Booo! Use Calvin & Hobbes instead of this fascist shitstain.
this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2024
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Show me the meme generator I can use for that and I'll do it
https://imgflip.com/memegenerator/482493120/Calvin--Hobbes-change-my-mind
Here you go sir. Just for future reference.
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So, I'm pretty much always out of the loop. What the hell did this guy do to get that label?
Ooooh boy... This is Steven Crowder. Not only has he shown multiple times to hold far right views and platforming people who identify as white supremacists (most notably Stefan Malynuex and the guy who founded the proud boys) he has also been shown on camera abusing his wife.
He is anti-semitic, anti-abortion, anti-divorce (specifically so he can control his wife more), and very pro-gun and pro-white people.
Other than that he's just another great example of a failed entertainer turning to the right wing griftiverse in order to make money.
What a fucking loser...
That asshole doesn't deserve a meme, cmm.
Just use Calvin.
Seriously! I really don't want to see this nazi fuckface any more.
Which meme generator do you suggest?
I mean, we are talking free software here, so how about one posted to Lemmy the other day: https://github.com/Fredolx/meme-maker
You should donate to free software you like because you like it.
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Change my mind.
But I don't want to change your mind
We should stop using memes of a hateful and abusive douche
Just curious, who is this guy, sounds like you knew about the original picture? I've been curious
steven crowder, a far-right talking head who moves in the same circles as Ben Shapiro, Jordan Peterson, etc. if rush limbaugh was vader then crowder is kylo ren.
Do you mean: failed comedian, and wife abuser Steven Crowder? That Steven Crowder?
That is a great description, okay fuck that guy. Thank you
Why?
And I do mean that honestly, it's not like he's empowered by people making memes of him. He receives no benefit, there is no gain. If I used Hitler in a meme because he made a funny face, that isn't an endorsement of his actions or beliefs, sometimes a meme is just a meme.
I know you weren't asking me, but to chime in, it's safer to say that the circumstances of memeing are actually way more complex than we give credit. I'd argue that it's rarely the case that a meme is just a meme. Situations where an event or a person becomes a meme can be totally misinterpreted, reinterpreted or otherwise change from reality. Memes are used tools, many times as propaganda, and who is in a meme possibly, does have an effect. Memeing is actually a big complex part of the human experience! Especially since proliferation of the internet.
Anyway, it's interesting to think about.
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there is plenty open source software, that you can buy. There are many modes:
- you buy the support (redhead)
- you buy the long-term-support (ubuntu)
- you pay for backports to old releases (keycloak iirc)
- there is a open source version, and you can pay for enterprise features and hosting (gitlab)
- there is an open source version, and you pay for customization (star office, iirc)
and my personal favorit:
- you pay a random developer to submit pullrequests for bugs that are relevant to you
I just woke up and never heard of redhead and immediately thought, "Damn is that why I struck out with that girl?"
This is all true, but it's interesting how people often forget another simple option: the software is commercial - it is simply sold on some website/store. Just like you can buy the game Mindustry on Steam, but it is Libre Software and even though you can get the build for free on GitHub and its itch.io page, people still pay for the Steam version. I wonder why people forget about this option, since it's probably the simplest one.
Of course, Steam is a proprietary, unethical platform, so I'm just using it as an example - I'm not saying we should sell there.
Tbf, of all unfair platforms, steam is one of the fairest. Humane at least.
Is it? On GOG you can download games without installing their proprietary client (there is also a libre alternative called Heroic Games Launcher, but that's made by the community). Itch has a libre client and it's also optional. Both those platforms don't put DRM in games, unlike Steam.
Steam has forced updates. This means that game developers can push an update that for example deletes content from your game and as far as I know, you can't really refuse it.
On a page of every game that is sold on Steam, you will see text that says "Buy". But I'm pretty sure their ToS says that you are only renting games from them. So they are misleading their users.
That's why I said "one of the fairest" and not "the fairest one". There's a whole lot of what steam does and other companies won't ever do, for instance, Proton. I am forever thankful for it especially, since it motivated me to give linux the second chance. Not to say, that this particular technology turned the whole OS table around.
