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.

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.

Wild cubs/kittens do though.

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?

I can’t stand the art style.

You mean my house?

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.

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.

Isn’t indiegogo just like Kickstarter? There’s never a guarantee you’ll ever get the thing you back.

I think my phone was around $1200 when I bought it, so, for me, this is low priced.

I also acknowledge that I bought a flagship Samsung phone. Not everyone does that.

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.

It’s usually $4 to rent a movie that’s not in theaters. Barbie hasn’t ended it’s theater run.

Even aside from its cartoonish style and stories, the characters in Lower Decks are too high ranking and too involved. They’re ensigns, and they often interact with the captain. They’re almost never in the dark about what’s happening, and often they’re instigating things.

Rule 1: The DM describes the environment.

Rule 2: The players describe what they want to do.

Rule 3: The DM narrates the results of the adventurers actions.

The rules on how to play are pretty basic and very flexible. You can easily play an entire game or campaign not going past those three rules or needing anything more in depth than that.

Some folks like crunch. Some folks like heavy crunch, some like light crunch. Some folks just want a mushy bowl of cereal. We’re all just playing make believe. What rules you use is up to your table and what kind of crunch they want.

We got a book off DM’s guild several years ago that was something like ‘Talents’, which were basically like a minor feat. Something like that would be cool to flavor in periodically.

I have one that lets me add my Charisma bonus to smites.

I do know someone who doesn’t allow feats at their table because they feel feats are overpowered.

My table gets a free feat at lvl 1.