It sounds like the employees are the bottom level of some kind of scam. A company that has so little faith in itself that it forces their employees to act as customers is either on the verge of ruin or just completely unethical. They’re definitely getting some kind of kick backs from this.

I’m sure they have found some kind of shitty technical loophole that makes it legal somehow, but you might still report it anonymously to the employment commission since it is 100% unethical and a serious conflict of interests.

Either way if possible find somewhere else to work as soon as you can. Once these people have bilked you out of as much of your paycheck as they can they will decide your no longer a valuable company asset

You sure did buddy 👍

Sure buddy, that’s what I said. You got me 👏

I’m not particularly bitter about it, it’s just a fact of life at the moment. What I do take exception to though are people who like to condescendingly suggest that all life’s problems could be solved by just heading to the Caribbean or Europe for a few weeks. If I could afford to just pick up and go wherever whenever I felt like it then most of my issues would already be resolved lol

Cool. Is this your way of telling me that you’re going to pay for me to go traveling? That would be great, thanks 👍

The ongoing destruction of democracy and rise of a new Nazi dictatorship/theocracy seems like it kind of encapsulates all the recent news stories lately

When I’m feeling really down I have to either build something or fix something. It’s really the only way I’ll start to feel better. Somehow building models or working on cross stitch or taking apart an appliance to find out why it doesn’t work makes everything feel kind of “normal” again.

This sounds like just another way for Reddit’s corporate overlords to control the flow of information disguised as a helpful tool.

I’m so glad I left that disgusting cesspool

That’s awesome! I’m glad it worked! I should look into some vintage controllers right now I’m playing everything on a retropie with a PS4 controller and it’s just not the same lol

Because it didn’t make financial sense for them to buy it. The last I read up on the matter it seemed like Musk has lost quite a bit of money on it since he took over. Literally the ONLY reason Musk bought it was because he got into a pissing contest with the previous owners after he claimed he could run it better. He actually tried to back out of the deal a number of times but there was some kind of legal reason he was obligated to buy it after he made an offer

I’ve never tried this personally, but I’ve seen a lot of articles and videos where they say the conductive coating under the buttons can wear out and cause them to become unresponsive and they were able to fix it by applying some graphite dry lubricant

Again though, I’ve never tried it myself so you may want to do your own research first

The last season ended almost 6 years ago and was universally hated lol why do this now?

No, but I remember seeing the TV ads for Hooked on Phonics

Guess they’ll do anything to appease the new self appointed co-dictators of North America…

Find a way to convince Republicans that it will help the needy, create equality, and/or cost them money somehow. That will kill it off pretty quickly.

It sounds like it was in sale. It may be a sale offered by the manufacturer, or one the store is offering directly. Getting rid of old stock is not the only reason things go on sale.

Most of the arcades I remember from my childhood in the 80s were just dark rooms period lol like just dark enough that you couldn’t see how disgusting the carpet was! The only neon lights were on the arcade machines themselves

It might upset copresident Elon

That sounds a lot like when they did the reddit mural wall right after all this Spez shit started. It gave everyone an opportunity to scribble “fuck Spez” while still using the app and engaging with the site and probably making him even more money… The whole thing is just depressing that’s why I try not to think about reddit anymore lol