The Bridge

StrixVaria

16:00

Who uses those any more?

Unionhawk

@FEichinger True... I'm not happy about the LGBT-related complaints causing all complaints to become totally pointless, personally.

djsmiley2k

I've been up for 11.

:(

Scootaloo

Go to sleep then? did you forget that your species is not nocturnal?

FEichinger

@Unionhawk Yeh, the thing is, EA - and pretty much anyone in this industry - can legitimately lump in the whiny kids with homophobes because of stuff like this.

djsmiley2k

/me has so lost track of the convo.

kalina

16:01

I'll just be here, asleep on my desk, if anybody needs me

Unionhawk

@FEichinger Well, I have no problem with that lumping. Lumping those groups with legitimate complaints, however...

Scootaloo

@FEichinger Why did you bring in kids and anti-gay people into the mix all of a sudden?

@kalina we need you here now though

Unionhawk

@Scootaloo Hang on, link coming...

djsmiley2k

The only thing the fact EA came top proves, in the invalidity of the test.

kalina

no you don't, I'm not joining in this particular conversation

djsmiley2k

16:02

@kalina lol

Scootaloo

@kalina You're hurting @djsmiley2k feelings though.

djsmiley2k

If EA came out as one of the most loved companies in the US you'd know it's broken.

No, she's really not.

Unionhawk

@djsmiley2k Again, it's the internet. That's all that needs to be said.

djsmiley2k

@Unionhawk nod, but on the internet I must make my stand!.

Scootaloo

@Unionhawk still waiting on that link.

Unionhawk

16:03

@Scootaloo ea.com/news/we-can-do-better

djsmiley2k

in other news

ZOMG INTERVIEW TOMORROW ZOMG ARRRRUGH

Unionhawk

> In the past year, we have received thousands of emails and postcards protesting against EA for allowing players to create LGBT characters in our games. This week, we’re seeing posts on conservative web sites urging people to protest our LGBT policy by voting EA the Worst Company in America.

djsmiley2k

How many peoples creditcards have EA lost lately?

FEichinger

@Unionhawk Indeed. As I said, they can dismiss anything because of stupid stuff like this. "Remember that time you guys voted us worse than a company that extorts people? Remember that you did that twice in a row? Remember how you supported anti-LGBT groups with it? Shut up."

djsmiley2k

@Unionhawk aaaaah thats wehere this is coming from

Now I see.... funny

Scootaloo

16:04

@FEichinger I can't find that quote from anywhere. Where is it from?

FEichinger

@Scootaloo That isn't a quote, it's a prediction.

djsmiley2k

PR: "Oh crap, we are being labeled as the worst company in america! What can we do?"

Other PR: "We make it seem that some undercover evil terrorist organization is controlling the vote!"

Ben Brocka

@djsmiley2k I doubt it, they won last year too

djsmiley2k

Not hearsay, he hasn'tclaiming to have heard it

FEichinger

@Scootaloo That's not what that word means.

djsmiley2k

16:05

@BenBrocka IT'S A CONSPIRICY!

@BenBrocka and it was wrong last year too amusingly.

I don't like EA, I think they are very shitty, however worst? Not by a long shot.

Scootaloo

@FEichinger It's a rumor. Not real. It's not a quote from EA so why involve it?

djsmiley2k

How well did that clean up in the Gulf go anyway?

@Scootaloo was everyone who voted a real person?

Unionhawk

@Scootaloo Because it's something they'd say. And basically are saying.

djsmiley2k

No? So why involve it.

/me waits for stars

Ben Brocka

Eh, they're a highly shitty company, with some of the worst policies in the gaming industry. The vote really doesn't say much aside from which industries the voters are more familiar with/willing to be loud about

Scootaloo

16:07

@Unionhawk They didn't say it.

djsmiley2k

@BenBrocka indeed.

