CocaineShrimp

So the UN?

Linkwarden user here. Can confirm - it's a great tool to dump links for later. I've setup an iOS shortcut that lets me share links directly to linkwarden. Super handy

I'm definitely going to raise my kid on older games (maybe not the Atari 2600 per se, but same idea). Newer games don't teach you how to think or persevere, but adjust feed your dopamine receptors so you'll keep buying the next game.

Look at Pokémon. Green / Red / Yellow: tough as shit. Grinded my Pokémon so they'd level up so I could beat the gym boss; and learned that some strategies were better or worse against various problems - ie. certain types of Pokémon were better against other types. Now? You can walk into a gym with a level 3 Magikarp and win the game.

There are some exceptions like Dark Souls / Elden Ring, bbuutt the general trend for the industry is to make the games trivial, flashy lights, and include day 1 DLC for all that mmoonneeeyyy

I've tapped out of tipping culture for multiple reasons.

1. I don't tip at fast food joints because all you did was the bare minimum. Tipping is supposed to be rewarding for extra service. All you did was take my order and ask if I wanted fries with that.
2. Prices are going up, so more of the amount I would have expected to pay is going to the base meal. For regular food, I try to tip so the final price is around $15 or $20. I don't want to pay $30 for a burger and fries
3. I've seen what tipping culture looks like when it gets out of hand. Go to the Hotel Zone in Mexico, and you'll see what I mean. Nothing is genuine, everything is about milking the tourists. I was pretty disappointed by the end of the trip. Would not recommend.
4. The base % is going up to try and milk customers, so I'm putting in the effort to counter that bullshit by picking no tip.
5. Sometimes the tip doesn't even go to the workers; Sometimes it goes to the owner. How can I tell?

Edit: I should add that there are times when I do tip, and it's when good service beyond base expectations was provided. Like if I asked for recommendations and it wasn't just the most expensive item on the menu, they were pretty prompt about taking my order, and/or it's busy / during holiday season

Hunger is a pretty powerful motivator, so I'm sure people will find a way

Source: me snacking while I wait for my SO to get ready so we can go grab lunch

If it were a 2, I think the left side of the 2 may have been cut off

Very crude markup:

• Green: The dots I think were included
• Red: The dots I'm assuming you're referring to (in which case I would agree with you)
• Blue: Showing the (extremely rough) alignment. Based on the 7, there's a max of 5 dots across for a given character. Indicating there is a potential row on the left that may either be the actual left side of the character (in which case it would be red and you would be right), or it's also a misprint (which then it ccoouulldd be green)

2 or 5. If I had to guess, it would be 2

1: no 2: Possibly 3: no 4: no - no examples, but I don't think any format would have the 2 dots at the bottom left corner 5: Possibly - no examples though 6: no 7: No 8: no 9: No - no examples, but same reason as 4

Don't forget that it costs money to hire someone:

• Time spent going through resumes,
• time spent conducting interviews,
• time spent doing background checks,
• time spent doing documentation, AANNDD
• time to train them

I'm actually ok with this one. There wasn't much intelligence happening in that department anyway

To reiterate other points in the thread: they used to be pretty good and Canadian.

But in 2014, they were bought out by Burger King and the quality absolutely plummeted. Their coffee supplier went to McDonalds, and all the baked goods are now frozen rather than fresh; making them stale

They've cut enough corners that the brand is now associated with low tier trash. But because they used to be Canadian, and still try to market themselves as Canadian, it's become offensive. This is not what Canadians want to associate themselves with anymore

Before it was bought by Burger King in 2014