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   elle mundy (exchgr@mastodon.world)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 22:30:10 JST elle mundy

   • Charlie Stross

   @jalefkowit @cstross you kid, but: https://a16z.com/anime-is-eating-the-world/

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Sunday, 24-Nov-2024 22:30:08 JST Charlie Stross

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     @exchgr @jalefkowit a16z has NOTHING of value to contribute to the world. Seriously, that's an immensely destructive VC firm and its mere existence is a strong argument for the corporate death penalty.

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     UkeBLCatboy (ukeblcatboy@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 06:44:22 JST UkeBLCatboy

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     • Charlie Stross

     @cstross @exchgr @jalefkowit I cosplayed it today at DCC and had a blast as always at con, but why are their first two examples VIDEO GAMES??

     so first they call it a form of manga and then they mention two games. I didn't read further and I DON'T want to know, but these morons I never heard of have NO clue what they're talking about if they make errors like THAT right?

     (Bonus: Genshin is Chinese, and their anime like link click or tgcf are called Donghua but I digress)

     I hate it, it hurts 😭😂

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 06:44:22 JST Charlie Stross

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     • UkeBLCatboy

     @UkeBLCatboy @exchgr @jalefkowit a14z is the biggest venture capital investment fund in California. Silicon Valley techbros, basically. Their ignorance of fandom does not come as any kind of surprise: the only thing they're actually fans of is money.

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     UkeBLCatboy (ukeblcatboy@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 06:44:23 JST UkeBLCatboy

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     • Charlie Stross

     @cstross @exchgr @jalefkowit I stopped reading after the first paragraph, these must be clowns. Like I'm a massive weeb, have been for 16 years, I go to 20 cons in 5-6 countries a year and cosplay and write gay fanfics massive, fandom is my entire life and all my friends and my home on- and offline, so this just hurts. I get a headache from that first paragraph and couldn't continue.

     "Started as a niche ... of manga..." WHAT? Anime started as a form of manga? WHAT?

     And I love Genshin, I

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     Charlie Stross (cstross@wandering.shop)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 18:49:22 JST Charlie Stross

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     • Rob Landley
     • David Michaels

     @landley @vwampage @exchgr @jalefkowit Yes, and a fine is just putting a price tag on breaking the law. I'd favour a corporate death penalty that mandates prison sentences (with a minimum term) for the directors of a company receiving it—including all the past directors back to the time the offense was committed unless they turned whistle-blower before the prosecution.

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     Rob Landley (landley@mstdn.jp)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 18:49:23 JST Rob Landley

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     • Charlie Stross
     • David Michaels

     @vwampage @exchgr @cstross @jalefkowit Eh, blaming a company and not the people running it is like blaming clothes instead of people.

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     David Michaels (vwampage@xoxo.zone)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 18:49:24 JST David Michaels

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     • Charlie Stross

     @exchgr @cstross @jalefkowit it really is the future liberals want

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     elle mundy (exchgr@mastodon.world)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 18:49:26 JST elle mundy

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     • Charlie Stross
     • David Michaels

     @vwampage @cstross @jalefkowit i want this

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     David Michaels (vwampage@xoxo.zone)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 18:49:27 JST David Michaels

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     • Charlie Stross

     @exchgr @cstross @jalefkowit The corporate death penalty is really just treating companies like the hoarder money piñatas they are

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     elle mundy (exchgr@mastodon.world)'s status on Monday, 25-Nov-2024 18:49:28 JST elle mundy

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     • Charlie Stross

     @cstross @jalefkowit well they do have a lot of money. they could contribute that, permanently