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As JRRM wrote, "any man who must say 'I am king' is no true king at all." Any browser who constantly reminds you how private and user-empowering it is, is prob
by xg15 3y ago
As JRRM wrote, "any man who must say 'I am king' is no true king at all."
Any browser who constantly reminds you how private and user-empowering it is, is probably neither.
Add to that a vaguely liberal-sounding rethoric that could be right out of Ron Desantis' worst "woke lib" stereotypes - without even actually being liberal.
Like, not that I'd see the browser an appropriate location for that, but if they actually wanted to commit to a liberal political view, I'd at least have expected "diverse voices" somewhere. But I have no clue what "independent voices" is supposed to mean.
- revolvingocelot 3y ago>JRRM I know of JRR Tolkien, and GRR Martin, but... As Charles Dodgson/Lewis Carroll wrote, "If your thoughts incline ever so little towards fuming,” you will say “fuming-furious;” if they turn, by even a hair's breadth, towards “furious,” you will say “furious-fuming;” but if you have the rarest of gifts, a perfectly balanced mind, you will say “frumious.”" ...to add something of more topical substance, I generally agree with the perfectly-balanced opinion above, in that it's a surprisingly mealy-mouthed justification for what is pretty clearly awful behaviour. I'd respect the hustle a lot more if the response hadn't been so verbally Corporate Memphis.
- cobychapple 3y agoUnderrated comment.
- DiggyJohnson 3y agoWhat a beautiful comment. And I agree! As an aside, I’ve started adding Lewis Carrol, mainly Alice, quotes to the bottom of my weekly status reports and gotten some weirdly positive feedback on this.
- xg15 3y agoThat was beautiful. ...and yeah, it was late. Sorry.
- jeremyjh 3y agoI think it means independent from any grasp on reality.