While I'm not all that down for dick pics, I did not fully think through my comment and, as provided, was hoisted by my own petard! Also, it was objectively funny and sometimes, damn it, you just need to laugh at yourself a little! Beats crying into a bowl of Ramen noodles!

Yet, they keep voting for one as governor. 🤔

"Jedi have been the only people to hand Sith power, so not really."

Let's say you were doing shady, illegal shit for some mob boss-wannabe. You know a lot of shit. Have emails, phone messages, recorded meetings, and one day you're picked up on charges for something you did for the boss.

You have two choices, go to jail for 10-15 years or take a plea deal where you give up all evidence on the boss and in return are given only probation. You'd really give up a portion of your life in federal prison for that guy?

That's the situation that this kind of shit is used for. He didn't get this light sentence for nothing. Most of these people are spineless tools that were used and thrown under the bus by someone higher on the chain than themselves.

You really gotta aim your sights higher if that's the criteria you're using for a "monopoly". Valve is a private company, that sells games and other "wants", not "needs". If people can't afford games, without losing their house or struggling to eat, I don't think that's a company's fault.

If Valve was even close to using anti-competitive methods to maintain market dominance, you'd be correct. However, a company having superior quality products and making good business decisions is not a basis or definition of a monopoly. They just make good decisions and provide quality products that people want and enjoy.

Instead of using strawman and false equivalency fallacies, try taking a look at what really constitutes anti-competitive practices.

Other than Matthew banging all the models and the bassist getting help for alcoholism, I don't know of any other news, other than they are fuckin rad!

Ain't no one got time fo dat!

Right? I've used ad blockers as soon as they popped on the Internet scene. I hate advertisements, commercials and any kind of marketing. I don't watch TV, and when I do or it's on nearby, I get up and walk away during the commercials. When sponsored stuff interrupts a video I'm watching, I skip forward until the video returns. If I have to use a browser with no ad block, I straight up abandon most sites. It's untenable!

In general, I treat life and products/services I want like a business doing a Request For Purchase (RFP). If I want something, I'll look up companies that provide that product or service and rely heavily on the recommendations of friends, family, and community when making a purchase decision. Those who aggressively solicit me will almost never get my money or be considered.

Fuck capitalism.

Holy shit, I have multiple tabs open and have only been using Firefox as my default browser for about ~~1.5~~ 3-months (August 9th). Each YouTube tab has over 10k blocks and lifetime blocks since installation is over 4.1 million!

Edit: found the document I made in Obsidian to plan my move from Brave to Firefox and the created data is August 9th.

...law enforcement are some of the ~~laziest~~ most cowardly and insecure mother fuckers on this planet.

Fixed it!

You either die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain.

Confirmed. Definitely not spez.