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• Post #4081683

  Comments like these are why I want an X-Domestic public header.

• Game suggestions: Downvote any game you've heard of before

  With the Steam sale running, this seems like a good time to try this thread again. We don’t often use the downvote button much in Lemmy, but the idea is this: Do your best to present game suggestions that no one has heard of before. If, in reading other people’s suggestions, you spot one that you’re familiar with, then put a downvote on it. Ideally, if the game is past a year old, it may have a discounted price during the Steam sale, and others will be able to check it out. I’ve made this thre...

• The Wolf Among Us Season 2: Official Trailer

• Is there a name for this form of group deception? (see desc)

  Take the following premise. Bob sees Mike (who has blue hair) rob an orphanage, and considers him a bad man. Bob exclaims in a public forum, “That blue-haired sneak! He should be found and put in jail.” Mike (wearing a mask while on the run) highlights this statement, replaying a record of it in another location, and adding: “I can’t believe Bob would say such terrible things about blue-haired people! This is extreme bigotry!” Jill, who also has blue hair, and Derek, who simply doesn’t like b...

• Post #1015009

  To better explain the issue, I think, usually monopoly claims come from someone dominating multiple threads or connected elements of an industry. So, they don’t just own all the wheat fields; but also some of the best grain transport companies, as well as all the best bakeries - such that anyone offering wheat, transport, or baking, can’t compete with their integration. That’s when a company would be divided. But in this case, Valve is just one thing; it’s the bakery. They choose to bake with...