They absolutely do, they just do other stuff, too.

The company provides online services with content, community, communications, and commerce. It operates a news website at news.163.com and an associated app.[5][6] NetEase has an on-demand music-streaming service (NetEase Cloud Music). Video games the company has developed include, Fantasy Westward Journey, Tianxia III, Heroes of Tang Dynasty Zero, Ghost II, Marvel Rivals, and Destiny: Rising. NetEase operates the Chinese version of Blizzard Entertainment games, such as World of Warcraft, StarCraft II, and Overwatch. It also created an Android emulator for PC, called MuMu Player.[7] The company also owns multiple pig farms.[8] In 2023, the company revenue was US$14.6 billion.[9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NetEase

Here in the US, there was a rumor going around for a while that Taco Bell meat was horsemeat. Dunno if it was ever verified or debunked. My own opinion was just, “If it’s horsemeat, then I guess horsemeat is delicious.” Even if it were true, I couldn’t have cared any less than I already did.

I joined World of Warcraft during the Legion expansion at the behest of my friend. I’d known about WoW for a long time and how popular it was. So I was very, very surprised to find that it’s UI was, frankly, utter fucking dogshit, that most all of the community modded it, and ony just fucking now is WoW finally trying to make some actual attempt to fix the shit themselves. And all of this pretty much fed into my opinion on WoW and many MMOs in general prior to true action MMOs: they are overrated, clunky crap, and I am astounded so many people put up with the shit rather than let it fall through the cracks and be left to rot, as it should. But then again, people still won’t stop preordering games after so many turn out dogshit, so… people are just gonna be people I guess.

Back when that South Park episode aired, where the kids are into rockband, but don’t care about Randy’s ability to play real guitar. Randy doesn’t get it. This is then compared to Kyle’s baby brother Ike who likes to watch Lets Play streamers but does not actually play the damn video games. Kyle doesn’t get it. To me, that’s when divergence between me and the next generation settled in. I do not understand the appeal of streamers. I do not want to watch people play games, I want to play games myself.

Since then, a number of other things have popped up, but that was basically the recognized turning point.

Like many, first came over with the big reddit wave when Reddit changed API policy. It did not stick right away. It would take three attempts of getting into Lemmy and Sync making an app for it. I still use reddit for some videogame specific subs but otherwise I’v stopped looking at /all on reddit and will just browse here instead.

Bro, like, literally, that just seems kinda harsh, man.

I never really understood my parents. I don’t think they understood me, either. Then mom died and I inherited her diaries. Like a fool, I read them. Now I do understand her, and I hate so much more than I ever did when she was alive. She was both a terrible person but also legit crazy. So that happened

I realize you and your upvotes might be in the small majority but if that’s genuinely the way ya’ll feel you’re either way too damn sensitive or your reading comprehension of English just sucks. I can easily look at that and tell “fun” has nothing to do with the murdery bit here. What a fucking nothingburger to bitch about.

It’s not that I dislike getting in the shower, but that I dislike the part where I have to get out. Then I’m wet, colder, and clothes tend to stick until I’m completely dry. Not to mention having long hair that stays wet and damp for quite a while. It’s an annoryance.

That’s a steppin’ on, right there.

As much as I enjoyed Wrath of the Righteous, I give zero fucks when being foced to play a damn human. Sure, my companions could be something else, but I must still be a human, and I’m just not about that. “Lookit all this fantastical fantasy stuff! But here, play with the basic human.” Fuck off. No. No thanks. Wish GW would push their other shit more.

Valid, but like what’d minks ever do?

Well, the cool thing about life is that despite humans making up stories that declare themselves the pinnacle of it, when every human is wiped out, life won’t care and will flourish without them mucking up the works.

I’m sure McDs and Coke could push out terrible AI ads for the next decade and it wouldn’t dampen their sales long term. An initial slump until everyone got over it, maybe. They’re global brands that have gotten too damn big to fail.

There’s enough fish in the sea that there’s probably a guy out there’ll that’ll be a fit if you try hard enough to look, but if I were a bettin man I’d wager they are considerably few in number. How you act during sex also matters, whether a false act or not. Basically, I doubt many men would be fine with a “dead fish.”

I’d live, but it’d suck even more.

At some point years ago, I moved off Chrome and switched to Edge. I don’t remember why. I think it was because ublock would no longer work with Chrome. Or maybe it was Firefox I was on, and Chrome was throttling Youtube when accessed through Firefox, so I started using Edge and just swapped. Or maybe both. I don’t really recall. But Edge works perfectly fine for what I need it to do. With how heavy Google has tilted into advertising, data tracking, and enshitifying themselves, I low-key resent them and just won’t use Chrome unless I have to. Firefox with ublock for phone, Edge with ublock for PC.

Part of me wants to believe Diddlin Don wants to push this through ASAP so he can claim he did something “worthwhile” before he gets slammed with Epstein file controversy, but the cynic in me believes those files have already been fucked with and altered beyond actual use.

I’d like for Ukraine to reject this deal but we’ll see what Zelensky does, I guess.

Don’t get me wrong, I like the snacks. I like this shift away from artificial ingredients. But my fucking god, I hate the marketing trend of pretending like a goddamm snack food is some sorta fucking vibe/mood/lifestyle/movement. I wish nothing but the worst on the people who think this shit up.

I have a list of Metroidvanias I’ve started but never completed. The only one that managed to hold my attention to completion that wasn’t an actual Metroid title was Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Which is a shame, because Ori and The Blind Forest is beautiful and Hollowknight is very cute, but neither could really hold my attention.