Not with that attitude.

Do you know how much money is lost by workers every year on “use it or lose it” vacation systems? Its hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars. And do you know what you can do to get that money back? Launch a fucking lawsuit.

Do not give up. Do not become complicit in your apathy. Fight in ALL venues, be that taxes, courts, or in the streets.

Wrong. Have you seen the warehouse fires? We have been “moving on” from every injustice we’ve experienced for our entire lives. Its past time to put your civility to bed and become the gremlins the government fears.

Get mad. Break shit. Burn down the fucking bourgeois bullshit. Throw a dildo at a cop. Piss on your local politician.

Whatever you do, DO NOT BE COMPLICIT.

You want to move on, like a coward or progressive. I want a war queen that bears grudges for generations.

We are not the same.

I made some doors for that building way back when it was under construction.

Custom designed aluminum extrusion welded together and then 3/4 plate glass glazed in.

Doors weigh something like 150-200lbs a piece.

And most of the welds are absolutely lousy with porosity and cracking due to por quality aluminum used in the extrusion.

Honestly pretty sure you could get through with a screwdriver and maybe an hour of time lmao

I’ve gotten into “dark country” through amigo the devil and Harley poe. Brought me to brown bird, holy locust, bridge city sinners, and more. Don’t throw out the beans with the bathwater.

I always think years back when Jeep had to issue a recall for like 30k vehicles because a robot missed a fillet weld on a suspension component and QA missed every single one lmfao

Start a new career fixing all the fuckups made by AI. If you think vibe coding is dangerous, try vibe machining

Its gone down? I remember back in 2008 and 2009 the discussion was that raising a kid 0-18 would cost around $400k. Maybe that was a california specific number but it always sounded about right.

I bought like 4 games last week for under $20.

AAA Gaming needs to get with the socioeconomic times.

You aren’t making a new space. You’re fucking up an existing space, and that’s very different.

Instead of making “safehappytimecomicstrips” as an instance, youre dictating what a larger, already established instance is going to do in the future. You’re taking the general board and turning it into a niche community to suit your own personal interests, and that’s not okay.

What if some billionaire bought up a newspaper because they were tired of seeing articles about wealth inequality and only wanted content that exclusively promoted their own viewpoint?

Oh wait…

That’s you. You’re the Jeff Bezos of internet discussion. Hooray! You did it. You showed those bigots how REAL bigotry is done. Good for you. Im glad your censorship is such an ideological win for you.

Curating would require active moderation. This isnt a proposal for increased moderation, but a content based ban decided by which artists are or are not haram to your leftist sensibilities at any given time. Why should the lemmy.world instance of comicstrips be censored when you can make a new instance like “safestripsforgoodboysandgirls” instead of fucking over the larger community?

Ohhhhh so when its just a few people its okay to ignore things they dont like. Quick, hid that info from billion dollar fossil fuel advocates! They must never know the power of ignoring inconvenient reality. Imagine how well they’d sleep at night

Speaking out against censorship is exactly the same thing as saying I should mind my business and move along. Yep. That’s why the first amendment is all about “keep your mouth shut and do what youre told to do”. I always forget.

Actually, as a native American, I have some inkling as to the effects of politics and society with special emphasis on how silencing minority voices does little to foster growth or equity.

When I say its not about the left or right, what i mean is that its all the same fucking bird shitting all over this beautiful land regardless of which wing youre looking at.

Silencing opinions that do not agree with the party line is fascist behavior. I know you tankies dont like hearing about how friendly father joe was just as bad if not worse than actual Hitler, but thems the beans. Its historic fact.

So build your echo chamber and tell yourself its okay because only you have the right way.

Its funny how you’ve latched onto alt right viewpoints as your touchstone. I know I’ve mentioned stonetoss a few times, as does the OP, but stonetoss doesnt matter. Its not about alt right or hard left or anything in-between. Its about freedom of expression.

Would you have censored Kathy Griffin when she was a media black sheep because it caused too many political discussions? How about blocking any comics with depictions of Mohammed because it deeply offends Islamic people? You know what, let’s block any comic depicting nazis or KKK robes because that could be upsetting to some people. Fuck it, might as well ban any political commentary at all because some parties might feel uncomfortable.

I dont give a shit about your pedestal youre trying to build. “The good, the right, and the true” sounds like an SS ubermench recruitment line. You have neither the authority nor the perspective to determine right, good, or true for anyone besides yourself. You aren’t looking for a safe space. You want an echo chamber to masturbate your ego.

Part of comedy is the unexpected and the uncomfortable. Its the great bridge that allows socially “unacceptable” ideas to be reframed and relit in a way that fosters discussion and thought. I think you may need to look somewhere besides comics if you dont want to risk being uncomfortable.

You speak about improving the world, but how can that be your aim when youre limiting the thoughts your chosen few are allowed to think? Censure in thought is blindness in action. You can’t grow socially without having your thoughts questioned and your beliefs tested. The only thing you have left after a while is obedience, and obedience is death to true growth.

Testing limits is how people define themselves. You dont know who you really are until you start finding lines you can’t cross. Those borders define who you are and who you have the capacity to become.

I was never a fan of furries. Trying to fuck an animal is despicable behavior that should be unquestionably eradicated. Then I pushed my own boundaries because someone I care about took a minute to explain their interest to me. People dont want to fuck animals. They just want to make weird art. And that’s fine. But you need to find where that line is for yourself to understand how to feel about new things.

All this is to say that questionable content is essential for personal growth, and eliminating that content from a community does nothing to improve it. So you dont like stonetoss. Fine. Don’t post them. But dont force everyone to not post them because you personally dont like it. Just because you’ve found your line doesnt mean there isnt someone else who still needs to find theirs.

My big problem with censorship is that it dulls the mind. Safe spaces do the same thing. If your thoughts and beliefs are never questioned, you can never grow as a person. Echo chambers are breeding grounds for ignorance. Our world is not tolerant of ignorance. Being unable to react appropriately to emotionally inflammatory bait makes us all weaker on an emotional level.

If you want to coddle yourself, make a safe space to do so. Don’t take an open forum and limit it to suit your preferences. The internet is infinite. Make a new space with your own rules.

It’s not a safe space for censorship either. Why should we all put up with that oglaf shit? Because this is a space for sharing comics. Not Ally comics, not Trans friendly comics, not even cherry picked non-discriminatory comics. Its just for comics, inclusive.

Its literally called a remastered in its own release materials. What strain of skooma are you huffing?

You dont need artists for bug fixes. You dont need level designers for bug fixes. You just need someone to care enough to get the work done. Todd doesnt care. Todd never cared.

Personal preference is not censorship. Banning an artist from an artistic community because the community can’t regulate their own emotions is censorship.