the fact that this is the worst-merchandised franchise in the world is incredibly annoying

I can’t agree with this more. It’s insane the disparity between ST merch and Star Wars merch. It’s like Trek stuff is always the “Wish version” of what the people behind Star Wars are putting out. Lego is a good example, they’ve put out hundreds of Star Wars sets over decades while Star Trek is relegated to the shitty knockoff Lego-clone companies who think they can charge as much as Lego for what they offer.

A law banning Bill Gates gate scandals would be called: Bill Gates gate-gate bill.

That dude does not look 86.

That’s all fine and dandy until you get court ordered to attend these meetings as if it were a scientifically proven method of quitting drinking. It’d be like doing something bad and then being court ordered to attend church so that you can “gain a moral compass.”

Pretty sure this stuff already exists in some form. /r/datahoarder people would probably be able to steer you in the right direction though you may need to lay out several thousand for enough HDDs to hold it.

Or they funnel it all to GallowBoob or whoever his replacement is.

I’m sure with a little late night cruise, you’ll have no trouble finding a cheap handy to pickup.

I searched, and surprisingly none within 50 miles of me.

Maybe when you put two evil names together, the evil cancels itself out?

Why are literally every single one of your Lemmy comments about oil or green energy? Do you really expect people to believe that you’re being genuine with any of this, especially with this half-assed non-reply to such a lengthy comment?

Except some time ago, we demanded that Ukraine give up their nuclear arsenal and that we’d protect them from Russia if they did.

They already tried that after Russia took Crimea, and then Russia went ahead and invaded the rest of Ukraine anyway.

They’re responding to your own hypothetical about a black man getting arrested in the US…

What about all those pallets that went missing?

Huh? I asked a simple question.

Well, where do you think it goes once it’s taxed away at 100%?

Nah domestic manufacturers just build shitty cars that people don’t want, dealerships are tacking on ADM which is driving sales away, and interest rates are the highest they’ve been in decades.

EV sales keep increasing by large amounts YoY which disproves “a lack of desire.”

Really? I had no idea.

Generational wealth is easily tackled by an inheritance tax. If my rights and living wishes as a dead person don’t matter with regard to my property, why should some random stranger be entitled to it either?

You can counteract this with a strict timeframe like 20 or 25 years. If I create something and die a year later, my copyright transfers to whomever and they can hold it for 19 more years. Seems fair all around.