moakley

More, if anything.

I mentioned Goldeneye.

I'd say those were solid games, but not great.

Rare games just had this style that made everything feel a little off.

Like eating a Subway sandwich. The ham doesn't just taste like ham; it tastes like ham + Subway. The turkey tastes like turkey + Subway. Banjo-Kazooie was the worst about this. It just had so much of this extra "Rare" flavor on top of it.

And like, you don't notice it at first until you try the breakfast sandwich, and when that tastes like egg + Subway, you can't eat there anymore because that's all you can taste.

I was a Genesis kid, but I played most of the SNES classics while it was still the 90s.

Donkey Kong Country has always been criminally overrated. Even on a CRT television it was just not that good.

In fact I'll go so far as to say that between the SNES and the N64, Rare made exactly two great games: Goldeneye and Diddy Kong Racing. Everything else was middling.

Which one do you use? I'm not asking for myself; I just want to know what you're shilling for.

So you want me to repost stuff?

That's beautiful. Incidentally, do you have kids yourself?

I had one of those. They handed out Starbursts, and I made paper cranes out of the wrappers. Some of the time I doodled. I think most people nowadays understand that doodling doesn't mean you're not paying attention.

In hindsight maybe the paper cranes gave me away a little. But then when it came time to get into the actual meat of the meeting, I gave some really valuable insights and solved a problem that no one else could figure out. As long as you're demonstrating your value, people will be more generous interpreting your behavior.

But every work environment is different. I had a pretty good handle on mine and had already built up a good reputation.

Yeah, I argue this shit online all the time, too. That's why I listed "argue" in the things I'm able to do.

This is making a good point, but I still have to be here for my kids. I'll donate, vote, and argue, but I'm not fighting anyone off because my kids need me.

Leaving the country is also an option we're looking into, but my wife thinks we should stay here and continue to do what little we can.

It makes sense to me. Different people might need to get different things out of the meeting.

Sometimes at work I'll need one piece of information, but it's contained in a thirty minute presentation. Or I might not know how much information I need, so I'll start with a summary. If that's not enough, I'll watch a recording of the presentation.