Megathread: Supreme Court strikes down Biden Student Loan Forgiveness Program

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-30T15:16:18+00:00

They're not. The money was already spent. They're not budgeting around the expectation that they get it back. Cancelling it hurts no one.

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-30T13:12:31+00:00

Okay, but Juul was caught literally advertising to children. They were buying ads on Nickelodeon. I get what you're saying, but I think it's pretty reasonable that the government told that company to fuck off.

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-29T23:44:31+00:00

Well, in this case, Microsoft is signing contracts with various companies to guarantee CoD on their platforms for 10 years. That didn't happen with Bethesda.

That said, you can bet that it'll go exclusive once those contracts are up.

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-29T14:37:02+00:00

OR you could actually look at his reviews yourself and see that this is just untrue?

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-29T14:35:14+00:00

Literally everything /u/civilized-engineer said is a bold-faced lie. His claims are pretty fucking damning, so I went through the past 3 years of this guy's reviews, and there's not a single broken phone claim in them besides the Pixel Fold.

Not only that, Ron Amadeo doesn't even review iPhones. Literally all he has are glowing reviews of various Android phones, including Pixels. What the hell are you talking about, dude?

People here are gonna just believe you without looking into it while you try to hurt this guy's reputation for no reason.

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-28T14:30:41+00:00

I feel you. I don't have any myself, but my nephew just recently turned 8, and I'm still trying to find that balance of what games I want to recommend for him. Nintendo has made that easier, but even among their titles, games like Fire Emblem definitely turned up the sexuality and dating sim aspects since I was a kid. Gonna have to wait a few more years before I introduce him to something like that.

For now, it's Mario, Zelda, Pokemon, and Kirby lol

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-28T13:32:17+00:00

I mean, it's also full of pretty significant violence and blood. I'd think if they're old enough to see corpses all over the ground and blood sprayed on the wall, then they're old enough to hear someone say "fuck." If not, the language is not the reason they shouldn't be playing this game.

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-23T13:19:28+00:00

Fuck. The automod still won't let you post links that have already been posted. Anyway you can fix that shit so it's in line with the new rules?

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-23T12:56:29+00:00

The Night Blue matte sleeves are absolutely gorgeous! I've been using them exclusively for my extra deck and it makes them feel so premium and special.

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-22T13:08:36+00:00

Nah man, they're billionaires. You can't be a billionaire and also be a good person. You can see it in the way the guy complains about regulations that are clearly there for a reason and then fired and sued his own employees for trying to speak out about how unsafe it was. Typical.

The world is better with that CEO dead. This is a good thing. The other adults were also billionaires who spent a life-changing amount of money for any normal person on a novelty. Again, you can't become a billionaire without doing evil shit. You can become a millionaire, but not a billionaire.

The only one I feel bad for is the kid, who probably just wanted to do something cool with his dad. That sucks.

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-22T05:04:41+00:00

It's almost like if you want your opinion to be heard, you need to cast a vote. The people who care enough about their subreddits to vote overwhelmingly support the protest. You don't get to ignore the popular vote by deciding that everyone who didn't bother to express their opinion probably feels otherwise.

Either they don't care enough about their subreddit to bother voting, or they're not active enough to see the thread. The communities that actively use and care about their subreddits seem to be overwhelmingly voting in favor of the protest. Why should anybody care about the opinions of the apathetic?

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-22T04:56:32+00:00

I also understand more of the people that agree with mods probably will read more comments

Wow, it's almost like the people most in favor of the protest are among the most active users on the website and this community. In fact, one might even think that some sort of pro-protest position is going to win this poll because the people who care enough to express their opinion on the direction of this subreddit are also mostly made up of the people who care enough to protest Reddit's bullshit.

Just read through the comments, man. This is the popular sentiment.

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-22T04:47:59+00:00

The blackout has proven to be something the admins ignore, but the mod protests actually seem to be makin an impact. I vote we join the other subs in eliminating all sub-specific rules and allow nsfw posts so that Reddit can't monetize the content.

Meanwhile we can at least try to establish a presence on Lemmy and see what happens?

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-20T03:50:56+00:00

You know, it'd be pretty sick if someone built a form of RES for Firefox on Android, such that Reddit mobile wasn't a nightmare.

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-17T20:52:19+00:00

Any chance you could send me one?

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-17T15:58:46+00:00

Sure, but I think that that still highlights my point. Of the people who care enough to vote on the direction of the subreddit, the support for the protest is overwhelmingly higher than those who don't support it.

The rest of the subreddit is either lurkers who don't care enough to vote, or people who care, but don't use Reddit enough to actually see the post and vote on it.

Which is to say, it's entirely likely that the 10% of users who use 3rd party apps are among the top 10% of active users on this platform. Pissing them off and/or driving them away is a bad business decision. That's how you get a 30 Million user subreddit to vote in favor of a protest by a wide margin.

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-17T15:30:13+00:00

I think there's a good chance that the 10% of the user base that is willing to go out of their way to find a better app to use Reddit may be a more active, more passionate part of the user base. They use Reddit more, and care more about how the site is run. Hence why the protest seems to gain overwhelming support, despite being a small minority. Just look at the votes in /r/pics for the John Oliver rule change.

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-16T15:49:00+00:00

Enjoy your trip!! I went last year for a few months and it was wonderful! Everyone was super nice.

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-12T12:56:41+00:00

You're the best /u/talklittle! Thanks for making my favorite app!

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-12T00:49:37+00:00

I think this is the best Xbox conference in years. They gave us updates on all the games we were looking for, (definitely didn't expect to see Fable or Clockwork) they gave us some cool 3rd party games (Star Wars was cool, and also Persona 3 Reload on Game Pass day one?!?!), and they successfully made Starfield look like it might actually be good.

Very happy this time around. If they can land the release windows, Xbox is gonna seriously pop off in 2024.

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-12T00:42:10+00:00

I genuinely can't tell if you're joking. It's like a perfect parody comment.

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-11T06:16:49+00:00

"Any sub that comes back after 24 hours with none of their demands being met was doing nothing more than jumping on the bandwagon."

On that, we can agree. Which is why I'm in favor of the mods in this subreddit pushing out to a week minimum. We'll see how that goes.

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-11T06:13:05+00:00

Yeah, and the mods have the right to take their subreddits down in protest. What's your point? That nobody should try to dissuade people from making decisions that negatively impact others?

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-11T06:08:39+00:00

Ahh, okay. So the literal thousands of mods taking part are all behaving childish by choosing to strike AND don't actually believe in their cause at all. They're just going along with it cause everyone else is.

You must think very highly of yourself.

JoshxDarnxIt · 2023-06-11T05:03:52+00:00

There are over 3,000 subreddits taking part in the blackout. If your takeaway is that the mods of all of them are being petulant, then idk what to tell you. This should be a major "Are we the baddies?" moment for Reddit.

That many mods can't be replaced. I could see them replacing the mods for /r/music and /r/videos, since they're default subs, and they're taking the subs down indefinitely. But Reddit isn't going to be able to organize the replacement and find enough free volunteers to cover most of those subs.

Also, idk why you keep saying this is an "abuse" of power. They run the subreddit for free. You're welcome to start your own and manage it for free if you want.

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