That's was exactly what popped into my head too.

Imagine if the Internet stopped.

YouTube has been shuttering or demonetizing channels that feature firearm content. Seems like your channel can get suspended on one single complaint from a rabid anti-gunner, even if you haven't violated any rules. And then you have to fight to get it back up again.

And reddit just recently included firearms along with drugs, stolen goods, sexual services in a list of things that can't be bought, sold or traded. One of those things is perfectly legal.

Many firearms video channels have moved to Full30.com, a new site set up just for that purpose. And many shuttered sub-reddits have reopened on MeWe.com.

"Subsidence is a great driver of our economy." - SF Bay Gondoliers Association

My son asked me to get Geometry Dash for him on his iPad. "Cool," I thought, "he wants a geometry game."

Such a disappointment. The game has no geometry whatsoever, and I have to hear the same annoying pounding electronic music repeated endlessly whenever we drive anywhere.

This is the game that Geometry Dash should have been.

Really? That's cool.

I got so pissed off this summer RVing around the US. Over half the gas pumps would ask for the PIN, and I'd have to go inside. And of those, at half the places I had to charge a large amount, and then go back in after to get a credit for what I didn't use.

And then, in stores, being asked to physically sign a credit card slip. With an actual pen, like a bloody caveman.

The 9th circuit is the only one of those that's not a prime number.

Speaking of Kurosawa, I was going to point out that on some of the Criterion editions of Kurosawa's movies, they have very interesting commentary tracks recorded by film historians.

Kurosawa will not be able to record any commentaries in the future either, since he died in 1998.

I think licensing or selling of trademarks should be illegal altogether.

The whole point of trademark law was not to create some kind of "intellectual property" that the holder could license or sell, or be sold off as an asset in a bankruptcy sale.

The point of it was to protect consumers. So that when you bought a bottle of "Bass Pale Ale" (one of the oldest trademarks in the world), you could be reasonably sure it was made by the right people, and not some cheap knock-off. Consumer protection.

When trademarks can be bought, sold and licensed, consumer protection goes out the window. Who makes that "Honeywell" humidifier? Not Honeywell, that's for sure.

When a company goes out of business, it's trademarks should die with it. Anything else is a deceit, intended to scam the consumer.

There are many common contract clauses that courts have found to be unenforceable. Arbitration-only and class-action-blocking clauses both seem like prime candidates to be found unenforceable.

Is there any case law along those lines?

Everybody has the right to demand good government, and complain if they don't get it. Even people who didn't vote.

A just and fair government does not have to be earned by voting or miltary service or paying taxes. It is the birthright of every person.

The only reason I got Netflix in the first place was because I got Unblock.US at the same time.

I was slowly working my way through all the original Twilight Zone series, when suddenly I couldn't get it anymore. Not available in Canada. Now the available selection is crap again. Even the US selection had a hell of a lot of B-movie filler.

I would totally cancel it now, and tell them exactly why, except unfortunately my kids still find plenty to watch. So I can't.

This could cut down on shopping rage too. Personally, I get very frustrated at crowded stores whenever some asshat parks his cart in the middle of the aisle with no consideration for how it affects other people.

It would be great if people could just move about freely without their carts, while the carts negotiate routes amongst themselves and generally keep out of each other's way.

I live in fear of losing my edge and becoming irrelevant. Maybe I already have.

It's yet another question of what constitutes "speech". The courts have interpreted all sorts of things to be protected "speech". Even things that had nothing at all to do with tongues and larynxes.

Usually, folks around here applaud the courts when they decide that, for example, source code is speech. Will we still be applauding when they decide that pressing "Delete" is speech?

When I was kid in the 70s and 80s, there was regular shampoo. Or, if you had money, you could buy the expensive "Pantene" shampoo.

Today, when you go to the store, they have an entire shelf dedicated to Pantene shampoos. The Pantene website lists no less than 25 different shampoos. Anti-breakage. Colour-preserve. Heat-shield. Sheer volume. Damage Detox Deep Cleanse Purifying Shampoo.

The actual differences between the formulas must be soooo tiny. Maybe no difference at all.

And then add another 15 2-in-1 shampoo/conditioners on top of that.