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For some reason, this just sparked an ancient memory of the Geek Code, which was a sort of signature block you could append to your emails and online bios to show off how much of a geek you were in the geekiest fashion possible.

Goddamn I'm old.

Living the dream...

There's audio to go along with it.

Dozens of people die

"It's just a prank, bro!"

I use a VPN that won't load catbox images for some reason. If I turn it off, catbox starts working again.

Zimbabwean one hundred trillion dollar note

Hey! I bought one of these for like $2 USD online nearly a decade ago. That was still almost 1000x its face value at the time.

Imagine there's a new issue of a famous comic book being printed (the series doesn't matter; take your pick). But the caveat is that there's only going to be ONE copy printed. Only one in existence. That single issue could potentially be worth millions, because it's so desirable for comic book nerds and they all want to get their hands on it. Only the wealthiest of collectors will be able to throw enough money at it to win an auction, which raises its value significantly.

Now imagine the publisher decides to make 100 copies instead. The value of that issue is now much cheaper; maybe worth several thousand dollars per comic, because there are a handful of them floating around now. Still, only wealthy collectors will be able to afford bidding on a copy, but at least the top 100 bids will win a copy. Raising the value, but not as much as if they are all bidding on a single product.

Now imagine 100,000 copies are made. Now it's mostly a standard printing, and it's only worth the cover price for a comic nowadays (what, like $3.99 or so?)

The more copies that are out there, the easier it is to find and acquire, and thus the cheaper its value is. Same goes for money; the more printed bills that are out there, the less value each bill has, and you'll need more of them to afford basic products. Which is why inflation is a thing, because we're constantly printing more money each year.

In reference to my point about comic book values, there are only about 100 copies left in existence of the first Superman comic (Action Comic #1). A single copy sold last year for $6 million, and its condition was only rated 8.5/10, which means it's a little rough around the edges from wear and tear. Not even a pristine comic book, and it still cost millions to buy!

That same issue sold for 10 cents when it was first made in 1938, but the fact that comics were made to be read and then discarded back then means most people never held on to their comic books and their numbers have dwindled over the years. Now Superman is a huge deal - one of the best-selling comics of all time - and his first appearance in a comic book is so rare, people will spend millions just to have an original copy.

My dad had Parkinson's, which he fought for many years. When he couldn't walk anywhere without falling, that was when he had only months left to live. I know that's a very specific situation, but his doctor told me the same general statistic you did and to let him know when my dad starts falling more often. Even when he just had random falls once in a while, that was when he was within a year of the end.

Bill! Bill! Bill! Bill!

Bill Nye the science guy!

I have that intro song as my phone's ringtone. It was always a joyful day when my teachers would pull out the TV on a cart and play an episode of Bill Nye.

Epic just recently announced that they're never releasing it outside of their store. They're the exclusive publisher, so they have distribution rights, and their CEO Tim Sweeney is determined to snub his nose at Steam, even though Alan Wake 2 still hasn't earned back its production costs. It's a complete flop, but they won't extend to the Steam market to help sales.

Unlike other games, where publishers sign exclusivity contracts with Epic Games for a certain time period, Alan Wake 2 was actually published by Epic Games, meaning that Epic Games gets to decide what systems the game releases on. So it's not coming to Steam. Which means I'll never get to play it, because I'm never giving a penny to that awful store of theirs.

The plots of Portal 2 singleplayer, co-op, and PTI are very "distant" from anything happening with Half-Life.

From what I understand (it's been a while since I read up on the lore), Portal 1 and 2 take place after the Combine invasion of Earth, shortly after the first Half-Life game. That's why Aperture Science is almost completely devoid of life, minus the personality cores that are attempting to continue running things. It's because of the resonance cascade incident at Black Mesa that Aperture Science is now mostly defunct, and Chell is trapped as a lab rat at GLaDOS' mercy.

So the Portal series is pretty reliant on Half-Life's story to justify their plot, even if it's never directly addressed in the game itself.

This is actually my second Steam Deck. I bought the original LCD-screen one back when they were first announced, but they had a nasty habit of the bumper buttons (L1 and R1) breaking. Sure enough my L1 button broke and I just never sent it back to get it fixed. I've just been re-mapping that button to the L2 (trigger) button instead.

Recently, my wife expressed interest in having a Steam Deck (she almost bought her own when they first came out), and she claimed she was perfectly content taking my old one, since she doesn't game as much as me anyway. So I bought a fancy new HDR OLED-screen Steam Deck. It's much more responsive than my first one. And the bumper buttons work! I forgot how nice it is to just play a game without re-mapping buttons first.

I'm getting a new OLED Steam Deck in the mail within the next hour or so, so I'm glad to hear its battery is handing well.

I have an original LCD Steam Deck from their initial announcement of the device, which is still showing 100% battery health. The battery doesn't last very long unplugged, though. I've had to make sure I have a charging cable everywhere I go. So I'm looking forward to the longer lifespan of the new Steam Deck.

I'm just an enthusiastic gamer, raving about some of the games I've enjoyed. But I'm sure the developers of this game will be glad to hear that you're interested.

I just posted a review for a game that kind of fits this theme. MiSide, a game that looks like a dating sim, but has dark psychological horrors hidden within.

"They Live!" A guy finds some strange sunglasses that lets him see the subliminal messages hidden in all our print and media and advertisements. He can also see aliens walking amongst the population, disguised as regular humans!

Turns out, Earth had been invaded by aliens long ago and they've been keeping us under their control with subliminal messages for decades.

I have not; although I have been warned that it's not at all what it appears to be and that I should go into it blind for the best experience. So I'm assuming it's going to be something like MiSide. It's definitely on my list of games to play!

She's horny and on the pill, so no chance of getting pregnant... unless Bruce wants that.

Can we just hurry up and get WWIII started so Europe can liberate us from the current regime? I'm getting tired of everyone in important positions sitting on their hands and just letting this stuff happen.

Melon Husk?