Journalists should be funded by the public, as they perform a public service, while simultaneously they should not be required to report favorably upon the state. We just fail to do so because it’s more profitable for the old money that own the current media empires (and Larry Ellison), with the added benefit that the general public are treated like mushrooms – feed them shit and keep them in the dark.

yeah, truth is only something those who can afford to pay should have, better that the poors get their news from Facebook posts as God intended

Oh, good, and you fellas had me worried.

No they don’t, it’s the same fantasy – “good things happen to good people, bad things happen to bad people”, just aimed at different demographics.

As it so happens, they can indict ham sandwiches, but not turkey subs. And I think this is arguably funnier.

oh, huh.

Well then.

Carry on.

Well, that’s a brand new sentence.

Sir, that’s an elbow(?), and this is a Wendy’s.

shoe’s on the other foot now, I guess

Famously, people who are out of work don’t need help affording food.

yup, I’ve been on a job hunt for over a year now and SNAP was keeping me fed, so it looks like I’ll be surviving on saltines and noodles for the foreseeable future.

Maybe more. Imagine.

I’m not sure whether I’m more impressed or disturbed by the amount of thought you’ve given this

Must your climax be fueled by our frustrations?

Maybe that’s exactly what gets him off.

Just the screen? I’d have that entire thing in pieces before I left.

to the surprise of absolutely nobody

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Apparently, Jesus, while familiar with steering a car; was not nearly so familiar with a flight stick.

and it’s a multi-billion dollar corporation, that already makes more money than you or I will ever see in our lifetimes, that actively strives to make the user experience worse for people who don’t pay, when they’ve got a practical monopoly in the “free video sharing platform” market. And you’re whiteknighting for them. 🤡

“If you just give them your wallet right away, the mugging isn’t so bad, really. They didn’t even kick my teeth in!” 🤓

we’ve been in the dumbest timeline for a good, long while now – you’re just now figuring this out?