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If not for the edit, I was gonna suggest Time Cube.

You can’t have this discussion “aside from corporate greed”.

That said, most older games also sucked. It’s Sturgeon’s Law. You just remember the good ones you played for hours and gloss the bad ones you dropped after five minutes or never played because they got 1-star reviews.

I’m gonna quibble a bit here: You, OP, did not talk at all about what kind of worker you are. You talked about what kind of schedule you like. You gave us no information about how you behave when you’re on shift.

For me, I try to maximize the amount I’m earning within ethical constraints. I treat other people, including management, with respect and trust unless they’ve shown me they won’t reciprocate, in which case they get nothing but the minimum. I cannot abide people who draw a box around their role and say anything else is “not their job”, especially when they’re wrong or making more work for someone else. I work fast, I work clean, and I don’t tolerate disrespect (towards me or my team) or attacks on my dignity. I’ve been described as very professional but also as mercenary.

It’s not so much Americans as online discourse that’s soured in this way. Day-to-day IRL people are no more aggressive or hateful than they’ve always been.

But online? I don’t know whether to blame botting or the effect described by the John Gabriel Internet Fuckwad Theorem, but it’s bad out there. The only cure is a well-curated whitelist.

Wake up early consistently every day for at least a week before then. Also go to sleep early every day for a week before then.

Ride my bike in the rain.