Took me a moment too. “Return to office”. Basically CEO’s mad they invested a ton of money into an expensive empty building despite remote work proven to increase productivity and morale.

Good to see someone took the scam of Lay Away and convinced an entire generation this is fine for things they will never own, even if they pay it off.

From the article: “Hoarding is a disorder characterized by difficulty in parting with possessions” and this is key, “Digital hoarders often will cite an emotional attachment or a sentimental value to files they collect — including photos or email exchanges — associated with their own life experiences or with people in their lives. In such cases, he says, anticipating difficulty coping with feelings that accompany a permanent loss of these items becomes a barrier to controlling their hoarding behavior.”

The mental disorder comes from the difficulty of parting with those possessions because the individual is tying emotional response to them. Have you ever tried to remove an object that you consider trash from a person that is hording? It’s going to be a really bad time and a massive emotional roller coaster for everyone. This article made more sense to post than the original one from PC Gamer. I do wish consultants and experts would stop labeling people with disorders because of anecdotal evidence or trying to have some kind of shock value. It starts to associate people of a massive community with a mental disorder too. If someone deleted my steam library, I would be upset, but not on the actual level of an person that hordes. You ever see the show “Hoarders”? It’s extremely sad and painful to watch.

That’s not to say digital horders don’t exist on steam. The moment they lose a game and start freaking out beyond “i just lost money”, that person needs professional help.

Or they just like a really good deal which is a known marketing tactic since buying stuff with currency was a thing? “99 cents for this thing I may or may not need? Down from two dollars?! Sold!” Maybe the term hoarders, as in people with an actual mental issue, is not the right term. More like frugal. Let’s face it. Steam sales are when they sell the most copies of any title.

Now if you are buying games at full price every time with no intention of playing, you’re just a dumbass and need a lesson on the value of a dollar.

Then after space it’s the college years followed by Dinosaurnado. Although, a tornado composed of dinosaurs sounds awesome.

The fact that somehow Big Bird and friends were a threat of any sort to society should tell you what kind of asshole they chose to be. Social media platforms like twatter and meta justify in their minds their assholery. Sesame Street didn’t stand a chance against the onslaught of digital dipshit soapboxes.

So basically incompetent leadership falling ass backwards in tons of cash from your successes.

This is like a plot to a black mirror episode. “Feeling down, lost your job? Talk to your “Support AI”! Only $999.99 a month! Now comes in the form of a virtual dog” .

This is pinnacle incompetent management where the mindset is “We spent of bunch of money on this useless piece of crap and we’re going to make it work dammit!” They’ve hit the iceburg and just full steam ahead into it in the hopes the iceberg will sink before the ship does. Never use any LinkedIn managers for any advice.

Thrift stores and pawn shops have some great deals on PC’s that will run Linux just fine if you’re concerned about Amazon prices and e-waste. If you have a local radio-shack-like mom and pop shop, those are treasure hunts and you’re guaranteed to find gold. Encourage folks to go local.

Leopards don’t change their spots.

Lay in bed for a moment and listen to the tunes on my sweet Panasonic clock radio alarm before slapping the snooze button. Then suddenly wake up to realize I have a clock radio alarm again.

Good one. Not that I can do any better, but would it make more sense to put the statue of liberty there to better reflect the original inspiration?

SHAZBOT!

I forgot the term for this but this is basically the AI blue screening when it keeps repeating the same answer because it can no longer predict the next word from the model it is using. I may have over simplified it. Entertaining nonetheless.

That’s when you pull Nick Swarsdson’s wrist watch bit. “Hey man I can’t read my watch, can you read my watch?”

you mean that password function actually had a use this whole time?!?

Forgot gunpowder and charcoal. Exfoliates the skin.

Look, as a Windows user, at least I recognize I have a problem. Just … one… more …boot.

How I envision this 1v1:

Probably already knows you applied to 30 other families and just making sure you feel shitty about it instead of offering a reason to stay.