reblog if you wear glasses. too many mutuals don't know they have glasses wearers in their midsts

sorry if this is controversial but if you’re rude to cashiers i think you should. idk. Explode

the lack of patience and overwhelming sense of entitlement….. Start pointing at fellow customers and loudly asking “why are you acting like that?” let’s all hold hands and do this. together

Being in any fandom:

I'm like if a fujoshi and a himejoshi had some fucked up weird baby

We literally cannot let them start charging 80 dollars for video games 70 dollars was already outrageous 60 was pushing it. 80 fucking dollars. ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR DAMN MIND. For MARIO?!?!?!?!?

ideally people would use some critical thinking and talk with their wallets by simply Not Buying It but at the end of the day emotionally immature and financially irresponsible morons are still gonna buy it day one because "buhubbuhh but maro look so good ......"

i really really dont understand the outrage like things have gone up in price due to inflation yeah im sorry but the whole reaction from people just seems treatlerite

if it was inflation, why havent wages gone up? if it was inflation, why aren't all game publishers releasing their games at that price? baldurs gate and black myth: wukong released at 70, but they've both been lowered to 60. helldivers was and is still 40 dollars.

theyre not gonna send you games, you dont have to defend them

Hey look! A thread about game prices that completely ignores any history before the year 2000!

In the 1990s, Super Nintendo cartridges could cost $60 - $70. Adjusted for inflation, that's up to $150 today! And these 2D sprite games did not cost hundreds of millions to even billions to develop. Starfox64 in 1997 cost $79.99. These game prices *are not a new thing*.

Games got cheaper when the Playstation and other disc-based consoles hit the scene. A disc costs significantly less to manufacture, so PS1 games could come down to $50. Then over the course of 30 fucking years, the price of *everything*, including games, has gone up steadily. That's how economy works.

Expensive AAA games also are made by hundreds if not thousands of brilliant artists and developers working harder and longer hours than ever before. HD textures, high-polygon models, all the graphics and technical advancements gamers complain if they don't get cost a lot of money.

And you know what? If that's too expensive for you, simply don't buy AAA games. We live in the golden era of indie games, for every $80 GTA there are literally hundreds of brilliant, creative, excellent, and brilliant games made my passionate independent artists. Go buy those games if you can't afford the latest and greatest, gaming is more for everyone now than ever before.

And if you have no money, fortnite is FREE.

you people are so fucking annoying

"I know SO MUCH about the economy guys- it got LESS expensive because the technology go cheaper, so it makes sense for them to gouge you NOW because INFLATIOJN!!!! even though wages havent increased since the 90s!!!! and cost of living has just increased since then- please ignore that- just STOP COMPLAININGG"

also you say "steadily" like there wasnt a 15-20 year period where games were 60 and then a few game companies got uppity and started charging 70 for fifa. which, for the record, is still not industry standard, because as ive mentioned like six or seven times in this thread, there are still AAA games releasing at 60 and even lowering their price tags from 70 to 60. dickriding nintendo's 80 dollar price tag is not doing anything for anyone except letting anyone who follows you know that you're mega annoying

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There is not a single game on planet earth worth 70 dollars

do not. respond to my doylist criticism with a watsonian explanation.

(to translate: Do not respond to my criticism about how the artist wrote/designed the work by explaining the in-universe explanation for it. The author chose the rules that made that explanation happen; they are not bound by these laws.)

it is very fun for me to hear about how much you don't want to be fat and would never wanna look like me. also thank you for telling that girl who wanted to gain weight not to i am sure she feels so safe talking to you.

once again i am hearing crickets as i post of fatphobia and remain unsurprised

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As a former librarian I'm actually required to remind you that many libraries that subscribe to Libby are opted into a program that lets you subscribe and access magazines for free with no wait

And that this is actually a really fun, low cost way to not only access news and larger cultural magazines, but also to get free patterns for many different crafts that you can screenshot if need be and that lower the financial barriers to entry for trying new things

From my experience working in both academic and public libraries, many libraries are use it or lose it funding-- I have to say this because a lot of patrons feel guilty for how much they use the library and how often they're using it funny enough, but the worst thing you can do for libraries is not try out new features and not use what's already given to you as much as possible.

The numbers that come as a result of your patronage are how most libraries justify their continued existence in times of financial hardship, which sucks but, go check out some magazines on Libby!

[Image Description: 1st image: screenshot that reads 'Your library brings you magazines! Magazines are always available, with no wait list, no loan limits, and no due dates. At this Newsstand, you can browse thousands of titles from all over the world. Subscribe to a magazine to get notified when the new issues come out!' 2nd set of images: two images side-by-side -- the first has pictures of Simply Sewing, The New Yorker, The World of Cross Stitching and Crochet World; the second image is a cross-stitch chart of wee ghosts hovering above gravestones. End ID.] Holy moly, I hadn't thought about this (and I'm an avid library user)! II belong to multiple libraries and they have thousands of different magazines. Now I have a fun new project! Pals, do you have any cool magazine recommendations?

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