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Cake day: September 1st, 2023

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  • You’re more likely to solve the problem by yelling into a pillow

    You mean the Casper Original Pillow I’m buying with Klarna for 4 easy payments of $39.95 at 29.99% interest?

    I hear they’re partnering with Amazon on a new version that has a tiny Alexa speaker in it that will whisper ads in your ear while you’re sleeping unless you pay them $15 to turn it off. It’s called the Casper Pillow Talk with Special Offers.

    Yelling: ALEXA! HOW CAN I GET CONSUMER PROTECTION IN THE UNITED STATES?

    Casper Pillow Talk with Special Offers: I’m sorry, I don’t understand. By the way, did you know that Amazon Pharmacy is now selling antidepressants at a discounted price? To order, just say “Add Xanax to my next drone delivery”. To receive the discount, say “I waive my right to sue Amazon via the justice system and agree to private corporate arbitration until the end of time!










  • I didn’t buy “one year” of gameplay I bought the fucking game.

    That right there is the root of the overall problems we’re seeing: licensing, and the increasing willingness of assholes with MBAs to use licensing as a weapon to increase profits.

    When you pay your money, you’re not getting anything but the right to use the thing for as long as the company decides to let you keep using it. They take your money AND they retain the right to revoke or change the license whenever and however they want.

    The only way to win this kind of game is to a) not play it, and/or b) take to the high seas.





  • I mean, to Twitter employees he’s already kind of a SpockBeard version of Jo Bennett from The Office:

    Now, you all must be in a tizzy. I can see it on your faces, I mean, what’s going on now? I mean, who owns Dunder Mifflin Twitter? Right? I mean, Sabre X? What’s that? Some company I’ve never heard of? Down in Tallahassee Hawthorne? Where is that? Near Mars?