Virtually any company big enough to make a worthwhile phone is going to do terrible things. Think a given company is an exception? They won’t be once they get larger.
That being said, the fact that “everybody does it” doesn’t make it okay. The “blue vs green bubble” shit is nonsense that’s totally unnecessary.
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Burning jeans are very gratifying to see
I’m glad he took a moment to specify the difference between pessimism and doomism.
I readily admit that I’m a quiet pessimist… but I also hope I’m wrong, and I still think we should do everything possible to combat climate change.
That would depend entirely on people actually posting to the right community and actually following rules. 100% of the time. Won’t happen!
This will go away on its own, and will be replaced by something else just as silly (like beans did, and a dozen other things I can’t even remember, because nobody posts them anymore).
Damn, that’s sad. I have nothing but pity for anyone who considers themselves a “true” or “professional” sea lion.
When I’m not sure, I just give them the benefit of the doubt. For example, there’s a good chance that the person replying to me speaks English well, but it’s not their first language. Also, their cultural norms might be very different from my own. It could be a simple misunderstanding, too. Overreacting would just make things worse.
When it’s obvious that the person replying is just being a pedantic nuisance, though, I merely stop responding. They may think they’ve “won”, but so what? I can go to bed knowing I don’t waste my time sealioning.
Meanwhile, some world leaders are absolutely perplexed as to why their citizens aren’t choosing to have children.
My first guess is that it would have been overpriced and deliberately incompatible with existing chargers. No loss.
Well, I’m never going to Wendy’s at lunchtime again
Seriously? “Thanks for letting us escape to your country, now stay the fuck out of our bar.” Major dick move.
Everything it says is shit
Oh, I know. “Almost seems” is doing some heavy lifting in that statement.
$75,000 for ONE child seems almost reasonable. $22,400 is a fucking joke.
I don’t know how much of a reason that is to rule out Kia. I think every large automaker has got to be horrible in one way or another; the only difference is whether we know about it or not.
What kind of fediverse search are you talking about? Provide a link. That would do much, much more than any explanations or testimonials possibly could.
Pretty amazing that they can determine it’s not a threat just by looking at the outside of it.
Because people are dumb. If the machine knows when someone is looking at it, it can stop doing whatever it does to try and get your attention, and put itself in “sales mode”.
Still, you’re right. It seems like an overly complicated and expensive solution. Old-fashioned vending machines did the job just fine.
I give everything leeway when it comes to memes… including things like “pov”
All I can do is laugh and shake my head. This is insanity.
It’s definitely not just you.