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Facebook did the same with Instagram the year before. Definitely trying to manage risk by buying and/or killing all the competition.

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Often businesses like regulations because then they don’t have the pressure of a race to the bottom. Depends on the industry and the regulation obviously

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It was purchased at a Dallas gas station for $10.99

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Founding fathers: you will eat cheese or pepperoni pizza for the rest of your life.

Conservatives: so wise

Any rational person: there’s better toppings out there.

Non americans: you guys eat pizza? Every night? Every single night??

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ATF: you can’t make alcohol or tobacco look like candy or market them for kids.

Also the ATF: turns a blind eye to bespoke gun maker who do things like make kits to make guns look like it’s made out of legos

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I think the word you are looking for is apartheid state? And I think a lot of people would agree the US was for basically most of its history.

The etymology/definition of “authoritarian”, clears up why this is a fallacy. Authoritarian has to do with government having ultimate and totally authority over all people (think draconian laws curtailing movement, freedom of speech). Some on the party may enjoin freedoms beyond the peasants, or an outside group like you are suggesting.

Fascism is often flavors of authoritarian and it also uses out groups to consolidate power.

I think your logic misses the mark, and many other readers might agree apartheid and/or fascism might better describe these portions of US history.

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What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you little twerp? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my class in the Business School, and I’ve been involved in numerous proprietary projects on SaaS, and I have over 300 confirmed scrum meetings. I am trained in project management and I’m the top scrum master in the entire US tech sector. You are nothing to me but just another software bug. I will commit you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this Earth, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my boss and team of developers across the USA and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm, maggot. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your phone. You’re fucking done, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can kill hack you a hundred ways, and that’s just with my entry level engineers. Not only am I extensively trained in story points, but I have access to the entire arsenal of the corporate cyber security pen testing automation tool and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the internet, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking done, kiddo

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What the fuck did you just fucking say about me, you noob? I’ll have you know I graduated top of my chess club, and I’ve been involved in numerous speed tournaments on lichess, and I have over 300 confirmed check mates. I am trained in white and black, and I’m the top puzzle solver in my freshman class. You are nothing to me but just another check mate. I will windmill you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before in this chess meet up, mark my fucking words. You think you can get away with saying that shit to me over the Internet? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of grandmaster over the former USSR and your IP is being traced right now so you better prepare for the storm. The storm that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your Elo. You’re fucking lost, kid. My queen can be all over the board at anytime, and I can check mate you in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my pawn. Not only am I extensively trained in check mate puzzles, but I have access to the entire arsenal of my side of the chess board and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass-pieces off the face of the board, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “clever” comment was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking tongue. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will shit fury all over you and your king and you will drown in it. You fucking lost, kiddo

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Some undecideds, sure. It only takes ten thousand voters in a couple swing states to change the outcome.

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