Oh I can see how the word “option” could read like that. Glad you brought it up, to give me the chance to clarify

I am agreeing with op. Corpos and govs are the ones who have to do something. We individually and collectively also have to do something. Nothing changes for the better unless we have buy-in from individuals. The binary you’re presenting is one I didn’t intend with my comment. I was saying we should watch out for green washing, when functioning as a consumer.

That is, If you can avoid doing business with companies which are harming the environment then you should. The same goes for doing business with companies which are half-assed or insincere in their efforts (though these are naturally preferable).

So if you can’t avoid a purchase, and there isn’t a good choice, then obviously you should pick the most ecologically sound option available to you.

My main point is no one should feel virtuous for picking, like, “eco green Coca Cola” just because 5% of the proceeds go to saving the rainforest. They’re a reprehensible company, so far better to just not fuck with Coke in the first place.

File under “green washing.”

If a company offers a more expensive “choice” of a greener option, rather than just being ecologically responsible by default, then you are being sold a product. That is, you get to express your superior “green” ethics by identifying with your purchase.

The company doesn’t actually care about the environment. They’re just doing the minimum to capture extra $$$

I would amend the quote to say “voting alone isn’t going to do shit.” IMO without direct action it’s just a slower slide into fascism.

Agreeing with both of you basically. I just don’t want anyone thinking that voting on its own is sufficient to address the problems we’re seeing

I’m actually shocked at how desperate capitalists are to finding their next hype bubble. Like the fact it is good for statistics is the only whiff of something real they needed to go all in.

Can no one afford steady incremental returns anymore?

EDIT word

I’d rather revolt

Bro drank the verification can 😞

Legal plagiarism machine

Oh well that’s alright. My first thought was it was in poor taste

Really couldn’t find a different picture of the judge huh…

I’m pretty extremely anti Israel, especially right now for obvious reasons. But you’re right. I can see the motivation, and how fear of antisemitism is justified.

So yeah I’m sympathetic to the concept, but not the execution.

New rule: programmatic advertising is illegal

Nice. I’m into it (and not just because it’s on my home instance lol). This is one of the few things I miss from mainstream social media.

Whoa now save some for the rest of us

Me trying to figure out when the sun is going to come back out of the clouds

October 19, for anyone looking for the date

Maybe if you’re a GM looking for quick inspiration, but not if you’re a for profit company whose job is to put out original content.

What’re the LLMs even supposed to feed on if companies start putting out generated content? It very quickly implodes if this becomes the norm.

My favourite is when you have a friend, or known reviewer, going on about how something sucks, and you realise that it sounds right up your alley.

I specifically rented The One, because of Roger Ebert’s 1 and 1/2 star review in the newspaper, trashing Jet Li’s The One (just to totally date myself).

It is unnecessary.

Just finishing up Episode 4 of the Quake remaster on nightmare difficulty. Episodes 1-3 were challenging, but my god these exploding bouncy ball “spawns” in E4 are such rage fuel.

Only 3 more levels then I move on to the expansions. First time playing those, so looking forward to it!