Then, responding to those who have said he’s “only doing this for the money", Szymanski tweeted: “Yes, no fucking shit. I make games for a living. If I didn’t want to earn money from them I wouldn’t charge money for them.”

The game follows the premise of being trapped in an underwater submarine out of necessity to capture deep pictures.

  • @[email protected]
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    18 months ago

    Yes they literally did. “This is not an $8 game” means “I don’t think this game is worth $8” when talking about a game that is in the real world price at $8.

    No offense, but if English isn’t your second or third language or something you might genuinely have a reading/cognition problem. This is not like a strange use of language, this is just basic sentence structure that should be easily understood by middle school. It’s like the easiest question on the SAT

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      08 months ago

      “This is not an $8 game” means “I don’t think this game is worth $8”

      Does it?

      Why not just say the second one, then?

      You’re very good at english, so I wouldn’t mind a lesson from an experienced teacher.

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        08 months ago

        Because there are multiple ways to say a particular sentence and some people opt to not use the most passive voice possible when speaking (taking an active voice).

        Try it out sometime.

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          18 months ago

          “I don’t think” and “I wouldn’t” are not passive voice.

          So, by ‘passive’ you mean ‘weak’. Some people choose not to speak in a ‘weak’ way.

          I’m really learning a lot here.

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            8 months ago

            I mean yeah sure man if you want to make utilizing basic phrases and concepts into a “normal people vs pussies” type of dynamic where you are putting yourself in the latter camp sure dude, go ahead.

            Whatever helps you

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              28 months ago

              thing is, using a cognitive verb does not make the sentence in the passive voice