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Cake day: June 15th, 2023

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  • I’ll save you all a click

    Disney is planning to introduce “virtual storefronts” to its popular streaming services, including Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN. These storefronts will allow viewers to order snacks or pick out products they’ve seen in their favorite shows, all while continuing to stream their movie or show. Disney+ subscribers will see interactive ads pop up as well.

    So, basically, stuffing more ads into the premium service you paid for (presumably to avoid ads). These people don’t get it, do they?




  • As a man, I’ve never been made to feel excluded by gender equality in any way whatsoever.

    Same here. However, I suspect you and I are not zero-sum thinkers, and can conceive of a future in which both men and women can apply themselves to their full potential.

    But it seems like a key part of the counter-movement to gender equality is based on the notion that every time a woman gets a job, they are taking it away from a more qualified man. It seems to be built on a mountain of insecurity more than anything else.




  • Remember he still thinks he is negotiating some sort of agreement with Iran. This is classic Trump, from even before he was President: apply external pressure to people he is negotiating with to get what he wants. And everything is a negotiation.

    We knew this when he ran for President the first time, his business were famous for not paying contractors and vendors over oversights (real and imagined), leaving the vendors in the lurch. They could always sue, but that costs money, and Trump’s lack of payment leaves them with less money. If they do sue, Trump’s lawyers (the ones he pays, at least) use every procedural trick in the book to stall the lawsuit until the vendor goes under.

    He’s basically trying to do the same thing here, except he wants to use the threat of nukes to get a “deal”.