Fuck off right now. I just got to this stage in life. Ugh. They are so comfortable though…

Wife already wants hourly neck and head massages. My thumbs are already working at max capacity, Captain. I’m giving it all I got!

I get his argument. I personally don’t mind it, but people are trying to curate their feeds better. Memes should ideally be for memes.

This better belongs in whitepeopletwitter. Do we have one on Lemmy yet?

I agree that most creators don’t become wealthy, and yes, there’s plenty of abuse and inequality in how IP laws are applied. But removing those laws wouldn’t solve that - it would just give even more power to the entities with the most money, reach, and legal muscle.

Without IP protections, smaller inventors and musicians wouldn’t even have the option to negotiate or earn anything off their work. A major label or corporation could just take it, polish it, and release it as their own without any consequences.

So while the system isn’t perfect, saying it “only exists to make the rich richer” misses the point. The alternative isn’t more equity, it’s no recourse at all for the little guy.

To keep it short and simple, it was more organic back then. Today, it’s more of a “designer” experience. You can still have a hell of a lot of fun, but it just feels less natural.

This is a terrible take. Sure. There are issues with the system, but these laws protect smaller musicians and inventors from having their ideas stolen and profited upon by larger players.

Without patent laws, there’s no reason to ever “buyout” a design from an inventor, or for smaller songwriters to ever get paid again. A large company or musician could essentially steal your work and make money off of it, and you would get nothing for all of the time and effort that you put into it.

It’s worth noting that Burning Man from 15 years ago is not the same Burning Man today and it’s tragic.

Learning how to engage and socialize with people of both sexes is a necessary skill. As long as your not being a toxic mess in front of them, you’re fine.

I biased against meth, but also afraid of it as well. Doesn’t mean I’m going to go out of my way to try it and assess whether it’s really as bad as they say. I also won’t try out any poison, random pills I find, or anything I have to inject.

Fear is a healthy thing sometimes, mate.

We don’t like it today, why would we have liked it then?

You should check out the HBO documentary on Qanon. It’s fantastic. Essentially, no. However, I don’t doubt for a second that Elon didn’t try to co-opt it at some point.

They won’t be tubby for long. Food about to get expensive. Timmy about to be on a fucking diet.

Thine eyes struggle to measure the shear size of your audacious bullshit.

That is more like a crepe. You can not do that to an American pancake, it would just break in half.

Uhhhh…I would not fuck around with recluses. One bite will melt a golf ball size hole in your flesh. If you really want, you can catch and release but you for sure don’t want them in your house. If they breed, you’re looking at a serious problem.

Yeah. Teenage girls are difficult to talk to sometimes, but I’d still make every effort to talk to my sister if one of her friends was like this.

With friends like that, who needs enemies?

They’re pushing massively into green energy. I think they are the next biggest investors after China if I remember correctly.

It’s been restored after the article published. Moderators removed it as it being “Non-consensual” due to their rules, which they were right to follow…but the exception is that this is “news-worthy” which I agree with.

“You’re not protesting the right way! You have to stand up to them only in ways that are acceptable to me!”

Got it buddy.

You’re forgetting all the boot lickers that work and support said billionaire’s.