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I'd also like to offer Moregon or Oreagain

Yes, you get it. Speaking as a software engineer, users need to adapt their behavior to accommodate the product, not the other way around.

It's impossible to account for every fanciful scenario or ethical edge case - remember, software exists in a vacuum of pure logic. So if a braindead algorithm dredges up a painful memory of yours every year and tactlessly features it alongside a lighthearted quip from the marketing team, it's nobody's fault.

Well, it's your fault for not avoiding Facebook on that day. What I mean is, it's not my fault and it's not Facebook's fault, whatever that means. It's just the computer doing its thing.

Just kidding!!! I am using sarcasm to express my contempt for this mentality! It is correct to criticize tech companies for catastrophic UX failures! I believe it is in very poor taste to offer workarounds in reply to an anecdote like this!

I was nerd sniped by this post for like an hour, and "false dichotomy" was the closest I could find, lol. You could say that the argument has an unstated co-premise ("the harm is necessary"), to which you are raising an "inference objection".

The Talos Principle (+ DLC) and its just-released sequel really fit this niche for me. I'm fighting severe burnout and was specifically looking for a game without time pressure, reflex-based gameplay, or (because I keep bouncing off of turn-based strategy games even though I believe that I love them) complicated stats-based systems.

TTP is about first-person puzzles in the vein of Portal. While some of the puzzles can be difficult, you can work through them at your own pace. The level structure makes it easy to drop in and out of the game whenever, and the gorgeous environments and soundtrack make the world just a generally soothing and immersive place to walk around in.

Are you thinking of Samus from the Serious Sam games?

I, too, require great and accurate science communication in my funny JPEGs

I suspect it's just an autocorrect typo for "beginning to work".

Mmm, pseudorandom number generators!

(You seem sincere, so at the risk of killing the joke, I want to point out that both of my comments are deadpan humor! The phrase is indeed "fancy a cuppa", and I'm intentionally getting it wrong, like the tea preparation instructions in the OP.)

You must be "having a laugh" as they say! I'm 1000% sure it's "cup of"

Also, make sure to ask "Fancy a cup of?" with extra emphasis on "of". It is a classic British phrase

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If you see me reading a book in public you are absolutely invited to strike up a conversation and nerd out with me about it. I wish we had better mechanisms than body language to signal this!