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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: free Free FREE  Astronarch!  Get it!
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2024 19:10:05 -0400
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On Thu, 12 Sep 2024 18:40:04 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:

>Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote at 20:36 this Wednesday (GMT):
>> candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
>> looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The
>> Augury is good, the signs say:
>>
>>>Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com> wrote at 17:19 this Tuesday (GMT):
>>>> "rms" <rsquiresMOO@MOOflashMOO.net> looked up from reading the entrails
>>>> of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs say:
>>>>
>>>>>Here it is!  Just begging to be taken:
>>>>>https://www.fanatical.com/en/game/astronarch
>>>>
>>>> So um, shitty graphics and a forced (free) subscription to their
>>>> newsletter.
>>>>
>>>> No, just no.
>>>>
>>>> Xocyll
>>>
>>>
>>>Since when did games come with a newsletter?
>>
>> When the game company makes you sign up for their e-mail newsletter in
>> order to get the game for "free".
>>
>> And of course you have to sign up for their website to in order for the
>> game to work, but don't worry they won't sell your information ... much.
>>
>> Sometimes "FREE" is too high a cost.
>>
>> Xocyll
>
>
>There's no such thing as a free lunch.

TANSTAFL: There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. (Larry Niven)

It's one of those words, like grok, I love dropping in a conversation
to see a) who gets it (yay!, fellow nerd!) and b) confuse all the
other rubes ;-)