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Do you pirate? And do you justify pirating? i.e., what is your piracy philosophy?

Give me a reasonably priced, accessible way to enjoy the content and I will happily pay for it.

Streaming has become untenable and now it's neither affordable nor convenient to watch what I want to watch. And with how frequently shows and movies bounce around platforms, who knows if the show I want to watch this weekend will be still available on one if the many platforms I've been paying for.

I'm just done with it.

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Another 62 ‘Girls Do Porn’ Victims Sue Pornhub for $600 Million

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What an incredibly naive stance to take.

Not only is it flat wrong, you just choose to ignore the significant usage of boys / girls to refer to adults in pop culture. ie: boys will be boys.

The term girls does not necessarily refer to underage, or women who appear underage. Same with boys. And making an argument to the contrary really just makes you look silly and discredits any legitimate point you might have.

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Sore throat, then congestion: Common Covid symptoms follow a pattern now, doctors say

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I think you might be using too broad a definition of propaganda. The result of influencing opinion does not make something propaganda. Propaganda needs some intent to persuade or push an agenda.

The article might be propaganda, largely that depends on the motivations for writing and publishing it. But the fact that the content of the article might change people's opinions does not make it propaganda.

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People tend to forget that carpet bombing cities with millions of pounds of traditional and/or incendiary bombs was the status quo for all sides. Not even factoring in the troops that were soon to land on Japan, many more likely would have died from the continued bombing campaigns.

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US investigates Delta over plane stuck on tarmac in extreme heat

Their statements says they were 'uncomfortable' temperatures.

Nah fuckers, those are DANGEROUS temperatures. This just wasn't an uncomfortable wait, this shit is serious

Of course this isn't an unpopular opinion but I absolutely loathe air travel. It's always a stain on any trip I take. I just got back from a trip where every connecting flight was missed by the fault of the airline. Who schedules for 1.5 hours to land, deboard, customs, security, and transit to another terminal at DFW? Why is the standard to do maintenance checks during boarding?

Now I'm not super familiar with how the systems work, but on most planes the AC doesn't seem to work until they can start the engines. Atleast that's been the case for almost every Boeing and other smaller regional jet makers. But with my most recent trip we were on A321s and those fuckers were frosty all the time. It was 102 outside and I was cold as fuck waiting for pushback.

I guess my point is, we need more laws on how long a reasonable wait is while boarded, and stricter regulations for high/low Temps.. which can be averted by whatever the fuck Airbus is doing on the vomit comet A321