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Cute Russian comic. The home of the official English version is here if anyone wants to skip ahead (or support them): https://boosty.to/gabiconomics-en

Production imitation refers to the practice whereby one company develops a product that closely resembles or replicates that of another company, typically to capitalize on existing market demand or reduce innovation costs.

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[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 6 points 19 hours ago

Look at that dipshit Sneeze hiding behind the wheel like the yellow-belly class traitor that he is.

[–] Soot@hexbear.net 18 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

It's annoying, because production imitation is fundamentally a cool thing that should be normal and beneficial and enormously widespread. But Capitalism has to artificially limit it because eliminating scarcity prevents the innovator making money. (And as usual, 'artificial limits' can be bypassed with even more money, meaning rich people get to copy whatever they want at the expense of poor workers anyway).

In a system where everyone just lived a fulfilling healthy life either way, we could innovate enormously better, more openly and more cooperatively.

[–] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 7 points 15 hours ago

a reminder that "intellectual property" laws are literally thought crime and the most absurd idea human beings have ever come up with

[–] Imnecomrade@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Could Chief be doing the Freddie Mercury pose now?

[–] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 3 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

That’s probably the better know picture, but I think this one is a slightly better match for the exact pose from the chief

[–] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Wasn't there a rageface of this pose?

Definitely a closer match this time gabi-thinking

[–] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At least things are looking up for Falke again falke-crush

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Trying to get them both in will go back to the problem of way-too-wide emojis gabi-mad

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 8 points 1 day ago

You know, might be time to learn fireball

[–] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Diversify into the guillotine businessgabi-checklist

[–] KuroXppi@hexbear.net 1 points 20 hours ago

We will break their back on the wheel of samsara

And a couple from today’s falke-blushMinotaur-flirtsuccess-cat

[–] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

A couple new ones from yesterday’snew-hire-betrayedchief-oh-younew-hire-baffled

[–] Imnecomrade@hexbear.net 3 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

The blue eyed goblin (don't remember if we know the name yet) and Sneeze's faces would serve as good alternative Padme and Anakin emojis.

[–] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 2 points 23 hours ago

I don’t think we’ve learned new names for any of the striking new hires.

Still need a second padme, but yeah, those are good fits new-hire

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not quite as gendo this time gabi-gendo

I do have a vague suspicion of it being some reference I don’t get again, though.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The freddie mercury one is super obvious

[–] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean this one though: new-hire-betrayed

My first thought yesterday was American Gothic, but I was misremembering the pose

[–] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 3 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)
[–] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 2 points 23 hours ago

Needs more facial hair rumples-thinking

(Definitely a good match)