cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/52640077
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/52640077
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Cue the vulture grey-market people who will slice any angle to not get a productive job; they’ll buy off ebay in bulk and see how much velocity providers will allow before they institute a more protective policy, e.g. refund only. Sigh.
Nice things were taken away from us, now people are desperate which also reinforces why we can’t have nice things.

During Chuseok, which is Korean Thanksgiving on Fri no less. Samsung must be grateful it’s a chaebol and controls at least half the country

Top Gear - SNES:
https://youtu.be/cxAXTHBxgTw?si8nO81VKWhW6JohvY
This was better than a lot of electronic music available in the US at the time. Absolute bangers.
The City of Portland and Multnomah County seem to be struggling to keep up with Dundon’s tactics, communications and pressure. Why would they be?
They’re dealing with someone who started their illustrious careers as a used car salesman focused on sub-prime (high interest, high-risk) loans who settled lawsuits in multiple states, multiple times for illegal business practices.
Billionaires don’t come to their wealth without abusing others. COP & Multnomah County need to get some adults who are capable of putting their foot down and not giving away half a billion dollars to a grifter billionaire.
We need affordable housing. We need sustainable energy and investment in public transit. We need equitable economics–not billionaire giveaways.
You have to do 2 shots of crude oil to enter a lottery for a ticket to be able to pay for a ticket so you can checkout for groceries.