decision by world to federate with threads

…anyone know if I can block threads so I won’t have to abandon the instance or be subjected to Meta poison?

12th century Polish snail husbandry.

While I agree with you, I’m gonna have to take you up on your offer to sue you for flunking fractions. I’d be willing to settle out of court in exchange for one (1) funny meme, though.

Well beans, at any rate. Babies not so much. Undecided on “ie”.

Yeah, that’s definitely not gonna happen with crypto. The people with the most of it have already hoarded an even bigger share of the total amount than with real money and there’s nothing stopping them from continuing to do so

You’re implying that it’s somehow a bad thing to be against high tech ponzi schemes?

If America really DOES run on Dunkin’, it’s no wonder everyone and their mom has diabetes! That’s fucking insane amounts! 😮

See, that IS completely unheard of here! If it’s not supposed to be wet, we wouldn’t dream of swimming with it!

I don’t know if it’s because you guys are born excellent swimmers like Norwegians are with skiing, but I don’t know ANYONE who wouldn’t assume that swimming with something invariably means getting it wet 😄

Do people not swim with icecreams in other countries?

Never heard of anyone doing it no, so probably not? 🤷

What is this, a low stakes Inception remake?

I read that as a surly “here it is, git” at first and was equal parts confused and amused 😄

Jurassic Park?

Ah ok, that’s a relief! Thanks for clarifying 🙂

Dammit, Cameo is dead?

I honestly loved the concept and would probably have been a customer if I could afford it.

Contrary to your description, it was mostly celebrities doing custom greetings for fans, sometimes as themselves, sometimes in character and usually bought for people as a surprise gift.

Amongst others, there was Jim Rash wishing a Community fan a happy birthday in character as Dean Pelton and dozens if not hundreds of short to medium length videos of Dave Mustaine from Megadeth recording super wholesome and sincere messages for specific fans.

Can you honestly tell me that doesn’t sound great?

You mean fair, not free. The only way to avoid the tyranny of the powerful is regulation restricting their freedom to abuse their powers.

THAT’S what the government is supposed to do to a market: help the small to regular sized fish and cooperation between them by, amongst other things, erecting fences keeping off the sharks that would otherwise immediately eat them.

Also stuff with plants, I guess, but this ocean analogy is probably long and complicated enough already 😂

They have something that people need. Not kinda want. NEED. They know this and they’re using that leverage to make people agree to things that they never would otherwise. It may technically be legal, but it’s extremely unethical and nowhere near an unencumbered choice.

Do you get it now? If not, that’s too bad. I can explain it to you, but I can’t understand it for you.

Have you ever heard of a little thing called coercion? False choice? Emotional blackmail?

To pretend that it’s a straightforward choice is downright asinine.

It’s not really a choice though, is it? They can’t access fb without “choosing” that and for many, Facebook used to be/is the only way some people have to socialize or just contact family members.

It’s the student loans of privacy.

Meanwhile, I got my first ever Facebook ban because someone salty about losing an argument reported me for using a fake name. I was using my real name, which has a Scandinavian letter in it, and had to submit a picture of my fucking passport for fb to unlock my account 🤦

True free market solutions inevitably lead to the people abiding by the rules of the rich and powerful.

Anything run by the government has to at the very least PRETEND to listen to people who don’t have a financial interest in the enshittification of every part of society.