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on 2026-08-03 #2 · c/thefarside · 4 pts · 14h

Well, considering the cashier is sprouting shoots and leaves, I think it's more than that.

Like maybe, organic and natural food = cashier turning into a tree = birds nesting.

Which is some coke-fueled craziness.

on Chew Boy (2008-04-10) · c/pbf · 4 pts · 17h

This GIF ain't animated, PNG would be smaller while still lossless. But I do see that the original is GIF..

on 2026-08-03 #2 · c/thefarside · 12 pts · 17h

Gary I don't get this one but I'm just gonna assume you did a lot of cocaine in 1980

What a reactionary zealot response.

This is a dumb exclusionary policy being fairly pointed out, not ageism.

I'll explain it with a comparision of the language used.

The language used for benches like this in my country, Australia: "Priority seating. Please stand for seniors, pregnant, or handicapped people".

Priority, based on needs. Anyone can use it otherwise.

The language used in this sign: "Benches are for seniors are handicapped citizens only"

Exclusionary, based on privilege and needs. If you are old and infirm and a citizen ONLY YOU may ever use this bench, and if you're not a citizen (tourist, asylum seeker, migrant worker) you can fuck off regardless of your needs. Pregnant women? Who cares, they're not old and they're women.

This is not a subtle distinction. This is language used to assert a hierarchy and exclude underclasses, and it's embedded into every aspect of US society without most people even noticing because they've never seen different.

I disagree wholeheartedly. This is a dumb exclusionary policy being fairly pointed out, not ageism.

I'll explain it with a comparision of the language used.

The language used for benches like this in my country, Australia: "Priority seating. Please stand for seniors and handicapped people".

Priority, based on needs. Anyone can use it otherwise.

The language used in this sign: "Benches are for seniors are handicapped citizens only"

Exclusionary, based on privilege and needs. If you are old and infirm and a citizen ONLY YOU may ever use this bench, and if you're not a citizen (tourist, asylum seeker, migrant worker) you can fuck off regardless of your needs.

This is not a subtle distinction. This is language used to assert a hierarchy and exclude underclasses, and it's embedded into every aspect of your society without most people even noticing because they've never seen different.

on me_irl · c/me_irl · 54 pts · 4d

Absolutely, but I'd be more specific.

Customers usually have rights to refund or partial refund if a purchase is not "fit for purpose" or "as advertised".

If a game/movie/show is purchased on the offer of unlimited access now and into the future, and that access is then revoked, the customer should be by law entitled to compensation - either full refund if the product has never been used (which is surprisingly common), or a partial refund based on number or duration of times accessed.

Providers would be a LOT more careful about revoking access to purchased materials if that action had a monetary cost associated with it.

The only point of banknotes is to buy (or sell) things you don't want a paper trail for, or personal freedom of privacy. There is little privacy in using tap-to-pay via Visa/MC/etc, a near-permanent payment trail.

Just because you personally use debit cards doesn't mean that 'nobody really cares' that there is an illegal GDPR-violating secret government program to track banknotes.

on 2008-11-03 · c/smbc · 6 pts · 5d

Hey, that guy also killed Hitler so he can't be all bad.