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EssentialCoffee ,

Not really. It depends on what it is. There are entire games and items that aren't available in the US, but make a killing in Asia.

Like, here's Genshin Impact numbers from 2023.

On that game, the US comes in at 7th, is less than half of the top country (Japan) and is notably behind Switzerland.

For Tik Tok specifically, we can look at their annual reports.

Let's look at average annual users per region. 682M in Asia Pacific, which does not include China. 192M in North America.

China's numbers are 750M daily.

I don't think most of their money comes from the US.

EssentialCoffee ,

Why would you ever divulge your master password to anyone? There's not a reason to. Even if you die, you can set for someone else to get access to your account after X number of days, all without giving your master password.

EssentialCoffee ,

I don't know anyone who's used IRC in the last fifteen years at least.

At least back when I used IRC, it wasn't indexed either. It was just an alternative to AOL Instant Messenger or Yahoo Chat.

EssentialCoffee ,

Wild cubs/kittens do though.

EssentialCoffee ,

I can't stand the art style.

EssentialCoffee ,

Being told that you should expect comments from random strangers based on your clothes is kind of creepy, tbh. Why can't people keep to themselves?

EssentialCoffee ,

You mean my house?

EssentialCoffee ,

I look at it more on the level of discussing crimes via text or email or what have you. (I'm not saying sexting is or should be a crime. It's an analogy).

If you don't want it to get out, don't document it. If you don't care if it gets out, do whatever you want.

That's not to say that it wouldn't also be nice to have control over your own image nor that people shouldn't go to jail for revenge porn, etc., but once it's out there, it's out there. You can't put it back into Pandora's box. That's just how reality works.

EssentialCoffee ,

Depends what you're into. CD sales are more than alive and well in the kpop/jpop circles and there isn't a lot of vinyl to find there.

EssentialCoffee ,

Omg, please for the love of everything, get rid of the time change.

I don't care which way they pick, just get rid of it. It's absolutely useless.

EssentialCoffee ,

I don't keep milk or heavy cream in the house and I don't think it would work as well with soy, so I don't think this will work for everyone.

EssentialCoffee ,

Now try making tortillas in ten minutes.

EssentialCoffee ,

We also have that in Michigan. You still see bottles and cans places. Historically, there have a lot of 'reward programs' that incentivised keeping bottle caps separate (either from the company or occasionally locally for reasons). I also distinctly remember it being advertised that bottle needed to be capless for recycling, so we always removed the caps and tossed them. Only recently have I seen verbiage on bottles requesting them to be recycled with caps on, which I usually forget to do because it's habit to toss the caps.

EssentialCoffee ,

Tea in America is fine. There are plenty of brands to buy and orange pekoe is perfectly okay, as long as it's not Lipton. Bigelow and Celestial Seasonings are both America brands of tea that are perfectly fine and have large offerings.

I mean, if you're that particular, just buy some PG Tips or Yorkshire Gold in the grocery store and brew it yourself.

EssentialCoffee ,

There are decaf black teas if you want that. Or plenty of herbals.

I avoid stuff with hibiscus, which limits the herbals I can drink since it's so prolific, but there are plenty of them.

EssentialCoffee ,

So... rezone for residential, tear down, rebuild for residential....

EssentialCoffee ,

At least do it outside or you'll get blood on the carpet.

EssentialCoffee ,

Has South Korea moved on from Internet Explorer for their banking yet?

EssentialCoffee ,

Context clues. Scorch is usually a temperature word, not a spicy food word.

EssentialCoffee ,

I read your comment and was trying to figure out why people were listening to an 8 year old Korean song, but realized you're probably talking about something else.

EssentialCoffee ,

I know 1 or 2 people buying cat litter every month and having it delivered, but why? Just go to the store!

Subscribing to deliveries typically gives a discount, which makes the cost cheaper than going to the store and removes wear & tear on your vehicles and your own gas costs.

Depending on what kind of litter you want, the store might not even carry it. My cat litter is from a major brand, but is one that doesn't get as much in stock at my local places and when itis in stock, it's rarely the cheaper, larger box, so that also increases the cost.

Cat litter is fucking heavy. I don't blame anyone wanting it delivered to their door.

EssentialCoffee ,

The return policy is really what seals it for me. I've never had an issue with returning something, ever.

Other places make it such a hassle and make you pay to return it.

EssentialCoffee ,

I don't know any American adult who doesn't have a government issued ID. You basically can't do anything without one.

EssentialCoffee ,

How have they been verifying mailed in tax forms with no pictures for decades?

Seems like it unnecessarily disenfranchises the poor and the elderly. You have to have access to equipment that can record you and the tech savvy to be able to use it.

EssentialCoffee ,

Not really. There's a lot I don't see and can't access without having a FB account. It's been like that for years.

EssentialCoffee ,

Not all of us, but there is a subset who passionately hate cats and are very loud in letting you know about it.

EssentialCoffee ,

When I was a kid, there were pay phones so that kids could make calls for when they wanted to be picked up. And we had landline at home so that if you needed to make a call, you could.

Those things don't really exist anymore. And now we have phones with apps that monitor medical conditions like diabetes. Let's single out those kids?

In other situations, the front office is there. That is the function that they have served for generations. Give the office aides something to do.

So make the office staff stay after hours so that the kids with after school activities can make a phone call? Yeah, because fuck the school staff, right?

The horse has already left the gate. You're not going to get it back.

EssentialCoffee ,

FPS games tend to be better to run at lower settings to be more competitive anyway. You don't want all the visual noise.

EssentialCoffee ,

Scripters and cheating was a pretty common complaint in both r/lol and also on inven and in Chinese forums.

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