The English language does not require strawman arguments. Everyone understands what you’re trying to say.

Nobody said every bad thing was slavery.

I prefer the skin seat so I can sleep uninterrupted, but they should call it that, not a window seat.

That’s punitive damages, but they aren’t punitive enough to discourage this behavior. The courts don’t work for us.

This scam already exists. That’s why Jeff Bezos pays a much lower rate on what is - bullshit aside - his income.

This is the definition of “statutory rape” I’ve been using. The truth is already bad enough!

I appreciate that Lemmy has overcome the urge to explain or link this for you.

Nitpick: she was 22, it was an abuse of power over an adult woman who had little choice.

I’ve been doing this for years at my current job. It has become a masterpiece of refactoring and comments. They weren’t even asking the right questions. I’m very proud of myself.

So naturally, I’m about to get fired and have the whole thing redone by AI.

What are you telling us here

I’m sure you and your partner can think of a more fun form of exercise. 😉

Strong disagree with minimal education standards because those are 100% going to turn out like the literacy requirements did.

Limiting who can vote and who can run for office is always a bad idea. They are rights - not privileges.

To be 100% honest, I like Bitcoin and LLMs too. Could use some pigouvian taxes though.

As a parent, I ban my own kids from Roblox. Because it’s my job to protect my own children, not the government’s job to treat everyone like children. This policy would put my children in more danger because they’ll need free speech once they’re adults.

Stories like Ftumch’s reply, and the fact that it’s owned by Meta 🤮 have deterred me from wanting to try that one.

I’ve been an Xbox user for the longest time and have been dreading them losing the latest console war. I’ve never been a huge Nintendo fan, and fuck Sony. This sounds like it’ll be my next big gaming platform.

It feels like just yesterday that VR was the big hype tech.

I’ve wanted to get into VR for the longest time but they all seemed like extremely walled gardens. This sounds awesome to me.

He merely drove your local restaurants out of business and turned your neighborhood into a food desert. You had every choice! Stop complaining and blame the consumer instead.

We couldn’t afford the Vietnam war. The Nixon Shock sealed our fate - it’s just been very gradual.