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Fuck Subscriptions

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Naming and shaming all "recurring spending models" where a one-time fee (or none at all) would be appropriate and logical.

Expect use of strong language.

Follow the basic rules of lemmy.world and common sense, and try to have fun if possible.

No flamewars or attacking other users, unless they're spineless corporate shills.

Note that not all subscriptions are awful. Supporting your favorite ~~camgirl~~ creator or Lemmy server on Patreon is fine. An airbag with subscription is irl Idiocracy-level dystopian bullshit.

New community rule: Shilling for cunty corporations, their subscriptions and other anti-customer practices may result in a 1-day ban. It's so you can think about what it's like when someone can randomly decide what you can and can't use, based on some arbitrary rules. Oh what, you didn't read this fine print? You should read what you're agreeing to.

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[–] [email protected] 184 points 2 days ago (9 children)

The stupidest censorship I’ve seen like this is Community’s first DnD episode. Chang dresses up as a drow and that is considered “blackface” even though they address it in the episode that he isn’t black but a drow. So goodbye episode on streaming.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I mean, I guess if you're a drow and see this, you might be offended.

Not because it's drowface, but because it's a human, therefore not drow, and thus is beneath the drow.

They kind of have an extreme isolationist, and borderline racial superiority thing going on.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago

But they are also praying to a giant spider and kill their own children, so not exactly nice people.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Oh, man. A Drow in a long-sleeved Guayabera. That's an insult to my Cuban heritage. Keep it banned. /s

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

He's one of those weird seldarine drow that hangs out with the humans.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 days ago (2 children)

That's subversive and funny for all of the right reasons.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

They managed to take corporate money for product placement in a pretty funny way, too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Community is great at that.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And they even clown on those who think it is blackface

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 days ago

So are we gonna ignore the hatecrime?

Literally one of the first reactions.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago

Whoever thinks black people look like that is racist

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago

Not offensive, but fucking terrifying!

[–] [email protected] -5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

they could have avoided this crap by just choosing grey. drows and variants come in various shades. it's so fucking stupid

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

The joke wouldn't work as well if they did that. They joke about blackface, so you need black. This doesn't look like a black person does anyway, so I don't see how gray would make it better.