for the case of gaming, i’m inclined to disagree. the toxicity in gaming communities is so awful that punishments need to be much more severe.

“Wrigley tested this controversial technique on Saturday night, tagging Epic chief.... Wrigley has promised to compensate Dictate and Userz...”

Nah, why are the team mates getting compensated? More people need to be held accountable in the gaming community and with a small team like that it’s highly likely those two dismissed or even joined in on toxic behavior. if you can’t keep your friends/team mates in check, that’s on you to deal with or give them the…

This type of storm happened 10 years ago. Similar things happened, although not on the same scale, and they were warned that not winterizing their power plants would cause this to happen. And they did jack fucking shit about it. each of the heads of the power companies that refused service should be fired, fined…

Yeah... it would be a real shame if Star Citizen’s release were delayed by a week.

I was actually thinking more along the lines of “The Original Max Talking Headroom Show.”

Bullshit.

I mean, it’s more like, “make it in Taiwan, Korea, Vietnam, or India”. They’re never going to be American jobs, but at least we can ensure that they’re not controlled by the Chinese Communist Party. 

“Kinda like how he promised $2000 checks and hasn’t done that either.”

Everyone says this but you know we will revolt when companies pass the increased labor costs on to the consumer and a PS6 costs $1000.

I’m hoping the bigger narrative that takes place is the crumbling of the widely believed lie that a stock is a reflection of the performance of a company (and by extention, Wall Street is Main Street).

My sister’s a journo and some years back wrote a few feminist-oriented pieces. None blew up in this way, but she still got bits of hate mail from the incel contingent, and it killed me seeing how it hurt her. So please don’t think I’m downplaying the emotional toll, or saying “just put up with it, it’s good for…

It is SUPER sleazy. A study was performed a few years ago showing that, for at least the past half-century, the actual policy proposals of elected officials had almost no correlation with the desires of the average citizen and almost 100% correlation with the desires of rich donors. It’s a big reason why, for decades,…

This is a law that, if passed, will be easily capable of indicting just about everyone in the US that uses *any* kind of social media within a few years of passing if law enforcement pushed on it.

any of these companies marketing teams would happy to show you that you’re not, or you would’ve been on the initial list

I’m sure they’re great for business, but is the emotional toll worth it? I think most people would say no (and, in the moment, it’s harder to focus on “business” with all that over your head, even if she’ll come out on top at the end of it all).

Can’t wait for CDPR’s “sorry to who this may have offended...” non-apology.

I agree. That stuff does give me a headache though.

From a neurologist friend: