eh…I’d try it. But knowing that kiwi gets really mushy, I don’t suspect I’d enjoy it. It’s the fibrous nature of pineapple which allows it to stay in-tact after cooking, and kiwi is just going to make a mushy spot.

Maybe oranges could work if they were processed right…

Being unable to recognize helpful advice, doesn’t mean I’m not being helpful.

Certainly not due to religion I can tell you that much.

Most podcasts are simply brain-rot. They aren’t even entertainment any more, they’re just zombification at this point.

This constant need to be entertained by something is ruining people’s aptitude for their own thinking minds. Listening to podcasts seems to be a way for people to absorb WHAT to think, instead of HOW to think. Nobody I’ve seen who listens to these podcasts does so with a critical mind, because a podcast doesn’t converse back. They listen to podcasts to be told what to think about a subject, so they can regurgitate it later.

I’d recommend not listening to podcasts unless you’re specifically learning something.

Everything they do is in pursuit of making more money.

That’s where I’m saying you are wrong.

Publicly traded companies are beholden to their shareholders, and MUST strive to make money above all else. Privately held companies can put that profit motive behind other more important motives. Sure, does Valve want to make money? Absolutely - we’ve all got to make a living.

But is that their ONLY goal at the expense of everything else? Also, clearly not - or we’d have ads on every steam store page, we’d be paying monthly for steam, and you’ve seen all the shady, shitty things that all the other wanna-be steam competitors have done. So clearly valve does not value profit above everything.

Valve’s best behaviors and worst behaviors are motivated by profit.

That’s where I disagree. Valve is not a publicly traded company. It is not beholden to shareholders to strive for profit above all else, and it shows in Valve’s leadership.

“Valve Child Gambling” brings up nothing. Care to enlighten me? As well as hand-wavey “a lot of concessions”…care to elaborate?

You’re kidding, right? They’re the only ones safeguarding the industry and making it so you’re not watching ads once every 3 minutes to get a few more coins in your PC games.

They provide one of the best distribution networks in the PC industry, and they constantly stand on the side of the players vs corporate interests.