There appears to be a terrorist attack going on in Moscow right now and it’s not a rainbow flag attack.

Every story needs a villain.

That’s not a real country.

I think the point is: this publisher in particular is a piece of shit. Pushed out the original creators and stole the IP effectively.

He must be an anti-semite

I Googled them because I was interested. The answer is yes.

Sony failed to sue them, hoping to force them to block copyright breach adjacent DNS resolvers. That feels like a badge of honour.

Beehaw.org is pretty chill. Blahaj.zone is cool too.

It depends very much on what instance the thread is on.

I think it’s because we are in .ml and the Hexbears are allowed in here

Then it’s certainly not overpriced!

Well the upside to that is they can’t possibly be an intimidating presence.

Why is there a ladder going up to a tiny door on the second floor? Elf house? John McClane entrance?

The thing I find hilarious is that a few weeks ago, when there was talk of the UK doing the same sort of thing, everyone was pointing to this legislation as an example of how it has worked elsewhere.

It didn’t even last a year! All it’s done is slightly annoyed a handful of teenagers for a few months.

So what you’re saying is, it’s double hipster

Israel trying it’s hardest to look like a comic book evil villain at this point.

Please, not the ass rays!

They don’t live off grass but long grass is great cover for them to move freely. My lawn is pretty wild, but I have to mow directly around the house otherwise mice and all sort of insects start taking up reaidence in the house.

“Accidentally”

That’s not the point of taxes. At least not in a civilised society. People who can’t afford to contribute should be getting most value out of it.

You think the more taxes you pay the more value you should get out of them? Real “I pay cops wages so they work for me” and “I got mine, pull the ladder up” vibes.

And FYI I would not be in the bottom 50% here, so it’s not some “freeloader trying to get myself a tax cut” opinion. I already pay a considerably higher percentage of income tax than your billionaires! I’m happy to pay taxes because they are for the good of the society I live in and because I have empathy for those in need, but that’s evidently not the prevailing sentiment over there.

The most shocking thing to me here is the tax rates. Everywhere I’ve lived, the lowest bracket of income tax rate is 20-30% rising to 50% for high earners. The fact that the highest earners in the US (literally multi-millionaires and billionaires) are only paying 25% is outrageous to me. The average income tax paid for the 1% bracket is $400k, meaning they are still going home with at least $1.2mil a year. Why are the bottom 50% even paying anything? It’s obscene.