What article did you read? BeauBurnside is hitting the exact same points made in the original column.

There is no “vacuum of information” just now being filled. We’ve known since late spring or early summer of last year exactly what everyone needs to do to be responsible. If you’re going to be completely disingenuous in your arguments, then you deserve the “stay home asshole” response.

When you were growing up (kidding - you clearly didn’t), people had to show up in person at stores to buy things. They couldn’t program bots to buy up every 8-track player online - they would’ve had to be at Sears themselves. And then where would they advertise their wares?

The lack of a perfect option doesn’t absolve you from trying your best. There’s a whole spectrum of ways to behave, so let’s all try to do better. That’s what living in a community is all about.

The pandemic is NOT the same as climate change. That’s an utter fallacy. One person’s choices have essentially zero effect on climate change (unless that person is CEO of Chevron) because the problem is systemic and individual contributions won’t affect the outcome in a measurable way.

That’s the exact opposite of what I’m suggesting. Lacking official leadership on an issue of public health, you as a member of a community have some options: 1) think critically about the issue, research the best behavior you can engage in, and encourage others in your community to help out or 2) throw up your hands…

“that forcing a virus to be an individual responsibility instead of a community one”

Same laws apply, except that in some jurisdictions, famous people are not considered to have a right to privacy, so are not protected against misappropriation. There’s still nothing they can put in their wills that will give them expanded rights after their death.

What do you mean “a matter of time”? Look behind you - we’re well past that. Given the right circumstances (lower resolutions, for example) the most sophisticated techniques are already there.

There’s nothing you can put in your will that will confer greater rights over your likeness to you than to anyone else. Depending on the jurisdiction, you may have legal recourse to protect your likeness from misappropriation (violation of privacy) or to protect your right of publicity (the right to profit from your…

Humans? Learn from their mistakes? I’m sorry - you must be thinking of a different species.

When a parent is legally, financially, and verbally abusing your partner, you don’t need to speak up publicly? Just keep it to yourself? That’s fucking twisted as hell. That’s exactly how abusers retain power and continue their abuse.

Yup. Even 50% of doctors graduated in the bottom half of their class.

I’ve never even heard of this practice. Sounds utterly insane - I’d tell them to eat shit.

Ugh. Watch the documentary before spouting off a bunch of nonsense. Her dad wouldn’t be within 50 miles of her career if the court hadn’t appointed him conservator. He’s a manipulative piece of shit, and she has consistently told the court she’s frightened of him.

But... he IS a huge dick. When did telling the truth that literally everyone agrees with become “cringe”?

“Coordinating their trades” by saying “everyone buy GameStop”? Jim Cramer has done the same thing literally every day of his damn life.  You’re going to have to be more specific to accurately claim they did something illegal.

I’ve been treating the whole games industry this way for years now. I’ve only bought a couple games at full retail price in the past decade - everything else I wait until it’s deeply on sale, usually $20 or less. And I wait at least until the first official price-drop to buy a new console.

No. It can be filibustered, so it’ll never happen.

Why would Dominion ever offer to settle a slam-dunk case out of court that affects their reputation and ability to sell their product at all to anyone? The fact that you think their name being “out of the news” matters at all shows you don’t understand what’s happening here. They MUST disprove these claims…