#anti competitive

[angryraptor13]

It's worse than that. The big companies buy up the smaller companies *intending* to close them at the first excuse they get. It cuts down on potential competition & it's easier than changing themselves to do the Niche Thing better than the company they're killing off.

I know rooster teeth had a whole fucking host of problems and haven't watched their stuff in years but I still shed a tear for another day another internet group getting bought out by big media companies because "they're successful" and then being shut down because they don't make enough profit for wall street. let things stay small. not everything needs to be contract deals and billboards the beauty of the internet should be that there's thousands of little things for people to find the niche they like, not that anything that becomes popular is obviously the next big franchise and we need to throw millions of dollars at it. We live in an era where big companies are taking everything small from us. Heardle getting bought out by Spotify and then shut down bc they realized it cost more than it made. capitalism and the Internet are not built for each other.

[erebusvincent]

Great opinion piece, read the whole thing.

The “big is bad” mentality promoted by the Biden FTC and DOJ, and embraced by Trump with Slater’s nomination, risks perpetuating the idea that antitrust is about punishing companies for being big, even when they provide tremendous value to consumers. While populists on both sides of the aisle are clamoring for more lawsuits against Silicon Valley, such actions will do little to address the real issues facing middle- and working-class voters. For the Democratic Party to regain its relevance, it must refocus on paycheck and pocketbook issues that lower prices and increase consumer choice in the industries that matter most to American families.

Democrats should champion policies that make life more affordable and convenient. Strengthening antitrust enforcement in highly concentrated, consumer-focused industries will provide real relief to families struggling to make ends meet. That’s the way forward — and the kind of leadership voters are desperately waiting for

[moonlit-ripples]

[relaxedstyles]

[laeana]

Whenever I see a post with people that say that the hate on Lando has come out of nowhere and people have no reasons to, I’m like; you know what, maybe you’re right and some people did start to hate on him because that’s popular.

But it’s also very funny to try to reduce the dislike people can have for a driver by saying “you have no real arguments, you just jump on the train”, because you don’t want to hear your favorite driver has done and said things that soured his reputation, when it’s actually “no, babe, I’ve been finding him insufferable for years, but this year he has reached a peak, and I could list you the reasons why he gets on my nerves, but you probably would brush it off anyway”.

[cheezewhis]

IWTV posts that are anti- any character are fundamentally incompatible with the series as a whole and people who post them will not survive the winter.

[interlagosainz]

we need to have the conversation of how charles fans treat his teammates without falling into the accusatory zone that we want to harm charles by having this conversation.

i mean charles no harm, but it is something that is getting extremely out of hand and it needs to be talked about. some charles fans have gotten too freely with being cruel to others drivers.

people used to call sebastian vettel a CORPSE. yes, scuderia ferrari screwed him. yes, everyone loves sebastian vettel again NOW (because he is far away from it and free from this hell) but back in 19/20? charles fans, mainly on twitter, made his life miserable. he couldn’t win. he couldn’t make anyone happy. if he won, he was taking something from charles that belonged to charles rightfully. it he lost, he was old and bad and should retire already and this sport wasn’t for him. he wasn’t a team player. he didn’t care about ferrari. he wanted to screw charles over.

if you just got here, if carlos is your first experience of how charles’ teammates are treated, let me tell you. everything that is being said about carlos has already been said about sebastian. and it is crazy for some people to understand that because everyone loves sebastian again, so you can’t even imagine what he went throught.

and i’m sorry for generalizing all of charles fans, im a charles fan, but it is something we need to stop and look at and talk about. how long will we let it go. how long until it starts to happen to lewis hamilton, of all people. how long until they dismiss his victories and say he is old and should give up of this sport so charles can win.

and you know one of the worst part? charles loves to race. every time he had to fight for it, he loved it. when he and carlos race in that track, he comes out with a big smile and talking about how he loves to race carlos. how this is real racing. he loves to fight for it. to prove himself. to have to sweat for it.

all while his fans try to make everyone just bow down their heads and give him things in a plate, already chewed and easy to get. as if he would like that. as if he can’t prove himself worth otherwise. as if he isn’t good enough to fight for it.

