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From: Rin Stowleigh <rstowleigh@x-nospam-x.com>
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Subject: Re: TIL - Steam FPS
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2025 17:59:05 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

>On 6/20/2025 5:37 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>> Today I learned that Steam has a built-in FPS counter.
>> 
>Since I don't play First Person Shooter games, why would I need a 
>counter for them?

For that matter, why would you even need to know whether FPS means
first person shooter, frames per second, or fuck people silly?  It's
all about your own pursuit of opportunity, one might suppose? :)