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Right, but they're review bombing Modern Warfare 3, not CoD3.

That's you paying more for the same thing: inflation. Shrinkflation would mean getting less for the same or more money.

Per Wikipedia:

shrinkflation, also known as the grocery shrink ray, deflation, or package downsizing, is the process of items shrinking in size or quantity, or even sometimes reformulating or reducing quality, while their prices remain the same or increase.

I can't see how furniture could ever qualify as shrinkflation, unless we're counting something like the use of crappier materials.

"Coping" is all we can do. We're too dispersed and divided to make protests much of an option. We've got militarized and trigger-happy police, so rioting isn't much of an option. A large percentage of the population is living paycheck to paycheck, so strikes aren't much of an option.

We're screwed, but hey, the world is dying, so we won't have to worry about it for long.

I always forget about my adblocker until I need to use a browser without one. It's really pretty miserable.

I think most are willing to admit that. Admission does not equal conversation, though. I'm in that camp, but I am trying to cook more vegetarian meals -- nowhere near 100%, but progress is progress.

Edit: I should clarify that I'm concerned with the environmental impact. I have no moral issues with eating meat. Environmentally, we've seen overwhelming evidence that vegetarianism would be beneficial, and that is why I am making an effort.

Someone else suggested fish sauce. That would work quite well, I believe.

Too late, on my way to the hospital.

I don't have a clue who more than half the characters are in these memes, but I still enjoy them. I watched TNG in my childhood, but not religiously, and I've barely seen anything since (until Strange New Worlds).

I couldn't say "no" in good conscience.

Induction stove. Its responsiveness and power are incomparable to electric or gas. I'm never going back.

Alternatively, my Steam Deck. I use it practically every day. A gaming PC that I can take anywhere has always been my dream, and it absolutely delivers.