dnick

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[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 2 points 31 minutes ago

Fight 'terror' with terror.

[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 days ago

It is arguably preying on this trait that made the pricing possibleAsode from that, you can't honestly suggest to that just 'not being that way' is a valid option. Sure that can work to a small degree for specific individuals, but 'just don't be the way you are' to solve some specific challenge, likely at the detriment to many other traits you may not want to break, is thoughtless and ignorant advice.

[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 74 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (4 children)

But you don't actually head out at that point, that's just the time you start to reckon whether you outa.

[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 weeks ago

This must mainly be about a platform where you upload content, not the hardware itself?

[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

Sometimes it's worth making an exception, just like kids and Santa Claus. Let him have this one.

[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's an absolute hoax... Anything it says about Republicans that is, every word of it that implicates a Democrat is completely true... But it's an absolute hoax

[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Is the gift so expensive that you feel it necessary to reclaim the money? Would it feel as though something was missing if they hadn't got you anything? It seems like the more appropriate choice in this situation might have been to accept the gift generously and simply not used it, or not used it often and continued to use the older item. Then, if asked about it, perhaps explained it at that point instead of making a point of explaining that you wanted to return the item and get the money for it.

[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, but they're not charging people extra for parts they're calling tarmac or ramps, and literally no one knows that tarmac is the material used. On the other hand, people know what a window is, and are willing to pay more to sit next to one.

[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 7 points 3 weeks ago

Seat selection, and it seems like every other friggin extra airline fee in the US, seems to be based on how full the flight is and how much people are willing to pay for it. 90% sure they are experimenting with it to the point where that fee will change just by refreshing the page and they likely have everything from $5-$200 'upgrade' fees based on what they've found they can get away with. Hell, I'm surprised they haven't started auctioning the seats while waiting to board. Maybe just typing this was a bad idea.

[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 weeks ago

I would argue the other way. Not all airplanes have this, and unless you fly a lot you may not come across it, and if you do happen to notice, there's no reason to immediately assume that they would necessarily call them window seats. Lots of industries have 'common parlance' that many of their customers may not run into until it causes an issue, and blaming the confusion on the customer is unfair.

If anything, they should lose the case and be forced to modify their terminology to something like 'window side' seating or something. I mean you could easily argue that a 'window' seat doesn't necessarily give you a great view because it's over the wing or something, but to call it a window seat when it has no window is close to calling a hotel room a 'queen bed room' and then getting there and there's no bed, and claiming it's the same size as a room they would normally put a queen bed in. I mean what are you paying extra for if you pick a fake window seat? Maybe not having someone to the wall side of you, but at bare minimum they should be liable for charging extra while neglecting to mention it's a window seat with no window.

If nothing else, if you think a 'window seat with no window' seems like an odd phrase, and not an obvious thing sometime should say, then it's not being pedantic to call this out.

[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 0 points 4 weeks ago

You have to pick a higher end phone and a lower end earbuds to get to 'a fraction of the price' in realistic terms. The very cheapest headphones aren't going to sound good or last long, and are still going to be in the range of 1/5th of the price of a budget phone vs 1/16 out something that is more in line with calling something 'a fraction of' something.

[–] dnick@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Just remember that Trump dying would set off an internal power struggle. Nobody likes or give a shit who or what Vance supports, so he would have precisely fuck-all a far as pull in down ballot elections. For whatever reason, the base will slobber over every word trump blurts out so any dissent is crippling in a Republican, that would disappear and every Republican worth the title of 'politician' would take advantage of a Vance leadership as a once in a lifetime opportunity out-Trump the competition, but without the centralizing firehose of bullshit trump has been able to use to distract from issues as they come up. Right now trump is able to distract from almost literally any topic by being a force to deal with immediately as he sets other fires to deal with. Vance will have the position, butwon't have that talent and by virtue of their position no other GOP personality will have the power.

Basically don't stop looking forward to a least bad outcome like natural causes.

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