On top of that the general price increase over the last 25 years has come with considerable increases in set intricacy, piece count, and variety to both piece shapes and themes. I love to dunk on corporate price gouging but i really struggle to fault LEGO. I personally use “a person can comfortably buy LEGO as toys for their children” as my personal litmus for what a good wage should be; they’re pretty solid for maintaining a price/value ratio and Americans should all be making at least 150k/year by now even out in the boonies, just deduct it right out of the fortune 500s margins
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HoopyFrood@lemmy.zipto
Technology@lemmy.world•New ‘Jesus-centric’ Christian phone network will block pornography and LGBT contentEnglish
4·3 months agoThe types of christians who would dig this repressive mobile network are the kind who prefer overly simplified and easily digestible theology; that is to say the people who would pitch and want this phone definitely are in the “serpent is satan” camp not, “lets have a nuanced discussion about metaphors”. Not that they would accept the rebuttal, but i don’t think it’s invalid from the frameworks that produce this nonsense
HoopyFrood@lemmy.zipto
Technology@lemmy.world•Anxiety around AI is growing rapidly in the US, research showsEnglish
51·3 months agoThat is not how socializing on the internet works. You make the claim, you back it up or be discredited for inconsideration

In one comment you chastise for believing and not taking responsibility, and in this comment you chastise for still believing while trying to fix things. Is it safe to assume that anyone who finds religious creeds acceptable is inferior to you