ThirdConsul

I think the emphasis was on you calling it the normal town, instead of "boy town".

Calling it "normal" and other "girl town" means that the "girl town" is abnormal.

https://www.bls.gov/ooh/transportation-and-material-moving/air-traffic-controllers.htm

This is a better source. Lowest 10% ear below 76k a year, highest top 10% earn more than 210k. Median is 150k

Median is $154000 a year https://www.bls.gov/ooh/transportation-and-material-moving/air-traffic-controllers.htm

I'd honestly call it 'yeah, you should be earning that much in less demanding and less important jobs' rather than 'high paying', but I'm corporate trash and high salaries I see are higher.

Me:

30% markup

Them:

everyone only talks about the 30 since thats all they hear about. Only an Epic Games apologist would parrot this as a talking point

You:

He didn’t. He said people who parrot it are [Epic Games apologist]

Confused noises.

Semperverus said anyone who says that 30% is too much is an Epic Game apologists, whatever that is.

Semperverus is insinuating anyone who says that 30% is amount taken by Steam is wrong, and saying that is parroting, and should be instead thought as "Poor Steam is forced to take 30% because this is industry standard", but Valve, and I quote here, "goes out of its way to make exceptions to this rule".

And no; realistically, if you lose Visa and Mastercard, you can close shop. Obviously it’s for profit, because a 99% reduction in turnover means all employees out of work.

Doesn't change the fact that bending over backwards for Visa and Mastercard and banning some content because of their whims is enshittification. The service is worse than it was before, in the name of profit.

Only an Epic Games apologist would parrot this as a talking point.

Why are you trying to offend me? I didn't call you names, why are you doing that?

but ultimately it wasn’t for profits so much as it was survival.

Visa and Mastercard aren't the only available payment options in Steam. Yielding to them was for profit.

Survival? Steam has enough profit to create it's own payment processor and make it popular.

Ad hominem, ad personam, who cares. The point is that calling your interlocutor "dumb fuck" does not enrich the discussion, nor the readers.

To be a devil's advocate, during WW2, Polish insurgency forces were also sponsored by the USA (fighting first against the Nazi occupiers, then Soviet occupiers), UK and few other nations.

What's the difference? Is there a difference?

Steam

30% markup. Predatory currency conversion policies. Recent scandals with Steam censoring games on behest of Australian Right nuts groups.

"Supremacist" might be a better word

I'm gonna make this into a poster or smthing, I love it, almost snorted my tea from laughter.

I'm 35. Math major. Work in STEM. Well educated.

I hate analogue clocks. Why use subpar way of reading time if digital is so much better?

The new Velma show gave birth to THE best fanmade animation about Scooby Doo https://youtu.be/inJUFqeJehE

So while I didn't enjoy the show, I'm grateful for it