I mean, if you want to have access to all of the court opinions interpreting a law (which is arguably more important because some decisions completely change what laws actually do) you’re going to be paying Thompson Reuters or somebody else like that a monthly subscription fee for the privilege pretty much everywhere in the US. Being able to know in a really detailed and specific way what is and isn’t legal is absolutely paywalled in this country.
I think there’s also a bit of rationality behind that system, because
a) Trolls will just lie and declare an article says something it doesn’t to “win” an argument or waste people’s time making them read their bullshit article (usually something hosted on a website you don’t want to give traffic to)
b) Some people on those forums might have tightly constrained time-frames for looking at things because they’re students or they’re working in a restaurant or retail shop or some other kind of closely managed service job where they can get yelled at by a supervisor for using their phone
c) There’s a lot of content to get to on the internet
So, I think it’s kind of a dick move to get mad at other people for not reading the article, and it’s definitely a dick move to do that if you don’t take the time to quote the specific part of the article they’re claiming contradicts someone else
I came here to say both of those things about the Internet Archive, but I also hope both of those orgs get tons of donations regularly because I wouldn’t want to live in a world without them
Survival in a world that wants us dead is a revolutionary act and every day is another chance for you to make a new crack in their systems of oppression
Every time I have to do an after call/chat survey I try to add a comment along the lines of “Your representative was very helpful, but I had to deal with too much waiting and too many chatbots to reach them. Please hire more staff.”
Ah, I should’ve done some more research before sounding off
Ha, good point
He’s like the only major rock star from the 60s-80s period I can think of who I haven’t heard about sexually harassing or assaulting someone at some point
The couple used to physically fight regularly and, according to Osbourne, they would “beat the shit out of each other.” She has described herself as “a beaten woman” when she was at the hands of husband Ozzy where he once knocked out her front teeth. She once retaliated by throwing a full bottle of scotch at his head.
A couple of decades in the future the addition of “Presidented” to American English (verb: to arbitrarily make a declaration or issue an order, implicitly illegally) will really confuse things
Imagine thinking Brian Tarbell Brian gets to decide
“Your screens should be nicer to you than this one. Join Lemmy!”
Sometimes, I’ve started seeing newer ones in some places where there is no mute button
Hmm, maybe someone could make some stickers with anti-advertising/anti-capitalist slogans on them for the next person to see specifically for this purpose
You’re the only program that loads quickly enough on my pile of junk machine to write down my impulsive ADHD ideas before I forget them so I can forget to read them later
I mean, jazz goes from like Kenny G to Sun Ra. There’s a type of jazz for every drug trip, I’d like to believe.
It gets even worse, the federal government now only accepts applications for asylum through a mobile app
“Imposing any kind of environmental regulations in businesses would destroy the entire economy, concludes team of economists paid by those businesses. Coming up next - are you doing enough to protect your family from dangerous toxins in our environment? We’ll tell you what a dumb and lazy piece of shit you are, after these ads!”
“They asked me how well I understood class consciousness. I said I was a member of the conscious class. They said welcome aboard.”
“I no longer [sound of US missile destroying boat off the coast of Venezuela,] feel an obligation to think purely [sound of US guns murdering survivors] of Peace”