From another introvert: you’re completely missing the point of smalltalk, and that’s derailing your social life.

Misogyny is a heck of a drug. 

I know at least one. 

re: not quite being yourself

Lackey writes iddy fantasy hero quests with tissue thin worldbuilding, and Weis writes D&D adventures. They’re both good writers! Just not in the same genre of grimdark semi-realistic political thriller as Game of Thrones.

If you liked grounded, detailed military fantasy, have you read Elizabeth Moon’s Deed of Paksenarrion? Great epic fantasy, written by a former Marine. 

Other big omissions I haven’t seen anyone mention yet: Andre Norton and Martha Wells

Talking about female fantasy authors and not mentioning Andre Norton, the GrandDame of scifi and fantasy? Tsk tsk.

Tamora Pierce is good fun, but I wouldn’t go as far as you. She’s really prone to white saviorism and other racist assumptions. 

FYI, claiming that DRM isn’t a problem and then admitting that you use emulators to get around the restrictions DRM places on your use of software seriously undermines your argument.

I will never stop being sad that the Mazda 5 was discontinued. It’s very nearly my perfect car. 

Shut up and take your star.

This is exactly it. I’m one of those unfortunates who manage to want a less popular configuration of pretty every product. Corporate overlords don’t care about my money because there aren’t enough people like me to add up to a big enough boatload. It’s rough,but that’s how economies of scale go. There’s no conspiracy,…

But many PC games can’t be backed up because of DRM. Also, DLC is still a thing on PC games. I don’t think PC vs console or offline vs online is the real key issue here. I think it’s DRM vs DRM-free. Installing and playing a game without any connectivity is what we’re losing, and I think that’s a bigger loss than many…

Moving is so terrible. I’m moving for the 3rd time in less than a year, and it’s miserable. I dug out my old GBA because it’s the only system I can play on at the moment. 

3rd reason: Consumers do know what they want, but no one is making it.

No. We run our dish brush through the dishwasher all the time. Put it on the top rack with the rest of the plastic. 

Fair enough!

Brushes can be sanitized by running through a dishwasher. There’s no need to throw them out. 

That sounds clean enough to me.