According to the article, it’s done for market research, i.e. finding out who buys what, which is a thing businesses like to know. But also apparently it allows the machine to generate “AI-powered product recommendations”, which i guess means it tailors reccomendations to each user? Which it can do because it has a touch screen, and the touch screen itself already strikes me as full of shit.

That’s what the article says this machine in particular does; but yes, it could totally change the price on you depending on what you look like, and all other kinds of deeply shady things. You can count on a private company to do that kind of thing and then use their favorite argument: it’s technically legal.

None of my family members know what a furry is and i’m keeping it that way.

i want a turn in a femboy sounds good

i would have never thought of this in 1000 years lol

I never knew that the stock drawing is based on an IRL stock photo

You don’t understand, this batter was a lot saltier than the batter you’re thinking of

Tons, and cinnamon, flour, and a little bit of salt. I find that the bread dilutes the flavor, so i overload the batter to compensate.

I don’t like bland french toast

First thing i did, while my mouth was still salty from the first bite, is go get my sharpie.

Never again

There’s a 1% chance that the weird cousin who never comes to family gatherings might be a furry. That’s absolutely it.

The idea of having hobbies in common with family members seems alien to me - which i think, to quote the meme phrase, Says A Lot About Society.

The stereotype is just too perfect, you know? I’m sure there’s a ton of furry hackers, but there’s a lot more people who have heard of this stereotype and think it’s funny.

I also think furry hackers would target the Repuclican National Convention or something

I did find a KazuK9 on Twitter, but i scrolled really far down their media tab and didn’t see the tweet in this screenshot. Either they deleted it or it’s an older meme. I did see a lot of furry femboy paws though.

Searching Faruk Kazuk with no other indication returned a lot of turkish-looking men.

There’s a translated version that’s really common in France, i read the hell out of those and was mildly infatuated with Hobbes.

But there was a lot of stuff lost in translation. Like, they didn’t translate the puns at all, which is a problem when calvin throws ‘do you want to see an ant elope’ at you.

This man needs to discover furries. Being walked on all fours is pretty weird even for furries, but he would definitely have some sympathy and less judgement than with normies.

If you love the survival genre, and for the price, it’s a no-brainer.

Also this game has a huge modding and multiplayer scene that i haven’t touched on because i haven’t experienced it yet, i just booted a vanilla solo game

YouTube, Amazon, Allrecipes?

Some of those were around in floppy disk dimes, others not so much.

I played 7 Days to Die for a few hours and it’s basically edgy Minecraft.

I’m here for the Minecraft part, not so much the edgy. I didn’t realize - or maybe i forgot - how much i hate the post-apocalyptic visual style, and there’s a lot of ambient sound effects trying to scare you even though nothing’s happening. It’s by far my strongest feeling about the game, yet it’s not something that i can actually criticize them for because it’s a matter of taste.

But it is a vastly better survival game than Minecraft, the challenges are a lot more concrete and real, there’s a lot of thought put into cause/effect combinations, all while having Minecraft levels of freedom.

The early game is incredibly unforgiving, any random zombie is genuinely hard to take down with fists or starter weapons, starter tools are very bad at modifying the environment, food and water are scarce, and improving any of this is locked behind skill unlocks that i found really steep.

Between the visual style and the harshness of the start, i would have given up immediately if it weren’t for the fact that i always knew exactly what to do next, the progression is super clear. Also i didn’t (would never) buy the game at random, i did my research and i know for a fact that i’m going to enjoy the late game. Basically, if this game wasn’t in a post-apo zombie setting, it would be my favorite game.