WilloftheWest

@WilloftheWest@feddit.uk

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Or in 2025. Looking at you, Florida.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure this is the case, but I like to imagine that the statue is polished from people petting it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You’re right. All 8 billion people in the world aren’t telling you you’re wrong so it isn’t literally everyone. You’re the only person rejecting objective fact. People are quoting Apple’s license agreement. “nuh uh, free”. People are rebutting your top level “show me a receipt” comment. “I never mentioned receipts, you brought them up. Also nuh uh, free.” People are explaining the economics of perk systems. “No evidence that Apple applies this general economic theory to its business. Also nuh uh, free.”

  You are evidently working with a definition of free that deviates from the commonly understood definition of the word, insofar that no one has yet agreed with you. You need to communicate better because what you are doing now isn’t working. Start by defining what you understand the word free to mean.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  You know, if I made a statement and everyone responding disagreed with me or appeared to be misunderstanding me, I’d consider the quality of my own communication first before spending 24 hours telling everyone else that they’re wrong or failing to understand me. You’re the common factor in all these discussions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Your argument hinges on the fact that it doesn’t appear on your receipt. Neither do any of the components of my M1 Macbook Pro other than the optional extras that I selected. By your logic I only paid for the itemised extras.

  Your argument is essentially that any perks tied to a purchase aren’t factored into the cost, which is certainly a mindset that some people have and those people are the kinds of consumers that give marketers wet dreams.

  A “free” perk that has the implicit requirement of buying into the company’s ecosystem - whether through a software subscription or purchasing proprietary hardware - is not free. You’ve already paid into the ecosystem and there is no additional cost.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I own and use Apple products. That’s how I know you’re talking bollocks. You also realised at some point that you were talking bollocks, which is why you’re now pivoting to absolutely absurd responses to pretend this is some elaborate troll attempt.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Alright Theseus, how many components of a macbook need to be removed until you’re no longer buying a macbook? Would you be satisfied receiving an empty box since the monitor, CPU, motherboard etc. are not individually itemised on your receipt for a MacBook?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨7 years later, Valve's Proton has been an incredible game-changer for Linux⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The OS is a component of the whole product by Apple’s own reporting and marketing material. If you bought a Macbook directly from Apple and it came without MacOS preinstalled, would you consider that a fulfilled transaction?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3125: Snake-in-the-Box Problem⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Ask Fibonacci about his rabbits.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fax machine⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sounds like we have the same reading of that statement, and I would say a very similar reading applies to “you’re responsible for getting yourself off.” My issue is with people misappropriating the message to assert that it’s somehow okay to be apathetic to your partner’s needs.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fax machine⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That just sounds like a refinement of “you’re responsible for your own happiness”, which is a maxim of selfish people abusing therapy talk to justify their apathy/callousness towards their partners.

  Partnerships are collaborative efforts for mutual gain, not zero-sum games where we’re individually responsible for maximising our own output from the system. A good partner should actively want to see their partner happy and fulfilled.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨World of Warcraft adds $90 mount to in game store⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Sorry but that knife screams “mall ninja.”