Note that you can legally get free games, like on r/FreeGamesOnSteam that list such deals.
Some special cases to the rule also exists : Minecraft used to provide the old Classic for free in browsers, nowadays provides a time-limited demo, and Raspberry Pi OS still bundles a very, very old legal free copy of Minecraft with features to integrate the virtual world with IRL devices.

And sometimes you can pay for an illegal copy, like Uplink in 2000 : the publisher never paid the dev for the copies they sold, which means the people who paid for the game weren't more legal than the ones who pirated.

While I'm on it, devs prefer that you pirate games rather than using key resellers. It is a legally grey area, but those keys are often obtained with stolen details, or by scamming the devs out of press keys. Both cost money to the dev's customer support team, while pirating doesn't cost them a penny. It's technically a legal copy, but it's a very unethical way of getting cuts.

Note that some legal games can still cause damages to a computer. Notably, a dreamcast game loaded a virus when plugged into a computer to access the bundled screensaver. And some legal games anticheat system is borderline acting as a rootkit.

It happens. When my son was in high school he got lost on a 5k road race he was projected to to win (his HS team was running it as a warmup to the season) There was a D1 college runner that ran only the first 2 miles at a 4 1/2 minute mile pace. The golf cart leading the race stayed ahead of him. My son lost sight of them on some of the side street turns and ran 400 meters out of his way before people directed him back onto the course. He came in 6th. Others were happy to share similar stories with him when they found out.

Hey at least she didn't hear you

I had regionals yesterday too what a coincidence! I’m sorry that happened to you. Getting lost on a cross country course is so embarrassing but it happens to all of us! I admire your ability to keep going because last time that happened to me I just sat down and cried lol

You accidentally helped your coworkers from getting pay cuts at the start of a recession and possibly made some allies at work. Good for you! I hope you have the cajones to have their backs in the future. Who knows? Maybe they’ll be impressed with your problem solving skills and consider you for a promotion when the time comes😊

Wait you got to regionals running a 26 minute 5k?

This is why I always mute myself and double check I am muted in stuff like this because I am not good at hiding expressions or thoughts on stuff I disagree with. when I have downtime at any office job I have had, I find myself digging in to the company information. I will look up executive pay, company sales information, metrics, etcetera. I find too often companies are hamstringing themselves and therefore their employees or I will find trends to either support what the company claims or disagree with it. Companies don't often realize it but a lot of their data is available to any employee who wants to go looking.

I think it was more so that you aren't even dating or anything and you just asked him to marry you out of the blue, so he thought you were one of those crazy stalker girls.

Ok i couldn't read this that well what was the reason for her to attacking?

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Maybe he liked you back when that happened, but 3 months is more then enough time for someone to decided differently.

I like people like you. You bring a clarity to Board meetings that often times is lacking.

Call her bluff. Call the cops yourself. Document her pattern of abuse for later

best mature friendzoning

Oh yeah, I've definitely got a couple of contingency plans lined up

Start searching for a new job? If you find something better good if not you are at least still employed.

And then you’ll hear your neighbors stroll on by with popcorn and a soda. And probably their vibrators too for 4d show! Block Orgy! 😂 (this is purely a joke)

Bow Chika wow wowshit!

Being a guy, I would probably say: ENJOYING MY YOUTH! 😂

Talk about 2 birds with one stone

That's to much for an older sibling to do that to a younger sibling and I myself am a older brother you should just not take crap from anyone just ignore your family who's playing favourites.

I'm glad to hear this can be for the better. I'd hope it to not just go in one ear and out the other with this.

It is not the first time, nor will it be the last, that I hear/read from a situation like yours and that, to the venting party surprise, the powers actually care and listen.

Corporate environment seems to favor a very filtered discussion and viewpoint sharing. So it is funny when something like a hot mic lets things through unfiltered. But my favorite part is the unexpectedly kind of welcome reaction and in some instances even newly gained respect. There is something to be said for assertion at the appropriate times.

Learn and enjoy.

If some kind soul could explain to me, why is virginity such a relationship turner? Why would someone just 180 on someone if they were/weren’t a virgin? But let’s just say no lies we’re possibly included. Is it the whole experience thing? How’s someone supposed to get experience if either they’re with someone who is also brand new or someone which the wits just 180s and bails?