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Comment · 3 years ago
You sure do have a LOT to say about Audible, despite demonstrating here a clear lack of understanding of how the service works, its market position, how much it charges, and so on.

JAQing off in defense of a monopolist is a bad look.

Comment · 3 years ago
The government is deeply involved in the "free market", like when it defends trademarks, copyrights, and contracts by force or threat of force.
Comment · 3 years ago
The story in D4 is fantastic "for a video game". It's still a shitty video game story that wouldn't succeed in any other medium.
Comment · 3 years ago
I don't think this is a very accurate description of how things work in Germany. It's exceedingly rare in any Western jurisdiction for the aggrieved party to press charges. This power is usually left to government prosecutors, who are probably more impartial than the complainant.
Comment · 3 years ago
So you're not going to admit you were ignorant or just lying?
Comment · 3 years ago
Libertarianism has been exposed as bullshit over and over again. To dismiss these well-documented concerns as "ideological defense mechanisms" is just sad.

FWIW homeopaths and chiropractors use the same sad defense.

Comment · 3 years ago
There are PLENTY, certainly thousands and probably tens of thousands, of works which represent this monster's "view/ideas/philosphy" and weren't written by a deranged murderer. So you can understand the concern.
Comment · 3 years ago
I can access BBC.com and Medium.com from Malaysia without a VPN or alternate DNS server.
Comment · 3 years ago
Most of what jobs?
Comment · 3 years ago
Nearly every time a user whines about being banned from a subreddit by evil mods for "muh different opinion", they were just being assholes.
Comment · 3 years ago
The Right's devotion to truth and honesty in politics and society should serve as a beacon to us all.
Comment · 3 years ago
If I use ChatGPT to "hallucinate" a source, and post it here, am I lying?
Comment · 3 years ago
Yes, my tenants certainly do. Thanks for the support.

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