PlainSimpleGarak
@PlainSimpleGarak@lemm.ee
- Comment on Marvels Rivals requires creators to sign a contract that removes your right to give a negative review to access the playtest 2 days ago:
Exactly. Anyone can put anything they want into a terms of service/contract. Doesn’t mean it’ll hold up in court.
- Comment on Target Pride merchandise only available at select stores after rightwing backlash 3 days ago:
based on “guest insights and consumer research”.
Sounds like something a smart business would do.
- Comment on Federal Reserve Explained 3 days ago:
Tell that to Lemmy World’s Technology community. They’re obsessed with him.
- Comment on Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile’s “unlimited” plans just got a $10M slap on the wrist 4 days ago:
A whole $3.51 million per carrier? Boy, that will make them think twice.
- Comment on [deleted] 1 week ago:
2015 - 2018 was great. I barely pirated anything. Netlifx, Hulu, HBO. Those three covered virtually all my viewing desires.
- Comment on Over 100 far-right militias are coordinating on Facebook 1 week ago:
It’s only a bad thing when it’s people I don’t agree with.
- Comment on Texas Attracted California Techies. Now It’s Losing Thousands of Them. 2 weeks ago:
Gottem.
- Comment on Confused Reddit Users After Coming to Lemmy (Apparently) 2 weeks ago:
Lie when she’s aching, lie when she’s waking, lie when you know she’s faking. Lie, sell shoes, and lie.
The Bundy Credo.
- Comment on YouTube Tests Showing Ads When You Pause a Video, Calls it ''Pause Ads'' 2 weeks ago:
I pay for the family bundle for YT Music. The ad free YT is just a bonus.
- Comment on Windows 10 will start pushing users to use Microsoft accounts. How to turn it off. 3 weeks ago:
All shall tremble before the might of the obscure OS with their mighty percentage usage of…
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3.77%!
- Comment on UK: Almost a quarter of kids aged 5-7 have smartphones 3 weeks ago:
Alternate headline: a quarter of UK parents are lazy and borderline absentee.
- Comment on Windows 10 will start pushing users to use Microsoft accounts. How to turn it off. 3 weeks ago:
ITT: dudes stroking their cocks with the thought of Linux numbers increasing.
- Comment on Progress! 4 weeks ago:
That’s in my top 5 favorite episodes. The ending is brutal.
- Comment on sleep paralysis 4 weeks ago:
This has only happened to me once. I was conscious, my eyes were open, and I was able to move my pinky and ring finger on my left hand. My wife sleeps to my left. I kept clawing at her, trying to scream her name, but only a sound that resembled her name came out. On the other side of the room, was a tall, dark, shadowy figure with faint, white eyes. Just staring at me. Not moving. Eventually I fell asleep and woke up in the morning.
An experience I don’t care to repeat.
- Comment on How does South Park get away with trashing identifiable people? Are they sued often? 4 weeks ago:
I read three independent articles on the subject, including the one from last year, I don’t need to read a fourth.
I find it interesting you admit something is difficult to prove, yet feel perfectly comfortable making accusations on the subject. I’ll stick to the facts, thanks, and leave my bias out of it.
- Comment on How does South Park get away with trashing identifiable people? Are they sued often? 4 weeks ago:
We don’t need something to “sound like rape”. If he was guilty of it, meaning there was sufficient evidence, in the jury’s opinion, the jury would have found him guilty of it. I’m sure they weren’t looking to do him any favors. Obviously the defense failed to prove their case relative to rape.
Now, did he do it? Probably. He’s a career criminal. But the line has to be drawn somewhere, and for me, if you’re found guilty of it, be it a criminal court room, or a civil one, that’s when I can safely say a person is what they’ve been found guilty of being.
Take emotions and opinions out of it, and just stick to the facts. He’s guilty in a civil case of defamation and sexual abuse.
- Comment on How does South Park get away with trashing identifiable people? Are they sued often? 4 weeks ago:
Jury. A jury in 2023 found him liable for sexual abuse/defamation where Carol was awarded $5 million.
apnews.com/…/trump-rape-carroll-trial-fe68259a4b9…
The verdict was split: Jurors rejected Carroll’s claim that she was raped, finding Trump responsible for a lesser degree of sexual abuse.
This year, another jury awarded her an additional $83 million for defamation.
I read three articles, and watched an NBC video, not one of them stated he was found liable for rape.
- Comment on How does South Park get away with trashing identifiable people? Are they sued often? 4 weeks ago:
Simply believing a thing is true will not protect you from a defamation suit. You have to know he is, not just believe it. I suppose this varies from country to country.
I’m not obsessed with Donald Trump like most people seem to be, so I don’t follow his news much. I don’t have good reason to believe he’s a rapist, and prefer to wait until he’s convicted in a court of law, and would hope others would give me the same benefit of the doubt.
- Comment on How does South Park get away with trashing identifiable people? Are they sued often? 4 weeks ago:
All rape is sexual assault, not all sexual assault is rape. Calling all sexual assault rape dilutes the term.
- Comment on How does South Park get away with trashing identifiable people? Are they sued often? 4 weeks ago:
IANAL, but I’m pretty sure calling someone a rapist who hasn’t been convicted in a court of law of being a rapist could get you into trouble. Now the fascist part is completely subjective so you could probably get away with it.
- Comment on reign-bowl crapitalism 5 weeks ago:
Libright’s off to the side making bank off of both of them.
- Comment on Thousands of years ago *smoke machine activates* 5 weeks ago:
I did it at a baseball game on Saturday. Wore it when it got chilly. Put it around my waist when got warmer. Success.
- Comment on He died for our sins 1 month ago:
Yeah but he took it on the chin, and kept moving forward. What a badass.
- Comment on degree in bamf 1 month ago:
I would encourage you to do your own research regarding sex and gender. In many parts of the world, these terms are interchangeable. As they were in the US for many years, even after the term gender was popularized.
- Comment on Filming On The ‘Star Trek: Section 31’ Streaming Movie Has Wrapped 1 month ago:
Completely forgot this was a thing. I don’t dislike Section 31 as much as some, but it gets me more Michelle Yeoh, who was one of the very few bright spots on Discovery, so I’ll take it.
- Comment on No tip 2 months ago:
A local ice cream shop asked me to tip on the very first screen when I swiped my credit card. You scooped ice cream a couple of times and put it into a bowl. Ridiculous.
- Comment on Nintendo Is Telling Game Publishers Switch 2 Will Be Delayed 2 months ago:
“I will decide what the Switch is”
Oh, the arrogance. Also I don’t play games on my PC. Now don’t you just look silly.
Calm down, Susan, everything will be OK.
- Comment on Nintendo Is Telling Game Publishers Switch 2 Will Be Delayed 2 months ago:
I’ll be surprised if it even approaches the hardware power of the PS4/XBO. It won’t matter. Fan boys will eat whatever they’re given, and ask for seconds.
- Comment on Choose your ultimate lineup! 2 months ago:
Going to see Static-X, Sevendust, and Dope next week 🤘🤘🤘
- Comment on Elon Musk Bought Twitter to Settle His Jet-Tracking Beef, New Book Claims 2 months ago:
I don’t get this. What is the point? Why would anyone care where a billionaire is flying to and from? Just for kicks?