I’ll be concerned what the CEO publicly says if the model doesn’t work anymore. Until then, he can go off my little pony and tinfoil hats and wild AGI predictions.
Reminds me of that one time I ordered a super shuttle to the airport, and the website had an offer to get 15% off if I subscribed to that random thing (first month free, cancel anytime). I’m good at immediately marking my calendar to cancel as soon as I got what I want, so I thought this would be a walk in the park. And surely enough, as soon as I was out of the shuttle and got my discount, I immediately cancelled that subscription.
Fast forward to 18 months later when I notice a $16.99 charge I do not recognize. I look at my previous statement, it’s there too, the one before, it’s there. I go back 18 months and I see I have been charged $16.99 per month ever since. Bonkers. I try to look up the merchant but I don’t find anything in my emails that match.
I forgot how I made the connection but at some point I find that subscription. I call the guys and I ask what’s going on since I cancelled 18 months ago. They say “oh, but actually when you accepted the terms, you also agreed to sign up to that completely unrelated subscription, so yes, you cancelled with us, but you did not cancel that other business”.
I call that second business and tell them I’ve never used whatever service they offer, and that sneaky scheme is unacceptable. They say “ok, we can refund the last 3 months”, I say “no, you refund me the entire 18 months”, they say “no”, I say “let me talk to a manager”. Manager picks up, I say “refund the entire 18 months or I report you to the FTC”. And finally they refunded the whole thing.
Would not recommend.
Incredibly well said. That's also the pattern of conspiracy theorists who compensate for their struggles in life and simply refuse to accept the world they live in.
Exactly. The day orange loser posted his picture as the pope, you just had to read what catholics were saying in r/conservative. It was a mostly along the lines of "I don't think it was very wise to do that, but I'll never stop supporting him".
The beautiful irony is if he started to embrace the true teaching of Christ (love one another, forgive your enemies, help the poor etc), they would start to renounce him.
Illinois and Maryland look pretty secure on that front. Perhaps the Democrats can try to gerrymander NYS again, without getting slapped down by the courts
My take on this is the right wing media re-defined the word “woke” to create an enemy, and take the propaganda to full blast to convince the average idiot that “woke” is the ultimate threat to society, and nothing else matters. Add to that the vicious religious practices and the false prophets who financially benefits from the brainwashed, to make it harder to question the new paradigm.
That’s what the average american/voter was told to “want”: destroying woke by all means. What “woke” actually means, and the fact the definition is so vague (meaningless?) is the true weapon.
