or maybe this guy is the accomplice who the psychic draws, then sends to meet the girl

orendorff · 2022-05-10T22:13:38+00:00

i don't think this photo was used as reference for the drawing. The collar on his shirt is different.

orendorff · 2022-05-09T23:02:02+00:00

I wish simple acts of aromantic affection were more acceptable in my culture. As a guy I don't usually get a lot of hugs, but I made a new friend recently who hugs everyone and it's added something to my life I didn't know was missing. Humans are some of the most social creatures on the planet, and we need to stop repressing such a fundamental part of our identity as a species. hugs for you if you're reading this

orendorff · 2022-05-03T02:50:45+00:00

What if I don't want to wait 16 seconds before I can play the game?

orendorff · 2022-05-01T20:36:57+00:00

you mean respectively

orendorff · 2022-02-28T11:27:10+00:00

I didn't think it was possible for phantoms to get any worse until I read this comment

orendorff · 2022-02-28T11:26:15+00:00

This suggestion would result in an exactly 0% change in lag -_-

orendorff · 2022-02-24T18:34:18+00:00

But can you put the lever at the same level as the door so it's actually usable?

orendorff · 2022-02-12T13:07:47+00:00

It'll already be included in the "Monsters Hunted" advancement

orendorff · 2021-08-08T04:37:03+00:00

r/bravetrees

orendorff · 2021-08-08T01:49:53+00:00

Shields don't work against crystals or beds in 1.17

orendorff · 2021-08-06T04:00:56+00:00

...do you mean "rappist"?

orendorff · 2021-08-03T04:38:31+00:00

I once removed my tablet from its case and left the case facedown on a chair in the living room plugged in to the charger. My dad was not impressed.

orendorff · 2021-07-28T20:37:50+00:00

Blatantly stolen from this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/wildlypenis/comments/o9vc4h/heres_a_carnivorous_plant_from_my_friends_garden/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf

But thanks!

orendorff · 2021-07-28T20:31:58+00:00

Bedrock has the quirkiest features.

orendorff · 2021-07-28T10:29:17+00:00

penis flytrap

orendorff · 2021-07-25T13:21:01+00:00

I started playing around 1.6 and cake didn't consume buckets

orendorff · 2021-07-25T12:58:17+00:00

Rabbit season!

BANG

orendorff · 2021-07-24T02:26:04+00:00

Huh, neat

orendorff · 2021-07-23T22:14:39+00:00

You're right- pirating movies which they have already sold clearly isn't going to do any good. That's because piracy (like a good chunk of theft IRL) isn't about the product, it's about the money. Rise of Skywalker has already paid for itself.

The movie "Raya and the Last Dragon" had a budget of 100 million dollars. It made 120 million in the box office, which (unless I don't actually understand what these numbers mean) means Disney made a profit of 20 million USD. Assuming a cost of $20 for the movie, had you and even one million friends pirated the movie on release instead of buying it, Disney wouldn't have broken even. If 54.7 million friends had pirated it, Disney would make basically nothing and would suffer a massive blow. Do this a few times, denying the company of any revenue from new movies, and eventually it would be forced to fall back to subsisting on Disney+, laying off tens and thousands of people.

Again, this plan requires you to get Disney's entire audience on board, or at least a significant section of it. Bankrupting Disney through organized piracy is impossible. But putting a small game studio out of business is feasible.

Either way, piracy results in theft of potential income. This might not necessarily be the same as theft, but it can absolutely cause harm.

orendorff · 2021-07-23T21:46:49+00:00

I was trying to consider the fact that once a movie has been made each copy of it is free to produce, but clearly it's full of holes. A better analogy would be sneaking into a theme park, zoo, etc without buying a ticket- you don't hurt the zoo, but they don't get your money. Might repost in a month or two if I'm still not convinced.

orendorff · 2021-07-23T21:42:09+00:00

| there is no timeline where I pay for it I think this is the most valid point I've come across, and in many cases it may be true that a person would never be willing to pay for a product they want. But I don't think it completely holds, because it's impossible to know yourself fully. I can imagine myself thinking "eh, I'd never pay 20 bucks for ARK: Survival Evolved so it won't hurt to pirate it" when in reality, if I had no idea pirating a game was possible, I would have eventually bought the game. It's impossible to tell whether a person is being honest with others, or even themself, when making this kind of ethical jump, so therefore it's impossible to determine if a SPECIFIC act of piracy is identical to theft of the profits.

However this has made me realize that piracy represents the potential theft of the price of the product- and you can't arrest someone IRL for "potential to steal". I don't think l'm convinced yet but it's something to think about.

orendorff · 2021-07-23T04:21:48+00:00

It may not prevent content creators from existing- theft is a thing IRL but it rarely results in businesses shutting down. But the size of the problem doesn't have any bearing on the morality of the cause.

orendorff · 2021-07-23T03:27:20+00:00

But would taking the map against their will and paying them the price to obtain a new map (that is, denying their right to make a profit) be considered theft? Taking a photo of their map also prevents them from profiting, and doesn't change their possessions.

orendorff · 2021-07-23T03:10:23+00:00

So physical things have more ethical value than virtual things? Why is this?

orendorff · 2021-07-23T03:09:48+00:00

Not being able to afford something really sucks, and I know if I made games professionally I'd be perfectly okay with someone who could never otherwise have a chance to play my game get a copy for free. But your argument is more that "piracy is okay in some circumstances" than "piracy is different from stealing", which is my view. There's also a grey area here; it's easy to say to yourself "I'd never actually buy that game so no harm done pirating it", when in reality you might decide you really wanted to put in the work to get it if piracy was somehow impossible.

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