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• On the post: New Gear On Threadless: Fire In A Crowded Theatre

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 18 Nov, 2020 @ 11:50am

  Noice

  Great, now we're making shirts that I have no choice but to buy....

• On the post: Netflix Gets Cute Using DMCA Notices To Take Down Tweets Critical Of 'Cuties'

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2020 @ 06:18am

  Re: Re:

  "They're one of the most liberal sects of American Christianity apart from Unitarians." On manners of sex and immodest dress? Ummmm, no. And it really wasn't meant as a slam, just a reference to the more modest pearl-clutching that occurs with the more conservative clans out there. They're totally allowed that viewpoint, to be clear.

• On the post: Netflix Gets Cute Using DMCA Notices To Take Down Tweets Critical Of 'Cuties'

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2020 @ 06:15am

  Re:

  Perhaps there were references that could have been more on the mark, but the Quakers were rather notorious for their prudish commitment to sexual conservatism, so it couldn't have been THAT far off the mark.... I mean, a good portion of the reason for the famous Quaker dress code was a rejection of immodesty, which seems fairly in line w/the point of the opposition to this film, rightly or wrongly... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plain_dress Though I think I agree that "Puritan" would have been the better reference.

• On the post: Netflix Gets Cute Using DMCA Notices To Take Down Tweets Critical Of 'Cuties'

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2020 @ 10:33am

  Post edit

  All: upon reflection, the reference to Quakers in the original post was imperfect in the extreme. I have since edited the post to refer to Puritans instead, since that's a better fit.

  I didn't want that edit to go without noting the acknowledgement here. And thanks, as always, to the community for the feedback :)

• On the post: Stupid Use Of Profanity Filter Makes A Mess Of Virtual Paleontologist Conference

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 22 Oct, 2020 @ 06:28am

  Re: Pssst! Geigner! Can "Gary" come out to play?

  Let's play a game. Let's say I would promise to authorize Mike (no idea if he would do so) to release any information that would prove whether or not I ever, literally ever, posted under the name Gary, or any other account name. What would you be willing to put up for your side of this bargain? Because I'd seriously have zero problem doing this for reasons that should be obvious. So your bluff is called. Let's play.

• On the post: Nikola Is Having A Bad Month: GM Contract Now Potentially In Jeopardy

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2020 @ 07:17am

  Heidlane fexid

  Thanks guys!

• On the post: Update: The TikTok Clusterfuck: Trump To Order A Block, Microsoft Wants To Buy, And Competition Is Still There

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 31 Jul, 2020 @ 03:16pm

  Re: What if ByteDance refuses? How could USA block TikTok?

  This is a good question to ponder with a terrible answer....which is a Great Firewall of America....

• On the post: DHS's Anti-Protest Gestapo Tactics Headed To Other Major Cities, Starting With Chicago

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2020 @ 07:54am

  Re: The Difference Between Portland and Chicago

  "I believe the Gestapo will find that the people of Chicago are better armed than those of Portland and will to USE those arms. They will also find them to be much more surly than the inhabitants of Portland. They had best wear bullet proof clothing ... but even that might not protect them." THIS

• On the post: DHS's Anti-Protest Gestapo Tactics Headed To Other Major Cities, Starting With Chicago

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2020 @ 05:59am

  As the resident Chicago-based writer here:

  Welcome to Chicago, federal boyos. It's going to be a bumpy ride....

• On the post: WoW Alters Its Character Creation System to Add Diversity

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2020 @ 12:36pm

  Re: Replace BLM Art with Human Art (Trumpian)

  "The reason that humans ARE humans comes down to one thing - ladies choice about sexual partners. Animals, as opposed to humans, simply go into heat and mate with any passer by." While you're obviously a crazy person on a grand scale, I just wanted to point out that this is not how the animal kingdom works wholesale, so you're also an idiot on matters of biology as well....

• On the post: Estate Of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Alleges Copyright Infringement Over Sherlock's Emotional Awakening

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2020 @ 05:52am

  Re:

  God damn it....

• On the post: Harper's Gives Prestigious Platform To Famous Writers So They Can Whine About Being Silenced

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2020 @ 10:12am

  Another avenue

  If these clowns had only decided to make their position:

  "We believe that the negative consequences of speech others don't like should be conversational speech in return, rather than more dire consequences to employment, etc."

  Then maybe I could have gotten on board. After all, the counterspeech Mike points out isn't "wrong", but it could be argued to be suboptimal. A call for conversation wouldn't have been received as harshly as a call for a lack of any consequences...because that call is stupid.

• On the post: Nintendo Cryptically Points Out That Selling 'Animal Crossing' Assets For Real Money Violates ToS

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2020 @ 11:02am

  Re:

  Still got the wrong Tim, dumb dumb.

• On the post: WWE Lawyers DMCA Tweet With Video Of Independent Wrestling Event, Probably Over A Hashtag That Promotes WWE

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2020 @ 07:22am

  Re:

  Hi there, stupid. Quick question: did you know there are more than one "Tim"s in the world? For instance, there is a Tim Cushing and a Timothy Geigner and we're....wait for it....DIFFERENT PEOPLE. The burn it down post was written by other Tim. To be fair, he's a better writer than I am and that piece, even if I didn't agree with every shred of it, was glorious. So instead of making an ass of yourself here, why don't you go outside and play hide and go fuck yourself?

• On the post: Federal Court Affirms Activision's First Amendment Rights In Using Humvees in 'Call Of Duty' Game

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2020 @ 05:48am

  Re: Re: HumVee and My Testimony on Capital Hill

  I for one somehow appreciate the sponsorships at the end of these parody rants. They make me smile for some reason.

• On the post: Hacks Are Always Worse Than Reported: Nintendo's Breached Accounts Magically Double

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2020 @ 06:04am

  Re:

  With a little creativity, my way works too :)

• On the post: All Sports Are Esports Now: The MLB The Show, Players Tournament Edition

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2020 @ 05:59am

  Re: Virtual Baseball

  You must also not live in Japan, South Korea, or any part of Central or South America....

• On the post: Joe Biden Can't Tell The Difference Between The 1st Amendment & Section 230; Still Thinks Video Games Cause Violence

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2020 @ 11:54am

  Re: Some of us wonder if it would be better if Trump wins.

  "A status-quo Democratic administration will only usher in the next Mussolini wannabe, maybe even give Trump a chance for a comeback." This might win the award for one of the stupidest things I've ever seen written on the internet....

• On the post: Kazakh Government Takes Down 93k Websites To Site-Block A Single Massage Parlour

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 27 Sep, 2019 @ 03:31am

  Re: an IP identifies an individual

  There's no place like 127.0.0.1

• On the post: Working Futures, An Anthology Of Speculative Fiction About The Future Of Work

  

  Dark Helmet ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2019 @ 02:35pm

  Re: FREE Short Topical Story!

  I sincerely cannot wait to work this dialogue into a different short story that I write....

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