Your mom jokes are still funny and probably always will be. Hell, they’ve been doing it for centuries.

Advertisers are essentially subsidizing many businesses. Costs are higher than you think and most products we enjoy are expensive.

Yes, there is FOSS, but you’re essentially fucking lucky that people that work on those want to do this from the passion they have. Most people don’t, and won’t, do shit like that for free. Hell, look at many here on the internet that want products for free and are unwilling to pay or even do minimal donations for things that they already like.

Like it or not, most people want to be fucking paid for their time and FOSS, as great as it can be, is not the norm for most talent. We can make counter arguments and hate on capitalism, but that is the reality, and until entire cultures change then this is what it is and advertisers are sort of necessary evil in most cases.

Why the fuck are you talking about a quilt at work?

This game is really good. I enjoyed the hell out of it and wish we’d get more Star Wars about being a regular person in the world.

There are vegan butter alternatives…

Salty yeast like Vegemite. Add some butter and it’s all delicious!

Source: I’m American and never had marmite. I stand by what I said about vegemite.

Oof. We Americans are such douchebags sometimes. Hello fellow Midwesterner! I’m in the Chicago area myself currently.

Thanks for your insight and anecdote!

This is absolutely true. The American Dream carrot keeps us from spending and learning about others. If we did that, we might have some legit options that help the people. We don’t want that though!

Thanks for the reply!

Ha! Thank you for the comment.

Fosters? Seriously? When there are craft brews? I’m going to be drink the craft or wines…I just wish weed was legal.

I don’t know who this General Izing is, but they sound like a controversial figure!

Ha! Thank you for your comment.

Wow. Any reason why you kept going? If I noticed that then I would probably mimic others nearby.

Thanks for your reply!

Awesome! Thank you for your comment!

Absolutely. It’s a fair point. People are people and should be judged on their individual basis.

Thank you for your answer.

I’m not a New Yorker, but it’s obviously likely taxes. There’s a lot of really rich people in NYC, so there’s some raising of taxes that can be done to them as well as some upper middle class.

There’s point is, there’s money that can be found.

Thank you for your answer. We Americans can be very stupid when it comes to reading the room and observing things for sure.

Understandable. Thank you for your answer.

Thank you for your answer! It’s definitely not coming across as venting. You have some great thoughts and the idea about standing further away when speaking really hits home to me as something I’ve been thinking might be part of the reason for our loudness as I’ve been reading other answers.

Thanks for the Tokyo insight as well. Our family has booked a trip to Japan this Fall, so we’ve been trying to brush up on culture and language as best we can so we aren’t total assholes over there. 😂

That makes total sense to me. Look at the culture, it’s about doing good for all (environmentally friendly, better healthcare for all, etc). I think you’re probably spot on.

Thank you for your answer. I’ll have to pay close attention to that if we end up moving there. Also, as a Godzilla fan I love your name!

Thank you for this answer!

It really has me thinking about why we speak louder. It’s got to be something to do about our culture here. Proud? Bravado? We have more space and we’re used to having to project our voices? The want to be heard over others (competition)? I really have no clue, but it’s an interesting subject.

I appreciate this insight. Thank you! I certainly hope that I can be someone that bucks the trend.