Oh okay I missed one example lol you got me.

What about Judaism? You left that question unanswered. If we’re really that worried about racism, I would think we’d be more cautious when it comes to mocking anything Jewish-related, wouldn’t we? But that’s not the case at all as their religion is mocked and satirized freely.

Would your response be the same if an outright racist or transphobic comic was murdered? Would you spread racist and transphobic content to assert your free speech?

Sure, why not? I feel that way about Dave Chappelle and the crap he got for making jokes about “the t” in LGBT. We can make jokes about everyone else but as soon as it comes to transgender people, that’s off limits? No. Don’t think so. Carry on, Dave. He did exactly what I recommended here by doubling down when people made a big deal over it.

But if they’re just asking to not say a word or draw something that isn’t necessary to political dialog then it’s fair for society to respect that. It should be enforced by being ostracized not killed though.

There are Christians who ask for this and it is absolutely not respected. There were protests for things like “The Last Temptation of Christ” and many other media since and instead society continues to poke fun at Jesus.

So why is it respected when it comes to Muhammad but not for Jesus despite a portion of the population asking for him to not be satirized? Is it because they’re not vocal enough? Or is it because people fear for their lives because psychos murder over a cartoon?

Why doesn’t the same happen for Hinduism? It’s mocked relentlessly and is predominately practiced by non-whites, perhaps even more so than Islam, but we never hear any worries of racism for it. Why do we worry for one religion and not another? What about Judaism? It’s perhaps the most mocked/satirized religion throughout history and the only one that actually shares its background with a race, but we never worry about racism towards it like Islam?

We pull back too much because Islamic nutjobs will get violent because you dared draw a picture that resembled their stupid prophet. By doing that, we are giving them what they want and telling other religious groups that if they get violent enough, we’ll stop to appease them too.

You can mock Jesus, Moses, Krishna and any other religious figure because their followers, at worse, are going to verbally protest, if they do anything at all. But draw fucking Muhammad and people will tell you to knock it off because we don’t want to upset the assholes who will riot and kill people because they can’t handle someone having a differing opinion. Society bends over backwards to not offend Islam out of fear.

In response, we should have doubled down. Make more cartoons, get more vulgar with it…go all in, not stopped to appease them. Some people did for a while immediately after the attack, but not enough and not long enough, imo.

Getting a new LEGO set and going home. I would spend the entire trip home analyzing every little bit of that box even if it was dark until we got home. I couldn’t wait to finish unloading the groceries and then going to my room where I would kneel by the bed and unload all the plastic packages all over the blanket. I’ll never forget the way those bags with holes used to feel and sound as I’d crunch each of them and open them up.

Then I’d get the book and spend the next 30 minutes to hours building it and then admiring it before playing with it with the rest of my collection.

I get tempted every now and then to buy another when I’m at the store. I bought the Skyline car recently and that was fine to put together.

I really wanted to like it, but the data speeds felt so slow for some reason. I was with T-Mobile and Spectrum before and after them and never had the same slow speeds I did with Fi.

I really liked the option to have two SIMs on the same line so I could have an included mobile hotspot wherever I went without having to rely on my phone.

AT&T. I had never had them before and been with all the other big names. They’re okay, not as great as some have said. I’ve been lucky to not experience the most recent outages and I also joined after the leaks occurred but the service is still the same as the others, in my experience.

But I am looking to leave them soon and possibly go with Helium or another small time carrier. $80 a month (more like $100 after all the bullshit fees) is absurd no matter how you slice it. And the other two are charging the same so you really have no choice anymore except the smaller carriers that run off the same networks.

Good point!

Do people really do that and get away with it? I’ve heard eBay usually sides with buyers and the scams are more likely from buyers on sellers. I’ve disputed a few times on eBay (for legit reasons, like 3 times) and always won the dispute as the buyer.

They’re just bids so this is common. Gotta start low so you can let people battle each other out and eventually get to the price you’re most looking for as a seller.

But it’s also common that if this auction were to end at these low prices, the seller likely is not going to just let it go as eBay lets sellers set a threshold and if that threshold isn’t met when the auction ends, they have the option to cancel the sale.

So even if you were to win at one of these prices, you’re not guaranteed to get the graphics card at this price. Though you could have a seller who doesn’t care or is willing to let it go for lower than they expected, so not totally out of the realm of possibility.

“Freddy Got Fingered”. Not a masterpiece but I found it hilarious. Was surprised it was rated so low online 🤷‍♂️