market value and moving expenses seems like a no brainer, but it doesn't go nearly far enough. the value that is created from these properties being requisitioned isn't really addressed.

a company deciding they want it at market value, would intrinsically increase the market value pretty significantly. and it's hard to put numbers to it, but if someone were to knock on my door, completely unprompted, I think I would have a hard time packing up and leaving for less than 1.5x market value (plus expenses).

the difference I see here is that the comic isn't really talking about the individual becoming something new, rather it is creating an environment where the false persona is replicated by others.

ok I have no knowledge of poetry, but what the heck is going on with these line breaks?

is it meant to be read in a certain cadence based on it?

I don't get it.

sure some are formal

yeah. that would be some. now compare those three to the rest of the cast

but doesn't the twilight implementation sorta give you a bunch of counter points from your original argument?

like sure some of them are formal, but it's definitely not solely the 1800s aesthetic you had an issue with.

I will poke only one hole in your little list there.

lesser evil won in 2020

record COVID deaths

pretty sure any number of deaths would've been record numbers...

no its fine, they changed it with amendments. surely over the years they've had a bunch of changes

only 27 amendments

the 18th and 21st amendments just cancel each other out

the most recent amendment was 34 years ago, and was proposed in 1789

yep, amendments are keeping up with the times

that's fairly true, preying on weakness and all that. I guess I shouldve angled the question a bit different.

is there any form of gambling that isn't scummy? I don't think gambling is inherently exploitative, personally.

I don't mean anything by this question, but do you see any casino as a scumbag company too? or is there a difference in how valve is operating that puts them in that category?

I don't feel like I have a strong answer to that, other than there is a standard deduction applied to all federal tax returns. I suppose this would effectively give you the "tax free" bracket?

careful, they might pull an android and somehow try and stop "sideloading" in windows