I know these people have never taken economics.

Do the people that are disagreeing with me have access to the same Internet? Seriously people, the scholarship is only marginally, like seconds more work, to find than the bullshit

OK, here is a paper about how copying is used to create markets in developing countries. You can find the journal version, but this is the MIT tech report.

Because it sucks. The opposite of the reason that people spend serious money on free Grateful Dead music.

Your junior high school life experience does not actually reflect the entire world. There is scholarship. Like radio play, popularity can increase sales. The question is, “Would you have bought it if it were not available for free?”. Because if you would not purchase it, then you are not a lost sale. And if your…

Ok, here is a data-intensive study, there are a couple more that look at the effect of torrent availability and sales, compared with cable movies and DVD Sales:

“Before Napster, a leaked album had caused only localized damage. Now it was a catastrophe.” Actually, the sharing of music and movies on bit torrent has been found to increase legal purchases. This is very much like when the movie plays on cable. Yes, you can record it. But most people sample it and then are more…

If he sued her for this, can you imagine what kind of consistent legal harassment she has been dealing with?

I got t-boned by a pizza delivery guy in an 84 chevy caprice. Totaled the car but it collapsed around us. He ran a red light as if he was in some cheap nineties video game.

I don't know, is it worth a lol? I give that trolling a 3 out of 10.

He is married! It is just that his wife lives in Canada.

No problem, the internet is all about stupid arguments and occasionally helping someone along the way.

Anyone who lit spray glue would immediately notice and kick Warrnen's fucking ass.

Yes I am sure all those people selling far more expensive coke and hard substances totes use it to cut weed. Because they cannot fucking count.

The chances of getting addicted to marijuana increase if you're a daily user or if you start when you're a teen.

YOU WIN.

You loved your ex, right? So, talk about him/her with the respect and common decency a human deserves.

You BiL is batshit crazy foolish. I hate the NRA but they have actual gun safety courses by people who tend to be grounded in reality. I recommend finding one.

I thought that was snark. "artisanal mayonnaise". I googled it. I now believe it exists, and is completely disgusting. White Truffle mayonnaise? ewwwwwww.

This is beyond rape culture. This is the Twilight Zone levels of hate culture. And does it not occur to these people that this means that a man who stabs a woman so brutally is wandering around free to kill again?