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Completely forgot this game existed. Who would willingly subject themselves to it?

It’s $1.99/month or $16.99/yr, which is waaayyy less than $3/month. Less than half that, if paid annually.

How would you guarantee someone something like that?

Incorporate, NFPO, most likely 501©(7).

Besides that, I don’t think they tried. “Do no evil” isn’t reassuring in the slightest, especially to those of us who remember Reddit before Advance and Tencent bought in. This is when Reddit was literally user powered (image relevant). We bought gold for other redditors, knowing that the funds were directly supporting the site. Go take a look at how that worked out. “It’s your site”, “we couldn’t do this without you”, meaningless. I remember when they pledged 10% of annual ad revenue to non-profits, selected by the users. They really did the most to make the users feel like they were part of something special. We see how that turned out.

Obviously, support whoever and whatever you like. All I want to do is balance out the optimism. Real money is changing hands here, and some of us have been down this road a couple of times. Those experiences have taught me that it’s at least as likely that the site-runners want to be rich and successful as it is that they can resist the temptation when it comes knocking, and that’s being generous.

That doesn’t answer the question…

Google search “Twitter Hate Speech”. Everyone and their mom has been reporting on the increase in hate speech at Twitter since Musk took over. Of course, he waits to sue until a small non-profit comes along, albeit one with a stellar reputation, whose resources he can exhaust in courts, which will count as a “win” in the eyes of his worshipers.

I can see it now, “Musk defeats liberal beta SJW cucks, a decisive blow for free speech.”

“Which is more likely — that the whole natural order is to be suspended, or that a Jewish minx should tell a lie?” - Christopher Hitchens

incredible 😂😂

Also, if you’re into pulpy sci-fi, the Avery Cates books are fun reads. Start with Electric Church.

Revelation Space! Yes, yes, yes! Pick them up and don’t look back.

In other words, everyone, including your favorite bands, likes things the way they are. Things will not change unless the fans take a stand, which means things will never change.

https://vicharacterdaily.tumblr.com/image/160194386538

So, UDP just sends it out there and anyone can intercept it?

This is my wife. She thought she had IBS yet entire life. Nope, just dairy. Plugs her up for days.

Good advice but too smug for my taste. I give this post a C- and a downvote.

FYI: Many e-readers, whether hardware or software, have a special font built in that helps dyslexics. It’s called OpenDyslexic and is a game changer. My wife uses it on her Kindle and it works a treat. Give it a go.

https://opendyslexic.org/

edit: Thought of a book recommendation. Check out the little known Avery Cates series, beginning with The Electric Church. Cyberpunk, spy, assassin. Good stuff.

Epic AF! Very impressive.

it’s time for this fad to stop. we don’t need anymore kids. we’ve got more than enough people already.

if they’ll do this much for free, imagine what we can get for a couple packs of smokes.

title is funnier than the img. it’s fuckin hilarious, and I’m gonna find a way to say it to someone tomorrow.

Dumb meme. Assumes that Christianity is nothing more than Job, Jonah, David & Goliath, etc. and not the single-most scrutinized historical and cultural institution ever. The fact of the matter is, most of the book is practical, or an attempt at practically. Noah’s Ark is a fairy tale, but Paul of Tarsus wasn’t, and his gospel is perfectly mundane, offering prescriptions for life that made sense in his time, even if we see how clearly immoral they are some 1700 years later.

The Bible is maybe 10% parable. That’s the fairy tales. And, if you knew them, I think you’d be happy in a world where those stories are all the Christians live by. Unfortunately, the other 90%, much of which speaks with authority and/or makes “common sense” arguments, flawed as they are, that are enough to convince most people with a monkey brain, let alone one belonging to a child. But, I digress…

There is no God, Jesus is not the Lord, and the Holy Ghost can eat a bag of dicks. We all get it. But believing it’s all fairy tales is naive and lazy, and is as bad as thinking Noah put two of every animal on a boat.