[neptunescore]

George being the literal GPDA director, inquiring abt his and Lando's fines and how they're allocated and why these penalties are suspicious, then — when faced with max getting the most unfair penalty I've ever heard of — doing everything in his power to make sure it happens so he can get that pole.

Someone give me this level of diva cuntiness.

[halenhusky309]

Twitter Megop antis in the nutshell:

You should know there are plenty of continuities out there, right? And none of Megatron or Optimus from these continuities are the same. IDW Megatron and Optimus aren't brothers, same with TFP, Earthspark, Armada and even G1. So now what???

[twelve-thousand-pizzas]

The more I accept the fact that I’m Proship the more I fucking hate spending time on TikTok, I’ve found. Everyone is just so stupid and angry on there what the hell

[glitter-stained]

I mean... It's not my #1 most psychophobic comic of all time but damn does it take the "mentally ill people are dangerous monsters" trope to a whole, literal new level.

[shitapril]

idk man the video was very cinematic and powerful and all that but me personally I prefer wide smiles and a silly caption that weren’t painstakingly curated by a pr team

[yuri-for-businesswomen]

we need more feminist horror

[thepinkjupiter]

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my better cr aesthetic

[sapphic-agent]

"If I was surprised at anything, it may have been that it seemed like people were less willing to let her make mistakes than they were with Aang."

I hate Bryke's guts, but the one thing I will agree with him (Bryan) on is this.

I've gotten heat from Aang stans for saying this, but for me Korra will always be a better written character for me. Not because Aang's childish and optimistic and naive or anything like that. That doesn't matter to me. Hell, it's not even for his actions during DOBS or EIP or Kataang. Sure, those things aren't great, but they aren't the issue with his character.

It's not about Aang's actions, it's about how Aang's actions are treated by the narrative.

This is nothing new obviously, I've said this before. Many times. Aang kissing Katara in EIP is treated as him messing up his chances with her, not because he forced something on her she didn't want. The kiss in DOBS doesn't even come up again in the show (and when it did in the comics, Aang blew up and nearly melted her face off so-). I've spoken enough about his holier-than-thou attitude in TSR too and how his message of forgiveness is perpetuated as the right one.

It's one thing that is 100% better in LOK; Korra is held accountable for her actions, by the narrative, the other characters, and herself. A big part of LOK is Korra acknowledging her actions and making the effort to change and be better.

A great counter to Aang repeatedly crossing boundaries with Katara is in Reunion when she warns Asami about trusting Hiroshi and Asami calls her out on giving unsolicited advice. Korra immediately backs off and tries to apologize when she sees that she upset her.

Now compare this to Aang's behavior in TSR or EIP.

And before anyone says it, I know Korra's older. I also know Asami reconnecting with her father is different than Katara wanting to kill Yon Rha. I get all of that.

But honestly? That doesn't matter to me. Because when you're talking about fictional characters- especially character progression and development for the protagonist- addressing flaws is important. Accountability is important. Especially when it comes to how they treat the people around them (love interests like Asami and Korra probably being the most important).

This is what solidifies Korra's character development as being better than Aang's for me.

However, I do think it's because of this framing (and the fact that she's a woman, but shh) that Korra gets more hate. Her flaws being addressed also means that they're constantly apparent. The audience is always aware of them. Whereas Aang's worse actions tended to be brushed over or excused. Or the context of those mistakes were maneuvered to make the audience feel bad for him instead of the one affected by his actions (EIP EIP EIP EIP).

So yes, Bryan, people were more willing to let Aang make mistakes because you and your bestie failed to actually address them

[spop-romanticizes-abuse]

catra reminds me of frollo from the hunchback of notre dame, with her whole “if this person i’m attracted to doesn’t choose me over everything else, then they must die”