The fact of the matter is, in many places (I’m thinking of America mainly) using a car is far more convenient, if not the only option, and that’s the problem

Okay, perhaps not then. Thanks for the reply

I was startled by how dated Zelda 1 is. I know, obviously it’s very old, but people talk about it as if it still holds up today… It doesn’t. Maybe I could try Zelda 2 now.

I’m surprised no one had mentioned this yet

It’s because there’s an annoying trend of everyone reading the headline and not the article. Drives me bonkers

I think it’s definitely true that Americans get defensive when you criticize the US. I also think it’s true that a huge reason for that, is because the only thing the internet seems to enjoy doing at the moment is complain about the US—no one likes to hear their country that they’re living happily in trashed on constantly.

And I say that as someone who deeply enjoys complaining about the US

As far as Ubers, I’m happy to pay them as much as taxis in tips at least — the people driving them are hard working people who could use it.

But dang, there’s lots of streaming services. The new rise of piracy is not surprising.