I believe the strategy is called Starving the Beast.

Funny this gets brought up as about 4 weeks ago Elliot Sang released a 71 minute video asking that very same question.

Izzy wants head scritches

I think I may have been reading too much into the word "bad" implying as if the person themself is bad since they still dislike being referred to as weird.

I think it can also depend on who calls you weird and why/how. I've received both the negative, "ew, you're weird" reactions as well as positive ones. Like a friend calling me a "strange human being" in an endearing way; or another saying I'm 80/20 with my weirdness. With 80% being good weird and the remaining 20% just plain weird. I think being called weird in a positive way can help with embracing it.

I feel I disagree. Those who get mad at being called weird just haven't learned to accept and embrace their weirdness yet. It took me a while. And I still sometimes feel the need to hide it. It can take a while to work through.

Jailbreaking the Wii U is a little bit more involved as it requires some "special" equipment. It's in quotes as not many are going to have a USB A to ethernet adapter, nor a compatible model, but they aren't all that rare either. But once it's done you don't have to worry about jailbreaking it again. Dumping Wii U games isn't much harder than GC/Wii either.

Not OP, but I have dumped my own collection of GameCube and Wii games.
The easiest way to do it is with a jailbroken Wii since it's not hard to do. Once jailbroken, the dumping process is about 12 minutes for a GC game and about 20-30 minutes for a Wii game (I forget the exact time). So with that in mind, you can make a rough calculation for how long it will take to dump your collection.
There are a few unmentioned steps, like converting the games from .iso to .rvz to save on space, but it's rather easy to get going when you have a guide to follow.

Just be aware that you'll be wearing out your outer front tire much faster than the others by doing that. That's the tire doing most of the work constantly turning your two ton vehicle.

I'm genuinely curious how many top tier laptops like this are sold each year. How many people can justify (not just afford) spending $6000 on a laptop?

Plushie Dreadful! A friend got me the genderfluid one. Though now you have me considering that one.

Caw-hoots

Reminds me of this photo I got of some friend's dogs. Izzy on the right is pretty relaxed, but Willow really isn't sure what she should be doing.

Right? I'm fuckin pissed.
Just as I start figuring out my identity and start expressing my truer, happier self, I also have to start looking out for my own safety. It makes me want to fucking rage.

I personally look to see if the company has their own storefront. And sometimes it pays off in unexpected ways.

For example I was in the market for a soldering iron. I found a solid Hakko one on Amazon, but I decided to check their site first and, lo and behold, they had the exact same one for sale for the exact same price. BUT I could choose what color I wanted; Amazon only had the standard blue/yellow, whereas they had two other color choices.
On top of that they included an extra goodie of my choosing, which I chose their coffee mug (I forget the other options).

So because I took the extra time to look around, I was able to get one in a color I preferred, got an extra item out of it, and cut out the unnecessary middle man. Win-win-win as they say.

Sometimes, though, it's just not possible. I was in the market for a triple monitor stand as I use a unique configuration (ultrawide as my main, with two regular widescreens side-by-side above it). The only viable stand I found was available either through Amazon or Walmart. They did not sell directly from their site. So I had to choose which devil I wanted to support.

MAGA-nomics?

The image says what happens. It can't hurt you, it's against the rules.

Depends on the region. Some places will test it on noon on Sundays. The place I'm currently at will test it once a month on Wednesday at 11 am.

Adjusted for inflation that would be... $4.99 today...

I'm tired, boss

I received one this morning, too.