I got handed one of these once that said "HAVE YOU EVER FELT LIKE THERE WAS A HOLE INSIDE OF YOU? YOU CAN FILL THAT HOLE WITH JESUS!" which caused my friend to march into the dive bar we were headed to and shout "Fill your hole with Jesus!" as an opening remark. People cheered.

I have every intention

I'm about to start on a gluten free pumpkin "pie" where the crust is just two layers of butter and nuts

Same. Perfect. Thank you.

Maybe this was the moment I heard a string quartet playing “Nearer My God to Thee” on the deck of the sinking planet. Roiling with anticipation of unknown horrors, I stood there in the static, seeking a pattern."

"There was also a very old radio with a stubby antenna hanging on a nail. I clicked it on and used the little knob to crawl through the FM band, not daring to hope for a human voice, but also not sure I wanted to hear the news. Maybe this was the moment I found out the emergency would never end.

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That's a big one. I've also seen a lot of pitch-shaped object stuff where it pulls words from all the reviews and promo materials and just can't...quite...understand that those words only go together in a specific order. "Questionable cloven-hooved bimbos?"

Look, I also love gaming, but even if it were functional, which I can't grant, fun doesn't have to be this expensive. I feel like there are better uses for the sheer scale of resources, fun or otherwise.

Let's just go with "agree to disagree" on this one.

Sure. Playability is a matter of opinion. But I'm pretty sure if you had 1000 random gamers play it, a large percentage of them would say it's unplayable.

If we're going to keep having this conversation, I'm curious: How much money have you spent on Star Citizen to date?

I'm sure they've added things since I last looked, but it doesn't really matter how much game there is if you're prevented from playing it because you keep falling through the planet.

My impression remains that it's very successful in parting people from money but the "game" bit is still hypothetical.

Raven topper is obvious, but have you considered: making a paper ornament for each favorite poem. You could even make it stealth if you wanted, with things like a sea shell for Anabelle Lee. Or go full goth, find an old Poe collection and use the literal pages for ornaments.

Fuck, now *I* want it.