mccAug 14, 2024

This post sounds like a joke https://dads.cool/@hex/112961980923861421

However, it is not https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8jl0ekjr0go

Summary: A man signed up for a free 1 month trial of "Disney+". That trial contained an arbitration provision. Disney is now arguing in court that arbitration provision covers, literally, the Disneyworld theme park killing his wife

Laserdisc Dad (@[email protected])

love the implication that "trying a one month free trial" where there's a big asterisk next to free leads to a line that says "this corporation is legally allowed to murder you now"

dads.cool
Show threadmccAug 14, 2024
If you went to a cyberpunk author from the early 80s and said "in 40 years murder will become legal because of a contract provision the Disney corporation attached to a television show" the author would go "yes, yes, of course, exactly that scenario is in my book" and then pause and say "wait but you mean like, for real?"
Show threadmccAug 14, 2024
"This was supposed to be satire"
Show threadmccAug 15, 2024

Re: Points raised in replies:

- It's true the court has means to avoid ruling if the Disney+ arbitration clause applies, by means such as: the arbitration clause on the Disneyworld ticket; ruling arbitration clauses don't apply to wrongful death; ruling Disney the wrong party to sue (another corp owned the restaurant). Regardless, the argument was made and a precedent *could* be set.

- No, sending murder to arbitration isn't the same thing as making murder legal. But it gets you halfway there.

Show threadTed MielczarekAug 15, 2024
@mcc it would convert murder from a capital offense to a capital expense
Show threadTed MielczarekAug 15, 2024
@mcc (yeah it would be OpEx but then the joke isn't as funny)
Show threadSophie Schmieg
@tedmielczarek @mcc would it be OpEx? You pay once and they stay dead forever, sounds like CapEx to me.
Aug 15, 2024 at 2:32pmWeb
Show threadSophie SchmiegAug 15, 2024
@tedmielczarek @mcc of course, selling that deadness off will be harder, but it's definitely not a recurring expense.
Show threadTed MielczarekAug 15, 2024
@sophieschmieg @mcc hmm I'm willing to take your word for it since I am not any sort of accountant nor would I claim any expertise in that area.
Show threadSophie SchmiegAug 15, 2024
@tedmielczarek @mcc oh neither am I, that was a genuine question. And somehow the lawyers don't want to answer it.