And who the voters are too ;D

Scootaloo

They may have implied it, but they didn't say it.

kalina

I don't understand, something is broken

djsmiley2k

@kalina that'd be you

FEichinger

@BenBrocka And that makes it a sad state of affairs. EA is just awful at PR, whoop dee doo.

djsmiley2k

16:07

I seem to recall you once told me you don't need sleep

kalina

@djsmiley2k perhaps

djsmiley2k

but maybe thats my deranged mind talking.

Ben Brocka

@FEichinger It's a problem deeply beyond PR

FAE

@BenBrocka It's a poll on the internet, the voterbase is going to be skewed from the getgo.

kalina

its like 17 days until payday and I still hafve half of last month's income left

Ben Brocka

16:08

@FAE Ehhhhh

FEichinger

@Scootaloo Nobody claims they said it. They are very likely to say it, though.

kalina

normally I'm broke by now

djsmiley2k

@kalina haha I know that feeling and it's weird

Ben Brocka

"it's just the internet" is an increasingly meaningless argument

djsmiley2k

ok i'm never broke, but when I check my account and I'm like o_O how much?!

@kalina it's all these wonderful goverment tax breaks obviously <g>

FAE

16:08

@BenBrocka No, I mean that it's more likely to be skewed by massive vote flooding from various communities.

kalina

I think I earn too much for the amount of effort I put in

I'll keep quiet about it

FEichinger

@BenBrocka No, this is plain fucking PR. People don't care about the stuff the BoA does more than EA, because they're either whining brats or don't know about what the BoA does, because the BoA hides it well enough.

Scootaloo

@FEichinger why the hell would EA commit suicide like that? I don't think they would ruin what little good reputation they have left.

djsmiley2k

me too, but hey ho, i'm going else where, where I'll be made use of.

Ben Brocka

@FAE It's possible, but I find it more likely the fact that it's a consumerist poll is more relevant than any attempt to fix the voles

@FEichinger Eh not really. BoA was covered in mass media for months and had massive protests on and off for years

Scootaloo

16:09

@kalina where is that quote you said where it started out "NOW LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE..."

I couldn't reply, because at the time I was temp. banned.

Ben Brocka

If anything the main difference is that people are tired of shouting how full of shit BoA is

FAE

@FEichinger If you don't know that BoA sucks, I don't know what rock you've been hiding under.

Sconibulus

the poll was "Worst practices this year" right?

FEichinger

@BenBrocka I have repeatedly seen people say "Yeh, well, the BoA really didn't affect me" or "Hey, I don't know about the BoA, but EA, i do!"

/cc @FAE

Scootaloo

@FEichinger BoA?

Unionhawk

16:10

@Sconibulus "Worst Company in America"

FAE

@Scootaloo Bank of America

Ben Brocka

I find it more relevant that the Gaming industry is generally a billion times more responsive to complaints than the banking industry

Lazers

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Q: Can my friend and I use my (singular) save game on the LAN in Borderlands 2?

My friend and I started playing BL2 in a LAN centre this evening for a bit of fun. We got some way into it, then his machine restarted, which meant his save game was lost (as the LAN centre machines wipe stuff off when people log out). I quickly zipped my save folder, emailed it to him… he load...

Unionhawk

The other company in the finals

Scootaloo

@FEichinger What does Bank of America have to do with EA? a game company.

FEichinger

16:11

@Scootaloo The poll.

Unionhawk

@Scootaloo They also made the finals of the Worst Company tournament

FEichinger

@Scootaloo Bank of America vs EA was the final vote on that poll.

Sconibulus

Honestly... it's probably that EA had a huge awful thing RIGHT before the poll in the SimCity fiasco

Scootaloo

@FEichinger Never heard of it. Why the hell are my the last one to hear about these type of things?!

FEichinger

@BenBrocka We saw how much EA cared last year.

Unionhawk

16:12

Given that it's The Consumerist, I'm surprised BoA beat Comcast...

Sconibulus

whereas BoA has been quiet for a while since the Consumer Protection Bureau slapped them

kalina

awake for less than 30 minutes and I've already cracked and ordered pizza instead of cooking

FEichinger

@Scootaloo You were the one who started this argument. chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8912990#8912990

kalina

go me

Ben Brocka

er does How Long to Beat always improperly include mobile games in it's stats? the mobile version of Mirror's Edge is 100% not the same game as the game on, you know, real consoles

Scootaloo

16:13

@FEichinger Why are you always trying to blame things on me and trying to make me out to be the bad guy?

