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[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago

I get the impression she has very little "real world" experience, particularly with people.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You could copy the manual on a xerox machine. Of course some publishers were smart and printed the manual in such a way it any copies came out as an illegibly dark mess.

So naturally you took a legitimate manual, manually transcribed it, and made copies of the copy.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)
10 PRINT "FARTS"
20 GOTO 10
RUN
[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

It's not, unfortunately. Anything with more than 0.3% delta-9 by dry weight is still "marijuana".

Hilariously, the farm bill did open the doors for legal delta-8 and delta-10 products -- which was certainly not their intention. A lot of states quickly closed that "loophole" though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

There is a reason China has banned most US-based software in the mainland

I'm not at all saying what the USA is doing is right, but I find it hilarious Beijing is upset about it.

"It's only OK when we do it!!!"

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Also Disney once told a family no multiple times regarding putting Spider-Man on their dead child’s tombstone.

This is one of those situations where it's better to ask forgiveness than permission. Even the most cold-hearted corporate ghoul is going to understand the cost/benefit of going after that family isn't remotely worth it.

Yeah, the lawyers are going to say "no". But even if they're stupid enough to sue: some suit that isn't a moron is going to tell them to drop it during the ensuing PR nightmare, and the family will be swimming in donations.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Or buy a Epipremnum aureum -- the houseplant that will laugh at your attempts to kill it.

The plant has a number of common names including golden pothos, Ceylon creeper,hunter's robe, ivy arum, silver vine, Solomon Islands ivy, and taro vine. It is also called devil's vine or devil's ivy because it is almost impossible to kill and it stays green even when kept in the dark.

Wikipedia

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

They love it when you point out that the term "tankie" was coined by other card carrying communists to shit on tankies. Make sure to mark the "no true Scotsman" space on your bingo card when they respond.

[–] [email protected] 61 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

People are drawn to and fascinated by taboo topics, and one's experiences and upbringing determine the relationship with those taboos a person has.

Women have personal experiences with creepy/dangerous men, it's a "known danger" they hear about from a young age, and serial killers represent the extreme example of this -- it's not really surprising "true crime" type media is popular with women.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Targeting a smaller, receptive audience is actually better than going after larger and more diverse ones. With the later you're more likely to get called out for your bullshit.

The former is more likely to listen, and a small echo-chamber will eliminate dissidents. That relatively small core group will gladly modify the message to better appeal to the local/culture they belong to, and spread it wide-and-far while obscuring the original source.

It's a highly effective strategy: look at Qanon. It started on 8chan of all places, with a tiny userbase behind it.

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