“a deal with Ghislaine Maxwell that she would get some immunity now and maybe a hidden pardon in the future: some sort of implication that she would be pardoned in the future if she comes out and says that the president was… not involved in any criminal activity.”

There will be no need for a pardon in the future, as soon as she gives a list without Trump or his allies on it she’ll be found suicided the next day. Can’t risk her growing a conscience and telling a different story later.

“it’s against my religion to eat fish.”

“Okay, then don’t eat fish.”

“It’s against my religion for you to eat fish”

“Fuck off.”

So what useful action can I take to push back against this censorship?

So what do I, a common shlub, do to resist this? Boycott Steam and itch.io until they reinstate the games?

Either way, you have a good one. I’m out of this conversation.

So even that was inaccurate.

“I’m such an expert on technology that I don’t even realize when I’m talking to someone else online!”

“I’ve complained about everything and sometimes I’m right” is not the flex you think it is.

Old men also yelled at Newspapers, Radio, Books, Trains, Airplanes… Anything new or different than what they are used to. If you’re only argument for something being bad is “I don’t like it, and other things I don’t like are bad” you might want to reassess your argument.

“It’s a shame anything has to change. The Sun has changed its position in the sky and I don’t trust it one bit.”

Well I think you’re old enough now to learn that not everything that gets created will be in the exact format that you specifically prefer. Some things will be made with other people in mind as the target audience and if you want to enjoy it you’ll have to engage with it in a way different from your own personal preference. It’s all part of being a grown up.

Why post it to youtube in that case?

“Why isn’t this text?”

YouTube has more accessibility and reach.

“Then why isn’t it an audio file?!?!?!”

Fucking what? You seem to just be upset that this exists in a way people will access.

-Written in text, in a long thread full of text

What’s wrong with society for books to happen? Do Americans not have memories?

You only seem to care about the fact that this is a video, not about the petition at all.

That’s because people are generally fucking morons who can’t, or worse, won’t fuckin’ read.

“Books are for fucking morons who can’t, or worse, won’t fuckin remember”

• Socrates

Strong “books are ruining society” energy.

Are they trying to get a mistrial in order to avoid the fallout of a potential “not guilty” verdict as well as the potential fallout of a “guilty” verdict?