Trent Hawkins

Part of the problem is we know banks and insurance companies are evil. we're numb to it at this point. We expect it. The guys in charge of giving us our escapist fantasies? We'd kinda like to think they aren't evil, and they keep trying to tell us, "No, dude, we're just as evil"

FEichinger

@Scootaloo Because it is the case. You mentioned the poll.

kalina

@Scootaloo it's all your fault, look inside yourself, you know it to be true

Scootaloo

I asked an innocent question. I did not intend on it turning into a flame war.

kalina

@Scootaloo welcome to the bridge

in other news, I completed tomb raider

FEichinger

16:14

@Scootaloo You forgot the point of the argument you started.

Fluttershy

@kalina Congrats! What's next?

FEichinger

22 mins ago, by Scootaloo

I don't get why EA was awarded the "Worst Game Company" of the Year. Most EA games I've played (The Sims series, Mirrors Edge, and BF) were good.

2 mins ago, by Scootaloo

@FEichinger Never heard of it. Why the hell are my the last one to hear about these type of things?!

kalina

@Fluttershy I don't know, it should probably be bioshock infinite but for some reason I'm not compelled to click 'play'

but... that ending...

seemed...

Fluttershy

@kalina It should probably be the first Bioshock, and then Infinite.

Scootaloo

@FEichinger are you done trying to throw me under the bus yet?

StrixVaria

16:15

@Fluttershy Aren't they unrelated?

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh.

It's debatable.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@StrixVaria Sort of. They're in the different parts of the same universe

Scootaloo

It was just a question it was never meant to turn into a flame war @FEichinger

FEichinger

@Scootaloo I am not trying to throw you under the bus. I am trying to show you why what you said makes no sense at all.

StrixVaria

I'll get Infinite when it's under $30, probably.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

16:15

They're not really connected in any way

FEichinger

@Scootaloo I am not blaming you for a flame war - which this isn't even.

Unionhawk

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Not in any meaningful way, anyway

kalina

if you're calling this a flame war, you ain't seen nothing yet.

FEichinger

I am saying that you talked about the poll first, we argued, and suddenly you don't know about the poll anymore

That. Makes. No. Sense.

Scootaloo

What I learned today: 1) EA is Evil. 2) Don't ask stupid questions.

6

@FEichinger Cheers.

kalina

16:17

@Scootaloo Congratulations! You've reached level 2! New ability unlocked...

Unionhawk

@FEichinger Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury...

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@FEichinger Short term memory loss?

Unionhawk

too lazy to finish that

Fluttershy

@Unionhawk This... is Chewbacca.

FEichinger

@YiJiang'sEvilClone It very much seems like it. And I find it very irritating to discuss something with someone who forgets the point of the argument they themselves started.

Unionhawk

16:19

@Fluttershy Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk. But Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor. Now think about it; that does not make sense!

badp

@FEichinger That's rather cromulent.

Unionhawk

If @Scootaloo forgot about the poll they mentioned in the first place, you must acquit! The defense rests.

Sconibulus

There was a livable planet at Endor?

I thought it was a Gas Giant?

Unionhawk

@Sconibulus ...

Jin

5

badp

16:22

@Jin What does the RPG cover say?

SaintWacko

@Jin I'm really bad about that

Jin

@badp psst: not all Asians are Japanese.

2

badp

@Jin pssst: I didn't ask you because you're Asian.

Scootaloo

@Unionhawk @YiJiang'sEvilClone @FEichinger Short-term memory loss doesn't make me an idiot by the way. I'll try not to "forget" next time.

FEichinger

@Scootaloo Noone claimed you were an idiot either.

Jin

16:23

@badp you asked because you think I'm an all-knowing being?

badp

@Jin No, you have demonstrated knowledge of japanese

SaintWacko

@Jin I hope you're not going to disappoint us by telling us you're not...

