Near as I can tell, there are certain communities that have a "rule" that every time you browse that community, you must post something before you leave. This leads to a lot of low effort shitposting that I guess some people find fun but I just blocked those communities so my /All feed wasn't cluttered.

I don't love this example because enjoyment of the object isn't really a cost. If I buy a book or a videogame or a movie, the time it takes to enjoy the media is the value, not the cost.

If you're talking about maintenance and upkeep on your car, that is a different type of cost that has to be weighed against the cost and time expenditure of a bus pass or whatever your alternative was.

In other words I feel like this is a catchy phrase that kind of falls apart once you start to dig at it.

I feel like there's a lot more to this than "pay it twice". If you're talking purely in dollars, then you'll want to consider maintenance and upkeep over the expected lifetime of the object and compare that to alternatives. Additionally, everything has an opportunity cost because no resource is limitless and you could have allocated it elsewhere. Finally, emotional and other intangible benefits are something that most people have a very difficult time quantifying.

If you want to say "consider more than just the purchase price" then I'm with you.

Just a heads up that with their loosely moderated contributor model, you can find anything on Forbes these days. Up to and including outright scams and misinformation. It's a far cry from the reputable source it once was.

One article of many.

I know basically nothing about this game but I'm completely burned out on the Ubisoft open world model of a huge map completely littered with mindless collectible junk and grindy side-quests. Is there reason to hope that this will be different than the same junk Assassin's Creed and Far Cry have been pushing out, or are most expecting the same thing in a Star Wars setting?

The way I see it - does the game have a final boss? Or a difficult climactic ending sequence? A meaningful resolution? Then I did the part that matters, and feel fine saying I beat the game. The side quests and collectible junk usually is just busy work that wouldn't pose a challenge, I just don't have the time or interest.

Sorry, I don't use wefwef. In the main browser, you can navigate to the community and the "block" button is right below the "subscribe" option.

And who decides what counts as bad behavior worth forfeiting funds? Sounds ripe for corruption.

If all you're trying to do is limit bots and trolls, just make your $10 a required donation to help with hosting costs. I'm sorry but this sounds like yet another blockchain solution in search of a problem.

I mostly lurked on Reddit as well. In the large communities, you could predict what the responses would be already and anything that wasn't tailored to what the hive wanted to hear would be buried. And why bother posting your journeyman-level knowledge of a topic when some expert in the field (real or imagined) was surely right behind you?

My advice - find a topic you care about, a hobby you have, and talk about it. Maybe you won't be the best comment on the thread. Who cares? This probably won't be the best reply you get either. If you helped one person out, even a little, wasn't it worth your time?

Cheers, I'll remember that for next time.

I never could get into Crusader Kings or Europa Universalis. I generally love grand strategy and play a ton of things like Civilization but for some reason Paradox's maze of menus and mechanics never seems to click for me.

Completely agree, some things should be above politics. I mean, just look at the list: in America it's mostly our best national parks. In other places it's priceless cultural history. I don't keep a formal bucket list but the list of places I'd love to see and the list of places UNESCO helps preserve has a TON of overlap.

I suppose I'll believe it when I see it. Thanks for the context though!