Jason

"Gee, Brain. What are we going to do tonight?"
"The same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world."

[Jason @Freman67]

@SpikyCaterpillr @LansorHQ @EU_Commission But by extension, +10% isn't much on a $20 order (we pay 15% in New Zealand) but €3 is a lot on a 50 cent order, and adds up if you have six or seven different items in your cart.
If you're a one person operation making small electronics, that's a big ask.

[Jason @Freman67]

@joefantabulous @desert_starr_57 And party on, dudes.

[Jason @Freman67]

@desert_starr_57 That's actually pretty cool.

[Jason @Freman67]

@LPNH The only virtue of democracy is that it keeps any party or individual from holding power indefinitely.
It is a system for keeping things from being done to you, not for getting things done.
Even then, it is still mob rule, and as South Africa shows, the mob can be very mobby.

[Jason @Freman67]

@Status_Null_ That's good. Keep it up.

[Jason @Freman67]

@Jon_FFTnIFFT @EU_Commission And at least the US is rich enough to absorb the cost, and has a Supreme Court that ruled the tariffs unconstitutional.
Where is the Supreme Court in the EU to stop this?

[Jason @Freman67]

@luisnomad @theEuropoor @EU_Commission The US had the same problems with Trump's focus on tariffs, and people complained about it bitterly. But at least there was an element there of trying to protect US manufacturing. No such excuse exists in the EU.
Focus on the actual problem rather than ad hominem.

[Jason @Freman67]

@EU_Commission My question is, are you stupid, or do you think your audience is?
The customer will pay your €3 tax on every line item in their basket, even if it's a 50 cent electronic item.
They're not even items you produce in the EU, where some protection might be justified.

[Jason @Freman67]

@Status_Null_ People really aren't built to sit down each day.

Whenever you feel a bit pent up, go for a run.

[Jason @Freman67]

@desert_starr_57 I could probably write short stories for them, but the stories would have strong masculine men, and strong feminine women, who like each other, so Hollywood wouldn't like that.

[Jason @Freman67]

@PRAGMATAgame Thank you for creating one of the most loved characters in games.

[Jason @Freman67]

@Status_Null_ Well... it's cute.

[Jason @Freman67]

@monhannoero That is a cute puppy.

[Jason @Freman67]

@Status_Null_ What's it about?

[Jason @Freman67]

@jondelarroz Captain Marvel. Supergirl is powerful, but she's a mess, and it seems like her arc is about straightening herself up again. Captain Marvel was just... there.
The old Marvel way to balance heroes was to give them glaring failings, eg. Sentry v Void.

[Jason @Freman67]

@magozone23 It's Japan, right? Most guys have black hair, usually short?
That's like complaining a story set in Zimbabwe has too many black people in it.

[Jason @Freman67]

@Status_Null_ That would be funny.

[Jason @Freman67]

@zkurishi If it's any consolation, the people who come up with the criticism weren't reading the manga, or watching the anime, anyway.
Unfortunately the element you're talking about have already destroyed Western entertainment, and the best advice you can give creators is to block them.

[Jason @Freman67]

@nerdylibertyfan @DelusionPosting Both in their initial playtesting, and in the updates they did for it for a couple of years after launch.

@larianstudios truly are great developers.

[Jason @Freman67]

@gakky88nsr250 That brings back memories. I would have been 14 at the time.