That’s not quite the same as what I said but okay.

Right, I agree that monopolies and consolidation are bad, I suppose that’s just not the emphasis I read in the OP.

I don’t disagree that consolidation is bad for consumers.

Well they’re not giving the chocolate to dogs.

I mean, I’m not trying to argue the dystopian part, though I do wonder why this specifically is what makes you think it is dystopian.

Mars has been making pet foods for over thirty years. Branching into pet care isn’t a huge stretch.

And like… I like both chocolate candies and pets. If I started a company that made both chocolates and cared for pets, why is that aspect dystopian?

That’s pretty rich to say from someone who offered no citations for their own claims.

Neither! Tot as in tater tot, though I know that it’s German for dead or something like that because I get asked this every once in a while lol.

Whatever helps you sleep, I suppose.

Look, I too wish that were true. But he is filthy, disgusting rich. Through Crypto scams alone his family has made more money than you or I will ever have earned in our entire lives, combined, by order of magnitudes.

Yeah not sure that one holds up. I’m happily on Linux now, but permissions are something that often creep up and I need to sudo often.

Failed state.

They did investigate Trump and they know that he’s deeeep in it and that’s why GOP really doesn’t want it coming out.

Is it? SNAP hasn’t been paid to anyone yet.

Did you test the button on the lid before opening? I’d wager it was not properly sealed.

Counterpoint. The more we say he’s doing illegal things, and then he gets away with it, the more he is proven to be untouchable.

Dude’s never, ever going to face consequences that don’t involve violence.

Or what?

The jury — which feasted on sandwiches for lunch Thursday, according to a person familiar with jury lunches — deliberated the charges for several hours Wednesday and Thursday before delivering the verdict.

Grrroooossss, noooo I liked you Square Enix in spite of everything else.

I think that’s why the song was originally used in basketball TikToks.

My understanding was rap song (possibly a reference to violence) -> used in TikToks especially basketball -> said by a kid at a basketball game while doing an excited hand gesture -> went viral from that and now kids just shout out for funsies, because kids do silly things.