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Cake day: October 15th, 2023

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  • Let’s hold up on the self-congratulations a second.

    There’s a very long way between a multinational corporation’s published policy and the practice at street-level, even if yesterday is the only report (so far). Is this a franchise? What authority does the store have contractually, or in practice? Is the policy enforced? Is there a history of enforcement? Was this a rogue employee, maybe a recent hire, with a political motivation?

    Did you check the original thread https://x.com/AmmahStarr/status/1804608613916328334 for the context of the discussion? Did you check the account for a history of “rage-bait” before dismissing this woman’s experience?

    Skepticism is important, but caping for corps is seldom necessary. They pay people for that.








  • My point was more about the fact that voting in our FPTP system, mathematically, is an act not subject to the same “black & white” fallacy label as a discussion about who is the best candidate, because it actually is a choice between the top two candidates, which is why splitting the vote has been an enduring strategy.

    But your illustration about the Fallacy fallacy—that is to say that even if something were a fallacy, that doesn’t in itself mean it is untrue—is also a fair point.









  • He took a series of very shallow breaths, and then said as quickly and as quietly as he could, ‘Door, if you can hear me, say so very, very quietly.’

    Very, very quietly, the door murmured, ‘I can hear you.’

    ‘Good. Now, in a moment, I’m going to ask you to open. When you open do not want you to say that you enjoyed it, OK?’

    ‘ΟΚ.’

    ‘And I don’t want you to say to me that I have made a simple door very happy, or that it is your pleasure to open for me and your satisfaction to close again with the knowledge of a job well done, OK?’

    ‘ΟΚ.’

    'And do not want you to ask me to have a nice day, understand?"

    ‘I understand.’

    ‘OK,’ said Zaphod, tensing himself, ‘open now.’

    The door slid open quietly. Zaphod slipped quietly through. The door closed quietly behind him.

    ‘Is that the way you like it, Mr Beeblebrox?’ said the door out loud.

    Life, the Universe, and Everything