Minecraft programmers: make their game super accessible, double down on its best features

Minecraft adults:

fallout but the world is actually fine, rich suburbanites just fled underground out of paranoia.

The media is definitely trying to do it but honestly I think that the public hasn't given a shit about sex scandals in like two decades and a blow job in the White House this ain't.

Scene from Ratatouille 2

(Late afternoon at La Ratatouille, a small bistro that is just wrapping up its lunch service. Among the half-bussed tables, Linguini can be seen sitting down with Chef Skinner - the former in a waiter's uniform, the latter in "business casual" with sunglasses. Behind them, a black luxury car dominates the alley beside the bistro. In the rafters above, the rat Remy watches the conversation unfold.)

Skinner: Your new restaurant seems to be doing well.

Linguini: We're doing great, actually. Why are you here?

Skinner: Straight to business. It seems being a working man has changed you. Very well.

(Skinner produces a folder, labeled "Skinner Restaurant Supply", and hands it to Linguini.)

Skinner: I've come with a business proposal. My company supplies half of the restaurants in Paris with high quality artisanal-

L (defensive): -low quality ingredients that make every single restaurant taste the same. We're not interested.

S (amused): You seem quite certain of this.

L: Well, because we do things the right way here! We work with actual farmers, that's why the critics all love our food so much.

S (shrugs): Yes, I've read your reviews. But you need more than critics to keep a restaurant running.

L: Our customers love our food too! All the neighborhood regulars, plus the tourists-

S: And how much do your customers pay? What is left over after the farmers take their cut?

L (proud): More than enough!

S (pitying): ...my boy, it is never enough. Listen to me: I ran Gusteau's for many years, I know exactly how you feel right now. You feel invincible. The customers keep coming, every night the register is full, the reviews are raving, soon you will have your own stars to place on the restaurant sign, I'm sure of it.

But will it be enough a year from now? When "La Ratatouille" is old news, and the "regulars" are pinching their pennies? You need to plan for the future, and in the restaurant business, that means cutting costs.

L: We're not firing anybody!

S (waves his hand): That wouldn't solve your problem anyway. You run a very (glances at the rafters, where Remy is watching the conversation) lean operation. And since you cannot reduce the cost of your ovens or your space, you must reduce the cost of your ingredients. It's simple math.

L: If we compromise on our ingredients, our customers will leave. That's simple math.

S: Will they?

L: Yes, they will! In fact - I think I see what's going on here. You're trying to sabotage us, aren't you?

S (sighs heavily, removes sunglasses): Listen, Alfredo, four years ago... Yes, four years ago, I was very sore about what happened. But holding a grudge doesn't make money - just like you, I need to pay my mortgage.

L: I pay rent.

S: Same difference. My point is that I'm not here to sabotage you or whatever you're thinking, in fact I'm here to help you. I can cut your ingredient costs in half, I can stabilize your food deliveries. No more waking up at sunrise to haggle with farmers, no more apologizing to your customers that there is no fish today because the supplier is late-

L (defensive): That's what good restaurant owners do!

S (wistful): That is what they did. I should know, I was one of them for longer than you've been alive.

(beat)

L (calming down): Listen, I appreciate the offer, but we're just not interested. We've got investors who believe in us.

S (nodding): So I've heard. How is Monsieur Ego these days?

L (proud): He loves the restaurant!

S: And all of his money is invested in you, is it not?

L: Yes! He really believes in us. He's a really nice guy, you know.

S: He's nice now, with quarterly profits increasing. But will he be "nice" later, when they're not?

L: That's not going to happen.

S: Of course it will. The tendency of the rate of profit is to fall, you know. That goes for you, me, and all the farms and fishermen too.

(standing) But if your mind is so made up, I won't waste any more of your time. Good day, Fettuccine. And give my regards to the rat.

ITT: introverts (I'm one too)

People who are extroverted genuinely feel exactly the opposite of what you're describing, being in a social situation is relaxing/easy for them, and being alone is what's draining. I could go on and on about capitalist alienation and modern isolation and those are definitely factors but IMO the introvert/extrovert split predates the economic system, the main thing now is that if you don't like dealing with people instead of being a hermit you spend ages on the Internet.

Anyone who leaves anything 'to soak' is lying to themselves and everyone else.

Agreed 100% and I've totally been that guy. Not to get too into it but I've been really motivated and on the ball lately, and I think what happened is a medication I got on as a side effect addressed some kind of undiagnosed executive dysfunction I've had and not realized because doing things has just felt super easy for me lately.

it was a very long time, I'm not living quite like peak (valley?) asmon but I do work very long hours so it got to a point where I didn't want to look at it

finally did my dishes after letting them sit in the sink for like 4 months today. feels really good to go into my kitchen now

the cool autistic gamer 774 is making an announcement in 3 minutes

edit: dam he just delayed it am i being jebaited?

edi2: another delay

edit2: poo

edit4: oh god why am i watching this shitpost

made spaghetti today emulsified the sauce for the first time ever it was amazing

I don't think this is the final nail but I do think that it is a dividing wall. The internet has always had a way of siloing people off into separate communities and that's just going to get more explicit with the mainstream platforms being totally owned and controlled and the people who are more enthusiasts getting more and more separated from those mainstream communities.

Hey look! The Lego Man!