Nobody needs a VR internet. Nobody needs Facebook to monopolize the VR internet ecosystem. It was a bad idea from the start, product of desperation over the social media site having peaked already and no clue where to go from there.

I'd rather live in a society where people spend the few seconds it takes to clean up after themselves, personally.

Me too.

The idea of redemption is a cornerstone of our civilization's foundations.

I'm conflicted about it. Nobody that I've discussed the matter with has ever changed their opinion, for either side.

In my opinion, prisoners should receive minimum pay for their work and should be able to vote in prison. Ex-prisoners should be able to buy guns and vote.

Interesting. It's the same matter with emptying one's food court tray in the bin versus leaving everything on the table. Many people don't do it, some people do, and some people say it's wrong not to do it, but there's a counterargument: In my country, there are people hired to pick the trays up and wipe the tables, just as there are people hired to return the shopping carts. Since the system is already in place, returning the cart and cleaning your table, if systematic, would cost low-skilled jobs. Is it really the right thing to do?

Intelligence isn't everything.

...which has led to a number of weird/funny stories that begin with "florida man".

Sacrilege.

What was the original post about?

I would call it womanly histrionics, but it's exaggerated even beyond satire.

This was probably REALLY mandatory.

I interpreted that as a rejection of extreme reactionary counter-positions. To "diminish one's higher nature" sounds to me like an appeal to reasonableness.

I'd rather have capital to start something new. I don't want to be a warden for zombie IP's in a company infected by marxists.

One affected seller said

Etsy must have thousands of sellers, if not tens of thousands. It bothers me that they just got a single person to say what they wanted for the headline. There's something wrong about that practice.

God is calling for martyrs, I guess.

I'm trying to be positive here.

Married to them.

Just start a new one. No need to bail out all that SV capital.

I bet it's also happening in high school.

The silver lining is that, for once, it's the richest people ($250K) who get shafted, while the small clients get their money back.

Everyone expects a bank to be the last to lose in any catastrophe. Given their size, they probably got benefits from using only them.

I don't think he was talking to you, specifically.

What a disgrace.

You're completely right. I don't really have much sympathy for SV companies, though. I was thinking about individuals only.