A lot of water levels in Platformers have swimming instead of platforms like the entire rest of the game does

I wasn’t alive back then, so I guess you mean

in the me*

I thought it was more about coming back from the war combined with advances in healthcare. The economic aspect makes sense, but families were bigger throughout history even in poorer economic times.

There were plenty of local jobs that paid better than jobs today do (adjusted for CoL) and needed less education etc.

skill issue

If it were the only option, I’d gladly take it.

I rely on robots to do a lot of other things in my life, directly and indirectly.

Well, not many directly. But machines, definitely.

Definitely needed the /s there. I’m sure you saw the 3 or so other comments who were explaining why Valve are good guys, lol

“impacts” has been in my vocabulary for as long as I remember, and it’s common to use it that way. The dictionaries even have that definition.

I’m not afraid of language evolving.

If media can say “slammed” to mean “said something about”, I can use “impacted” to mean “affected”. Especially when we have the word “impactful”.

Why are Valve the good guys?

Yes.

And I see that you asked a different question in your post, too.

Yes to that, too.

Most of them! Well, not regularly. But I love going back to the games and consoles of my earlier days.

My favourites are the 16-bit and early 32-bit eras

Yeah, it was “none” for me because DVDs didn’t exist in my childhood. Well, at least not in my home.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_American_Tail

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte's_Web_(1973_film)

If the time was right, I’d be checking for an SD card. There’d be a chance to save some fraction of their data…

As a Canadian, I’d be upset if we got paywalled. The BBC is where I go to for trusted news on international concerns.

Understandable, but I’d still be upset.

I actually like this. No politics. No big name personalities. No distractions.

Just a search bar to ASK me what I want to see before it tells me what it thinks I want to see.

I heard that his kids also used the laptop. So there are other possibilities.

Of course, sitting alone in a cave must get boring.

If an ordered item arrives broken once, it’s a shitty delivery company. 1-star probably isn’t warranted unless the company is shitty about replacing it.

If an ordered item arrives broken regularly, it’s a problem that the company should’ve fixed.

If a game doesn’t work on one person’s machine, maybe they’ve got a bunch of malware installed or something.

If it doesn’t work on many people’s machines that meet the recommended specs, the company is at fault and deserves bad reviews.

If it runs poorly on the recommended specs, bad reviews are warranted.

This is why I just go with “queer” if I’m being general. One syllable, and I don’t have to remember as much or stay on top of new additions.