Unionhawk

@Scootaloo I was just being silly and using the chewbacca defense because @FEichinger used the phrase "that does not make sense"

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

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A: Can I import someone else's Mass Effect 2 save on a PS3?

Thee are many tools that can remove copy protection from PS3 game save. I used Bruteforce from aldotools. http://www.aldostools.org/ps3tools.html Hope this Helps.

Is this spam, and is this legal?

Wipqozn

@Jin I like it since it makes fun of call of duty.

Jin

16:24

@badp I only know the parts of Japanese writing that they stole from Chinese. aka Kanji.

SaintWacko

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Not sure it's spam, but not sure it's legal either

Jin

@Wipqozn EA sucks! Long live Gabe!

3

kalina

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I think the other answer on the same question might answer that

FEichinger

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I'm fairly certain it's spam.

Jin

/circlejerk

Wipqozn

16:25

@Jin yay!

@Jin The best kind of circle.

kalina

AMG DOMINOS FINISHED BAKING MY PIZZA AND IT IS ON ITS WAY NOW

FAE

►

FEichinger

@kalina ERMAHGERD!

SaintWacko

@kalina I am jealous

badp

@Jin I'm sure that must be blindingly obvious to you :)

SaintWacko

16:27

Bring me some

Fluttershy

@kalina I get way too excited by their delivery timeline thing.

Jin

@FAE I met Eliot Chang irl before. he's a pretty funny dude.

FAE

@Jin I love this video and have had way too many of those asked of me.

Jin

@FAE are you asian?

kalina

@Fluttershy me too!

Wipqozn

16:28

@FAE A Banana... holy fuck..

kalina

although it's usually one step behind when they deliver to my house

Jin

►

FAE

@badp It says "rooru purei geemu" aka "role play game"

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Sending something to @AshleyNunn. Apparently the thing left Singapore 4 hours ago

Oh wait, that's yesterday

Grace Note

@FAE It actually has an -ingu, so it's actually "role playing game"

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

16:30

Hmmm, what timezone is that 8pm in anyway?

FAE

@GraceNote I was just seeing that, yeah, my bad.

Trent Hawkins

@YiJiang'sEvilClone For some reason I was still on the Dominos pizza delivery thing and was wondering what pizza chain would ship their pizzas internationally...

FAE

@Jin I was born in South Korea but was adopted by American parents, so culturally, I'm American.

@Jin Haha, I love that.

Jin

@FAE do you taekwondo?

Unionhawk

@TrentHawkins I did too...

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

16:33

@TrentHawkins You'd never know, maybe I stuffed the envelope with pizza

badp

@FAE Thanks

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Did you hear that, @AshleyNunn? You're getting two week old pizza delivery from Singapore!

Trent Hawkins

@YiJiang'sEvilClone So, I'm guessing no 30 minutes or it's free type deals on this one, huh?

badp

yum yum!

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@TrentHawkins Well, your free pizza will take another two weeks to deliver

badp

16:36

Chances are the customs guys will eat all the pizza

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

:(

kalina

om nom nom nom pizza

badp

free pizza best pizza

kalina

guys, today - for breakfast, I had dominos pizza

I hope that results in jealousy from some of you

OrigamiRobot

@kalina cc: @LessPop_MoreFizz

Grace Note

16:37

@kalina Rather the opposite.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@kalina It's... 6pm where you are now

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot To my understanding, LessPop has pretty high standards for pizza.

Fluttershy

@kalina Nah. I ate cold pizza breakfasts fairly regularly when I was in the army.

kalina

@YiJiang'sEvilClone yes but I didn't wake up until 5pm

Sconibulus

@kalina it totally would... if dominos was a thing that was at all good

Trent Hawkins

16:37

@kalina eh, Pizza Hotline is cheaper and tastier..

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote That is why I am torturing him with this.

Wipqozn

@kalina Pizza for breakfast is terrible.

