| ▲ | ToucanLoucan 6 hours ago | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fuck that. All these rich assholes have Carte Blanche all but enshrined in law to make proven-to-be-harmful products free of any liability. The least we should be able to do is make fun of them. This man and those like him will never have to work again in their fucking lives. They will want for nothing. The world is effectively their theme park. Surely they can bear the psychological weight of mild mockery. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | A_D_E_P_T 6 hours ago | parent [-] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Surely they can, but this particular kind of mockery reflects poorly on the man engaging in it. A person is known by what he does; there are real costs to spending your time engaged in elaborate mockery and vitriol. If you've read Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, think back to the character of the knight: > And though that he were worthy, he was wys, And of his port as meeke as is a mayde. He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde In al his lyf unto no maner wight. He nevere yet no vileynye ne sayde -- he has never said a villainous word -- in al his lyf unto no maner wight -- in all his life to any kind of person. One should aspire to be more like a knight and less like a jester. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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