Well… Technically, he didn’t say they were successfully armed. He said there was an attempt made but he thought the arms didn’t make it to the protesters.

Edit: Still seems like a big deal for it to be confirmed in any sense.

It’s a good idea. Small business loans are a thing, I have no idea how to navigate them though. But I do know they’re sometimes provided by nonprofits and NGO’s. Office space rents haven’t declined yet, but if the market overall takes a downturn, that will probably be some of the first real estate to feel the heat. Lots are sitting empty with the landlord holding out for a higher price they think they can achieve, so maybe look at the price history of some near you. If they’re starting to decline, decent chance they’ll continue. Could even start out in a strip mall, then expand to your dream facility type after getting off the ground. Only thing I’d be real worried about is physical security, in any scenario. People love stealing computers and such. It sucks.

I’m sure there’s plenty of grey market peptides yet to make the list.

That shit woke me up at a young age. I’ll always remember rewinding bits over and over on the combo vhs/tv I had in my room.

I feel that. Whenever that word gets tossed around more, someone’s about to be or currently is dodging accountability. Every time.

Jesus christ dude, people are allowed to have a different opinion. People are allowed to think that things suck, or just aren’t that great. Ever growing list of greivances? Or someone wanting to make a joke without being too negative, then being pushed into revealing their full opinion? Assuming worst intentions in others is a surefire way to feel miserable all the time. If you think you can just browbeat people into your line of thinking, you have a lonely life ahead. For your own sake, change your ways.

Hell yeah. Suffer more, bitch. That gave me a great start to the morning, seeing that. I hope he has a heart attack. Or a full blown stroke. Maybe a grand mal seizure. Stress is really bad for your body, especially at a high level for extended time. I hope that’s the only state he gets to experience for the rest of his miserable existence.

Not really, I can distance them in my mind to some degree while still appreciating the art but only if it doesn’t require a bunch of mental gymnastics. J.K is past the level for me because I took positive lessons from her books that she ironically didn’t learn herself. Her stance irl seems to be antithetical to the books, she would be the villain in her own stories.

Kanye… more complicated for me. I can still separate art from artist when I listen to his old work. I’ve struggled with some pretty similar things to him, mental health wise. It’s hard to imagine being in his position. Now he’s apologizing for the nazi shit, and yeah words are great but they need to be followed with actions, and a lot of them. If what he said is true (walking around with an undiagnosed TBI for years) then what he did makes sense, but just apologizing isn’t enough. Not even close. His trump arc did immeasurable damage, so for the apology to feel legit, he needs to put in enough positive work to balance it out plus extra. And I haven’t really seen any actions to follow the apology yet.

The more I like your art, the more I am willing to put up with some bs from you as a person. But the line, for me, is hypocrisy. Because then the art loses meaning as a piece of the artist.

The way you’re quoting this implies sarcasm or derision. Okay then, we should do nothing? The ecosystem is a wreck, yes, and acting our entire species took part is disingenuous at best.

What’s really your question here? This is all over the place. I feel like you’re upset about this, which is totally valid and I feel you, but it’s making it hard to understand exactly where you’re coming from.

Ah fuck it, I’ll take one Login with Caution please.

Yeah but you also have to consider the psychological damage.

That’s exactly the reaction they want. That aspect of the scam helps filter out people who might be smart enough to properly retaliate if they were to get scammed out of 20k or whatever.

To call him the inflection point, as if this wasn’t a more complex change emerging over time, is ridiculous. You are clearly speaking from an outside perspective. He has never come close to flashing his wealth or showing a ‘lifestyle’, anything that has came definitively after his peak. The influencer issue was also far more complex. Instagram was the central breeding ground for those types, and twitter was still conversationally relevant.

Even if he was the inflection point, what now? You expect someone at the center of things to realize their unique position, and then realize the most morally correct thing (to you) to do about it? Patently ridiculous, hindsight is 20/20 when it comes to larger cultural movements like influencers.

Calling pewdiepie an influencer shows how little you understand that sphere. You have no idea what you’re talking about.

Funny, I’ve heard it before as well and watched this time for the video. Listening on just the phone’s speaker and it sounded way better than I expected. So this version has been remastered for shit speakers. Interesting.

Edit: first listen was on a full size stereo. (Sounds fucking awesome btw)

“in some cases” yeah you’re talking about a tiny percentage here, just the ones at the top. Why? Why do some sports players get paid so much? Why do some movie stars get paid so much? Society places incredibly high value on appearances. You’re free to disagree on a personal level (as do I, the beauty culture is horrendous) but it’s important to realize the reality of how most people think.

As for the devs, people are often broke. Years ago, the reason I first learned about open source was looking for free alternatives to word, when I found libreoffice. I had absolutely no money to spare at the time. These days, I’m in the hole again. But I give when I’m able. I try to give proportionally to my use of whatever it is, that feels fair. I make bug reports with needed relevant info, I’m learning c++ for myself but also to one day make contributions of my own.

Open source being discovered as a no-cost alternative to paid software makes it difficult to fet funding, even though that’s a pillar of what makes it so great. Bit of a paradox.

I feel your pain. The really good ones plan for this, some pop up immediately when you scroll up and that sucks. The proper thing to do (imo) is to wait for the user to scroll 80% of the viewport back up, only then letting it begin to slide in, and have it slide in at a rate 1/2 of the page scroll. I do like having it easily available, but it should feel like it’s trying to stay out of the way.

I think you make a fair point here, partially. However, Marlboro could also advertise on snapchat if they wanted. Now there’s no doubt something like that would catch massive eyes, landing them in hot enough water to probably change the law around it. If Marlboro leadership saw Juul as a threat, that would make sense to do. They lose a pittance in advertising and court fees, and cut off a competitor from an advertising stream.

But they’re not a threat, they’re an asset. Altria, the parent company of Philip Morris and NJOY, has a 35% stake in Juul. Altria is incentivized to keep their piles of shit separate.

Vaping has the potential to be healthier than cigarettes, socially and physically. But not when it’s almost entirely controlled by companies that have a history of marketing to children. It’s physically healthier sure, but only 107 countries have laws regulating the age for vaping, vs 188 for cigarettes. The e-waste factor is also huge, something that a lot of people who vape choose to ignore and I wish they couldn’t. I vape myself, have for years, and it’s a shit state of affairs with how popular disposables are. But I don’t know what the realistic solution is. People are going to use tobacco products in a dystopia.

Oh, the horrors.

Bonzibuddy.

Advertising to children is significantly more tightly regulated, for the very reason that they’re so damn thirsty for it.