You could use the same logic to justify a lot of criminal activity at that point

And what impact would actual shortages have? Bus is electric, bike doesn’t need fuel, suppose the ferry is only plug in hybrid so that needs diesel but I only take it for holidays/special occasions.

Yes, they do account for this. And excessive thefts of high valued goods by criminals is why I now need to wait for someone to take a block of fucking cheese out of a cage.

All good games and I would think those are good suggestions too.

When is this likely to be noticeable for normal people and what is likely to actually start happening. So far in the UK I haven’t seen anything change.

There is a difference between stealing luxury goods and stealing a loaf of bread.

People do steal essentials as well, but it is much less of an issue as they don’t need to put potatoes in a cage. Meanwhile brandy, cheese, steak are the products that are secured against theft.

It’s cheaper not to use the cage. But they do because luxury goods keep getting nicked. It’s the expensive products that go in a cage first. You don’t need brandy, yet that ends up in a cage.

I actually don’t want to live in a society rife with theft. Sure, if it’s a loaf of bread or some carrots then I wouldn’t mind someone taking it to eat. But that isn’t what keeps getting taken. It’s high value luxury goods that are then resold that are the problem.

Which type of gallon is that? Although prices here are going to be different anyway.

One stop workers always seem to love having power over customers in my experience. Never been to a shop with staff more strict on following every stupid rule they make up.

Refused to sell me a pack of crisps because it’s past it’s best before date. I don’t care I just want the discounted crisps. Nope she took it off me insisting it’s illegal to sell it to me - it’s not. They are also the only shop that has asked everyone I am with for ID because I wanted to buy a single bottle of cider. I am 32 and was refused the sale because someone didn’t have ID.

And now because of it I need to get cheese taken out of a plastic cage.

It’s never the cheap essential foods they lock up, it’s the high priced luxury ones.

I have wondered about cost efficiency of it because of how little you get from so much milk. But then cheese costs a fair bit more too. Not actually counted yields yet.

I wonder if a ratchet strap would be a way to apply a fair bit more force on the cheese press without having to spend much money on the setup.

Why of course the people don’t want war. Why should some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally the common people don’t want war neither in Russia, nor in England, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship.

Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country.

Chinese spyware or American backdoors…

I like games that are highly relatable/endless. Story isn’t something I am overly bothered by though.

Well, it’s better than an F150…

I think some of my most played games are indie ones I bought in the 2010s, Rimworld, Factorio, Vintage Story, From the Depths, Kenshi.

Not sure if I can think of as much that stands out from the 2020s tbh. Valheim perhaps but I don’t feel like going back to it as much as the others.

I suppose cheap is relative, but it doesn’t need to be something 1 person can afford on their own.

Could be expensive in fuel but otherwise any idiot can do it and pirates steal fuel from merchant ships.

I voted against this shit…

Wanting to end complicity in war crimes makes you a terrorist now?

Far more affordable to just buy indie games instead, and you can play a lot of them on fairly affordable hardware. You could make do with an iGPU for a fair bit if you want to keep costs down low enough.