Google is today’s IBM.

By that measure shouldn’t Disney be considered a Tech company too? Or I guess banks and insurance companies.

Yeah, in the same way that every company that uses a phone is a phone company.

Now do Farage.

Worse than that would be justified.

That’s a secondary goal.

The Christian Nationalist Death Cult would love to send you to the front.

To fight for Russia against Ukraine or Israel against Iran. Maybe if they’re in a good mood, you’ll be able to choose which genocide you participate in.

That beef is as fake as a WWE plotline.

Clearly showing what he really thinks of Trump’s bullshit “peace” plan.

Is Trump now going to demand that the French government pardon her?

The age of consent in many developed countries is 16.

consent is often a factor in the severity of the penalty

If there’s no consent, it’s sexual assault at a minimum and more likely rape.

Teenagers fucking is without consent. Their brains, on the average, are not capable of making that level of decision.

What an absolute crock.

That’s the theory behind the law, OK, but the notion that someone is incapable of consent the day before their 18th birthday, but fully capable the following day, is manifestly stupid. I’ve raised three kids to adulthood. All of them had sexual relations before they were 18 and there’s nothing wrong with any of them. Don’t let religious nuts and the pathologically undersexed make your laws, it won’t work out.

Vigilantism is just a sign that government has become too corrupt

There was a lot of vigilantism during Reconstruction because the government was NOT corrupt.

But if you’re a victim under that corrupt government, it’s the only solution you have, so its hard not to cheer. No one is shedding tears for torched tesla’s in dealerships or the dead ceo Saint Luigi was framed for killing.

When the political and judicial systems are riddled with corruption, rough justice might be the only justice for some kinds of crime.

Its just harder to trust and justify clout chasers

If they’re paid by the click, they’re part of the problem, not the solution.

Yeah, many normal, healthy people (even Americans) started having sex long before they were 18.

Pretty solid way to identify the right person.

And that’s why entrapment is a legally sanctioned investigation strategy for law enforcement.

Oh, wait, it isn’t, because of all the abuses that resulted from its use.

So I’m just wondering if this is really any new information for anyone.

It’s never wise to underestimate most people’s ignorance.

Having someone sneak in and blow up a few troll farms would be more measured and proportionate.

if good FOSS software is being built by enthusiasts

LibreOffice is forked long ago from the extremely corporate OpenOffice effort, which in turn originated from the non-open-source Star Office. Not all FOSS comes from enthusiasts.

If you had your tantrum offline, nobody else would have to see it.

The market will fix it for you when gasoline prices quadruple. If demand drops (and it will), the fossil fuel oligopolies will try to maintain profits by price-gouging, since demand for fuel for cars is pretty inelastic.