ThroughWord #138

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Got the reverse rainbow on this one!

I agree with the fact that 30% is a lot, but the way you've written it suggests no one but Valve takes a 30% cut. 30% is pretty standard for game platforms. Steam, GOG, Apple's App Store, Google's Play Store, PlayStation's PSN, Microsoft's Xbox Store, and Nintendo's eShop all take 30%. The only reason why Epic Games takes less of a cut is because it's the only way they might entice games to get published on their platform.

Steam is super problematic in so many ways, I just don't think their 30% cut is as big a deal as everyone thinks it is.

I'm an adamant AI hater, but I think this is fine. If the game runs smoothly and without bugs, I don't care if the game was programmed with AI. If it's a buggy mess, it gets filtered out with all the other asset flip garbage. Steam supports returns and you can pretty quickly determine if a game is garbage within that return window, and leave a review saying it's a buggy mess. Sure, it's an extra step but almost all of the buggy garbage on Steam is immediately apparent from the Steam page or a AAA game, both of which would never get my purchase to begin with.

Just know that if you are a manager, everyone is reacting out of obligation

Someone who was filmed screaming and crying during the announcement (maybe inauguration, can't remember which now) of the 45th president of the US

This belief is held by many older folks due to propoganda, and it is passed down to their children when their parents teach them about taxes. Since almost all younger folks use automated tax services, if they aren't doing the math themselves, the fact that this isn't true isn't going to be discovered. I was taught the incorrect way when I was a kid, but noticed that it was wrong the first time I had to do my own taxes. But when I told my parents the way it actually worked, they didn't believe me until I showed them the .gov site that breaks it down. I grew up in a small, blue collar town, and every single person I talked to about taxes parroted the same incorrect system.

Billionaires

Nothing the other guy said contradicts this? Nor shows a lack of understanding this?

When I had to put our golden retriever down (15 years old, cancer) we called an in-home vet to do it since my dog hated the vet with a vengeance. She would get anxious in the car if we even took the vet's freeway exit. We cooked her an entire pack of bacon, and sat there feeding it to her while the vet did their thing. It's a tough thing to go through, but the assurance that my dog wasn't scared on her way out was worth it

Gaslighting? I'm pretty sure the term you're looking for is gaslamping. Don't worry, it's a pretty common mistake for people to make.

I'm not sure how you couldn't find it, it was the first link in my search: https://addamsfamily.fandom.com/wiki/Moonbathing Also, I didn't see any porn

This. The who point is to cram more seats than they are currently able

There are only ~3000 billionaires in the world. It wouldn't take many like-minded folks to remove them from this world

My wife and I have traded being the bread winner back and forth over the years. We always called the one not making any money at the time the "bread loser"

Hard to imagine a shittier thing someone could do in a comic thread

Both sticks are also in the same corndog in the mirror. That's because this meme was brought to you by AI

Yeah, this. I have 850 credit, and I've never carried a balance on any of my cards, not even once. As long as you make your payments on time, even if it's more than the minimum, your credit will slowly creep up. The annoying thing that lowers credit is paying off a loan. Wrapped up your student loans? Credit dip. Pay off the ol' car? Credit dip. Really annoying.

My brother in law had a medical bill that was supposed to be covered by insurance, but they didn't pay. (A small-ish bill of a few thousand dollars) His bill was sent to collections, and they hounded him for years, despite him having in writing that the insurance and hospital both agreed that the insurance was supposed to cover it. After 8 years, they started garnishing his wages. This is when he decided to get a lawyer involved, and he was able to successfully sue the hospital for garnishing wages illegally. The hospital had to pay out 30K.

All that to say, hospitals aren't always acting intelligently or legally.

Everyone here hates you

The Switch was innovative? So much so that, upon seeing it's success, literally everyone copied them in one form or another?