I think you should reframe the thinking. All corporations are profit driven, and exploiting a devoted fanbase is very profitable. Innovation, customer service, commitment to quality, these are things that cam build loyalty, but capitalism demands growth. If you run out of ideas or saturate the market, the only way to grow profits is to cut costs. Customer service and commitment to quality might be the last things to go, but they will go eventually.

Have you tried being white?

The restaurant is getting review-bombed by pissy Republicans who are mad a business didn’t want to be associated with rapists and misogynists.

How are they not calling to warn the restaurants?

Sometimes, I like the intro. The music, the visuals, sometimes they get you in the mood for the show. Sometimes, I just want to get on with the show. I appreciate having a choice.

I never want to watch advertisments.

Came here to say, one is his name, the other is not.

I don’t blame you

No worries. I googled her and thought Missy was going to run for NYC mayor, which would be on brand, but surprising.

I don’t see a Michelle Gomez on the 2021 ballots. Do you mean Kathryn Garcia, or Dianne Morales?

Ok, but let’s not pretend that people didn’t vote for the guy. He should be prosecuted for his crimes, but he won the primary and he won the election. If we don’t like how elections work, we should change that, but acting like he doesn’t represent the will of the people because he took shady money is a retcon. The primary was a RCV that ran through 8 instant runoffs, resulting in every single ballot preference counting, and Eric Adams won by 8,000 votes. If you take his money away, maybe Kathryn Garcia, another moderate centrist, would have won instead.

Authentication tokens - Some heirloom jewelry or letter of permission from the local royal family used to prove you are on their mission.

Gap analysis - when your party finds a crevasse or pit and determines if they can jump across.

Buffer - party member who casts buffs, usually a bard.

Microservices - when you barter with gnomes to repair your gear.

You have the right to vote how you want. You do not have the right to my respect.

I respect your decision.

OK, but that’s the answer he gives when he doesn’t know the answer. Are we sure he understands what contraception is?

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It’s not everyone. But it’s not no one, either. It’s hard to separate the liars from the people who don’t know any better.

I think complacency had a lot to do with 2016. So I’m not letting my guard down.

I fully support whatever media outlet wants to boost flawed polls to drive clicks or engagement or whatever bullshit KPIs they use for money. I want Democrats (justifiably) terrified that Trump will win. I want people voting like their lives, their freedoms depend on it, because they do. I want to win the Senate and the House and every Governor’s race because people everywhere showed up to say we’re not going back. I want every attempt at electoral malfeasance to be so obvious that everyone involved is immediately convicted.

And if a bullshit propaganda poll gets the job done, then we can laugh about how biased and wrong Rasmussen was after the election.

And honestly I suspect there is a lot of astroturf trying to make the argument. Far too many people on social media are using the same talking points, eg “I can’t support a genocide enabler.” Which is a valid issue, but it’s disingenuous to think that Trump is going to be better for Palestine. Harris, being a human being with empathy, would certainly want the violence to end. Trump wants the genocide to finish. He’s said that. A Jill Stein protest vote is nothing.

I don’t believe for a second that Trump doesn’t know the situation, but how is that lie better? “Here’s a picture of you endorsing a self-styled Nazi.” Well, I’m out of the loop on that one. “You endorsed him.” Yeah, but they just tell me what to say and do. I don’t ask a lot of questions. “Would you denounce him now?” I’m really not sure what I’m supposed to say here. Let me check with Vlad and see what he wants me to do. I’ll get back to you.