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Why and how are you an adult NEET (not in education employment or training)

No longer a NEET but when I was I had very few bills. My parents paid for most of my living expenses and other things I funded by boosting other players in videogames mostly league of legends and RuneScape. I didn't have a lot of autonomy but I also didn't really want anything so it was never a real issue. Looking back on it it was very bleak but at the time I was happy enough playing video games and coding little projects. I rarely left the house maybe once a month. I don't think the term is offensive.

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How to you feel about using autism as a joking synonym for "dumb" or "awkward"?

It does not bother me but I also don't really like or use the label. Maybe because of this phenomenon or because of the general lack of education I find that when I tell someone I'm autistic I get very poor support versus just explaining what I struggle with (eye contact, physical touch, taking things literally). I work in a field where being disagreeable and taking things literally are helpfull so that probably also helps.

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WoW stopped working via Steam

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You are right I should've used could rather than would. While proton is very good there are very much performance penalties especially for older games due to the adress space nightmare it becomes. I suggested lutris because someone smart probably figured out what the issue is and has created a wine environment that handles it.

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Companies now block older browser versions from accessing their websites!

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A Use at your own risk disclaimer leads to a significant increase in support tickets or negative customer perceptions. Being able to use ES6/ESnext features in your javascript codebase is really nice.

I'm not a fan of this being the current reality but much prefer this putting up this type of disclaimer over having to support internet explorer or safari.

In an ideal world there would be no need for any of this but consumers consistently choose for whatever is easiest for them in the moment and it leads to negative outcomes for al of us.