It's part of a growing trend in the US, we're slowly isolating ourselves.
Personally, I hope that this trend towards isolation leads to the end of society as we know it and the rise of the sovereign individual, where every person is a nation in himself, and to commit an act of aggression against an individual is an act of war.
I don't buy Apple gear because I care about their notion of "social responsibility". To be honest, I don't recognize the notion of social responsibility. Instead, I treat society the way society treats the individual: I damn well take what I want.
They fought to acquire the same rights as individuals, they are burdened by the same obligations.
What obligations to corporations in the United States have beyond providing their shareholders with a profit? I ask about US corporations because Apple is one.
of how free market capitalism in it's true form can survive technology.
The existence of corporations (whose owners and officers are shielded from liability by law) is contradictory to free market capitalism. And don't even get me started on taxes, subsidies, etc.:)
But thanks to people like you, retail stores may very well someday be gone altogether.
You're welcome. Personally, I despise retail stores. I hate listening to shitty Muzak. I hate listening to other people's children. I hate that the stores are always too damned hot. And I find myself reaching for a weapon whenever a salesperson approaches me, because there isn't a salesperson on earth who can say more than three words without giving me cause to ask "What would Hugo Stiglitz do?"
The sooner retail stores fuck off and die, the better. And don't give me any shit about "community" while I'm dancing on the graves of businesses that clung to a 20th century business model years into the 21st century. Get with the program, or get fucked!
Incidentally, I believe this is the reason why people argue against flat tax (it's harder on the poor folks than it is on the rich ones).
Most of the people who argue against a flat tax assume that the tax is an absolute dollar amount, which is false. Most of the flat tax proposals I've seen are a flat percentage of all income above a certain minimum. For my part, I think that all the US government deserves is 5% on all income above the poverty line for a family of four. If they want more so they can start yet another land war in Asia, let 'em hold a fucking telethon.
I don't just use my smartphone for price comparisons. If I find a store unpleasant in any way, anybody paying attention to my Facebook status is going to hear about it. Here are some sample posts:
Parents shopping at Kohl's at $LOCATION can't get their children to shut up. Bring earplugs or headphones.
Macy's at $LOCATION only has women's pajamas in sizes XS, S, and XXXL.
Should have brought my sledgehammer to Best Buy at $LOCATION; the salescritters there have no concept of personal space.
I can top it. In Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 118 U.S. 394 (1886), the SCOTUS decided that corporations were people and thus entitled to 14th amendment protection.
Bring a personal music player and two sets of headphones. Your first set should be a lightweight, open air design. Wear those when you're willing to tolerate interruptions. Your second set should be a big set of noise-reducing headphones that look like something a record producer would wear in a studio. Those are your "Fuck off and let me work!" headphones.
The ruling class doesn't want us proles to be individuals. Individuals might realize that the buck stops with them, and that the choice between obedience and defiance is theirs alone to make.
However, I'd like to point out a second barrier to you: lazy employees who goof off and become almost completely unproductive when working from home ruining it for the rest of us.
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Borderlands is pretty decent as well in local co-op.
There's Orgy Porgy. That one can scale to 128 players, according to the manual.
It's part of a growing trend in the US, we're slowly isolating ourselves.
Personally, I hope that this trend towards isolation leads to the end of society as we know it and the rise of the sovereign individual, where every person is a nation in himself, and to commit an act of aggression against an individual is an act of war.
Again : As market share approaches total dominance, it is the obligation of the monopoly to provide access to all elements of the niche they control.
Prove it.
I don't buy Apple gear because I care about their notion of "social responsibility". To be honest, I don't recognize the notion of social responsibility. Instead, I treat society the way society treats the individual: I damn well take what I want.
They fought to acquire the same rights as individuals, they are burdened by the same obligations.
What obligations to corporations in the United States have beyond providing their shareholders with a profit? I ask about US corporations because Apple is one.
I'm into scat; I said "shit on Windows" after dealing with Windows 98.
There is also social responsibility.
Social responsibility is good PR, not a legal obligation.
of how free market capitalism in it's true form can survive technology.
The existence of corporations (whose owners and officers are shielded from liability by law) is contradictory to free market capitalism. And don't even get me started on taxes, subsidies, etc. :)
But thanks to people like you, retail stores may very well someday be gone altogether.
You're welcome. Personally, I despise retail stores. I hate listening to shitty Muzak. I hate listening to other people's children. I hate that the stores are always too damned hot. And I find myself reaching for a weapon whenever a salesperson approaches me, because there isn't a salesperson on earth who can say more than three words without giving me cause to ask "What would Hugo Stiglitz do?"
The sooner retail stores fuck off and die, the better. And don't give me any shit about "community" while I'm dancing on the graves of businesses that clung to a 20th century business model years into the 21st century. Get with the program, or get fucked!
And call the store Faraday's.
And all of that is why I ride a Triumph. Fuck Harley-Davidson.
Don't ask me why, but books are apparently seen as essential for your living.
I don't see how you can have a society worth living in without a population that knows how to read and can afford to possess books.
Incidentally, I believe this is the reason why people argue against flat tax (it's harder on the poor folks than it is on the rich ones).
Most of the people who argue against a flat tax assume that the tax is an absolute dollar amount, which is false. Most of the flat tax proposals I've seen are a flat percentage of all income above a certain minimum. For my part, I think that all the US government deserves is 5% on all income above the poverty line for a family of four. If they want more so they can start yet another land war in Asia, let 'em hold a fucking telethon.
I don't just use my smartphone for price comparisons. If I find a store unpleasant in any way, anybody paying attention to my Facebook status is going to hear about it. Here are some sample posts:
Doesn't Rolls Royce still build their cars by hand?
Extra crispy.
I won't see them, because I use AdBlock, and therefore have no reason to care.
I know you love the progressives and their wonderful programs...
Fuck you and the ad hominem you rode in on.
I can top it. In Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 118 U.S. 394 (1886), the SCOTUS decided that corporations were people and thus entitled to 14th amendment protection.
The Ninth Circuit has rendered its decision. Now let them try to enforce it.
If you don't think that solitary confinement is torture, then you haven't experienced it for yourself.
Bring a personal music player and two sets of headphones. Your first set should be a lightweight, open air design. Wear those when you're willing to tolerate interruptions. Your second set should be a big set of noise-reducing headphones that look like something a record producer would wear in a studio. Those are your "Fuck off and let me work!" headphones.
The ruling class doesn't want us proles to be individuals. Individuals might realize that the buck stops with them, and that the choice between obedience and defiance is theirs alone to make.
However, I'd like to point out a second barrier to you: lazy employees who goof off and become almost completely unproductive when working from home ruining it for the rest of us.
Then fire them.