But at least with Tron Legacy it's like thematically relevant? He makes a pale imitation of himself and it goes off the rails. (Though I recall a few scenes where it's Flynn and not Clu)

X-Men The Last Stand predates it and doesn't have the cute themes

I am firmly in the camp that malort is largely invented by good marketing. This juice is our jackalope.

Old enough to remember someone describing the San Andreas incident as "do they expect us to think someone spilled a cup of code onto the game?"

The second best time is now!

Yeah I always thought I was just a zany person who was on 3 screens at the same time! Turns out not lol

I don't have a cat

Right now literally I have Cat TV on while I'm playing Pokemon ZA.

100%, I'd say I don't get to choose as much but there's times when the sights and sounds capture me entirely. I also have a timer because sometimes it's just getting started and once the game is moving I'm set. Especially if there's a long boot or tutorial section.

It sucks to have a downtime mode that is "do two things badly" lol

I'm not trying to "defend" the behavior. I wish I could just be more present all the time!

But I think I'm not alone in the why and since a lot of us have similar backgrounds maybe this particular why is more common than perhaps imagined?

I play a big variety of games but if a scene doesn't have VA or skippable text I actually sometimes experience intrusive sleep. It's counter intuitive but having a long form video about the 100 Years War going in the background can often keep me more engaged than without it.

I go every chance I get. I know the sun is setting, I want to be there when it finally goes below the horizon. With the crab legs.

I feel like Navi being annoying is largely an invention of gatekeepers who don't even need aim assist and could no scope you from across the map.

I would like to go back to Prime one day!

Fusion is so good

All of that to say, yes absolutely a 1.1 millionaire is not what it used to be, totally, and millionaire reduction would impact them the most. But also, even with inflation, a .7 millionaire is in the top 1% nationally.

But I'd push back, gently, on the conflation of the work/labor being done by millionaires who must work to maintain that level of affluence vs people making enough to own a home but not enough to survive the cost of a medical emergency vs people not able to afford a home or a routine medical event.

I agree that any reduction in millionaires would be the least wealthy people, those on the fringe, and therefore the least affluent. But the spread is also massive, right? There's a huge difference between been a 550 millionaire and a 5.5 millionaire.