ImplyingImplications

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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It comes from a Facebook meme page called "The Ghost of Ol Dale Earnhardt". The creator said he was frustrated with alt-right people posting fake quotes on pictures of Southerners that made them seem like facists, so he decided to post fake quotes on a Southerner that make him seem like a communist.

I find it weird, but Americans love claiming that dead people support their cause. Like how Martin Luther King is both a progressive and conservative icon depending on who you ask. Same with the founding fathers.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Wait, did you say Monters Ink or Monster Rancher?

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 17 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Absolutely! It's called "masking" and its incredibly common for people who aren't neurotypical because they'll be bullied otherwise.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 29 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

When I was in sales, I was always told "you can't sell it unless you offer it". There exists people who blow $48,000 on stupid stuff daily. What's the harm in offering a product to that very small demographic? Maybe you get lucky and make a $48,000 sale doing literally nothing.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 96 points 10 months ago (3 children)

The only thing separating modern man from caveman is education, and that explains an awful lot about the world.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 90 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (11 children)

I saw one commentator explain that when you buy a business it could be for various reasons, but it really seems that Elon had no reasons at all.

You can buy it for its infrastructure, but Elon downsized most of Twitter's infrastructure. It could be for the staff, but Elon fired most of the staff. It can be for the code, but Elon wants a total rewrite. It could be for brand recognition, but Elon changed the name and logo.

At this point, the only thing left is users who are forced to see his posts. He spent $44 billion on followers.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 121 points 10 months ago (10 children)

I can see the devs having no clue about the alternative meaning, but a game about gassing rodents called "Infestation 88" is a terrible look. I'm glad the devs changed the name right away.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 8 points 10 months ago

It takes some clicks, but you can eventually sort the store by release date. Mind you, it's mostly $5 games made by one person who combined free assets into a 1 hour game. Well, that and porn. There's a lot of porn now.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 43 points 10 months ago

I've never worked on this stuff but I've looked it up before. Essentially, theatres get a DCP but it's unplayable without a Key Delivery Message (KDM).

My understanding is that theatres order these and pay a fee for each one. The KDM is only valid to unlock a specific DCP, on a specific projector, on a specific date and time. It won't work if any of these checks are off meaning you can't check that it works until the theatre is filled with patrons who paid to see your movie, as the KDM will only decrypt the movie seconds before playtime. If there's some glitch, a theatre manager needs to call a hotline for a new KDM.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 37 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I think you're talking about SSSniperWolf and JacksFilms. It's particularly interesting because it's not just two people arguing. SSSniperWolf very clearly violated YouTube TOS as well as possibly California law. YouTube's response essentially protected her because she's YouTube royalty, pulling in 1 million+ views on all her videos, which are all her "reacting" to tiktok videos.

It's beyond "drama". It's a giant tech/media company playing favourites with creators who break not only TOS, but copyright law, and US law. It shows they'll look the other way over any infraction so long as you make them enough money.

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 25 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (42 children)

The business in this case being what? What good or service is being provided? Landlords didn't create the land, nor did they build the residence, nor did they improve its value by building a community around it. They are benefiting off of the work of others simply because they "own" it. The most common arguments I hear in support of landlords are:

  1. Landlords take care of maintenance. Maintenance costs don't increase 20% a year. If rent was simply maintenance costs it would be a fraction of what it currently is
  2. Landlords allow people who cannot afford a home a place to stay. Why do you think they can't afford a home? It's like saying without scalpers people wouldn't be able to see concerts because the tickets are instantly purchased by bots.
[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Terroristic threats" is a ridiculously common charge against school age children. Dozens of 10 year olds are charged with it every month in Texas

Based on an analysis of district juvenile justice referral data we received from Brownsville ISD, the district police made 3,102 student arrests over a period of roughly two and half years from May 2021 to November 2023. That’s 135 arrests per month in the school year. Fifty-nine percent of those arrests were for felony changes.

Of those arrests, 3.5 percent were for elementary school-aged children. From the beginning of the prior school year to November 3 this year, there have been 76 arrests of students 10 to 11 years old. Charges for terroristic threats accounted for 20 percent of those arrests. Most, 66 percent, were felony charges. There were no charges for aggravated assault for this age group.

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