Surprised and amazed that the railroad tracks are anchored well enough to bend rather than just pop off the ties.

Dude, really, I admire your patience. But every argument pessimism made is obviously made in bad faith an indicates that they’re either trolling or like spreading toxicity, since the only thing they do is twisting everything to the point of illogicality while disregarding facts and commonly accepted notions. I don’t…

People cared, for a month. Then it left the collective subconscious.

Not unexpected. The Harry Potter franchise is massive, and the majority of normal people aren’t terminally-online and have no idea of, nor do they care about, the opinions of the original author.

Again, none of the data supports your claim that people only cared about Hogwarts Legacy at launch.

Right. It does seem likely that it sold that much over the holidays but again, that’s just assumption.

What specific data makes you think that TotK outsold Hogwarts? Hogwarts is multiplatform, uses a much more popular IP and has been out longer. This article also straight up says that Hogwarts outsold TotK in the U.S.

Re-reading Kotaku’s review of the game- outlining how terrible it supposedly is, and the long debates around it in the comments section is hilarious in light of the fact that the game is actually well liked and apparently a lot of fun- is pretty hilarious these days. Kotaku’s obsession with messaging over actually…

Let's be honest: the anti-Rowling crowd is composed of ignorant morons looking for a reason to feed their anger addiction. 

Yet everyone here will continue burying their heads in the sand and insist that the twittersphere is indicative of reality.

Released in February 2023, Hogwarts Legacy wasn’t a hit with critics and ended up not winning many major awards.

Most critics who reviewed the game in good faith gave it a decent score. We get it you wanted the game to fail

Yeah sure, 84/85 metacritic but “wasn’t a hit with critics” 😄

The state of California is only 6% black. Their percentage in SV isn’t that far off. The under representation of Latinos/Latinas would be a bigger issue since they are a much larger demographic here. Still, let’s be honest. If racial/ethnic diversity was that important to innovation then homogenous countries like…

You wanna see the share price of Tesla drop by 75%? I mean I do, but the fire sale that would happen if Tesla shit canned Musk would be epic. You’re right that Tesla has gotten into a position where it seems to be producing a product that is profitable. The problem is that they’re overvalued by a ridiculous margin.

Bruh. Relax. Both can be good and not everything needs to be a commentary on Capitalism despite how awful it is.

Also, TLOU is not just a depiction of the collapse of society, that is just a backdrop to it’s more prominent themes of grief and the futility of revenge.

It’s a two way street as far as extreme, insular takes go. Yes, tech bros are jackasses for pointing to Gay’s ousting as a sign that DEI isn’t worth pursuing.

As a programmer myself, yes there definitely comes a point where people need to get up and get some exercise. There’s definitely information out there regarding medical issues from sitting in one spot for way too long.

TBF, if you stop she’s most likely still going flying.

From my understanding it’s not necessarily longer. Like if this had been Walt’s personal copyright it would have lasted until 2036 since he died in 1966 (1966+70).