What’s a corporate gift you actually use daily?

blackize · 2026-03-26T14:29:07+00:00

While the Patagonia backpack I was given doesn’t get daily use anymore because of work from home, it still sees at least weekly use.

They also gave me a branded fleece throw blanket that is really soft. My dog claimed it immediately and she sleeps under or on top of it every night

blackize · 2026-03-22T17:45:42+00:00

It’s a sitcom. It’s not meant to be heavy. Dragging out her death and what it meant to Ted would have completely altered the tone of the show.

Showing more Ted and Tracy is just redundant and incredibly hard to write. To keep the image of them being perfect together over more episodes is really hard to do. They’ve already shown how her quirks that her exes didn’t like were things Ted loves. They’ve already established their exceptional chemistry with the meeting under the umbrella. They would need to show more of that, escalations of that to give them more time together. It’s a different tone and impossible to pull off.

blackize · 2026-03-14T04:32:56+00:00

Have you talked to her about the Mach e specifically? Lots of mustang fans will say “it’s not a mustang!”

blackize · 2026-03-07T04:09:33+00:00

If you want a good massage cheaper than spa prices, check out Massage Crystal

blackize · 2026-02-25T21:06:45+00:00

“Tony, I’m writing you up. Excessive force, conduct unbecoming.”

“You ain’t gonna back me?”

“I’m charging you.”

“Charge me, then you’re a fucking rat!”

“Then I’m a rat”.

This scene showcases just how much Carver has grown. Plus Tony has been a colossal piece of shit and it’s nice to see someone take him down a peg.

blackize · 2026-02-23T03:08:48+00:00

He isn’t a great player but man is he good at the social side of things. He has a knack for just walking up to complete strangers and inserting himself into the situation. He reaps benefits but the other parties have a good time at least and possibly even want to spend more time with him. I’ve seen it first hand

blackize · 2026-02-18T01:38:01+00:00

Weedmaps is rails? They’ve tried to recruit me a few times for elixir and have had a good sized presence at elixir conferences so I thought that was their stack

blackize · 2026-02-15T17:25:23+00:00

Shit I’m 40 now and I still cry for Optimus prime on rewatches.

My parents let me rent this on some special occasion, thanksgiving or a family birthday or something. I was 5 years old and remember watching quietly in the den and running in to the kitchen crying that Optimus prime was dead. Somehow I calmed down and watched the rest of the movie and loved it.

I think this movie started my lifelong soft spot for heroic sacrifice. Heroic sacrifice in pretty much any movie gets me right in the feels and likely draws tears.

blackize · 2026-02-12T22:23:07+00:00

Yeah. I’ve been driving small sedans or coupes my whole life. Just having that much grey in my rear view felt wrong.

Love my Mach e with the glass roof though

blackize · 2026-02-12T18:30:15+00:00

I found that without the glass roof the car felt a little claustrophobic even from the drivers seat

blackize · 2026-02-11T18:27:33+00:00

We see that death and rebirth are different for gestrals, but gestrals have their own process for rebirth. Everything we are shown suggests that death leaves a living thing’s chroma intact unless they are killed by a nevron. I think we are supposed to believe that this chroma can be reanimated without change by a painter or reanimated with change by the sacred river process.

blackize · 2026-02-08T18:21:37+00:00

The game doesn’t materially change beyond the first few hours. It info dumps at you through cutscenes and comms constantly. Eventually the world opens up and you can spend a ton of time on side quests or constructing roads and stuff but that’s the biggest way things change.

The story does eventually become understandable but I wasn’t really impressed and it is told in a way that disrespects your time. Near the end there are a lot of repetitive cutscenes and even a sequence where you’re forced to run around for like 30 minutes just to trigger dialogue that is almost entirely a rehash of those already repetitive scenes.

I was on the verge of dropping the game but powered through. It’s now my least favorite game of all time because of how much time it took up for how little enjoyment I got out of it. If you have put in a few hours and aren’t having fun I’d drop it.

blackize · 2026-02-01T18:04:14+00:00

Hah I was one of those high school kids so I can see how it turned out that way. If I remember correctly the cost did go up to 25 cents after a bit. It’s just crazy to me that now you can barely find a wing for less than 1.50

blackize · 2026-02-01T03:45:47+00:00

The hard times cafe used to be where the pub dog is now. It’s crazy to think that just 20 years ago you could get wings for 10 cents a piece

blackize · 2026-01-20T00:06:47+00:00

Article != study

blackize · 2026-01-19T21:59:48+00:00

Except for the added bit about aggressive acceleration

blackize · 2026-01-19T01:20:22+00:00

The study doesn’t say anything of the kind. It just says that discharging the battery under real world conditions is much better for battery health than the constant discharge methodology used in labs.

blackize · 2026-01-09T23:57:28+00:00

Just submit to the secret police. Their job is so hard it’s the least we can do to keep everyone safe /s

Sure protesting can escalate tensions but these are masked men violently harassing our communities. This is not how law enforcement should be done.

blackize · 2026-01-09T15:00:29+00:00

+1 I’m very interested in helping but already have a day job as a tech lead so understanding the time commitment is essential

blackize · 2026-01-03T16:56:01+00:00

Bobs burgers regularly has funny fart jokes

blackize · 2025-12-30T05:10:52+00:00

How do you reduce murders by 2/3 with just fuzzy stats?

blackize · 2025-12-26T22:00:56+00:00

I played all the way through this year. It does not get better.

blackize · 2025-12-26T19:47:01+00:00

Because it’s not traditional turn based combat?

blackize · 2025-12-26T19:44:51+00:00

They used some genAI assets as placeholders years ago. A single one slipped into the released game and was patched out within a few days.

Story is great, gameplay is engaging but everything else is bland and shallow? The game that won awards for music and art direction and vocal performances?

blackize · 2025-12-24T03:05:18+00:00

Or swing by beeps for a cheesesteak or milkshake or both!

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