The people who do the hiring are part of a business’ expenses, not its profit.

They will still be doing their job like they normally do.

I assume a company that is allowed to have profit will be able to offer higher wages to be competitive

Where do they get that money? By charging you and I more than what a product costs to produce and bring to market. If people had higher standards (which they don’t), then they would go to the business that gives them the best deal.

Right now we live in a culture where people are proud to spend more money even if it’s for a worse product. Everything is backwards regarding personal financial responsibility which is why there is so much excess yet most people still think they “need” more money.

The people who do the work already.

Profit, by definition, is excess. It’s what’s leftover after all other business expenses are paid, including employee wages.

The truth is they put a huge burden on public services.

Do they? If so, you must be in favor of banning smoking anything, right?

they create insane amounts of litter.

Do they? If so, it sounds like there needs to be harsher penalties and greater enforcement for litter laws!

Are you stupid? It’s not about the “businesses” and their well-being. It’s about the effect that black markets have on society.

People are going to get their drugs whether they’re legal or not. If you paid attention in history class and reality, you’d know that prohibition and the war on drugs does not solve the issue.

No, it wouldn’t

People working in and supporting the industry would work and consume as they always have.

It’s the business owners that would be hurting, as their entire existence depends on siphoning off the excess people are willing to pay for products and services.

Prices wouldn’t even go up. Businesses already charge the most people are willing to pay.

I like the way you think.

Capitalists would rather there be a ban so that proles don’t realize how much they’re getting f**ked.

🥱

More black markets aren’t the solution.

I think matchmaking should be done on a per-game basis (or at least it’s a different issue.)

I’m more referring to how players connect, such as having friend lists, joining those friends, and the profiles we see in and out of games.

This protocol looks interesting, and I’ll have to learn more about it.

When I was 15, I knew it was wrong to stab people. It’s not like getting into a fight on the playground. When you bring out a knife, or any deadly weapon, you immediately escalate things way beyond what school administration can handle.

As a kid, I knew there were crimes I could do that were just “boys being boys.” Smoking weed, petty theft, vandalism, even getting into fist-fights. I also knew there were crimes that were off limits, such as rape and murder. Just about everyone around me knew the same thing, too.

You’re advocating for a culture that encourages kids to commit more crimes and more serious crimes than they otherwise would because they know they will get off easy.

Good.

We should not let acts of violence like go unpunished.

We need to set an example for anyone else who may be thinking about committing the same thing.

That blows.

I recommend watching Undone especially if you liked Bojack Horseman; it’s created by the same guy.

You can stream it for free here: https://hydrahd.com/ or check out the c/piracy wiki for one that suits you.

Mushishi is fantastic.

Undone, it’s created by the same guy who made Bojack Horseman.

I think most people haven’t seen/heard of it because it’s an amazon streaming exclusive, but you can watch it (and most other things) for free here: https://hydrahd.com/

I swear, some of you people are just arguing with yourselves at this point.

It’s like playing leapfrog when nobody else is there.

It’s my understanding that backwards-compatible PS3s actually had PS2 hardware in them.

We can play PS2 and PS1 games if they are downloaded from the store, so emulation isn’t an issue. I think Sony looked at the data and saw they would make more money removing backwards compatibility, so that’s what they did.

Thankfully the PS3 was my last console before standards got even lower and they started charging an additional fee to use my internet.

🥱

Owner of original 60gb PS3 here.

It got very hot and eventually stopped working. It was under warranty and I got an 80gb replacement for $200 cheaper, but lost out on backwards compatibility which really sucked because I sold my PS2 to get a PS3.

Why would they lay off their QA teams when its management and executives who make the decisions to cut corners?

All this kamala hype is just manufactured by people who spent money.

This is the point I was trying to make.