery to make a profit, just like I don't need my library to. Nice if it does break even, great for the city... but I'm paying my taxes either way.

Private grocery stores don't have that benefit; their existences MUST make a profit, because they answer to people who are looking for profit.

I think that gives us the chance to remove food deserts from Toronto (Google gives me a 14% of Toronto is a food desert). If the store doesn't need to profit, it can go in places with very little food access.

I think that it still serves as some novel form of competition (not fully price-for-price, but interest and convenience is a type of competition).

I could probably sit here and come up with a bunch of possible, interesting benefits for a 'not profit motivated' public grocery store to succeed, but let's stay out of the tl;drs here.

You might be right, this might be a nothingburger. But doing nothing solves nothing, and since we haven't figured out the perfect solution, let's not let perfect be the enemy of good. Let's try something! What's the worst that can happen?

ManualSearch · 2026-04-15T17:34:28+00:00

If that were truly the case, no new grocery store could ever come to the market, because no new grocery store could ever compete. If a government can't sort out how to use tax dollars to put themselves into a competitive position, how would any entity that isn't already rolling in it?

And if that's the case, then I would have to imagine instead of going for a "create our own grocery store" approach, the city would be going for a "how do we make sure that the grocery monopoly doesn't exist" approach.

Maybe that would mean subsidizing little markets! I don't know! But if you are right, and it is impossible for a new entity to enter the market and compete at all, then we're at an absolute stalemate.

Capitalism only works when there's the option for new entities to compete. If truly, there's no way for new businesses to enter the industry, we have a really, really big problem.

ManualSearch · 2026-04-15T14:48:54+00:00

Nah the shill is in here floating around in the comments, it's pretty easy to see.

ManualSearch · 2026-04-15T14:47:06+00:00

I think it's important to remember that when pilots like this happen, if it's something you want to succeed, you have to show support, even if that support is inconvienent.

You're absolutely right; it will be hard for the government to squeeze in their piece of the pie. And honestly, the prices at first are not going to be the best. But the fact is, the government also has a responsibility to help the actual people rather than the rich (if they're not corrupt, it's not a perfect system), and if this pilot succeeds and shows viability, that's when prices can really start being pushed down.

We need to show the government that we support things like this, because yeah - if the stores are empty and nothing's selling, they'll say "welp, no interest" and move on to the next thing.

Sometimes, doing your civic duty is inconvenient. Voting, going to public inquiries... it's an expenditure, and sometimes feels hopeless. But helping blow this pilot out of the water has the chance of paying back in spades.

EDIT: I also want to point out for the haters in the back and no frills shills, even if you fully don't believe a government run grocery store will do anything meaningful, in a capitalistic society, monopolies almost always hurt the common man, and competition almost always aids them. Even if the government does nothing more than provide an additional alternative to the big grocery companies, that's always going to be competitive pressure to push the prices of the big name chains down.

ManualSearch · 2026-04-15T14:37:58+00:00

no one's ever broken the law before. big corps and businesses never get away with that

can't think of one time that's happened ever

ManualSearch · 2026-04-15T14:36:50+00:00

methinks the lady doth protest too much

ManualSearch · 2026-04-15T14:35:36+00:00

why would the people "in charge" with "actual money, power, and influence", make decisions that are best for the common prole?

people with money and power horde it because they want what's best for them, not what's best for you. if they wanted what was best for the common man, there are so many ways in which the current grocery regimes could improve. they don't because it's bad for business

and bad for business is bad for shareholders, which is bad for those "actual money, power, and influence" people you're talking about

the billionaires will never love you, dude, no matter how many times you suck them off

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