Aaah, I see it now.
You’re implying that he raped somebody. You know, like Trump.
No, no. I implied that he had consensual sex with somebody. And I somehow thought that you thought that was scandalous.
But I see what you mean.
Have a good night, sir.
Daddy, chill.
I stand corrected.
I thought tariffs were on imports only. Can there be export tariffs? Well, TIL.
And lol no. You can’t say that Trump is in power because of me. And so for assuming that much, I’ll say that this is why Trump won - because of pointless emotional reactions that cause division, like yours. So, let’s say we’re even.
What the fuck are you trying to say?
Because clearly we are thinking about two different things.
That’s not how tariffs work.
The chinese MAGA hats are going from China to the U.S., not the other way around.
Edit: That, it turns out, is how tariffs work as well. TIL.
Concerned? In Thailand?
That’s like clutching your pearls over someone with pants half down in Las Vegas or Amsterdam.
Misdirected social justice. That’s like defending billionaires.
Hardcore Catholics are hardcore.
Having said that, as someone who grew up Catholic, let me tell you FUCK THE POPE AND THE VATICAN AS A WHOLE!
Soooo… are all those Americans and Europeans that call themselves expats, uh, immigrants?
Me before becoming a U.S. citizen. “I find both parties worth studying. Very interesting from a foreigner’s point of view”.
Me after, and only after becoming a U.S. citizen: “FUCK THE REPUBLICANS, THEY SUCK ARMPITS!!!”
Downvoters don’t understand irony.
I actually love this picture. Kings don’t need to stick to whatever us plebs think of fashion. What’s the context of this picture?
By the way, Mullvad rocks!
I completely understand your position and yes, organizations blocking VPN traffic is some major bullshit.
Like apps that ask for your location when they can perfectly function without it. Don’t provide me with a “Never ask me again” checkbox? Fine, I’ll play this game every time. Stop working because now you demand location? A stupid game app? Uninstalled.
Specifically blacklisting a group of users because of the technology they use is, by definition, “targeting”, right? I mean, if not, what qualifies as “targeting” for you?
You may be right. I guess it’s a matter of semantics. But the way you described it sounded more nefarious. “I’ll target this group of VPN users because fuck them, I hope they all die in a tsunami!!!” when it’s more like “ugh, another VPN bot. The 9th this hour and I’m hungry. You know what - I’ll just block VPN altogether and go fix me a sandwich.” Maybe that’s just my perception.
But anyway - it’s Joe Blogger’s machine, at his home, for him to do whatever he likes. Some rando from the street knocks on the door and says “excuse me, do you mind if I send an e-mail from your computer?” Joe Blogger can perfectly say no, not even an excuse is owed.
You’d have a point if it was a business or a corporation. Some home machine? Out of billions? Why bother?
I guess we’re two pedantic folks. I enjoy these discussions. I sometimes gain some new knowledge out of them.
I surely hope so.
You’re putting words in my mouth. I didn’t say that. Targeting sounds like specifically doing it with an agenda.
What you’re saying the equivalent of being offended that you can’t bring guns inside someone’s private property because they don’t want to, period. “It is not ethical that you forbid me from exercising my constitutional rights of bearing arms in your house. How dare you not allowing me to put my AK-47 in your kitchen counter!”
Nope. I said that if someone doesn’t want to deal with VPN users because it’s more hassle than worth (e.g. bots), then so be it. Joe Blogger may get 20 visitors a month instead of 24. Oh the horror!
I am a huge advocate of privacy laws. But if Joe Blogger doesn’t allow me in his personal website, eh. I might try archive.org.
You chose to ignore OP’s point.
let’s stop pretending the law actually matters for the people in power.
Doesn’t Cloudflare cost money for DDoS protection?
You had me until the “ethically sound position” part.
You’re saying that Joe Blogger is acting unethically because he doesn’t allow VPN users to visit his site. C’mon, brother.
You damn right know exactly what I’m referring to.