I gotta be honest, I feel like the ship on microplastics has more or less sailed for everyone above a certain age. Certainly it’s great to lessen exposure to kids who aren’t already riddled with them, but I feel like me in my mid thirties suddenly getting worried about microplastics when microwaving food isn’t going…

I can see where you’re coming from - and especially if it’s been sitting for a while (or you get takeout), a Five Guys bun becomes thin and soggy enough to be almost non-existent.

Fair point.

I’ll admit that I’ve only been to one In-N-Out one time and it was over a decade ago while I’ve had Five Guys a ton of times, most recently last week, so maybe I’m forgetting something or the one I went to was having an off-day or something else. But in my experience, In-N-Out was barely better than Wendy’s (IMO the…

Technically it was a PS-exclusive, not a PS5-exclusive, since it was also released on the PS4.

Pretty much! And it’s been working for Taco Bell for decades. The Cook Out near me even has a Taco Bell right next door and I’m not sure if that helps or hurts either business.

I love the milkshakes but I always get Orange Push-Up because any flavor that includes chunks of stuff is even harder to drink with a straw, even past the thickness.

Also - though I’ve only had In-N-Out one time, I feel like Cook Out is considerably better. In-N-Out might have marginally better burgers (though both pale in comparison to a Five Guys or similar), but their fries are trash. And can you get a side quesadilla at In-N-Out? BBQ? Hot dogs? I think not.

I’m an NC native and I’ve lived here nearly 30 years - Cook Out is great, but you don’t go there for the unbeatable quality. You go there because it’s late at night and nothing else is open. You go there because they have such an extensive menu that everyone in your family or friend group is probably cool to eat someth…

Haha I’m just busier now than I used to be. A decade ago when I was 25 and had nothing to do other than go to work and play games, I got through a lot more but I just don’t have as much time now. And so I can either be patient or be frustrated.

Now you tell me (got the covid and flu shots last week).

True, but I’m prepared to wait a while. I’m only just now playing FF7 Remake and I have Horizon Forbidden West on the PS4 but haven’t played it yet. I only just played The Last of Us earlier this year (the original PS4 version based on the PS3 version, not the Part I enhanced version) and I didn’t like that enough to…

Good list, though I’ll probably stay on my PS4 until there’s a promotion for a game I actively want and don’t already have (like Spider-Man 2 or FF7 Rebirth).

I agree that the first season (and Ward specifically) would have been a LOT more interesting if they had teased the Hydra reveal to the viewer from the start, but they had to keep the Winter Soldier movie reveal a secret. Disney wasn’t about to sacrifice the big-budget Captain America movie so that the ABC-aired…

Yeah, I haven’t used this brand but I wouldn’t recommend open-ear headphones anywhere where you WANT to shut out outside noise. In addition to home gyms, they’re also great if you’re going for a run or bike ride outside, where you want to hear your own stuff but you need to hear other things (like people, cars, etc)…

When I was a kid, I didn’t understand how older people were falling asleep watching movies - are they just such boring movies that you can’t help it? Surely you’re not falling asleep in loud action movies or laugh-a-minute comedies?

I’m surprised they let you do that, what with health regulations.

I feel like they know that the bigger issue isn’t “consumers don’t want discs”, it’s “(a lot of) consumers don’t want physical media”. Regardless if it’s SD cards or optical discs, you still have to take one game out, put it away, physically find the game you want, put it in, and put the case away. It’s not a huge…

I said something a while ago about how I’ve never gotten into FPS as a metric - like, I know what it is and I can tell when framerate suddenly and severely drops, but I’d always rather have a fun, low-FPS game than something with a high, consistent FPS that isn’t fun or plays like ass. Like, in SV, there were times…

Makes sense