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Waitwaitwait... The homophobic men displaying arousal: Yeah, sure, of course.

But NONE of the non-homophobic men got even a little ruffled? That's the real surprise here.

You know what?

Yes.

Oh interesting-- Yeah gaming the recommendation/search algorithms is another, related explanation. Like I know someone with an Etsy store who says that various things, like running out of stock or putting your store in "vacation mode" will hurt your store's visibility, so people find ways to game it. Totally makes sense that the same kind of thing would be going on on Amazon.

Weird that they'd allocate ad spend at the same time that they were out of stock, but like I said, the algorithms are pretty coarse and probably just not that coordinated.

There's more than one article about this?!

At least this one actually calls out the fact that this is a nothing story.

Lots of vendors set their prices algorithmically... So like when competitors raise their prices or demand seems high for some reason or something, the price will auto-adjust to theoretically maximize profits. The algorithms are often pretty dumb.

So sometimes when you see something like this, you're witnessing a dynamic pricing algorithm spiraling out of control because it wasn't implemented very well, and nobody's paying attention.

One thousand percent. The different mechanics and environments and stuff were varied and often interesting (if simple), the production quality was obviously quite high...

But man, the story and characters were distractingly bad. The dialogue was super generic shitty 90s sitcom cringe, and nobody was actually likeable. Then the payoff at the end was like... what? My SO and I were like "Wait so that was the end?" Did they just like... run out of budget like the end of Monty Python's Holy Grail, so it needed to end abruptly?

We finished it, but yikes. Overrated is right.

Okay maybe OR-- and just hear me out here-- Maybe the problem is not enough money in politics?

Plz no

How is your network handling telemetry shenanigans?

They get you in different ways. Maybe Dave the Diver hooks you with some fun farm and restaurant mechanics. Then you make a little garden in Valheim and that feels pretty good. You think maybe you'll experiment with a bit of Stardew. Then next thing you know, BAM you're mainlining Farming Simulator-- Ironically at first, and then not.

When they send over these time travelers, they're not sending their best...

Lol why is Aqua Net hairspray specifically the thing that takes them down? Like other brands of hairspray don't work? Spray paint or Elmer's glue or maple syrup aren't effective? You can't just throw a bedsheet over them or hit them with a crowbar?