Pledging to vote for someone despite the genocide means they have no incentive to stop the genocide. That is the more dangerous stance.

Bullshit, it’s the least dangerous stance!

• You can vote for Biden and have him fail to stop the genocide
• You can vote for Trump and have him enthusiastically support and egg on the genocide
• You can vote third-party and have Trump enthusiastically support and egg on the genocide

Those are your choices. Pretending that there’s some choice other than voting for Biden that causes less harm is a DELUSIONAL LIE, end of!

I’d say the 32X didn’t just compound the problems; it was the problem.

The 32X only existed because of infighting between Sega of America and Sega Japan, and accomplished fuck-all except to almost directly compete against Saturn, cannibalizing sales, causing consumer confusion, serving as a distraction that caused Saturn to come out six months late in NA, etc. If 32x hadn’t existed, Sega could’ve just released Saturn worldwide that same day instead ('cause that’s when it came out in Japan). And, for all we know, Saturn itself might have turned out technologically better if Sega had devoted all of its engineering resources to it instead of splitting them with the 32X.

It was also just a dumb unforced error that 32X and Saturn used almost the same hardware but weren’t mutually compatible. If 32X had been “a Saturn, but slightly cheaper because it’s piggybacking off a Genesis and MegaCD” instead of its own oddball platform, it might have been a raging success instead of a raging failure.

“Unknowingly” – maybe for a few of the idiots in the back, but not the party leadership. I mean, they have international conferences right out in the open (let alone more secretive cabals) where they collude to advance their fascist agenda worldwide. Don’t tell me you’re still surprised by now that even their railing against the “(((globalist))) new world order” was yet more projection, LOL.

I hate that they decided to have Morpheus hold up a battery instead of a processor because some empty suit thought audiences were too stupid to get it.

Her background is as a “tough on crime” (read: shitty on civil rights) prosecuting attorney.

You’d think the Feds would step in to fix that sort of Establishment Clause violation, no matter how powerful the cultists are at the NYC (or Clearwater, or Salt Lake City, or…) local government level, but I guess not.

What’s relevant is that the commenter I replied to suggested that it’s Spotify’s “prerogative” whether to comply with the law or not. It isn’t.

This issue here is people spouting dangerous late-stage-capitalist nonsense, not the content of the ADA rule. Your demand is actually just a derailment tactic.

I never said it was. I said that the requirement is the same whether it’s a free account or a paid one. It’s either always required or it’s never required, but it sure as Hell is not “their prerogative” based on how much they get paid.

Think about it for a second: what the parent commenter is suggesting is that it’s somehow okay for a company to use compliance with legal requirements as an upselling opportunity! You do see the problem with that line of thinking, right?!

But seeing as it’s a free account, it’s their prerogative

Oh, so not charging money magically exempts companies from meeting ADA accessibility requirements for their public accommodations?

Edit: what I’m taking issue with is the notion that being on the free tier of service changes anything. Maybe Spotifiy has an obligation or maybe it doesn’t, but either way, it’s the same regardless of how much or little the customer pays. Being a second-class customer does not make you a second-class citizen who doesn’t get equal protection under the law!

That and (in America at least) closing neighborhood schools to consolidate them into larger ones further away. They’re allegedly better because they can offer more variety of classes and amenities, but losing local schools, which serve as a focus of the community, can destroy neighborhoods. (Example: English Avenue School closing in 1995, and the surrounding neighborhood suffering a huge increase in crime shortly thereafter.)

LOL, no they are not! If there’s one thing I know about Evangalion, it’s that.

I really don’t understand why bakfiets aren’t more popular here in the US, or at least why they aren’t at least starting to become more available. I’ve got a Lectric longtail now, but if somebody came out with an affordable bakfiets I’d upgrade in a heartbeat.

Russia’s high tech side of their military industrial complex is incredibly weak compared to the old USSR days

They’ve been screwed since like the '60s because of the gap in microprocessor tech.

TIL Odysseys are inferior minivans.

The Aerostar I had two decades ago and the Sedona I have now both fit sheet goods just fine.

Also, I don’t think you’ve been able to buy a regular cab/8’ bed pickup easily since about the '90s.

…we don’t let them run indiscriminately across the road. They’re taught to walk to a a crosswalk to cross the road.

Really? You’re actually going to defend this classist, corporate-astroturfing bullshit, the theft of the public street away from the People for the exclusive benefit of irresponsible drivers?

Basic requirement is being able to haul sheet material (4’ wide) with no fuss.

I hate to say it, but what you actually want is a minivan.

Get a Ford Econoline pickup and an electric conversion kit. No frunk at all!

Nah, the only thing that might be worth worrying about learning to drive stick is the clutch, and that’s a wear item designed to be replaced anyway. (Not necessarily often or cheaply, but still, a wear item.)

Even then, unless somebody’s truly hopeless, they’ll figure it out well before putting on any noticeable excessive wear. (Source: I’ve taught at least five people to drive stick using my own cars, including myself, and haven’t had to replace a clutch due to wear yet.)

Still less radiation than coal plants release in normal operation.