It's why they released news of the actual IPO on the same day they released the news of Google buying our data: they want to tie reddit and Google together in the public's mine, make reddit seem better than it is.

Gross, no thanks

I hope none of the stock exchanges have captchas, otherwise they might have trouble selling…

This kinda shit is at least part of the reason the fastest growing religion in America is “none.”

These types of threads always come across as whiny and overblown to me. Kbin works just fine the majority of the time, and it's still my preferred method for accessing microblogging/thread data.

The fediverse is a massive project, if you don't like what one part is doing go elsewhere, you can access most content in a variety of ways and it's good to have alternatives.

I'm far more appreciative of what kbin brings to the table than what all these naysaying posts and circle-jerks bring up everytime there is a lull.

Is there criticism of kbin, sure? But how is this constructive rather than whiny doom bait.

Worst advice. ChatGPT is not meant for this and can doore harm than good.

That's not quite the story. Or it is, but only in the broadest of strokes.

The real story boils down to Harlan Carter, and his bullshit.

See, prior to 1968, the NRA did get involved in politics. They were consulted on gun regulation, and even had a hand in helping to write the NFA and Gun Control Act of '68.

This pissed off Harlan Carter, who was a racist, unrepentant murderer, and former head of the US Border Patrol, into staging a coup for the control of the NRA leadership.

He then instantly started running the NRA as the propaganda arm of the gun manufacturers, and was paid handsomely to do so. It's also when the NRA "got into politics".

It's also when they somehow collectively forgot about the second half of the Second Amendment.

That’s a load of bull. None of those nameless Apple engineers that really engineered all that Apple crap lauded Jobs, that was only media and sycophants like you.

I dare you to name one real life instance in “your career” when -named- engineers were happy with marketing bozo’s taking credit for their work and actual genius. You can’t as it never happened in the history of time.

The actual arrogance to suggest that those poor engineers should have been happy that someone was there to "teel them what to do. Wow. Just wow. Maybe leave your mom’s basement and stop sniffing the glue for a day this weekend…

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