Unionhawk

@kalina Yeah, well, the dominos where I am sells breakfast pizza.

kalina

fine, I hate you all too

Wipqozn

Also, I'm sure if @LessPop_MoreFizz were here he'd let you know you're choice of Pizza vendor is terrible.

kalina

16:38

I will take my pizza and EAT IT BY MYSELF

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn WHEN PIZZA'S ON A BAGEL, YOU CAN HAVE PIZZA ANYTIME

Wipqozn

I've never actually had Dominoes, but I'm sure @LessPop_MoreFizz would hate it.

FEichinger

@kalina ♥

OrigamiRobot

@kalina It's ok, I love pizza for breakfast.

Unionhawk

It's actually less terrible than I remember

kalina

16:39

@Wipqozn he does, but it's the only pizza place that exists in this region

Unionhawk

It's my best option, personally

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

> csscss - A CSS redundancy analyzer that analyzes redundancy.

Unionhawk

Especially since it's open 24/7 here...

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Teehee

@kalina Dare I say... Pizza Hut?

kalina

there isn't a pizza sluts around here

Unionhawk

16:40

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Dear god no.

Jin

i can't get enough of reddit.com/r/wheredidthesodago

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@kalina Really? Has globalization failed our young madam here in delivering bland mediocre pizza to anywhere in the world?

kalina

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I live in a field, surrounded by fields

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Jin My personal favourite is reddit.com/r/picturesofiansleeping

Jin

@YiJiang'sEvilClone wat...

OrigamiRobot

16:42

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Pizza Hut is either great or horrible. It varies by location and there is no middle ground. Fortunately, the one that delivers to me is great.

FEichinger

@OrigamiRobot This.

Sconibulus

My girlfriend for some reason can't get enough of Papa John's

I think it tastes kinda like greasy cardboard...

OrigamiRobot

The one near my mom's is horrible.

Trent Hawkins

@OrigamiRobot I've found this is true of most chains.

kalina

@Sconibulus papa johns is nice

OrigamiRobot

16:43

I love Papa John's bread sticks, but my stomach does not.

Unionhawk

@Sconibulus That's the pizza that's been around my floor lately... I don't like it much, personally.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Jin It's a subreddit dedicated to pictures of people named Ian... sleeping. It's not creepy at all. Totally.

Sconibulus

There's a place called Gino's near me that has great pizza though, so I might be biased

Jin

@YiJiang'sEvilClone i'll stick with /r/popping. thanks.

Fluttershy

@YiJiang'sEvilClone cc: @IanPugsley

Lazers

16:47

0

Q: Blank Champ Select

So while waiting for a Ranked solo queue to pop, I clicked on the "featured item" Gladiator Draven skin. While I was still looking at the art for Draven the queue popped. I clicked Accept, everyone else accepted, I heard the "shwa-DING" it makes when it throws everyone in the room. Not knowing if...

league-of-legends

Fluttershy

@Jin Huh... Totally read that as "pooping".

Jin

@Fluttershy i'm sure that's a subreddit too..

Wipqozn

@Jin There is. I just checked.

I wish I didn't.

FAE

@Wipqozn Why. Why would you do this.

badp

@FAE Do you remember a certain discussion in about october 2011?

Wipqozn

16:59

@FAE I HAD TO KNOW OKAY

FAE

@badp Haha, I do.

badp

Good.

kalina

om nom nom pizza

Yawus

New battle theme for playing Pyro in TF2.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

tww-data.s3.amazonaws.com/panorama2/index.html

SO MUCH PIXELS

kalina

17:05

@YiJiang'sEvilClone there is only one pixel

OrigamiRobot

I liked pixel a lot better.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot you didn't like pixel

yesterday's episode of new girl is meh

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

tww-data.s3.amazonaws.com/panorama/index.html

OrigamiRobot

@kalina I haven't seen it.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

17:33

So I just finished American Gods

FAE

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Thoughts?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

It's... a good book, no doubt. I'm left wondering why it's earned such high praise though

FAE

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I muchly enjoyed it. I'm rather fond of Gaiman in general though, I admit. I just really enjoy his writing style.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Maybe its because I'm not entirely well versed with American culture, but I get the feeling that there's something deeper which I missed entirely

FAE

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Ah, yeah, that would be a bit of a barrier I think then.

kalina

17:40

right, up to date with silly American TV shows

now I'm officially bored again

OrigamiRobot

@kalina Out of curiosity, what TV shows do you find non-silly?

kalina

@OrigamiRobot most TV shows are silly

certainly everything I watch anyway

OrigamiRobot

I assumed because you specified silly, you had non-silly options too.

kalina

pretty much all TV is silly

Ullallulloo

Use PAM.

