Its got a little cream soda taste to it. It's not too different from normal coke tho

Yes! Gonna have to try it with Mike’s Hot Honey...

... you ever get the feeling that “below expectations” involves the same kind of magical math that makes the most successful films of all time never be profitable, except for the fact that all the suits get all the money from them?

When I think “raids”, I think of the traditional MMO raid where you assemble say, 40 people, each who have a responsibility of some kind to make the boss encounter a success(or failure if they underperform).

She sort of hits on the exact definition of being a gamer.  It’s about games being a defining element of your life, more than anything.  People who don’t feel that way about games aren’t really what I’d classify as gamers.  I don’t think it has anything to do with what games they’re playing.  And that’s OK!  Despite…

One Genshin Impact player I spoke with even created their own spreadsheet for “raising” their characters.

Being a “traditional” capital G Gamer before that was even a thing, I believe to some extent caring about what others think about your gaming habits is by itself self-defeating. I mean, outside of my friends we didn’t care who like Doom, or Space Quest or Space Harrier or Defenders or Phantasy Star. As I’ve grown…

I think the cynical naysayer gamers who hate Games as Service, gatcha, etc. forget that for any of the psychological “tricks” that keep players hooked to work, the game itself has to be fun. Players have to get something out of it before they actually consider spending money on them.

It’s the tactic of basing cocktails of all things off a show featuring high schoolers that gives me a bit of cringe.

My mom is sensitive to wheat, not gluten, but the whole “gluten free” craze has led to a massive rise in foods she can eat, so as stupid as the people who are avoiding gluten for fantasy reasons are, they have actually made a positive impact on the market for those who are affected.

some sort of Catwoman who only robs dispensaries

Institutions are just warehousing the mentally ill, the undesirables, and the LGBTQIA+ community. Exposing exactly that is what Geraldo (I know, I know) on the map. Those institutions never actually helped anyone, they’re just places the atypical went to die.

This guys sounds like he was having a mental episode, which is tragic in and of itself.

The OP didn’t blame the flight attendant either. They just said this is all horrifying and the light tone used by the author is misplaced.

This is clearly a mental health situation and not a unruly passenger having a “Karen” episode.

Very different from your typical anti-masker or garden variety drunk.

You think flight attendants are trained in how to subdue a person that is attempting to turn a champagne bottle into a weapon? I mean, come on. Do I wish the guy could have been handled more... peacefully? Of course. But I also don’t blame a flight attendant doing what is necessary to keep themselves safe.

I am not criticizing the flight attendant, in a hairy situation you do what you have to do.

This sounds more like a psychotic episode or a bad drug reaction than a standard “unruly passenger” situation. The paranoia, the detachment from reality descending into violent, panicked behavior... seems very different from the usual idiots getting upset about masks or whatever.

We need to fund mental health services better.