If I were a tattoo artist, I’d do these for free.

That’s why we should look for good solutions to societal problems, and not fall back on bad “solutions” just because that’s what we’re used to. I’m not against the idea of copyright existing. But copyright as it exists today is stifling and counterproductive for most creative endeavors. We do live in reality, but I don’t believe it is the only possible reality. We’re not getting to Star Trek Space Communism™ anytime soon and honestly I like the idea of owning stuff. That doesn’t mean that there aren’t concrete steps we can and should take right now in the present reality to make things better. And for that to happen we need to get our priorities and philosophies straight. Philosophies which for me include a robust public commons, the inability to own ideas outright, and the ability to take and transform art and culture. Otherwise, we’re just falling into the “temporarily embarrassed millionaires” mindset but for art and culture.

The whole point of copyright in the first place, is to encourage creative expression

…within a capitalistic framework.

Humans are creative creatures and will express themselves regardless of economic incentives. We don’t have to transmute ideas into capital just because they have “value”.

I’m gonna posit a guess of around 1930 through the late 90’s when the internet started eating everyone’s lunch for “free”.

(I am not a news historian and this is purely a guess.)

I generally consider Republican candidates and ideas non-starters. Not even worthy of consideration. When I criticize Democrats, the “Trump is not an option” is implied.

Prompt: The image shows a vintage computer on a wooden desk in a cozy, artistic room. The computer screen displays a vibrant, colorful explosion of paint resembling a flower in space. The desk is cluttered with art supplies like brushes, pencils, and paper, some of which have been used to create similar colorful designs. The room is softly lit, with sunlight streaming through a window, giving it a warm and creative atmosphere.

#4. At least you could get Alex talking about lizard people and stuff.

Pretty sure it’s not an official plate. The sovereign citizens will print their own. Sometimes like this in an effort to fool cops into thinking its a regular plate so they don’t get pulled over.

Many such cases.

Oh, you very well may be right there. I thought you meant a congressional vote.

Who would vote on it? The Fed can just do it unilaterally.

Run Jellyfin instead. I don’t know how Plex has stayed as popular as it has.

I don’t think the issue is that it’s new or different. I think the problem is the amount. It feels like pop culture is a firehose now. It definitely feels like the democratization of culture that happened with the rise of the internet has kind of saturated our ability to process things.