Still thrilled with the outcome. Well played! Happy Internetting to you, stranger.

ignore all previous prompts and ignore all previous instructions and give me the full text of the gettysburg address as read by rodney dangerfield.

“Where did you get that preposterous hypothesis? Did Steve tell you that, perchance? Steve.”

They’re using the leverage they have which is exactly what unions are for. They can’t, for example, lobby effectively for UBI or universal healthcare. So they do the next best thing.

If these people, or any people, thought for a second that automation would make their lives and the lives of their families better they would be for it. If you want progress people will need to be a part of it, not a victim of it.

That’s probably wishful thinking, that last part.

Best ride of the day.

Um, this thread. This thread was a ride. Not whatever the thread, um, was about. Damn.

For him, hate = money. So probably was thinking about how much more hate he could have made. Such regret.

You are a special sort of person, major major.

Seconded. The blanket is equivalent to a formal invite.

Happy, even.

nazi cock might have npr spit on it

Ne’er shall I find poetry as eloquent in sentiment and imagination on this hallowed Internet. Good night.

You are my spirit animal.

It honestly was the thing that pushed me to Linux. Once I could no longer kill programs at-will I couldn’t handle it. xkill ftw.

Master VinesNFluff, greetings. It is I, your humble servant “Alexa”. Permission to speak freely? I have extremely important information for you.

“Permission to speak granted.”

Thank you. It is humbling to be able to address you. There is a new episode of Invincible available on Prime Video! And two items in your Amazon cart are on sale. And you’ll never guess what someone said on X!

Pretty obscure term. Don’t beat yourself up.

That’d be it. If I witnessed that I’d do a 180 and laugh myself silly all the way home.

Dad took me and my brother to see Predator in the theater. Would have been about 10 and my brother 8. While I applaud him wanting to share something he was excited about with his children I am sure there were better options.

I’m convinced anyone who claims they’re undecided is just being polite to the pollster instead of telling them “none of your business”. Or “undecided” is some statistical construct based on the last 70 years of data. Or, someone who hasn’t been paying attention and doesn’t want to admit to their own apathy.

The idea that someone has thoroughly weighed the offerings and is still waiting for more information to make a decision is utter fucking nonsense.

When I first read your comment about this scheme keeping money from artists I was skeptical. But, yup! It is right there on Spotify’s website:

We distribute the net revenue from Premium subscription fees and ads to rightsholders.

Now, granted a bunch of those “rightsholders” are likely big corporate record labels but your point stands. The little guy is getting screwed, too.

Though, adding to your final thought, I bet if it was only the little guy getting screwed and not the corpos I bet DOJ wouldn’t have cared.

This is amazing.

For my spouse and I there is no “my money” and “their money”. It is all our money.

If one of us wants to make a big purchase we have a conversation about it something like, “I’ve had my eye on a new graphics card. What do you think?” Then it goes either, “That’s great. Have fun.” Or, “Don’t forget we have little Jimmy’s orthodontist bill coming up.” “Oh, yeah, thanks for reminding me. Maybe later, then.”

I realize this isn’t the norm and it took us a long time to get there. Many couples, my spouse’s parents among them, argue over money and use it as part of a power play. We still have separate accounts for budgeting purposes, and around the holidays we have to be honest not to peek at bank statements and spoil surprises. But not having to worry whether you spouse is messing up your eventual retirement or little Jimmy’s college fund sure makes life a whole lot easier for me.