Steam is not perfect by any means, but people behind it offering quite a fair deal both for the devs and especially for customers. There's basically no alternatives, bc steam has so much more to it than just storing your game library and being a game vendor.
On a page of every game that is sold on Steam, you will see text that says "Buy". But I'm pretty sure their ToS says that you are only renting games from them. So they are misleading their users.
Not actually owning games sucks, but find me a digital marketplace that doesn't say that you're only "renting" them or some other bullshit. Steam doesn't call it renting, rather, I quote, "As a Subscriber you may obtain access to certain services, software and content available to Subscribers or purchase certain Hardware", where the subscriber is the word to call any user that has a steam account, nothing less nothing more: "You become a subscriber of Steam ("Subscriber") by completing the registration of a Steam user account." https://store.steampowered.com/subscriber_agreement/#1
Basically, this wording is a backdoor for them, in case their servers will be shut down and they won't be physically able to provide any game files. Yes, it opens some ways to exploit this, but unlike some other companies like Ubisoft, Valve never seem to use it this way. Also, torrents do exist, and guess what, they're DRM free, just as you like it, I assume. That's actually exactly why they should exist, imo: to preserve things.
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Id pay taxes to support open source projects.
Those in the EU do with NLNet! (Although arguably not nearly enough)
Yeah def not enough. It's funny how governments and companies are willing to pay overpriced proprietary software that even comes with no or horrible support, but when they use OSS they hardly contribute and sometimes even get great support via github. But sometimes that's also the other way around. You pay for expensive license and get shitty support even if it's OSS. Looking at you Teleport
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Downvote cause calvin should have been used instead
They don't always make it easy though. I'm not signing up for Patreon just to donate a one time amount.
What ways do you recommend?
I like Patreon because I trust it and it provides a subscription-like service. And having a way to communicate and engage is really nice.
But the "buy me a coffee" and the direct PayPal, I'm rarely getting any kudos.
You can try librepay
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winrar wrote this
Confusing free as in freedom with gratis there
They said "free" and I elected to interpret that in the way that allowed me to make a little joke
No joking allowed here. Straight to jail.
WinRar is proprietary
I am interested in paying donations to free and open source software I regularly use and have into my workflow. I will completely ignore your project if you make me deal with license keys. The Grayjay method is ok but would prefer that code and buttons not be dedicated to getting in my way. I hope that the mentality of paying for what you use becomes more common in FOSS culture so that prompts aren't needed.
That said if your broke, don't dontate. Take advantage of it being free and when you get a good job again, then consider helping out the developers.
In recent personal experience, I recently changed the motherboard on my Winblows VR gaming PC and It wouldn't recognize my legit product key anymore. I don't have patience for DRM shit so I activated it with KMS. Activation keys are a pain in the arse.
I emphasized It's use for VR gaming just in case someone tries to sell me on the Linux Proton compatibility system. Someday soon steamVR will hopefully have good compatibility and I will give it a go. However I will always at minimum be stuck with windows on a secondary ssd as I have some Oculus games I also like and Oculus+revive will likely never work under Linux.
I should add that I am broke myself so it's a bit high and mighty of me to say people should donate when I have not done so yet.
I have started by at least supporting game developers on Steam. Mostly indie to medium size studio ones. Again, I can't stand the AAA game DRM key crap.
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The cost of switching to an unfamiliar Interface and workflow is high enough, charging money to do it will further increase the barrier to entry.
Paying for open source software sounds good on paper, but if it is required, the software will never accumulate the users to make the development have any meaning.
There has to be a "try it before you buy it" too. Otherwise the permutations of scams are obvious and nobody will fall for that. Idk how you would prove that the software works, without giving an actual copy of the software.
Also, legalities between different countries. You will just not get your money back from "trustworthy nigerian software dev who just needs 50$ to give you some software".
So no.
Do donate if you can though. If you value the software you use, you will pretty obviously recognize the utility and the cost to you, should it go away.
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It would be nice if I could quit making proprietary software for a living. Maybe some day I will try making some commercial libre software and will see how it goes.
Yes but I'm broke lol
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