Oh right, let me correct my wording.

Thanks.

I know, I was certainly spending time with him during the alleged attack. He couldn’t have done it while sat across from me at that diner, many miles away from where the crime happened.

Did someone light a match? Is he being cremated?

Law enforcement vs Mangione.

The people want him freed. 🖕

Especially since I was hanging out with Luigi all evening and into the morning, during the time he allegedly was killing some guy.

Clearly he couldn’t have done it, we were hanging out.

I think the guy he allegedly killed, had a name that started with… I think it was a d? David? Derek? Dddddouchebag. Douchebag, yeah. I think the person that died was a massive douchebag.

That seems right to me …

There’s a certain mood to someone who speaks in all caps.

AI is the embodiment of “oh no, anyways”

There’s always the exceptions, but they’re rare, and getting more rare.

The vast majority of works are owned by a few major corporations, even smaller, more indie games often get published through a major studio, which then retains a good amount of the profit. Almost all media, TV and movies, is owned by one of a handful of companies. Music is largely the same.

It goes the same way for so many other things too. It’s not just games and media.

There are always going to be exceptions but on the whole, it’s vastly more likely/common that the people profiting from something is a large, faceless organization, which only answers to their shareholders.

Yeah, why the fuck not?

Obviously, something made in a specialized vehicle manufacturing plant will be better/more durable/whatever, but given the option between downloading a car vs spending a year’s salary to buy one… I’d rather download one.

Unless my wages get better (which they are not) or cars get cheaper (which they won’t), I’ll continue to have this opinion.

There’s a nontrivial number of cars that cost more than a house did in the 80’s and 90’s. So it’s entirely possible for someone to spend the same dollar value on their home, when purchasing it in the 90’s, as they do 25 years later, buying a house in the 2020’s.

Stupid.

The only damage that exists from piracy is to the copyright holders profits…

Since the copyright holder is usually a corporation that is owned by shareholders, the majority of which are richer than all of us combined, ask me if I give a shit and I will show you my field of shits to give, and you will see that it is barren.

Eat the rich. Or Luigi them… I don’t care.

Well, I’m sure a human domicile would be a bit more robust than “alligator Alcatraz” so instead of 8 days, it might take more like… 8 weeks? To build something comparable for the homeless?

Depending on how complex each housing unit is (bathrooms/kitchens/whatever) possibly more or less. Idk.

But knowing that the world runs on capitalist dollars, there’s no profit in it. They can’t pay rent, they don’t have any money, and they would actively cost you money, either in property tax, water, power, and/or food… Not to mention any replacement costs for any fixtures or furniture that’s damaged/stolen.

Not saying the unhoused are thieves, but a nontrivial number of them are desperate, and desperate people do things that they otherwise wouldn’t consider doing.

In any case, the solution to the homeless “problem” (being that people are homeless at all) is not just housing, but also community services to get any drug users into their respective rehabilitation programs, and anyone willing and able to work, into job placements… Mental health services…

All of these things cost money and don’t yield any profits, so I understand why they’re not done. That doesn’t mean I’m ok with it not being done, it’s a shame that we’ve left a portion of the population to fend for themselves on the streets and we almost universally dehumanize them as less than a person because they’re homeless. They’re people. We should take care of them because they’re people.

No child left behind, but anyone post highschool that’s living on the streets, fuck them… I guess.

With clothing specifically, it generally has a purpose. Socks can make you more comfortable, warm up your feet, pull sweat away from your skin and generally reduce odors… Not all of those in all cases, mind you, but depending on the circumstances and the type of sock, any/all of these could be the case.

Undergarments in general have similar stories.

All undergarments also play a role in keeping your over garments cleaner. Changing out your underpants and throwing on yesterday’s jeans can get you through a day with nearly no compromises… Depending on how dirty your jeans get on an average day.

Over clothes protect you from getting dirty to a limited extent, they’ll block/absorb spills that reduces the amount you have to wash/bathe/shower… It’s easier to just throw on a new shirt than get into the shower and clean yourself up. Same with pants and other over garments.

Outerwear usually provides a protective element, eg jackets can help prevent things like thorns from scratching you, or keep you warm in cold weather, or dry in wet weather…

Clothes, to me, are a useful thing to be wearing, each piece serving it’s own small function, all of it coming together to create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.

There’s plenty of social constructs, this is true, but clothing definitely has a practical purpose, along with so many other things.

That’s a controversial take.

As far as I’m concerned, TST is only a “religion” on the books as a basic requirement for them to insert themselves into all of the places that religion, specifically Christianity, is inserted into by government, so they can demonstrate the hypocrisy of the “leadership” that was elected.

Also, having a belief that there isn’t anything in the great beyond, is still a belief. You can have a belief without denying reality/Science. None of these things are mutually exclusive. I’m saddened that you don’t seem to believe that.

At the end of the day, I see anyone identifying as a satanist under TST to be doing advocacy work on behalf of nonbelievers, since most governments would rather deny all religious symbols/rituals/information from government than allow “Satanists” a platform. Their actions unilaterally has eliminated, mitigated, or otherwise diminished the involvement of any one particular sky daddy from government. It’s a worthwhile thing to be done.

You’re entitled to an opinion, even if everyone else disagrees, so think whatever you want. I don’t agree that you can’t be agnostic/atheist and be a part of a “religion”. You absolutely can.

Even the lack of a belief is, in and of itself, a belief.

Sort of.

The satanic Temple chose their name because of the literal meaning of the word “Satan”, which may be the name of the big bad from religious types but actually means “adversary” when directly translated from Hebrew.

Atheists can take all forms, and by no means do I assume what any individual believes, but by the very definition, atheists can be extremely passive in their belief, or more accurately, non-belief. The atheists I know are usually very live and let live, after a while because they realize that arguing the point with religious folks usually doesn’t get you anywhere.

TST is dedicated to the fair use and representation of religions in society. They’re obviously based in the USA where there is a separation of church and state, at least, there’s supposed to be. So the state cannot show favoritism to any religion, but they often do. Usually with monuments like a depiction of the ten commandments placed on city owned land. This is a real and fairly recent issue that TST got involved on. They asked that a statue of Baphomet be placed on the same city owned land, forcing the city into a position of either allowing the statue to be placed along side the very Christian ten commandments, or admit that they are favoring Christianity, which they basically cannot do because it’s a violation of their station.

Satanists are a bit more active, by default, than atheists. Not to say atheists are inactive or lazy, it’s just that Satanists have a very specific target.

I’m wondering if anyone here needs any more proof that Trump is an idiot…

Still funny.

They want an excuse to implement martial law.

If this happens then they have all the reason to bypass all due process and just oppress everyone.

They want it to go this way. They wanted the National guard to get involved in California’s “riots”. They are looking for the excuse to throw out the courts, the house, the Senate, the supreme Court… Literally everyone from any say in what happens or any ability to overturn, stop or otherwise impede their ability to control everyone and everything.

The fucking boot licker repubtards are making sure that it happens, and they’ll act like so many others, shocked, when they end up under the boot of the people they voted for.

As an outsider looking in, this reality is extremely obvious to me. Is it somehow not clear to Americans?

More like ready! fire! aim!

Super soaker!

Let’s do it!

This is quite a terse way of putting it.

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