Conceivably, there is no way this game will ever recover from this on steam, and the negative reviews continue to come in, plus think they are just no longer selling it in 170 countries, imagine being the CEO of that game studio, probably a huge gut punch
@PensiveCowboy best part is, it was entirely predictable. anyone with 2 barin cells to rub together could have told you it was a bad idea. hell even just doing an hours worth of investigation of review bombed games on steam would have informed you of what pisses people off.
i had a dream that i was crossing the border by bus and i forgot my gf and my luggage on the bus and went to customs and came back and it was gone. what does it mean
this is the lie they always tell. Anyone who has had an animal butchered knows the vast majority of the cost is the animal itself, and butchering is like 1/10th of the cost.
@binkle@sickburnbro sadly the price of a 7ish cu ft freezer is now around 220 bucks, few years ago one would only be like around 100. still, like you said a good investment for a single guy.
@graf@1nter4ri i mean its an interesting prank. you can quite clearly see its a video being played on a screen but will your mind be able to process that in time when panic sets in?
Alright it is getting warmer out, I think it's time to go over a sensitive topic;
Outdoor & Indoor/Outdoor cats.
I guess I would like to preface this with saying, I am not totally and completely against outdoor cats. Shelters will often have a host of cats that don't do well inside, like cats that grew up outdoors or cats with incontinence or cats that are very easily over-stimulated, or semi-feral. Without people willing to keep them indoors/outdoors or outdoors only, they would be euthanized.
However, I do believe that if you're getting a new cat you should test out keeping it indoors first. And I believe kittens should absolutely be kept indoors. For a multitude of reasons;
Cat health. You already know cats get hit by cars, eaten by wild animals (or other pet animals), get into fights with other cats, and contract lethal and incurable diseases. But do you know at what rate? Because it probably seems like a far off issue if it didn't happen to you.
The National Traffic Safety Administration reports roughly 5.4 million cats are struck by cars a year. 97% of those cats do not survive the incident. There are probably many more that are not reported.
According to the Humane Society of America, out of the 22,000 cats that entered their system and had a non-live outcome, the most common reason was FeLV. Even among indoor pet cats, it is estimated 3-5% have FeLV; the rate for outdoor cats is suspected to be much higher. Cats with FeLV are not expected to live past 3y
Estimated 4% of cats in the US are suspected to have FIV - 75% of FIV+ cats are males. FIV positive cats usually present as normal, until the autoimmune system starts causing havoc or a normal URI turns into a deadly situation. After infection, the median lifespan is 5y.
There is no way to even guess how many cats are killed by dogs, cats, other domestics, wildlife, or people, because the vast majority of the time the body will not be found. However, if you look at lost animal statistics, one study found that 34% of cats went missing and was never found, with 2% being found dead. When entering shelters, cats have between 1.5-5% chance to be returned to owner.
Which brings me to 2) Wildlife. Not only are cats sometimes the sole or main factor for a species being endangered, they are sometimes the sole reason a species goes entirely extinct. It is estimated that cats will kill 1.3 - 4.0 billion birds and 6.3 - 22.3 billion mammals every year in the united states. Based on one study, cats were found to bring home less than a quarter of the animals they kill, and one study found they will only eat 30% of prey killed. Also cats get a variety of wonderful butt worms from eating wildlife.
Cats also fuck up our major flagstone species as well; They can spread their diseases to Bobcats and Catamounts and other big cats via indirect contact with saliva. Cat shit can spread toxoplasmosis into waterways and affect frogs, toads, turtles, reptiles, and even fish. Cats actually caused a toxo outbreak in some sealions in california, which kills it rapidly. Toxo can infect bears, deer, moose, bison, marine mammals, marsupials, small mammals, and even birds. They're fucking up primates in south America currently too.
And not as common, but domestic cats also hybridize with excessively rare wild cats like the european wildcat, which used to have populations in England, Germany, Scotland, Switzerland, and France. They are NOT just feral domestic cats, they evolved parallel to the domestic cat, but IIRC I think they are more or less extinct and all hybridized.
The Humane Society of America reports that 93% of owners that let cats free roam will lose at least one cat outside. That rings true for me as I've lost both of my indoor/outdoor cats due to letting them free roam.
I get it if you already have an indoor/outdoor or outdoor only cat. Or you get a cat that's half wild, or doesn't use the litterbox, etc. I'd prefer a cat have a home than be euthanized at the pound. But I am asking that you maybe just consider keeping your next cat indoors, maybe with supervised outdoor access
@Tepid_Tapir the way we raised barn cats is the kittens would be kept inside the feed room until they could figure their own way out, i.e. climbing up to the rafters
@graf@sjw get yourself some Gibbels my dude. They still fry their chips in lard like the ingredient list is literally, potatoes, lard, salt, and they are super tasty.
@coolboymew@sjw@graf i wouldnt bother with that site man, 4 bags is only 16 bucks yet theyre charging 36 something? they are literally doubling the cost
@graf supposed to be that way all through march where I'm at. Phil was wrong this year. Early spring and the weather is perfect for maple syrup. The syrup must flow.
@graf@mord@RMIV was going to but member seeing a vid how it's quite subversive and not in a good way. like it tells you how to think than actually allowing choice
laying in bed watched a new vegas randomizer video (mitten squad rip) and now i really want to do it. looks funny as hell but do i want to play new vegas for the dozenth time when i have like 1800 mostly untouched games