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I'm not implying you do, just acknowledging what you say is very different than what someone else says. Also not saying I don't believe you, I do.

I didn't mean it as a boycott us comment, I am surprised you can pre-order it anywhere but in their own country is all. Also understand why, don't need an explanation.

Vaguely implied is very different to openly admitted lol

Great piece of history this is.

... Originally I used the abbreviation “invcel”. (My first article on the topic needed a DOS filename of 8 characters or less!) Someone else on the mailing list (the original forum) suggested that “incel” would be easier to pronounce, so we had switched by 1999.

Since the incel forums became exclusively male, and trended towards misogyny, the world has come to use the term “incel” to refer to men who are angry at women because they can’t find someone to date or have sex with. Reclaiming the term for the original neutral meaning would be a hopeless cause.

But then they don't get money, and they really like getting money.

20% less cheap, unless you go to a European country that is not in the EU and that country didn't put a tariff on US yachts.

reads a request... doesn't care... is American 🇺🇸

You are right you can't steal something that is not ownable, but paying for the game is what allows you to play so playing without stealing is still breaking their rules. Instead of buy to own they made it pay to play. But that sucks so fuck them anyway

Yes but there hasn't been a new trans athlete winning 5th place

He did? We have him on tape trying to get votes that didn't exist, but haven't heard much about voting computers being rigged.

Unless the Canadian government put a tariff on US/EU yachts they're still as cheap as ever.

You'd be right if everything is grown and made everywhere. And there are plenty of luxury goods where it would be better if people didn't make a big deal out of it like with french champagne and Italian marble. It is also weird with clothing, the US and EU have plenty of fashion companies that could theoretically make a profit even if only selling in their home market. But where ever the brand is from, most clothing is made outside of US and EU. Why? The cost of labour. And you'll need some very high import duties if you want to counter them low wages.

Thanks for sharing, this could actually be very helpful research for the development of Lemmy and other fediverse platforms. Here is some text from the article that explains what appearantly happens by using bots:

[...] not all bots are the same in the bustling world of Reddit.

Some bots are simple, [...]. Take WikiTextBot, for example. [...] Using Reddit’s API, it scans every post and follows its hard-coded rule: “If there’s a Wikipedia link, post a summary.” These bots, [are] known as “reflexive bots,” [...].

Then there are [...] the “supervisory bots” tasked with moderating discussions. [...]

[... ] it’s important to understand how the presence of these bots affects human-to-human interactions in these online communities. [...]

They observed that reflexive bots, which generate and share content, increased user connections by providing novel content and encouraging engagement. However, this came at a cost: human interactions became shallower, with fewer meaningful back-and-forth discussions. Instead, bots often replied to posts, limiting deeper conversations between human users.

On the other hand, supervisory bots, designed to enforce community rules, reduced the need for human moderators. Previously, key community members would collaborate to set and uphold norms, strengthening their roles within the community. With automated moderation, this coordination became less necessary, leading to a diminished role for human moderators in fostering community engagement and culture.

The story of bots on social media is still unfolding, with platforms and their creators tasked with finding the right balance between innovation and authenticity. As firms weigh the impact of bots, they face an essential truth: how these digital entities are managed will shape the future of online human connection.

So the last part is why this matters, but I wanted to include lines from the first part because they explain what the basis of the research. I took the liberty to put the last line in bold because that is why I felt the need to write this response. Also worth mentioning is the size of this research:

Between 2005 and 2019, Lalor and his team studied Reddit communities- almost 70 million posts- experiencing a rise in bot activity.

Tariffs are basically import duties usually for a specific group of products from a specific country or region, the reason they counter the US tariffs is to pressure them into excluding them. So yes they hit European citizens with this tax, but because they buy less they also 'punisg' the company selling the products. The goal is to get the US to be nice to them, by showing them what it feels like if the US isn't nice to them. It's a bit like 'if I can't play with your toys, you can't play with mine'.

Well it's not like putting your money in the stock market is a good idea either.

There is still a chance they only broke the American part, might turn out that the global economy doesn't need it. Fingers crossed.

Tell us about your plan

Thanks, can you also recommend good almonds while you're at it?

But they still 'import' the provided service. I wonder if they can actually manage to get a company like netflix to pay import duties on foreign (read: us) made content, but if they find a way we're talking about a serious amount of money.