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What is your country's "coals to Newcastle"?
Ice to Eskimos in the eastern us. Yes, I know Eskimo isn't preferred but that didn't stop Nana.
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What is your country's "coals to Newcastle"?
Ice to Eskimos in the eastern us. Yes, I know Eskimo isn't preferred but that didn't stop Nana.
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Is Cereal a Soup?
It's starchy chunks in a dairy based broth, so chowder.
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Just checking
Lol imagine anyone having 50k
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This is half the fucking interweb, right now. JESUS, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GIVE THEM YOUR REAL EMAIL ADDRESS. Fucking calm down.
The simple reality of the situation is it was a business decision by Sony. They saw this groundswell of potential players to add to their huge database of people to market to, and said "we're getting those email addresses". If I had to venture a guess, the higher-ups at Arrowhead are probably livid and pushed back. They get zero out of this change and they have to deal with the fallout. It's likely part of the publishing agreement.
That said Sony knew this would happen, if probably not to this degree. Maybe they post a solemn jpeg talking about how they "fell short of expectations". Being Sony it's likely that they just ignore the backlash. Their projections say they'll make more money with all that new data than they'll lose on some half-hearted boycott. Gamers are notoriously horrid at sticking to that shit. And you know what? That next battle pass is gonna sell just fine even if the vocal folks don't buy it.
Yes, it sucks and it's reasonable to be annoyed. Yes, many loud people on the internet are acting like a helldiver kicked down their door and demanded a kidney. Yes, only one party gains from this and it's Sony. These things aren't mutually exclusive. No need for argument imo.
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The two ways of fighting profiteering
But what the hell happened to the other knob? I've done a lot of stupid shit around the stove but I can't imagine what could happen to it.
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Are those rust spots?
Could be rust or some minerals that ended up on the bottom. Try boiling a mix of vinegar and water and see if it wipes off after. I'd keep using it anyways though, nothing to worry about.
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Tacos
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My Grocery shopping was exactly $40.00
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Thanks gg
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Make me feel like a man
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Prince of barkness
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Did you have one of these?
Yes but I stopped using it when I was a young'n. Turns out that the click CLICK of opening a soda or beer can registered as 2 claps. That stopped being amusing pretty quick.
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The Chats – Smoko (2018)
Saw them in concert last year and they DO NOT fuck around. Played just about every song they've ever written front to back without stopping for any banter or bullshit.
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Some kids playing with model rockets on school grounds in 1970.
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Why? Done correctly and with supervision solid engine model rockets are very safe and awesome. You don't even have to light anything, ignition is electric and controlled from a safe distance. Think burn, not boom.
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Do e-cigarettes actually work?
I managed to quit smoking by vaping about 6 years ago. For the most part a cigarette is a cigarette, but I was buying juice so I could control the level of nicotine. Started at 12, then to 6, 3 and finally 1.5 strength. Took about a year.
When I was at 1.5 I had a real bad chest cold so I put it down, never picked it back up. Vaping really helped me because I could quit without withdrawal of any kind. I worry about the prefilled convenience store pods because it doesn't seem like you get that level of control to ween yourself off the nicotine.
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doot doot
thank.
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PEMDAS rule
Thank.
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What's Some Tech That Was Better Than It Is Now?
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Oh yeah when the click hit just right. Soft touch buttons on a 1990s Sony tape deck mmmmm
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How likely is it that Trump will be the first President assassinated since Kennedy?
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And in that case, access to treatment not available to the general public yet.
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Culkin
Finally made it to Shell City
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The Beths - Future Me Hates Me
Great band. Jump rope gazers was my wedding song. They attract a weirdly mixed crowd. Small pits start and older people nearby are like "please no, my back can't."
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30M After divorce I got literally zero support from anyone, why?
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Good on you. In my experience no matter how much you're there for bros, as soon as shit hits the fan for you it's "sorry, I'm not really good with that stuff lol" and then they just kind of disappear until you're magically better.
It's also not easy to just write people off from your life for being shitty when you're down and then be left with nobody. People act like "find better friends" is easy. Finding friends at all is hard for most people.