“Polished razor dildo” isn’t just a turn of phrase, it’s a full 720.

Thank you! The strength of video games as a medium is interactivity. If it doesn’t enhance my ability to exist and act in a virtual space it’s essentially worthless to me. I want better physics, better AI, and more interesting mechanics, not better anti-aliasing and effects that mistake eyeballs for camera lenses.

I just … stopped playing it halfway through. It’s what the game seemed to want, so that’s what I gave it. It didn’t hurt that the mechanics were bad and it wasn’t actually any fun to play.

There’s just so much manipulation inherent in the game that its commentary feels cheap for me. It’s like setting out a box of knives for your kids to play with and then scolding them when they do. Hey, asshole, you set up the box and put it out there. What did you expect?

It would be so much more meaningful if the player actually had choices within the game. As it was, I decided to go play something fun.

I mean, I doubt it’s exactly what he wanted. The traffic is nice and all, but it’s not like investors don’t have eyes. They know he’s hated, it’s just a question of what that means for the IPO and ongoing profitability of the business.

This is solid advice. The importance of setting and enforcing boundaries cannot be overstated, particularly when things are emotionally charged.

I’ve made it very clear that I won’t talk with my parents about politics. Mom can’t help taking the odd pot shot, but I just deflect or ignore it. I don’t engage anymore because there is zero benefit to engaging.

We talk about the things we can talk about and let the rest go. If that becomes not enough for them or they can’t respect boundaries, we scale back contact until they do.

Eeeeeehhhh… some of them aren’t idiots. Finance guys aren’t orders of magnitude smarter than the Average Joe even if they think they are.

Always give your boss as little information as possible. They aren’t entitled to it and are much more likely to use it against you.

I say that as a manager. It’s just good practice. If the manager doesn’t know exactly why you’re taking the day off, they can’t be held accountable for it either.

PC is short for personal computer, which includes both laptop and desktop form factors.

But to answer the question, I generally prefer a desktop because you can upgrade them and work on them more easily.