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Why is it crypto people are so gross? Sorry to shatter your illusions, that's not specific to crypto at all. Disney lawyers are far less child-friendly than th

by t_mann 5y ago

Why is it crypto people are so gross? Sorry to shatter your illusions, that's not specific to crypto at all. Disney lawyers are far less child-friendly than the company's content, and so is pretty much every major corporation. Just this week, I remember Zara (the fashion retailer) sueing a one-woman-run boutique named House of Zana. A bit before they also sued a women's empowerment business called Tara Sartorial (yes, because of likeness of the names). The number of tiny independents that Jack Wolfskin has sued for putting anything resembling an animal footprint onto pretty much any fabric is countless. We could go on here.

zmgsabst 5y ago
I don’t see how outlining other gross behavior makes crypto people less gross. Eg, Disney is currently suffering major financial losses due to being associated with child grooming and trying to overturn democratically passed laws. Is your point that I should accept the grotesquery of a major company suing an old man because others behave badly? …How does that make sense? > Sorry to shatter your illusions, that's not specific to crypto at all. This is also a petty ad hominem that requires an uncharitable assumption about me. Far from shattering my “illusions”, you just revealed your own cynicism and low standards.
- t_mann 5y ago
  So do you have issues taking fashion retailers seriously because major players act like "petulant middle schoolers" (your words)? Do you have problems taking pretty much every economic sector seriously because major players act in an incredibly petty way heaping frightening lawsuits on unwitting individuals? Or are you just holding crypto companies to a different standard because you have other reservations about the sector?
- JaimeThompson 5y ago
  >Disney is currently suffering major financial losses due to being associated with child grooming and trying to overturn democratically passed laws. >This is also a petty ad hominem that requires an uncharitable assumption about me. The contrast between those two statements is most interesting.
  - zmgsabst 5y ago
    How so?
    - JaimeThompson 4y ago
      How, because I misread what you wrote and didn't reread it when I wrote what I said. I totally took what you said incorrectly for that I apologize.

by t_mann 5y ago

zmgsabst 5y ago

I don’t see how outlining other gross behavior makes crypto people less gross. Eg, Disney is currently suffering major financial losses due to being associated with child grooming and trying to overturn democratically passed laws. Is your point that I should accept the grotesquery of a major company suing an old man because others behave badly? …How does that make sense? > Sorry to shatter your illusions, that's not specific to crypto at all. This is also a petty ad hominem that requires an uncharitable assumption about me. Far from shattering my “illusions”, you just revealed your own cynicism and low standards.

t_mann 5y ago
So do you have issues taking fashion retailers seriously because major players act like "petulant middle schoolers" (your words)? Do you have problems taking pretty much every economic sector seriously because major players act in an incredibly petty way heaping frightening lawsuits on unwitting individuals? Or are you just holding crypto companies to a different standard because you have other reservations about the sector?
JaimeThompson 5y ago
>Disney is currently suffering major financial losses due to being associated with child grooming and trying to overturn democratically passed laws. >This is also a petty ad hominem that requires an uncharitable assumption about me. The contrast between those two statements is most interesting.
- zmgsabst 5y ago
  How so?
  - JaimeThompson 4y ago
    How, because I misread what you wrote and didn't reread it when I wrote what I said. I totally took what you said incorrectly for that I apologize.