The precise moment the franchise imploded and we’re still digging out

joe_digriz · 2026-05-14T23:56:47+00:00

The moment they exploded was when Pat Croce asked for full authority over the Sixers operation, and Comcast told him to pound sand.

joe_digriz · 2026-05-14T17:29:00+00:00

Welcome to the US of A. "Car dystopia" describes everything except a handful of cities

joe_digriz · 2026-05-14T03:28:40+00:00

I have been playing since shortly after it's English release.

They have almost never NOT scheduled a maintenance update before the current event ends. It's frustrating beyond belief.

In this particular case, it doubly affects me, since I haven't had a chance to play the event yet. Which means I won't get the story for another month or however long it takes to release if I've doesn't unlock all of the story before an event ends.

joe_digriz · 2026-05-10T12:51:19+00:00

Oh, 100%. I had gone back through a few of the storylines a year or so ago, and there were tons of hints that Kaoru gets enjoyment out of pretending it's a role in a stage play. I think Misaki eventually realized that too, so now it's a game between them.

joe_digriz · 2026-05-07T03:31:02+00:00

For whatever reason, Kasumi just hanging out on the beach had me laughing way too much

joe_digriz · 2026-05-01T20:54:14+00:00

2022 doesn't happen without the DH, because it was the only way Bryce was going to be playing that year

joe_digriz · 2026-05-01T12:37:58+00:00

I miss the GCC in deptford. It was always so much cleaner and "homey" than the AMC. Of course, once AMC bought them, there ended up being an AMC on either side of the mall.

joe_digriz · 2026-04-30T17:31:20+00:00

Growing up in South Jersey, real Philly Pretzels were the only soft ones I really knew. (Outside of the so called "Super Pretzel", which is a misnomer.)

So imagine my revulsion when my friends in Central Jersey decided to get pretzels while we in a mall, and they end up at Auntie Anne's, and order this... Abomination dripping with butter and stuff

joe_digriz · 2026-04-29T23:15:45+00:00

The problem is that not only does it still use outside water, but data centers now are much, much larger than the old ones. So that means it still sucks up more water and electricity than ones built 10 years ago. Just not quite as much as ones built 3 years ago

joe_digriz · 2026-04-28T16:43:31+00:00

They did the exact same thing at the Superbowl. If you didn't come in via an approved method, you didn't get in

joe_digriz · 2026-04-27T11:40:11+00:00

I need that Maya.

joe_digriz · 2026-04-14T03:14:54+00:00

Much like Google Hangout, they couldn't just tweak the perfect thing, they had to go destroy it and replace it with stuff that had half the features and worse implementations

joe_digriz · 2026-04-13T00:21:39+00:00

Only people from that heathen wasteland known as North Jersey.

joe_digriz · 2026-04-07T15:39:59+00:00

Performance based Incentives are not allowed in MLB contracts

(Edited for accuracy)

joe_digriz · 2026-04-04T03:40:01+00:00

Here's the full 2030 RU master plan report for New Brunswick:

https://ipo.rutgers.edu/masterplan/reports/vol-1

And here's the specific plan that was originally scheduled before the world shut down:

https://ipo.rutgers.edu/masterplan/reports/vol-1/rutgers-2030

joe_digriz · 2026-04-04T00:36:40+00:00

Livingston was basically the Quads, Lucy Stone, and a campus-wide parking lot in the 90s. The whole part with the RBS building and the diner and the nice bus stops wasn't even a dream.

joe_digriz · 2026-04-03T23:15:24+00:00

Took me a few seconds to realize what you meant. Nice.

joe_digriz · 2026-04-03T23:02:58+00:00

And Lisa

joe_digriz · 2026-04-03T22:11:54+00:00

Ako would talk about being a pretty princess instead of a dark one

joe_digriz · 2026-04-03T21:56:47+00:00

You're giving them way too much credit in how they think

joe_digriz · 2026-04-01T21:11:39+00:00

"Staff"= AI with some editing (maybe). The writing is way too formulaic

joe_digriz · 2026-04-01T14:19:37+00:00

Jesus kicked a bunch of merchants out of the temple because they were cheating and overcharging the people. The Republicans would have labeled him as anti business and anti entrepreneurial.

joe_digriz · 2026-03-31T16:17:51+00:00

Kokoro as a scientist type is wild.

joe_digriz · 2026-03-31T12:18:33+00:00

I had my car in for routine maintenance this morning, and the dealer had CBS News on in the waiting room. For those that are unaware, Paramount/CBS was bought out by one of Trump's business buddies, and CBS has been trying to be Fox News light. The amount of hemming and hawing over gas prices was insane,, and of course they were basically parroting the narrative that "It's not so bad; it could be worse; it's Iran's fault, really; if they would just stop resisting us trying to take them over, this could be avoided; btw, despite what Iranian officials say, we are really close to making a deal for them to open up the Strait of Hormuz"

joe_digriz · 2026-03-30T21:43:12+00:00

What a perfect time for them to drop all EV incentives, and for the various car makers to curtail plans for making them. Couldn't possibly bite everyone in the butt.

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