Yeah when instead of anything constructive or related the thread nosedives into puns and other cheap jokes.

Unfortunately it’s a very rational choice to cozy up to an incoming fascist dictator.

Thanks for the Reddit response.

Never heard of those, so… no?

The ones Wikipedia says are official.

Anyone else having piratebay and 1337x redirect their browsers to weird German porn lately?

Iran is wealthy enough that if you’re an introvert, your quality of life would be similar in such a situation.

Extroverts would be totally fucked, though. Every in person social activity is a wide opening for an assassin or drone strike.

To state the unstated, “comfortable” for a corporation is defined as what stakeholders believe will not damage them financially, boycott vs marketing.

If they think the boycott outweighs the positive sentiment, they don’t print the ad.

I’m betting you are.

Why wouldn’t they?

The tough part is people hide when they’re offended, so you can’t even avoid doing the same faux pas in the future.

They just gossip behind your back about you being a jerk. Problem solved!

Why did you say “or” and then not present a new option?

Those would be the biggest benefits to him, in my eyes.

It’s the latter. He was ostensibly a liberal for years. Now that it benefits him, he’s far right.

Le gem

It all hinges upon which government you consider “legitimate.”

We can’t pretend violent rebellions aren’t eventually considered legitimate, good or bad. Look at the US.

That’s weird, I thought China has currency and all sorts of other capitalist systems.

Pirates elected their leaders. Hell, we do too. POTUS is elected. So is Congress.

Pirates are notable because the supreme authority was 1 or 2 rungs of the ladder above you, which is the spirit of your comment.