"I CHOOSE to do that out of love"

Critical overthinker:

Normal person: I'm going to do something nice for my friends because I love them

Critical overthinker:

I really wish Microsoft was more cooperative with indie physicals so I could play this on my Xbox :(

You need small talk to establish you can trust someone with bigger talk. “How ‘bout that weather?” “Oh it’s been wild”: neither of us care about the weather, we might as well be making dial-up modem noises. The point is to see if this is a freak who can’t EVEN be trusted with the weather question.

...does THAT sound familiar?

People with little kicking the ladder from under people with less while the powers that be screw them over and keep them poor to perpetuate the cycle as a form of systemic control.

But the ones who truly thrive are often the snakes with the most venom.

I really hate to put it this way but this is the fastest way I was able to understand what you're saying:

The industry as you're describing operates EXACTLY like the ghetto I grew up in.

What was your costume this year?

This is gonna sound dumb, but check your device's DNS settings. DNS mismatch or the DNS server blocking your service can happen.

I thought you were using the slang terminology. My baaaaaaad 😅