Look around, how many people here start a conversation by insulting other users? If you actually took a tally, counted them up, you’d see it’s fairly uncommon.

No, we are not all assholes.

And that’s the kind of community I want out of Lemmy.

I mean, that you’re a bit of an asshole.

Exactly, petitioning steam doesn’t help, their hands are tied. It’s the behavior of the payment processors that needs to change. If they wimp out over every complaint, then we all live at the whims of the whiniest prudes in the world.

I read the whole article. Did you like the game? Was it good?

Then chain yourself to a tree.

It sounds to me like your solution is violence, but that’s actually a bad idea. Of course I can’t actually argue for or against this “idea” you totally have, because you haven’t stated it.

Although when you come out swinging with insults right out of the gate, it kinda reveals a lot.

Thanks, that was a great explanation!

Perfect response. This gets the message across, “governments of the world, the Internet doesn’t need you, you need the Internet”.

I love that. I still have the very first computer I ever bought, a Power Mac G4 I keep saying that some day I’ll modify the case to house my current PC.

My favorite feature of that case was the latch you can see on the side, you pull the latch and the entire side opens downward, no screws. .

Oh man, Noctua fans fit perfectly with this ironic high performance/vintage garbage dynamic! Good call.

Well that is hilarious. The fake 5.25 floppy drive bay covers are an especially nice touch.

You’re going to attempt intimidation tactics on a former FBI director?

Weird choice. Well good luck with.

I mean you can use it as currency, and I do sometimes. I have bought plenty of steam games with Bitcoin. I’ve also bought a bunch of stuff on Newegg, and other places online.

It has exactly as much protection from scams and fraud as cash does, that’s essentially what it is.

They do accept Bitcoin, so that’s something.

In theory, crypto could be good for this, but crypto is used (and designed) more as an investment than a transaction tool.

I would argue that while crypto is as investment now, it was initially designed and intended to be used for transactions.

Out of curiosity though, why do you think this situation would be any different if it were government controlled? Especially considering that you sometimes have administrations like Trump’s, which would do anything no matter how corrupt.

They make money hand over first for doing practically nothing… They’re perfectly happy with their current situation and the most important thing to them right now is not rocking the boat.

But… It appears they did not read him his Miranda rights, which is a constitutional requirement and they absolutely apply if he’s a citizen. From the sound of it, they’re in clear violation of that.

Not even… They have the power because you gave it to them. States can take it away, but that’s worse, you don’t want that.

But it doesn’t really matter, it’s all connected. The payment processors control how money can be used and the state controls how they’re allowed to let you use it. And you let it all happen by voluntarily using a credit card.

You first.

I mean, no it’s not.

Kessler syndrome is about a chain reaction that destroys everything in orbit and keeps us from accessing space for years.

Ruining your view is not “nearly as bad”. That makes you sound like one of those folks on Martha’s Vineyard, opposing offshore wind turbines that local communities desperately need, because they’ll “ruin the view”.