Normal, no. But more common than is healthy. Where the above is a grey area as to whether or not it’s truly spec work and bad for the industry, what you describe is EXACTLY what is frowned upon.

One the one hand, all you really need to do to beat Destiny is just rip it off but make it better, as Destiny left the door wide open for that. But you still need to make it better. And so far you can’t point out anything at Anthem to say “THAT’S why its better.”

See, you and I on a conscious level would see it that way. But as a greater PR issue, investor prospects, etc, it affects the brand as a whole. Plus, I could totally see them having autopilot. Eventually. Once the tech has matured a lot.

It’s not though, in the current context. Every little fender bender with autonomous cars is picked apart, scrutinized, and made a spectacle by media, present company included. For Tesla and autonomous driving to be trusted by the public, its safety record has to be IMMACULATE and for a long time.

“I’m very sorry about how you feel” is not an apology.

Me thinks you doth protest too much, Jeets.

I’m not far from Boston and I was scraping ice off my car this morning. And that was the day at its least miserable. Just getting lunch about destroyed my umbrella.

I’m sorry that baseball doesn’t have enough jingling car keys in front of your face for you.

Skin so thin you can practically see his internal organs.

Uh huh, I’m sure you have a rational explanation as to why his foot drifted away from the path to the bag directly towards his knee. Also there was no Russian tampering and the Earth is really flat.

I mean, it’s obvious but I feel like I need to say it anyways. The game is called Sea of Theives.

*cough*Miami Heat*cough*

Because “clearly has possession” when put to the test ain’t so clear.

Did... did we win?

Counter take:

Agreed. Finals were a bit of a let down, but besides that it was a hell of a tournament.

On paper, it really sounds like she’s bits of several characters while bringing very little that’s unique to the table.

Mmm, if I could bottle up this delectable and well deserved oroboros and use it as skin lotion, I’d drink it.

The irony and hypocrisy... it’s just palpable.

That face says it all.