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  • gastroglizzy@piefed.socialtoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world[deleted]
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    Steam is more consumer friendly than GoG because it offers Linux compatibility and lets the customer choose whether they want DRM.

    All physical media also comes with a license.

    Men are encouraged to be more in touch with their emotions, but aren’t given a safe place to explore them. Men-only communities should be just as accepted as women-only communities.

    “Yes, all black people” is just as valid an opinion as “yes, all men” for all of the same reasons.

    The US is just as progressive as the rest of the world when it comes to trans athletes playing women’s sports (no country allows trans athletes to compete in women’s sports).

    US gun control legislation has its roots in civil rights and class consciousness. Early gun control legislation was intended to directly target groups of marginalized people arming themselves against a tyrannical police force and that’s still its main intent.

    “Political violence” is passing laws that harm people, not punching someone because they voted for the other guy.






  • The delisted games dealt in subject matter that is difficult to justify.

    The problem is who gets to decide what’s “difficult to justify”. That should be up to the individual, not the payment card company.

    MasterCard doesn’t need to help anybody buy “games” about incest, rape, or sexual assault of minors.

    That might be your opinion, but again, who gets to decide what’s on that list? If you don’t think those games need to be played, then don’t play them. It’s not hurting anyone when someone plays a video game, no matter how icky the game makes you feel. No one is forcing you to play anything.



  • gastroglizzy@piefed.socialtoLemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldnever forget
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    Also, forget about the massive amount of puts that were purchased against the only two airlines involved in the hijackings just days before the attack.

    Oh, and forget about the fact that the building owner profited $300 million by purchasing an exorbitant insurance package after buying the building only nine months before.

    Also, definitely forget that Building 7 and the section of the Pentagon that was targeted were housing all the personnel and evidence involved in the biggest financial crimes investigation of the century.




  • Ask New York City. It’s expensive af every time a change needs to be made underground because you have to dig everything up, and once you’re down there, it’s just a nest of wires in conduit so knowing which one you’re supposed to work on can be a challenge.

    Underground wires have to be insulated to prevent short circuits to ground. The longer a wire needs to go, and the more power it needs to carry, the thicker it needs to be. Since insulation goes around the outside, this increases exponentially and the cable quickly becomes mostly insulation in many cases, which is expensive and inefficient.

    Also, there’s only so much ground you can dig up before you hit bedrock. So, in some cases, power infrastructure expansion is limited because there’s nowhere to bury the wires.

    In many places it’s easier to let the damage happen and repair it cheaply.