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Cute Russian comic. The home of the official English version is here if anyone wants to skip ahead (or support them): https://boosty.to/gabiconomics-en

Production imitation refers to the practice whereby one company develops a product that closely resembles or replicates that of another company, typically to capitalize on existing market demand or reduce innovation costs.

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[-] Soot@hexbear.net 21 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's annoying, because production imitation is fundamentally a cool thing that should be normal and beneficial and enormously widespread. But Capitalism has to artificially limit it because eliminating scarcity prevents the innovator making money. (And as usual, 'artificial limits' can be bypassed with even more money, meaning rich people get to copy whatever they want at the expense of poor workers anyway).

In a system where everyone just lived a fulfilling healthy life either way, we could innovate enormously better, more openly and more cooperatively.

[-] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 9 points 1 month ago

a reminder that "intellectual property" laws are literally thought crime and the most absurd idea human beings have ever come up with

[-] Imnecomrade@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Could Chief be doing the Freddie Mercury pose now?

[-] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

That’s probably the better know picture, but I think this one is a slightly better match for the exact pose from the chief

[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Wasn't there a rageface of this pose?

[-] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Definitely a closer match this time gabi-thinking

[-] Dort_Owl@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago
[-] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Diversify into the guillotine businessgabi-checklist

[-] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

At least things are looking up for Falke again falke-crush

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago
[-] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Trying to get them both in will go back to the problem of way-too-wide emojis gabi-mad

[-] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 11 points 1 month ago

You know, might be time to learn fireball

[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago

Look at that dipshit Sneeze hiding behind the wheel like the yellow-belly class traitor that he is.

[-] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

And a couple from today’s falke-blushMinotaur-flirtsuccess-cat

[-] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

A couple new ones from yesterday’snew-hire-betrayedchief-oh-younew-hire-baffled

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago
[-] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

Not quite as gendo this time gabi-gendo

I do have a vague suspicion of it being some reference I don’t get again, though.

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago

The freddie mercury one is super obvious

[-] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

I mean this one though: new-hire-betrayed

My first thought yesterday was American Gothic, but I was misremembering the pose

[-] invalidusernamelol@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's Gimli

(There are like a dozen moments where he does this exact pose)

[-] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Needs more facial hair rumples-thinking

(Definitely a good match)

[-] Imnecomrade@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

The blue eyed goblin (don't remember if we know the name yet) and Sneeze's faces would serve as good alternative Padme and Anakin emojis.

[-] Trying2KnowMyself@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

I don’t think we’ve learned new names for any of the striking new hires.

Still need a second padme, but yeah, those are good fits new-hire

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