Patent No. 7545191

• [Patent application date: July 30, 2024]
• [Patent registration date: August 27, 2024]
• Relates to a player character throwing an item at a character in the field, which triggers combat.

Patent No. 7493117

• [Patent application date: February 26, 2024]
• [Patent registration date: May 22, 2024]
• Basically an extension of the above, relating to being able to capture Pokémon in the wild rather than just in combat like previous generations.

Patent No. 7528390

• [Patent application date: March 5, 2024]
• [Patent registration date: July 26, 2024]
• Relating to being able to ride creatures in the open world.

Note that every single one of these patents was filed after palworld was released, and they're all awfully vague about what they actually cover.

He got old.

THAT'S how you take down a Gish Gallop.

"I don't give a fuck what you're trying to pivot to. Do you trust Maduro's statistics?"

The lore is that the saarlac actually keeps you alive while digesting you. ~~Like, it puts roots in that act as life support so it has a constant source of protein or whatever. ~~ eh, that last but might not be accurate but there is some kind of enzyme in their stomach that keeps you alive? Whatever.

Dude I WISH ice cream socials were more popular.

So like, the ad didn't even say anything about the genocide in Palestine? It just starred a half-Palestinian model?

"How long has it been since we've waltzed?"

"Oh, Gomez...hours."

This is not how tax deductions for charitable donations work.

1. You round up to the dollar for a 50c donation
2. The business has 50c extra income
3. They write off 50c as tax deductible
4. They pay the exact same taxes whether or not you make a donation

His name is canonically Mario Mario. His brother is Luigi Mario.

My brother in Christ YOU ARE THE MEDIA

I read once that a major reason the coffee is supposed to be good, is that the animals (in the wild) tend to seek out the ripest, healthiest coffee beans to eat. They're abundant (prior to human intervention), so why settle for less?

But then we cage them and force-feed them whatever, so they're just medium (or low) quality beans to start with. So even if you look past the cruelty, it's not even the quality of coffee the reputation suggests.

At Beetlejuice the Musical

Man, you know what really gets me going? A corny zombie hit man singing showtunes.