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[–] minus@lemmy.zip 2 points 9 hours ago

It’s not funny which does support the theory.

[–] minus@lemmy.zip 20 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This is way too real.

I Felt a Little Homosexual Today, So I Called in Sick: The Formation of “Reverse Discourse” by Swedish Gay Activists in the 1970s“

This article revolves around the legal and epistemic battles around “homosexuality” in Sweden in 1979, which led to the abolition of homosexuality being classified as a “disease”. Among other things, gay activists “called in sick” to the Social Insurance Agency (SIA) and claimed that they were unable to work because they were homosexuals (read as mentally disordered).

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13600826.2022.2052025

[–] minus@lemmy.zip 45 points 5 days ago (2 children)

That’s technically not programmer humor

[–] minus@lemmy.zip 23 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (10 children)

When they destroy the physical copy they remove them from the antique stores market which often rely on circulation.

Edit: Also physical copies don’t require electricity, a device and internet access plus they are something you can own.

[–] minus@lemmy.zip 116 points 5 days ago (49 children)

The worst part is that they are destroying the books afterwards.

[–] minus@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 days ago

That’s just your inferiority complex.

[–] minus@lemmy.zip 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Let them invent subscriptions for everything so people start realizing that this is just a new way of extracting money. Capitalism is a damn pyramid scheme.

[–] minus@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 days ago (2 children)

If this can be hooked up to a TV and a controller I‘d love to try this out.