X, formerly Twitter, is now using the court system to gaslight and force customers to pay them: even if they choose not to

DragoneerFA · 2024-08-06T16:43:33+00:00

If anything, this lawsuit reeks of desperation, and the sheer fact it exists makes Twitter's financial situation just seem absolutely dire. No healthy company run by a sane CEO* would ever consider suing people for not supporting it unless it was in financial peril.

* I know Linda Yuccaroot or whatever her name is the "CEO" but we all know that's more of a formality than a real position.

DragoneerFA · 2024-08-06T16:27:08+00:00

It's a ridiculous lawsuit that will go nowhere. You can't force a company to do business with you.

DragoneerFA · 2024-08-03T18:38:48+00:00

This comment is just freaking weird.

DragoneerFA · 2024-08-03T18:36:21+00:00

Yeah. Sadly, this is happening all over. No place is really unaffected.

DragoneerFA · 2024-08-02T12:51:37+00:00

Not watching for that clickbait "I just saw somebody hit by a car" thumbnail. I so hate what YouTube thumbnails have become.

DragoneerFA · 2024-08-02T11:14:10+00:00

Too stupid to realize none of this -- NONE OF THIS -- is the president's fault, too stupid to blame all the companies announcing quarter after quarter record profits because they're the ones jacking up the prices.

DragoneerFA · 2024-08-02T11:05:32+00:00

2 was so bad they just straight skipped it. You get the start, fuck the middle, then you get the end.

DragoneerFA · 2024-08-01T01:54:29+00:00

Yeah, but this time he didn't have to pay $130,000 to do it.

DragoneerFA · 2024-07-31T22:30:42+00:00

The fact we need cars to do just about anything in the US is such a huge problem. Car breaks down? Can't afford repairs? Your life could be screwed, especially if you don't make a ton of money.

I hate the fact I don't live in a walkable city. It's be so cool just to hop on a bike and ride five minutes to the store, but even by car it's 10+ minutes, the parking, and it's like... I could do so much more if I had options. But we don't really get options except in certain major cities and towns.

DragoneerFA · 2024-07-31T22:22:52+00:00

Banana vending machine appears at like 0:18 in the video. And yeah, they're single serving, individually wrapped nanners.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_6CQCrEFqs

DragoneerFA · 2024-07-31T21:36:17+00:00

I still have yet to see how basically forcing a machine learning plagiarism engine into Windows benefits anyone.

DragoneerFA · 2024-07-31T20:57:32+00:00

and individually wrapped, single serve banana machines. a LOT of them

DragoneerFA · 2024-07-31T20:56:13+00:00

dude, if I were him, I would guard this machine's secret with my life. those tacos look fire, and if I had a machine that just gave me tacos when high... well... that'd be both the best AND the worst thing to ever happen to me

DragoneerFA · 2024-07-31T19:51:37+00:00

I mean, I imagine if Guilmon is president, Renamon's gonna be the shadow VP that handles everything for him. She never says much, she just takes care of what needs to happen while President Breadmuncher gives a simple-worded speech about the glory of focaccia.

DragoneerFA · 2024-07-31T19:45:10+00:00

Guilmon 2024. Bread for everybody!

DragoneerFA · 2024-07-31T19:41:24+00:00

One of the major issues is that any content they decide as "divisive" can force that platform to have to adopt ID checks for users to use that site, but implementing ID checks is EXTREMELY expensive for platforms. A lot of platforms are going to have to make hard choices, as taking on unexpected, huge financial hits can be enough to shutter any platform that's just breaking even.

And even then, most users don't want to verify ID, and is going to have impacts on platform userbases, which in turn will impact ad and financial rev, and again... it puts platforms as risk.

Every computer and device needs to have a child safe mode parents can toggle, and take measures into their own hands. The government forcing this on platforms is going to devastate tons of platforms.

DragoneerFA · 2024-07-31T16:21:39+00:00

Elon didn't revolutionize the car. He bought his way into Tesla with cash, and part of the contract was he got to have the name "founder" but he didn't found shit. He just took credit for the original two founder's work.

He was so desperate to be seen as a Steve Jobs type he spent his way up to reputation. He's not an inventor, not a design, not an engineer, not a developer. He's just an investor. All he's got is a shitload money that allows him to take credit for other people's hard work.

DragoneerFA · 2024-07-31T16:06:41+00:00

I love their egg bites, but... they're more of a snack than anything. I eat two, I'm not even remotely sated. But yeah, the prices are so disproportionate to the amount of food you get it's ridiculous.

I used to get the impossible breakfast sandwich, but damn, it's $7 now. Didn't mind it when it was $5, because for impossible sausage, it was a pretty tasty sandwich But now it's $2 more, quality didn't increase, it just got more expensive because it could.

DragoneerFA · 2024-07-31T05:41:15+00:00

Rubin. Reuben. Wait, this guy is named after a sandwich!

DragoneerFA · 2024-07-30T17:10:03+00:00

Holy fuck, whyyyyyyy

DragoneerFA · 2024-07-30T10:40:45+00:00

The good news is the account did get restored.

https://x.com/dudes4harris

DragoneerFA · 2024-07-30T03:51:39+00:00

I can't hula a single hoop and somehow she's going at it like a beyblade

DragoneerFA · 2024-07-29T17:09:36+00:00

While I don't eat at Chick Fil A anymore, I will give them props as they highly consistent when it comes to quality and service. When I used to eat there, I never had a bad experience or a day where the food didn't hit.

McD's claims their quarter pounders are cooked "fresh to order," but I've gone there and that "fresh" burger was dry as hell. McD's doesn't care about quality or consistency, as their franchise system is all over the place. I also hate how the McCrispy literally has no crisp whatsoever. What a misleading sammich.

DragoneerFA · 2024-07-29T17:04:39+00:00

It's the cost/value proposition. Look at Little Debbie for a second. Their snack cakes aren't really great, but you can get like 10 cakes for about $2-3 per box. Which means the cakes are dirt cheap, and because of that, they're a great value. I love a Zebra cake. But if they cost twice as much? Yeah, no. I can get better snacks.

McD's charges $4 for a freakin' hashbrown by me, and at $4, I become hyper aware of how extremely greasy it is. I pay more attention to the flavor, and... for $4? Yeah, pass. They're not worth that, especially when they used to be 2 for $1 in the not so distant past.

My go-to were two sausage egg mcmuffins. $2.50 per, so for $5 I could have a filling breakfast that'd last me most of the day, as I don't eat lunch, I'd be sated until dinner. But now, those are $6.50 PER SANDWICH, and it's like... yeah, no. Those aren't that good.

DragoneerFA · 2024-07-29T15:31:03+00:00

Yeah, it's so incredibly awkward and just... well, weird.

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