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Cake day: August 22nd, 2023

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  • I’ve watched Doctor Who in the wee hours of Sunday night on broadcast TV, on rented VHS tapes, animated on the BBC iPlayer, purchased as mp3s from Big Finish Audio, purchased from random providers in the early days of digital media, streamed through complicated VPNs from BBC iPlayer, and purchased or borrowed from the library on DVD.

    But Disney’s shit-tier steaming (and streaming, sometimes) app for Android is what managed to kill my Doctor Who fandom.

    I’ll catch up using my DVD player - which still works reliably - whenever I happen to catch a sale on the latest seasons at a used book store.

    Long live Doctor Who.

    And may Disney Plus rot in infamy.










  • Yea. Any religion that believes in a just interving diety runs into this.

    If i really believe my god is perfect and all powerful, then why should I have compassion for all the unlucky people that god clearly despises?

    It’s hard, because the idea of a perfect loving god is incredibly attractive.

    It’s the evidence that sucks: if god is real and all powerful, then god is, at best ineffable, and at worst a terrible raging asshole who lovingly created a parasite that eats childrens eyes.

    Now, if we’re willing to believe in a sort of weak impotent god, the theology gets more interesting.





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    2 months ago

    This is a dumb strawman.

    There’s basically two consumers, plus a bunch of lies told by the Epstein class.

    Consumer 1: Wants a good product produced in a way they feel good about at a fair price. This typically includes preferring both locally made and fair wage pricing, as well as not-killing-the-planet.(Non-sociopaths who are currently not afraid about their finances tomorrow, tend to fall in this category.)

    Consumer 2: Just needs the lowest price possible to survive another day. (People may drift btween these two modes, based on life events.)

    Cosumer 3: Epstein class rapist. Wants you to believe their crimes are somehow your neighbor’s fault.

    Edit: This maybe flew over my head. Is Orange man Epstein class?