“We are sorry, but this arboreal feature is on the property of an Amazon™ warehouse, and you have not accepted the necessary licensure and non-disclosure agreement to enter. Steering Wheel will remain locked.”

Fair enough. Withdrawn!

You incorrectly assume that Trump’s sycophants are any better at reading comprehension than he is.

“Ah, yes, the official numbers are…”

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“Yes, ‘the bigliest numbers. More than ever. Yuge. So much.’… As you can see, we had a record turnout”

Daring to call linoleum “tile work” is like calling a Walmart a “home”

That’s impossible. I distinctly recall a news article from my childhood which reported that the moon’s spoon was stolen by a dish after a cow distracted it. Did the moon get its spoon back somehow?

All WHAT “gun control”? My sibling in Christ, do you perceive there to be insufficient access to guns in america?! Really?

“Sorry, but your brake subscription has expired.”

Also, that would require a Tesla’s systems to function, which is not a guarantee.

When I read this, I thought you were being naive with the first half, thinking that any employer would give a shit, but then you gave me new hope by citing the grim rationale of the corpocrat. Thank you for this breath of fresh, cynical air. A much-needed, realist break from the glitter-bomb hope porn I expected

I’m 30, and I’ve seen them twice in my life in-person. However, I believe that they were in very old buildings. Can’t remember exactly where, though, since they were both over ten years ago.

Oh, is THAT what that fucking blue splotch everywhere in win11 is? Just an appalling amount of smurf cum, spewing waves of blue jism into the UI at every opportunity?

I just see it bending there. I can’t say that it’s definitely AI, I just see something clearly experiencing strain under the load, and that isn’t safe.

For me, the problem is that, given that the mat is OBVIOUSLY flexible, it seems nigh impossible to securely tie down so that the torque when extended doesn’t force the mooring lines out of place.

If it’s stupid and it works, then it’s a stupid thing that works.

If this unexploded land mine doesn’t go off and kill me the moment it gets jostled, then it’s not dangerous, is it?

I believe that the trolley portion is partly subtext: notice how, unlike in the traditional problem, there’s nobody ON the other track. This is a variant where you must risk/accept personal annihilation of self to cause someone else identical to yourself to save five lives. It does add a layer, but I think it would be better to explicitly state the actual sacrifice, rather than asking the trite question.

The babadook. It’s a fairly poignant metaphor for grief and the ways it affects us.

Thank you for the edit! That edit was very helpful for me to read.

The “cause” appeared to be appealing to the idea that piracy from sports companies hurts the poor players, who are just there to get paid, because whatever would the world do if Josh Allen made a few dollars less off of his $55 million per year deal?

However, given your clarification, I take less issue with your premise. I maintain that it was a bad comparison to actors, and that the companies within the oligopoly over sports broadcasting are all, universally and without equivocation, awful, the players are insultingly overpaid, the entire system needs to be dismantled, and that any action taken to undercut them is an axiomatic good.

1. That’s a completely false equivalency, since the entire point of movie production is NOT a competition. Sports, however, is literally all about competition through feats of athletics and strategy.

2. The discussion about the egregious insultingly high salaries both of the highest-paid actors and sportballers is one that we can have, but I do not think that one will go well for your cause.

3. I’m gonna need some sources cited that the main reason the majority of people watch sports is for “the drama”.