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Dan

As to the specific setup that the government chose, I can’t vouch for that.

That’s what we’re talking about, though! That’s the topic!

If I was to go on and on across several comments about how nitrous oxide is pleasant to inhale and then go “I don’t know about nitrogen asphyxiation, though” at the end, you’d be very annoyed with me and rightly so!

I’d read it lol

Despite all my scrolls I’m still just a cat fighting gnolls

Despite all his rage, he’s still just a cat on a page!

Those warrants from the ICC can’t come quickly enough!

That’s gonna leave a mark! 😄

Fun fact: opera can be used as an effective form of self defense. Being trained to resonate clearly throughout a packed opera hall without amplificatuon enables you to produce very

We’re talking “tiny woman who happens to be a trained soprano bursting the ear drums of a would-be attacker with nothing but a high note” loud!

I’m reluctant to ask but… WTF is a JABBER’S SOAP??

In the case of Eric Adams, there actually WAS a conspiracy. Only it was (somehow) completely legal and to HIS benefit.

When the Democratic primaries for mayor started, nobody wanted Eric Adams.

It took a giant and wholly fraudulent “crime is out of control and only a cop can save us” campaign from all major NY media and paid ads by groups aligned with the right wing of the Democratic party as well as the GOP to scare people into voting for him.

People wanted the policies of Cynthia Nixon but was scared into voting for Adams to save them from an imaginary crime crisis manufactured from unsupported anecdotes and manipulated data from cops.

Agreed. Which is why he should be a pundit of some sort.

Not the head of a regulatory agency that has failed to regulate before disaster resulted on numerous occasions under his watch.

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But doesn’t the change open up for litigation in small claims court?

More like mandates it. For those who live in the country to even have ACCESS to it. The vast majority of Steam users don’t (while the US has more users than any other single country, it’s still only ~14m out of 120m) and would also need a lawyer licensed to practice in both countries afaik.

So nah, I don’t suspect that this change will benefit the users in general, rather the opposite…

I don’t think it is. If it’s anything like the US court systems I know more about (criminal, juvenile, immigration, main civil court), it’s extremely backlogged already.

And that’s even before considering jurisdiction and how much more a lawyer licensed to practice in at least two countries charges.

Even IF you decided to go through with it in spite of everything, you could easily end up spending thousands of dollars fighting an $80 case and STILL be likely to lose.

Have you experienced being murdered by the government in front of an audience? Using a method that’s humane if (and ONLY if) you’re completely calm and fully cooperative?

The exact circumstances matter.

Which is why it’s best to let the user choose rather than force one or the other.

The reason why we always hear about companies forcing arbitration is because arbitration is best for them when it comes to the big stuff that the news report on, compared to court.

The reason why we never hear about the opposite is twofold:

1. it doesn’t happen as often and

2. “yamanii didn’t get their refund approved even though they were entitled to according to the rules” isn’t something that makes headlines or even makes it to court.

Like…make it make sense

Easy: they’re lying bigots. When they say “America first", what they mean is " White cishet Christian men from America first and the rich ones first amongst them"

That’s far too long, complicated, and honest for a jingoistic slogan, though…

He hasn’t even done the bit!

And he hasn’t ONCE done this classic bit from Robin Hood: Men in Tights! 😤