Then we'll take that wax and make a mold from it. And from that mold, we'll press plastic discs containing the same ridges as the original wax! And since this plastic is an exact duplication of the physical sound waves that were recorded, we'll call it... An Etch-a-Listen!
I'm not saying that we either invented slavery or are unique in benefiting from it. We've written a loophole for prisoners to be used as slave labor into our constitution and have the highest number of prisoners of any nation, we have politicians actively trying to create new laws adding more slave labor, and we've tied healthcare to employment and left per-Capita income so low that insinuating that the people who put food on your table are slaves isn't as laughable as it seems.
The reason I suggested the name is that we're the only "advanced" civilization that still directly relies on slave labor. I know that there are examples of other non-third-world countries that consume goods and services from sweatshops, but, as one of the world-leaders in consumerism, we arguably fund and keep alive the demand that necessitates sweatshops.
So, no, we're not unique in our slavery—just in our ability and willingness to sexy it up and slap some paint and labels on it that help us perpetuate it.
Oh shoot, per the caption in the article, that pic of from last month... I really appreciate you helping, though! Guess we might need to make our own sad Nazis...
You know what? I usually have that same reaction when people pronounce "Elon" like "Ellen." I wasn't even thinking about the name "Melanie" at the time. I originally wrote "Melony," but that looked incorrect, so I changed the y to an ie.
I'd seen someone else write F Elon, so "felon" was in my brain, so I wanted to call him"Felony," but that seemed lame, which led to "Melony," and you get this picture.
Anyway, all those mental hoops that I jumped through to end up accidentally seeming like I was trying to use gender as an insult—something I'm totally not cool with.
If anyone's read this far, thanks, and I apologize for my comment seeming like I was trying to misgender Elon like it's part of some sort of joke. Elon deserves worse than that kind of insult, and the types of people that it actually harms deserve better.
@Deceptichum@quokk.au, even though it wasn't my intent, thank you for calling me out on this. I'd hate to be another voice piling onto marginalized communities or promoting toxic masculinity.
Actually, I stole the election. I tried to pass it to my buddy Bernie Sandz for him to toss to Kamala, but it got intercepted by Ding Dong Don-Don and his friend, Meloniethe Apartheid Profit—they somehow managed to convince enough crowd members to play defense for them, it was pretty crazy. Anyway, I was trying to cheat, but they cheated better than I did. Sorry y'all.
Shit, I didn't mean to make it sound like I thought this virus was manufactured. Why would anyone need to manufacture a disease when you can just leave a brain-worm rapist to dismantle every safeguard until measles becomes an active issue again.
That truly feels good to hear that kind of story. I started working when I was 16 and almost all of my bosses were abusive assholes creating horrifically toxic environments. I got my first decent boss when I was nearly 30 and I've stayed with them for around a decade.
This is the most reasonable reaction I've ever read. I shall adopt this reaction.