Reason #1: This is not a deli, this is a church
I don’t feel like I should have to specify this. In fact, this should be the end of the list right away. This is St. Markstopher’s Church of the Holy Word, and while I was previously unaware that there was a saint named Markstopher that doesn’t really have any bearing on the fact that this is a church which does not generally serve sandwiches.
Reason #2: Wait, actually it turns out this is a deli and a church, but the deli isn’t open yet
All right, so I owe you an apology because it turns out that this isn’t the Church of the Holy Word, that’s a really stylized font and it’s actually the Church of the Holy Bread. I don’t know how I misread that so badly. In my defense, it’s really weird to find out that the Catholic Church also operates a series of delis, but it’s also really weird that the deli has separate hours from the church itself. Anyway, Yelp says this place is legitimate but you need to wait another hour before you can get your sandwich.
Reason #3: No, wait, is the deli actually part of the church service?
Now I’m really confused because the priest is coming out and offering you a tiny sandwich on communion wafers and another guy is carrying a donation plate? But the donation plate also has a card reader, and you check off what sandwich you want? I am so confused by what this place even is.
Reason #4: You are accursed by God for crimes committed in What Are You Playing
I would say that you should have known this would cause problems beforehand but I am not clear on why any part of the entire church-sandwich-dynamic was operating in this way and I mostly just want to go somewhere else. Can we please just leave.
Reason #5: You are currently pitching eggs at the church after you whisper Satanic curses on them
Why are you doing this?! You are the worst boyfriend!
Bonus question: What’s something you got on sale that feels like a major win for you? Doesn’t matter how big the sale was.
​Andrew Ross (@dengarsw): Even though it’s an oldy, I plan to do the Eevee Community Day both days this weekend, plus some Splatoon 3, Mario Kart World, and Monster Hunter Wilds (I love the new take on underwater combat).
I actually got a free inflatable water squirting toy for my pup when I got a bunch of things we needed anyway. It’s not just great for summer but to help with desensitization (poor pup is afraid of so much). Major win for my pup and wallet!
Brianna Royce (@nbrianna.bsky.social, blog): I’m still in Palia, well into Elderwood content now that I’m unblocked. Gonna keep going on that and working on my goal of getting all my skills to 10! Think my farming will be 30 before that happens, though, heh.
My friends, I am from the Midwest. I don’t even buy things that aren’t on sale. Scoring deals is like half my self-worth. It’s not just a meme; it is literally my first instinct to respond to compliments on my stuff by divulging the deal I scored getting it. I legitimately do this. If I have to pick one thing, it’s my house. We squeezed in to buy our first house right at the end of 2020 right when interests rates were cratering but before values blew up. It’s worth much more than the ticket price now, and I feel unimaginably lucky. Of course, we also can’t afford to leave, now, ever, so there’s that. Still!
Chris Neal (@wolfyseyes.bsky.social, blog): Much of my weekend is likely going to be chasing a drop from Seregios in Monster Hunter Wilds. A very rare drop. As in it has a 1-2% chance of dropping rare. Good job that the fight against Steve is fun at least. I’m also probably going to poke at Guild Wars 2 a bit more, get some flyboy time in Elite: Dangerous, and perhaps sniff at the Summer Sale to try to find something shiny and fun.
Bonus: I genuinely cannot recall any sale item that I got that felt like an absolute mind-blower. I mean… getting twofer on groceries is always nice? But that answer sucks and makes me seem old. Oh no.
Eliot Lefebvre (@Eliot_Lefebvre, blog): Still got a thing or two to do in Final Fantasy XIV and in Warframe, but I have gotten a lot of what I wanted done in the latter after the update and the former is in lower intensity mode as the next patch is due in a few weeks. Unfortunately, most of the single-player games I had been playing are also awaiting updates in the near future. But I realized I hadn’t actually tried Potionomics since it got voice acting, rebalancing, and an endless mode, so I’ve been tapping around at that.
I have a bad tendency to not wait for sales and just get things right away when I’m interested in them, but I picked up three Humble Bundle packages back in the day that really paid dividends; one when THQ was doing a bundle, which got me Saints Row the Third, one when there was a bundle of games with leading ladies which got me Tales of Berseria, and one when they had the initial waves of IDW’s Transformers comics up at once. And the first two had other stuff in them, too! They’d have been bargains for just those titles!
Sam Kash (@samkash@mastodon.social): I’ll be continuing the trudge through Dune Awakening. It’s not really bad but a bit slower than I thought it’d be. I finally got my sand bike so that’s been a huge bonus. Nine Sols also continues to click along.
Bonus: Back at the Black Friday they had a 50% off deal on a nice Shark robot vacuum with the self cleaning base. That’s been a really great deal. I love it. Makes the house feel so much better.
Tyler Edwards (blog): I’ve finally hopped on the Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 bandwagon. I waffled because I generally don’t enjoy turn-based combat, and I don’t love it here, either, but the real time elements add enough spice I’m willing to stick it out for the sake of the story. I might also fit in some Overwatch 2 on the side.
Bonus: I got a log of fancy vegan cheese for $2 off the other day. I’m saving it for my birthday.
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