I remember very vividly when they redid the special effects in the original Star Wars trilogy and added this dumbass ring coming out of the Death Star explosion. It completely broke immersion for me because I was like “wtf is that supposed to be?”

Deep Rock Galactic.

Rock and Stone, Miner!

I’m Oscar!

I’m sure your comments were as thoughtful as this dumbass meme.

Same for me. I took multiple trips as a young adult where I just took scenery photos. Twenty years later I really regretted not including myself and family in those photos. Think of yourself in the future and skip sharing them online.

What year is it?

My first year of residency (aka intern year) we were required to log our hours in an online system for purposes of compliance with the US rules you’ve outlined. During my first quarterly evaluation they pointed out that I was routinely violating work hours and that I needed to stop doing that or there would be consequences.

The implication was that I was doing something wrong and trying to work more than 80 hours a week.

In reality I was a completely powerless individual and I routinely had a ton of work dumped on me that took more time than was allotted. By framing it as my problem they made it quite clear: they had no intention of following the rules and I had better falsify my time-keeping records or face consequences.

I bought Deep Rock Galactic, Subnautica, annd Satisfactory in early access and have no regrets. These are great games and I would rather pay to be a beta tester on them than play many AAA finished pieces of junk. I think in general it’s not a bad thing to be wary about early access but I’m not sure it warrants an all or nothing approach.

We grew up in the south, right on the edge of the Midwest though. I remember one time my wife’s grandpa talking about how when he was a kid they all had ice skates because the ponds would freeze in the winter and the kids would skate. I was like that’s cool but the ponds don’t really freeze that solid in the winter.

Much later I had a moment of realization.

Their username makes this joke even funnier.