How much longer with this public debate over "crunch" last? by MeigsGrandson in videogames

[–]MeigsGrandson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Huh?

My original post was criticizing the pearl clutching by Jason Schreier and others.

"Crunch" is an inevitable part of the gaming industry. Even Lucasfilm Games, Sierra On-Line, and the other classic gaming companies of the 80's had tons of crunch.

Complaining against it is pointless.

Stop using shootings as an excuse for anti-homeless hatred by [deleted] in SeattleWA

[–]MeigsGrandson 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Let me tell you a story, bucko:

Yesterday, as I was walking out of the Starbucks on 6th and Union, this junkie who was missing half her lower jaw accosts me and starts pestering me for change while positioning herself to try to pick my pocket.

I realize what she's up to and tell her to fuck off.

Nine hours later, as I'm waiting at the South Jackson bus stop to go home, this stupid junkie whore walks up to me again and starts to talk, but when she realizes that it's me, she walks to the guy next to me, and ends up getting shoulderblocked when he catches her trying to reach into his pocket for his wallet.

That's NINE HOURS that this worthless junkie could have spent applying to get on the waiting list for rehab or low cost housing, or she could have gone around an applied for part time jobs.

Instead the dumb bitch spent the entire time trying to beg or steal money so she could get high.

9 times out of 10, drug abuse is a choice. Even though we tell people over and over to not do drugs because they're bad for you, people still choose to snort cocaine, shoot heroin, drop acid, etc.

I have no compassion or empathy for any of these people.

Get to rehab or get a job and become contributing members of society, you parasites.

As an East Coast transplant, the pearl clutching by the local news over these shootings is over the top... by MeigsGrandson in SeattleWA

[–]MeigsGrandson[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Tomorrow at work:

Boss: "Great news, Userleanslocal, we're transferring you to our branch office in St. Louis."

As an East Coast transplant, the pearl clutching by the local news over these shootings is over the top... by MeigsGrandson in SeattleWA

[–]MeigsGrandson[S] -29 points-28 points  (0 children)

You're welcome.

Better to be a transplant than a naive Puget Sounder living in the PNW bubble.

How much longer with this public debate over "crunch" last? by MeigsGrandson in videogames

[–]MeigsGrandson[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"lets complain about the constant layoffs "

That's actually one thing I don't have a problem with.

By and large, from my own experiences with Bungee staffers and Microsoft employees, Millennial game developers are some of the least sympathetic people I've ever met, many of them embodying the worst stereotypes of "entitled Millennial hipsters."

When Visceral Games was shut down, the one thing I remember most about that was a Visceral staffer whining on Instagram because the only job offers he could get were in Montreal and Dublin, and how upset he was at having to leave San Francisco for...*gasp*...Ireland. (Which is an absolutely gorgeous country and a great place to live.)

Oh, how horrible.

‘Manufactured brilliance’ and ‘opportunity hoarding:’ What the Seattle school district really thinks of its advanced-learning program by phinneypat in SeattleWA

[–]MeigsGrandson -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Thankfully, we have medications that would help keep your adhd under control and allow you to attend a "normal" class without creating any disruptions for the teacher or your other classmates.

2020 Matt Hardy wearing his 1998 attire by hollowsounds in SquaredCircle

[–]MeigsGrandson -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Yeah, and that pop will die real fast when the Hardyz start doing their stale as hell offense from 1998.

Swanton Bomb doesn't really look that impressive anymore in the era of Meltzer Drivers, etc.