OrigamiRobot

17:46

@kalina Do you watch Happy Endings?

Fluttershy

@OrigamiRobot ... wat

kalina

@OrigamiRobot never heard of it

OrigamiRobot

Happy Endings (TV series)

Happy Endings is an American television sitcom which premiered on ABC on April 13, 2011. The single-camera ensemble comedy originally aired as a mid-season replacement with a one-hour premiere of two back-to-back episodes starting at 9:30 pm ET/PT. In the weeks that followed, the show continued to air back-to-back episodes that began airing at 10:00 pm ET/PT. The show is currently in its third season, airing Tuesdays, at 9:00 pm ET/PT. On February 13, 2013, ABC announced that, starting March 29, 2013, the series will move to Fridays at 8:00-9:00 p.m ET/PT with back-to-back original episod...

Fluttershy

@kalina You should watch Gravity Falls!

Yawus

Grape tomatoes are quite possibly the greatest thing on Earth, second only to pineapples.

OrigamiRobot

17:47

The first 5 or so episodes are horrible. Then it does a complete 180 and gets awesome.

Yawus

@kalina Warehouse 13 if you're into sci-fi/fantasy.

kalina

I can't take on additional TV shows at the moment, I do not have the hard disk space

Yawus

Eureka just ended and that's not bad either.

OrigamiRobot

RIP Alphas

kalina

Yawus

17:48

@kalina Clearly, you need an external hard drive.

Or another one if you already have one.

OrigamiRobot

External hard drives are gross.

kalina

I'm not a huge fan of external drives

Yawus

You could install another internal drive?

Or you could pay $8/month for Netflix.

So you don't have to have all of your shows on your computer.

FEichinger

External hard drives are great by necessity.

Yawus

But relying on Netflix isn't a great option either...

Sterno

17:51

@OrigamiRobot Awesome. That means that I can now interpret that season 2 ending as if everyone but Gary died.

Yawus

I don't really use external drives mostly because I don't have need to store large amounts of data.

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno But I wanted to see Gary being awesome on his own!

Yawus

Nor do I really need to transport copious amounts of data either.

OrigamiRobot

@FEichinger What necessity is that?

Yawus

@OrigamiRobot Storing numerous TV shows/videos, clearly.

FEichinger

17:53

@OrigamiRobot Backups, additional space, flexibility?

OrigamiRobot

@Yawus Internal hard drives store things perfectly fine.

Yawus

Your computer tower only has so much physical space for so many internal drives.

Arguably, it has enough space to where, if you are filling it up, you should probably look for solutions other than internal drives...

@OrigamiRobot Note that I did suggest internal drives as well.

OrigamiRobot

Your USB controller can only support so many devices. That's not a very good argument.

Yawus

It's a lot easier to switch out USB external drives than internal drives.

FEichinger

@OrigamiRobot You can easily and near-instantly switch external hard drives. Internal ones? Not so much.

Yawus

17:55

@FEichinger Depends on whether you're using SATA.

OrigamiRobot

If you need TB upon TB of storage, you can afford a bigger case.

Sconibulus

externals are nice for transporting data

Yawus

@OrigamiRobot Not necessarily. You can torrent large amounts of data without cost. Need for data storage does not grow proportionally with income.

kalina

I have 4 more sata ports free and enough space to put 4 more discs in there

Yawus

Or rather, income does not grow proportionally with need for data storage.

OrigamiRobot

17:58

@Yawus I'm saying if you can afford all that storage, you can afford a bigger case.

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