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They don't think they'll save GameStop and almost nobody cares. They just want to see hedge funds lose money, and they've already lost billions so many have already objectively succeeded.

They also love to see Jim Cramer have meltdowns, which is almost every day now.

If you want to hate on /r/wsb that's fine (there are many legitimate reasons to hate that subreddit), but don't pretend to understand something you clearly don't.

You're saying GME wasn't obvious?

> Just get Oracle, then nobody can blame them when shit hits the fan.

Only incompetent people wouldn't blame the IT manager for choosing Oracle.

> In other words, obviously bad products won't be able to advertise this way because of negative comments

Negative comments can be downvoted and it's not a secret that you can buy reddit accounts and that there are lots of bots. A comment only needs what, 5 downvotes before it's automatically minimized by the default view? You're not seeing those comments unless you're digging, the same way you would on Amazon or anywhere else.

I appreciate the apology and admit I overreacted. I owe you an apology as well. You're right - my first post did not have a lot of information, and my language was belligerent (in both of my replies).

I've been having a bad day and you caught me at a bad time. That's my fault and I need to take a break from the internet. Have a good night.

This is the most condescending response I have ever received on HN. I do not find that link helpful and it's really insulting. You immediately jump from "he doesn't agree with me" to "you are ignorant and need to be educated as such until you agree with me."

Most of my perception is based on billionaires I know in real life. It's anecdata but it's enough to persuade me. I choose not to talk to one after he became rich because he became such a horrible human being. The others roughly follow the same trend. All of them are rich or became rich by shitty means.

Thank you. This is much more useful!

That statistic is irrelevant since it doesn't distinguish between rich and poor. But the IRS has publicly admitted to not pursuing rich people because "it's too hard."

https://www.gq.com/story/no-irs-audits-for-the-rich

Is there any reason to believe that billionaires don't cheat more? I don't think billionaires are rich because they're more talented. I think they're rich because they're more opportunistic and, quite frankly, shittier human beings.

I get that they can change the law. But instead of changing the law, they gave him a plea deal on the condition he didn't contest it at a higher court.

So why not change the law when there's an obvious loophole?

Then why do we even have laws?

Seriously. If they're completely capricious, what good are they?

> This is of course despite both an excellent safety record and lack of safer alternatives, asserted by many studies and meta studies from the FDA and the European equivalent.

Leaded gasoline had an extraordinary safety record for decades before suddenly being recognized as dangerous. The story is actually fascinating. But my point is this is actually not as strong of an argument as you might think, especially since glyphosate is a patented chemical effectively sold by one company.

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/94569/clair-patterson-sc...

If you could feel something before it harms you then you could do something about it. If you can't, like with radiation, then you can't.

You can feel heat before you die of heat stroke.

Like I said, I'm indifferent towards the police. I don't care what happens to them. That doesn't mean I want bad things to happen to them.

As I said before and you never addressed: if I say I don't care about you, does that mean I'm advocating violence against you?

Sure I did! Just read my previous comments. No need for us to be repetitive here :)

I'm not advocating violence. You're seeing what you want to see.

Yep - I stand by all that because I choose the public over the police. I don't care what happens to the police doesn't mean I want anything bad to happen, it means I don't care. If I say I don't care about you it doesn't mean I wish you harm it means I'm indifferent.

I choose to help the people, not the police.

Again with the twisting of words. I'm not threatening anyone or advocating for violence, I'm saying I choose the people over the police.

Again, you're clearly baiting. I said I don't care about police dying, not people. The police can quit whenever they want.

You keep twisting what people say only to respond with gotchas and try to wear down your opponents.

Whatever you say dude. You're obviously trying to label everyone that disagrees with you as a violent extremist - you end every one of your comments like that. I don't know why you'd do that and I don't care it's just obvious and that's why everyone is downvoting you.

You're right - it's just you baiting people into this false dichotomy to make it seem like people are anti-police. I was just calling your bluff. I'll take an angry mob over lack of police accountability, and the police cannot police themselves so the public needs to do it by whatever means necessary even if that harms innocent police officers.

I will always choose the people over the police, even if the people are violent. A public mob is better than a police mob.

Until the police are held accountable to the public, I feel no remorse for anything that happens to them.

The police need to be held accountable, full stop. The police need to be held to a higher standard than the people, full stop. Even if that means an angry mob it's still preferable to no accountability.

It's clean because the police should be held to higher standards than the public, and they can quit if they don't want that responsibility.

So you believe the police should police themselves?

Honestly I'd prefer vigilante justice over that.

Dox the cops, 100%. I'd rather a cop be hurt unfairly in the line of duty than a protester fighting for what he believes in. This country was founded on overthrowing tyrrany. If the cops don't accept the risks of the job then they can quit. Cops need to be held to a higher standard, not lower or even equal. The government (and police) should fear the people, not the other way around.

So no. It is that clean.

How is switching between Android and iOS remotely comparable to moving where you live?

I've switched between iOS and Android before. What's the big deal?

If it were truly profitable it would still be in operation. The evidence doesn't even need to be explained, unless you believe the airline industry willingly abandoned a profitable product.

Is this satire? You can't honestly believe there's meaningful accountability amongst US corporations. And if you do, well why do you think that?

Why do you assume his/her parents didn't know any better? Some people really are selfish and malicious. You're going out of your way to assume the best when you don't actually have any reason to believe that's true.

I hear this all the time.

"All the smart guys are spending money on it, it must be valuable!"

You could use this logic to invest in real estate in 2007. Or you would've been eager to invest in WeWork had their IPO not been fucked. You would also believe self-driving cars are a good idea, but I'd bet my life savings against it knowing what I know.

Don't assume you're playing the same game as them when you can't actually provide any data that what they do works. Where is the actual "X dollars of surveillance turns into Y dollars return" data points? You're just providing speculation no better than the person you're arguing with, and honestly your argument is less compelling.

> Even if you held, as long as you don't realize your losses you will be right back to pre crash levels in 2-3 years, just like in 2008 or any other recession.

Japan still hasn't recovered from the 80s. At some point the economy is going to stop growing. A lot of growth is driven by debt which needs to be repaid. A lot of growth is driven by an increasing population which will eventually plateau, and what's worse you have to support those people (healthcare, education, housing) if you don't want them to cost even more money.

At some point the economy isn't going to just keep growing. I have no idea when that will be, but the market doesn't just go up over time as if it's some law of nature.

https://tradingeconomics.com/japan/stock-market