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Greg Baumbach @DragonIV@octodon.social

The saddest part of my recent upgrade to Win 10 has been my playing Minesweeper like a madman.

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@MightyBigCar Actually, my face usually has a huge grin plastered on it for hours because this thing is a blast to drive.

Front seat passengers think it's cool, but rear seat ones are too close to the j-pipes so they're usually less thrilled. :)

Hmm, my sort of loud car probably won't win me much goodwill 'round here. :)

@cute_weeds Don't let the turbulence around you affect you on the inside.

@cbowdon @craigmaloney Works on soft drinks as well as cars. People in general aren't the sophisticated buyers they imagine themselves to be most of the time.

Doesn't work on everyone, but works on enough of the public to make it a worthwhile spend.

@craigmaloney It's simply exposure to the brand name, nothing more. Gets people used to seeing it, and people subconsciously buy the things familiar to them.

Same reason politicians flood street corners with signs prior to voting.

There is a non-zero percentage that I will watch the last three episodes of Stranger Things 2 in one sitting tonight.

ST2 ep5: ok, fine, I'm hooked. It was all I could do not to fire up ep6, but I had to watch the Oilers lose another game instead.

ST EP 4. Aaaah, so that's what Dart is!

Yep, I'm really slow on the uptake. :)

@jason I'm getting old enough to be happy to be mistaken for under-40. ๐Ÿ˜†

@jason I'm still occasionally asked to show my license buying alcohol in our local grocery store, and it makes me smile broadly each time.

@Fede_Schaerer Nice! Here's to hoping it sinks its teeth in me next ep! :)