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There was quite a different reaction to the iPhone when it launched, so I'm pretty confident it's not the latter.

Precisely. I abhor the phrase, but it's demonstrably a case of herd mentality.

Wait, do I downvote myself now?

/s, in case that wasn't abundantly clear

You replied to me, so you're disagreeing with me, right? Downvoted.

Ironically, I've been downvoted for saying this in response to somebody sympathizing with my previous downvoted comment that was expanding in support of somebody's highly upvoted comment with some background.

I think the general sentiment on Lemmy is that any comment reply must surely be in disagreement and receives an automatic downvote. Mostly I visit the comments for discourse and upvote interesting threads of conversation.

In my opinion, really there should be no downvote button.

I've learned from this community that piracy isn't theft, yet Nintendo's attorney said to the court, "It’s for that reason that we do all we can to prevent games on Nintendo systems from being stolen."

Why is the attorney allowed to lie to the court? Shouldn't he be disbarred and prosecuted himself?

Team Sublime!

Not everything has to be a debate; my comment is simply there to add to the conversation in the thread. Perhaps it can be argued that speed cameras in themselves are a form of traffic calming.

Who's Fred? Also, perhaps related, what's kerning?

I believe it's more complex than this: governments have some obligation to create infrastructure that's safe for everybody. Simply slapping a speed camera to fine drivers doesn't make the road safer. By comparison, the Dutch have a terrific way of designing roads in such a way that drivers adapt to the conditions, for instance through the road surface and deliberately placing vegetation near the road to help drivers accurately perceive their speed.

This guy hated Japan so much that he joined an anti-Japanese extremist group to kill his countrymen, then only to live out the rest of his years in Japan and die there at the age of 70. What an odd species we are.