Wow, these seem not only questionably ethical, but also questionably legal depending on the state. Looks like 7cups gets slightly around it by calling their chat "emotional support chat", but still

Weird, but I also tend to run in nerdy circles. I have heard lots of other people talk about it just in passing and been asked directly

Kinda the opposite experience from me. I have heard it brought at the local brewery several times, and have even been asked directly what I thought of it as a non-binary person. Granted, that last one was with some regulars and they were legitimately asking if they should get their HP tattoo covered, but still

How do you figure that?

Yeah, it's not the most egregious example, and I think the combo of bad Photoshop and generative AI is probably close to the mark. That being said, if an outlet uses AI, I am far less likely to trust them in general.

Shitty AI art hot dogs aside (seriously why do you need AI hotdog "photos"), this is kind if a nothing article. They even rightfully point out, "The study has limitations. For example, the research does not prove direct cause and effect." Correlation is not causation and all that. It boils down to have things in moderation, including processed meats. Something health experts have been saying for decades.

Being out of touch is totally normal human David Zaslav's thing. Remember the Batgirl movie?

He left the tweet up. It is still there (from February 17th). Just...wow

There is one stockholder that has tried multiple times. The issue is the whole Tesla board are all his cronies, and a large portion of stockholders have bought into the cult of personality

Fuck, I thought those were federal laws. Sounds like they should be, oh wait right wingers want to get rid of federal labor laws too

Todd in the Shadows went a little deeper on that. Mostly saying they were so fit and sexy that they inspired American fitness culture. Which is just not true.

I've played through all 3 acts. Obviously in no way have done everything, but I never ran into a situation where your character would get killed for a bad dialogue choice. The "Volo's eye" event referenced is for sure an example of the telegraphed outcome being the opposite of what actually goes down, but I really can't think of another time that happens. Even that choice did not end in death. Some options end in tough fights, and maybe fights above your level, but I was never surprised by them.

Bringing up save scumming is an odd criticism for a CRPG. That has been a long running discussion, but you can choose not to do it if you don't like it. It doesn't mean it is bad game design to include saving whenever you want.