I wouldn’t attribute to malice (on the part of China) what can be attributed to stupidity (Boeing taking short term gains at the cost of their entire brand). Capitalism ruins everything eventually.

He spotted a sucker and couldn’t pass up the opportunity.

I actually somehow didn’t fully process that it didn’t say “ad free”, but rather “non-personalized ads”. Wtf. €7 and you still get ads? Insanity. This is the sort of site I would never return to again.

It makes me feel icky to type it out… The terms “tranny” and “transvestite” were very common nomenclature in the 90s. In conversation, movies, television. Trans people were often a punchline. And absolutely existed.

And the real concern is that with a headline like this one, it isn’t always immediately clear which one is the subject.

It’s a constant arms race in my brain between finding methods to remind myself and my ability to ignore any and all reminders.

Wow, stop attacking me.

Just Google meatspin - it’ll be easier that way than explaining it here I think. One of those things you just have to see to understand.

Thanks for the context - that’s fascinating.

He got banned after posting, iirc.