Rayquetzalcoatl

…are we supposed to hate the villain and think the villain isn’t cool-looking? I don’t think that’s been the case for like, decades

I believe you’ve hit the nail on the head

Honestly I thought it had died off sometime in like 2016 or something, maybe with warzone being the only popular one left! Crazy.

In my time, I’ve played hundreds, probably thousands of hours of FIFA. Never the latest and greatest, never spent a penny on microtransactions; it’s genuinely just a fantastic game for group drinks and solitary hangovers 😂 I can’t believe people keep buying new FIFAs. They’re shite every time. Why anybody would spend £80 on it I’ll never know

I could’ve understood this in this early 2010s when MW2 and BlOps were all the rage but… Do people still play these fuckin games?

If we keep the currencies the same, I know you mentioned earlier that £16k is about $20k, so we’re looking at about $7k difference over a year (I understand that car and health insurance are necessities, but that doesn’t work in this comparison because OP doesn’t have either so it shouldn’t be included)

That’s less than $600 a month difference – and one thing I can immediately point to is your electricity bill. It sounds like you have a family, whereas it seems like OP lived alone for that year. Speaking from experience (currently living alone also in London) my electricity bill is $67 a month, and my natural gas is $33. That’s $100, versus about $430 in your estimation (so we’re now missing $270).

I spend a fiver for my SIM card each month and have a cheap phone I paid like $100 for three years ago, so my phone plan is $6.75 vs your $168, which may be for multiple people as you said phones plural, so we’ve found another $161, bringing us down to $109 difference.

My water bill is $50, I don’t see yours but I am going to guesstimate at a three person household being maybe $80? Either way, I think the difference here is likely to be made by groceries and toiletries, because you’ve got a family!

My groceries/toiletries budget is around $470 a month. I could absolutely lower that to around $300 but work is killing me at the moment and I just need to spend more to make my life easier in the evenings.

So, looking at a monthly groceries/toiletries budget (combined) - is yours at least $570?

I don’t think the person you’re replying to is talking about somebody having a few drinks on a weekend to take the edge off and relax. They’re talking about addiction, which is not pleasurable.

Haha, nice. But people always pay it so this sort of thing will keep happening, as it has for a decade or more now 🤷‍♂️

I think it was fairly clear from what I said about “horror stories” that I didn’t mean harmless and fun weird people.

I’ve heard total horror stories from exes and friends. First date weirdos and creeps are absolutely a common thing. Never hurts to be safe, especially in such a non-obtrusive way!

Wait, was it? :o I played that for a few hours and don’t remember experiencing any lag! It was a few years ago mind 😂

I love this sort of thing! I experienced the reverse lately; I downloaded Diablo 4, closed the blinds, and got drawn into the intro cinematic. Genuinely awesome, moody, atmospheric. I was IN, so ready to play some dark and brooding spooky shit! The cinematic ends…

DLC! BUY OUR COSMETICS! HERE’S A BAJILLION DIABLO CREDIT$$! totally killed the mood. Turns out the game is always-online, even when playing solo, and I was experiencing laggy movement so I just uninstalled. Left a huge bad taste in my mouth.

Sure I get it but this is quite petty. I see in another thread you’ve called this discrimination which now makes me realise we all should take a little break and go for a walk outside.

I saw your post, and that comment. While I don’t agree with your opinion, I do understand where you’re coming from.

I legitimately laughed at their comment. So off the wall to say you’re at least as bad as (if not worse than) actual religious fascists, and people who tell gay people that they’re going to hell.

Calling what you said abhorrent and pathetic is a huge overreaction. There are a few users on Lemmy that either genuinely flip out at the smallest provocation or have no nuance to the way they communicate, and it makes me laugh every time.

I don’t think your post should have been removed. I don’t think their comment should be removed either. Your post was innocuous, a little bit hyperbolic, and at least offered the opportunity for people to reflect on themselves and their convictions. Their comment was mental, but very funny.

How do you feel about perching

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Jackie Chan, hands raised

Picard and the crew of the enterprise, at the start of the episode with those guys!