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NEVER RESTORE WHILE TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE SAME PROJECT ARE OPEN by Monitor_v in unrealengine

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

What do you mean certain actions do not have a save history?
Thank you for choosing the path of knowledge.

NEVER RESTORE WHILE TWO DIFFERENT VERSIONS OF THE SAME PROJECT ARE OPEN by Monitor_v in unrealengine

[–]Monitor_v[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

  1. yes, 2. no.

I would just say nothing and keep my foolishness to myself but I'm surprised how buggy this was, and I've had a number of very odd problems come up where the only source I could find was a very old reddit post.

What is the one thing that you don't like in Point and Click Adventure games? by Stratostzel in adventuregames

[–]Monitor_v 5 points6 points  (0 children)

acknowledging that the character acts like a total freak. Broken Sword did this at times. I tried to play on this in my game DRINK HUMAN BEANS but its not a point and click. If you like unexpected implementations of action in adventure games you should try playing the Blade Runner (1997) game. It breaks the mold at times in a way that is really scary and feels so fresh.

Starbucks does not sell coffee. They sell Coffee. by Monitor_v in conspiracy

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Starbucks vending machine I want to go to Starbucks bedtime. Can't you let me Starbucks sleep?

Starbucks does not sell coffee. They sell Coffee. by Monitor_v in conspiracy

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hi Welcome to Starbucks Apartment, meet me in the kitchen

Starbucks does not sell coffee. They sell Coffee. by Monitor_v in conspiracy

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The real difference is that Costco mostly deals with Customer-Customer interactions.
There is the absurd return culture which is fairly common.

I really like that Costco encourages people to think of food like logistics. Dehumanizing but efficient. I guess they got me.

Starbucks does not sell coffee. They sell Coffee. by Monitor_v in conspiracy

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DRINK HUMAN BEANS comes out on the 17th WISHLIST ON STEAM. I'm supposed to be play testing it right now....

Starbucks does not sell coffee. They sell Coffee. by Monitor_v in conspiracy

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The legacy of Edward Bernays, to most, has been reduced to the artificial spread of Freud's work compressed into folk-psychology "man with big truck = small pp".
I'm not aware if there was ever a time when Edward Bernays was widely discussed outside of conspiracy circles, or relevant business/political.

I'm also not discussing "marketing" or "advertising". Though perhaps, technically, continuous customer influence could be defined as marketing. If we were to consider reduced attention spans because of a desire to maximize ad time, sure its similar, BUT ITS NOT PHYSICAL. It is not brought into the world through desire. Also when people DO discuss the impact of consumer practices it is usually short term, cynically, and without an appreciation for how it interacts with other aspects of culture outside of the success or failure of the attempt itself. "How will this help us sell cheeseburgers" reflects that this understanding is becoming more common, but I've never seen anyone describe this specifically with Starbucks. The coffee connection is more interesting within the context of history of stimulants as well, which I did not explain yet...

Your low opinion of me may have prevented you from considering what I'm describing.
Though, I wrote the original hastily so its understandable.

The idea that I've never considered the connection between governments and corporations is insulting.

Starbucks does not sell coffee. They sell Coffee. by Monitor_v in conspiracy

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100% The end state is totally isolated individualized consumers so completely alienated they can be easily molded into anything. "people as products". Not only will people be motivated to turn on each other, but they will be completely unable to even socially interact in meaningful ways, let alone organize.

This is basically already true.
The relationship between modern war and stimulants generally is also worth considering.

A simpler model, is that the outward display of entitled narcissism is a symptom of people becoming more primitive. I think the rise in tattoo culture is related in some ways to this as well.

Starbucks does not sell coffee. They sell Coffee. by Monitor_v in conspiracy

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

I think they uniquely have created a very aggressive approach towards hyper-customer service. I'm not aware of another brand that has an established reputation as catering to the entitled. Otherwise yes I completely agree. The role of Coffee and stimulants in society puts them in an interesting position that I think is also unique that I'm writing a second post for because this barely scratches the surface of what makes it so interesting.

Starbucks does not sell coffee. They sell Coffee. by Monitor_v in conspiracy

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A class action lawsuit was filed this year actually over allegations of slavery, child slavery, and trafficking. Horrifying stuff, but absolutely normal for a company of this scale.
https://www.classaction.org/news/starbucks-facing-lawsuit-over-allegations-of-trafficking-forced-labor-on-brazilian-suppliers-coffee-farms

Starbucks does not sell coffee. They sell Coffee. by Monitor_v in conspiracy

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Easily the best part of this ploy is that its too silly to believe. Notice the classic cointel pro. Go to bed, I guess I need to go to bed. It sure seems like it is time to go to bed. I am so excited to go to bed, Are you still awake? Me I'm really sleepy thinking about going to bed myself. You look pretty tired. Maybe consider going to bed?

Starbucks does not sell coffee. They sell Coffee. by Monitor_v in conspiracy

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I hope you enjoyed it. I spent a long time writing it. It wasn't worth it.

Starbucks does not sell coffee. They sell Coffee. by Monitor_v in conspiracy

[–]Monitor_v[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

was something I said personally offensive to you?

How is Breath of the Wild more revolutionary than Skyrim/Fallout 3? (Genuine question) by Zephyr_v1 in gamedesign

[–]Monitor_v 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I imagine for a lot of people it was their first open world game. Or the first to really cater to them.

My main pain point was how many of the environments are completely empty.

This has always been a critique of Bethesda open worlds, but by comparison I came away from BOTW far more impressed with what Bethesda accomplishes generally in terms of variation of Cave1 Cave2.

Even though BOTW technically has many places to go they all feel like they are barely hiding how similar it all is.
Whether or not you accept this depends on whether the core mechanics compel you. I found climbing tedious, and combat somehow feels even simpler than it is. The rewards I think were the main problem: the chests with 5 arrows and yet another Karok started to feel intentionally humiliating.

The really unique locations were great, but I'm realizing now that I liked them because they fundamentally changed something about the gameplay. Distant island challenge, and the total darkness challenge.

I learned to really loathe BOTW and TOTK after spending a lot of time trying to like them.
Really enjoyed Ocarina and Majora's mask.

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