I wish that was the biggest concern regarding our culture. This is kinda like complaining that a meth addict drinks too much soda.

Thanks for ruining one of my all-time favorite progressive trance tracks.

No, this is a self-fulfilling prophecy.

I didn’t think they meant “in your vehicle.”

Was the predecessor named “Bust”?

The fact he needs you to help him deal with things he doesn’t understand is what makes for a strong codependent relationship.

We don’t need Copilot for that - our politicians are doing the job on their own just fine.

Frankly, that’s how I feel when trying to be a decent human in this world run by an overwhelmingly large number of incredibly shitty people. Maybe he wasn’t the crazy one. Or maybe I am… *sigh*

I’m hoping it’s a deliberate ruse to keep people talking about the files when the media has all but stopped. If so, I hope whoever came up with it can withstand the shitstorm that may come back at them because it’s brilliant!

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Especially those of us who prefer to read over watching videos.

The more I learn about the shitty shady things this admin has been up to, the more ashamed of being an American I get - just when I thought I couldn’t get more ashamed.

Politicians being politicians. Tell me… what’s “changed”?

Donald Trump and the Republicans are insisting the economy is great and unhappy Americans are deluded. Just like Democrats under Joe Biden, they’re lying to themselves and everyone else — and will eventually pay the price.

Not until the rest of us have paid way more than they EVER will.

A religion is trying to control you.

About fucking time somebody took action!

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On second thought, you just go ahead telling yourself that if it makes you feel better. It’s pointless to argue with self-rghteousness because it doesn’t know how to be honest with itself - let alone anybody else.

I think maybe you’re… ahem …selling yourself short. It might be more difficult in the current economic environment, but I suspect there are enough people who’d be willing to pay for high-quality acting even when the plain text version is free. It’s the immersion in the fantasy that makes it worth it to them. How do you think OF does so well when there’s so much readily accessible free porn out there? Do it right, market it properly (and cost-effectively), and even in this economy (or maybe even because of it) people will still pay to experience their fantasies (or at least escape reality). You just need to commit to doing it well to make it worth them paying for.

ETA: you could also encourage the purchasing of your recordings by including extra content, and/or publishing new stories as an “intro chapter” to get them hooked, and then continuing the adventures in the recordings. The conversion rate would be pretty low, but you’d probably still make more than with your advertising path - which you could still go to by releasing the extra material after some semi-lengthy “exclusivity period.”

Violence begets violence & usually just results in mutually assured destruction if the overall balance of strengths is relatively similar (they have money, military, & now hired thugs, we mostly just have numbers and decentralization).

I recommend subterfuge and sabotage instead - particularly by those programming & managing all the computers that make everything happen nowadays.

…I’m very religious but not at all superstitious…

Cognitive dissonance on full display.