They do it on purpose and it really does make sense. For everyone who supported the game they got the very best value of it. It sucks to pay full price only to have a sale pop up a few weeks or months later and you think “ah, I should have waited!” You buy the game, you support the devs, they keep working on the game, the game gets more, the price goes up for more game.

I wishlisted it when it was under $20. The price went up and up and didn’t go down. When I learned it was intentional and would never be cheaper, I bought it and eventually sunk 300 hours over loads of updates. Now the price tag is higher and I get to think “I’m glad I bought it when I did” and not “I should have waited”

The best time to buy Factorio was 8 years ago. The second best time is now.

It’s like the cost of one banana

But you forget that the guy chose to have his allergies, just like his sister chose to be too poor for basic modern medicine.

The true victims are the restaurant (I bet they ran out on the bill when he had “almost” anaphylaxis) and Pfizer for having their good name slandered on the internet.

Similarly, I plan on double crossing the mafia so Thin Lips Johnny can chop me up and feed me to the pigs. Circle of life.

The problem is we talk about the economy in terms like “revenue” “profit” or “prices”.

We need to change the language of the economy to appeal to its true creed: line go up. It’s Economics 101. Line go up, forever.

Hence, I propose we talk about the cost of things on units of “not getting fucked”

Use phrases like, “the not getting fucked on tomato sauce has been dropping lately”

Bad bot

I for one am excited for this new form of capitalism! The government picks one brand to be the national brand for everyone.

Hey, wait a minute…

Now it’s a feel-good story about community!

But a B-List actor told me it would trickle down half a century ago, so let’s give them the benefit of the doubt and maybe we’ll catch a dribble

Wouldn’t be the first time

Meanwhile the guy in the top left is just pleased as punch

I completely agree when it comes to luxury items. In fact, I fully support the luxury version industry.

When this shit applies to the standard version is where we should be drawing our ire; when the $20 bag costs $0.11 to make.

Carbon taxes need a caveat that prices cannot change due to the tax. Otherwise it’s just another way for big business to profit.

“We had to raise our prices because of the carbon tax!”

“But the tax is 8% and your prices have gone up 20%”

shrugs “Dunno. Carbon tax.”

I pause videos to read what’s on screen.

The add on I need is to automatically send the advertiser a message telling them I’m boycotting their product due to their participation in increasingly shitty advertising.

Rather, they’re not sorry they tried to scam you, they’re sorry it didn’t work.

What if we privatize government?

To be clear: climate change requires individual responsibility. Keeping your kids off legitimate online pornography websites is too big for citizens to handle on their own and requires government intervention.

The real key is local bottling where local production isn’t possible.

Ship vats of Coca-Cola syrup to the 200 largest cities (more or less) in North America and create local bottle circulation.

Spice it up with local bottle designs or recycling marks. Now you’ve got novelty sales, collector sales, eco-conscious sales, ‘support local’ sales…

All hail the Line!

They don’t call it Tasha’s Uncontrollable Laughter.