The answer not mentioned is something that doesn't exist anymore: the rental market. You could rent games just like video tapes. Not being able to beat it easily within the week you had the rental meant you would probably rent it again, leading to a longer shelf live and a happier video rental owner. Ecco the Dolphin's final level was literally made with this in mind.

I don't think it's blown out of proportion, they just have no clue how to deal with a market where the worker has more power and they're dependant on them. The last time this happened was in the 50s/60s and most western countries started importing workers from abroad to push down wages. Through their own racist divide and conquer, they can't do that anymore, so they've painted themselves into a corner where all options lead to better circumstances for workers.

Some in the bank, some in the credit union, some in prize bonds and some in PMs. Have a small bit of cash on hand. Don't mess with stocks because I believe they're overinflated in value due to the low banking interest rate and don't mess with crypto because it's the fucking tulip mania, only at the end you're not even left with worthless tulip bulbs.

I'd prefer it if doctors referred to their patients that way. I'm paying for those visits, so don't be "patienting" me, I pay for your service so I am a customer. Patients are the people you saw when you still cared about the Hippocratic oath, before you started doing harm to my mental wellbeing by charging ridiculous money to see you.

Disney never made the comics, they licensed it to other publishers. When US comics weren't available in drug stores and supermarkets anymore, the market for licensed youth comics died in the US, as there wasn't a real market anymore. This is mostly because distribution shifted to specialty stores that didn't send unsold comics back. It's why US comics is still a superhero-laden hellscape to this day.

It never changed in Europe, Disney comics are still easily findable in stores in most European countries.

There's a bit of nuance to it. He was happy with the work for hire contract for the actual comics, that is something he signed and agreed to. He didn't agree to using his name for it, so he did trademark his name, also to be included in the quality control of how his works are published and coloured (the definitive version is the Fantagraphics Don Rosa Collection, which is an amazing publication if you're a fan.)

Also, the eyesight issue was part of it, but after his story "The prisoner of White Agony Creek" he also didn't feel he had anything left to tell with the characters.

Don Rosa is definitely an interesting character and he's quite active in his official Facebook group and he has some interesting opinions on culture and collecting. He truly hates collectors that only collect for monetary value and he's even put that concept into his version of Uncle Scrooge

It's the city of Duckburg in the state of Calisota. At least that is the Don Rosa reading, which after Barks is the most interesting.

Disappointed, was expecting a piss take on the "Frank Sinatra has a cold" article.

What a fucking seppo take. There's more than WW2 you know.

Is there not a communist group in the US that can sue her for defamation as these muppet keep associating communism with incompetent liberals?

Capitalists have booked themselves into a corner. Their racist rhetoric has caused local populations to riot and possibly overthrow them if they find out that vaccines they want are going to foreign countries and the foreign countries pass new strains of COVID to the capitalists because they're unprotected. How great is that IP on the vaccine now, Bill Gates?

Wait, there's people who don't think this? I was pretty sure Churchill was hated in at least both India and Ireland.

Zizek tends to explain how things are more difficult and have multiple facets compared to the binary stance most people take on issues. I think that leads to a lot of misinterpretation, in combination with his absurd stream of consciousness writing and talking.

Still appropriation, lol is the Dutch word for fun. /s

I'd say first contact would be the bigger deal than the actual discovery. Especially if it's extraterrestrials visiting us we'll know if Posadas was right. And otherwise we'll be enslaved to do their bidding or dead.

When I was in the US and visited sporting events I stood for the anthem, but didn't sing. As I'm not American it would feel weird to sing another nation's anthem, but I stood because I wasn't going to give some chud seppo a reason to shoot me.

Germany is a large country for European standards, so you'd have to pinpoint a bit where you're going to be. From wanting to go to Amsterdam and Paris as well I would guess the Western part.

I lived in Amsterdam for 3 years and in my opinion it's a touristy kip nowadays. Probably more worthwhile to go to Utrecht, or if you're looking for the most leftist experience in the Netherlands, Nijmegen. Be aware that most proper Nijmegenaren aren't bigfans of Americans, as they accidentally bombed the shit out of the city in WW2 and they will tell you about it.

For all these places also keep in mind how much time you'll be spending there, definitely wouldn't do Paris on less than 3 full days if it's your first time there, there's so much to see and do.

Well said, suffering is suffering and everyone deserves solidarity to move through that.

But it's still an important discussion to have, so I really appreciate you posting this this morning comrade. Don't give up as there's value to pointing out that men suffer just as much under patriarchy and that they deserve the space to express themselves as well.

This hit me hard this morning. Don't know why exactly, but I'm going to write down some thoughts.

It's easy to just say toxic masculinity. But also, clearly this therapist has gotten close enough to them to get them to open up this way. Which if you grew up a certain way is a really hard thing to do. Let's hope that this opens the actual individuals in the story up to work on their own happiness.

But I'm a bit saddened by the reactions here and I think they happen in society at large a lot as well. Quite quickly their feelings are contrasted with what women go through, or that everyone has this issue. While often valid points, I can see people opening up about their emotions, possibly for the first time since childhood, finding this very scary as they're taught that they'll be judged for it. It immediately being relativised based on the experiences of others usually doesn't lead to the man opening up to see those perspectives, but to shut down his emotions again because the first reaction is a slightly differently worded "suck it up buttercup, you're not special."

And this I think is the big problem with men opening up about their emotions. In both the traditional space they're shot down as being unmanly and in the leftist spaces they get shot down because there are more marginalised groups dealing with worse issues. There really isn't anywhere healthy to go for them to be able to open up without a form of disapproval for them opening up. I think a lot of men, and I would include myself in that, feel like they're not allowed to speak about their feelings in public spaces.