Hey, I have an NFT of the first cryptosimp post on Kotaku. Yours for only $48,000,000. Or you could pay me in Bitcoin, which would translate to...let’s see 1000 Bitcoins right now, but by the time I finish the post, more like 950 Bitcoins, or if you are reading this an hour or two later, I guess like 1500 Bitcoins. If…

The thing is, this guy seems like the sort of person who was selling the digital receipts in your scenario, not the silly consumer who actually bought it. Or I guess he THOUGHT he was the savvy “entrepreneur” (aka conartist) who could take a worthless item and make a profit on the turn around.

Why you think the net was born?

I read the Buzzfeed article, and the article makes it pretty clear that the guys who bought the bible (apparently one guy fronted most of the funds) understand that they don’t own the copyright to the material in the bible. They are actively reaching out to the artists who do own the copyrights, hoping either get…

Okay, the obvious question here then is who made the fraudulent packaging? I would guess it was some sort of inside job. Someone involved in the company that normally manufactures the cards. Or are scammers really able to create entirely authentic-looking products with home printing technology these days?

I dig it! New team chant will be: "boil'em, mash'em, put 'em in a stew!"

Just watch out for the space herpe!

This seems quite odd for a professional interviewer, one who gets awards for doing strong interviews. She is obviously trying to set this up to ask something like, “do you think that as a very successful and visible actor, you have an opportunity to use that fame to bring attention to issues you feel are important?”…

Stupid sexy Snake!

The tents in a lot of cases can be worse than just sitting inside. Permanent buildings have ventilation systems, air filters, you can even upgrade to more powerful air purifiers. You CAN do that in a tent too, but there is nothing requiring it and I haven't seen anyone actually do so (to be fair, I wouldn't eat inside…

It is surprising to me that an economics instructor would overlook the history of why we came up with minimum wage in the first place (along with regulations about work hours, sick pay, overtime pay, health insurance, and so on). Big businesses would pay exactly none of that as long as they could get away with it.

For real. If it paying people is what it takes, then pay them.

That is a valid point and I will own that I don’t know much about the modern KKK other than what I have gleaned from movies and some minimal discussions in school. When I think of the “old school” KKK, I am thinking of the first generation, the groups that formed in the years following rhe Civil War. Part of their own…

Didn’t the KKK hide their identities while enacting their violence though? I mean you’re right that local authorities like law enforcement and other city and state government employees would also be members and it would be more or less an open secret which prominent locals were members. But part of the terrorism…

This is a very good point. Dr. Carson is one of THE best pediatric brain surgeons to ever live and his work has improved the lives of countless children and families. If I had a kid with severe epilepsy, I would absolutely listen to every word he said about how to treat that situation. But I also disregard anything…

The level of purple prose in the essay really makes me wonder if this was an attempt at satire, a sort of modern “A Modest Proposal.” This guy’s self-indulgent writing style really does read as parody of the stereotypical upper crust English professor. Or he might have also been showing off his ability to drink and…

If I had to guess, stopping the count would serve two goals: 1. Make the lead in Democratic votes look smaller and 2. Basically mess up the whole state certification process so they can say, “hey, all the votes aren’t counted so we can’t certify this election.” Then I guess the plan would be for the state legislators…

There is a certain poetry in Rowling giving people the tools to tell her off, as you say. I remember reading somewhere her responding to criticism that Dumbledore was kind of a shitty mentor to Harry, and Rowling said basically that was the point. She wanted to show that the adult authority figures were not…

Heavy drinking is also not recommended.

Right and the drill Instructor uses the line again towards the end of the movie when we see him starting off with a new group of officer candidates, so clearly the line is part of his usual playbook, and must be more or less effective for his goals since he keeps using it.