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  1. Speedy Parker Black Hole
    Originally posted by HTS The man runs this site. He is more of an authority here than you'll ever be. His social position is definitionally "beta" in this community, and it's pathetic that you think being a mouthy little shit can somehow change that. 😕

    You literally can't out-beta the man who is graciously letting you sit at his table.

    None of this real. None of this changes anything that is real. I know that's hard for you to understand.
  2. Originally posted by Speedy Parker I'm sorry you're having trouble following the conversation.

    SHUT UP. SHUT THE FUCK UP.
  3. Speedy Parker Black Hole
    Originally posted by Enter SHUT UP. SHUT THE FUCK UP.

    Or what?
  4. Originally posted by Speedy Parker Or what?

    LANNY, JUST BAN THIS FUCKING ANNOYING THING
  5. Speedy Parker Black Hole
    Originally posted by Enter LANNY, JUST BAN THIS FUCKING ANNOYING THING

    Thanks for letting me know how upset I make you feel.
  6. Originally posted by Speedy Parker Thanks for letting me know how upset I make you feel.

    IT'S NOT YOU

    I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT YOU

    IT'S THE ANNOYING THREADS YOU CAUSE

    https://niggasin.space/thread/21294
  7. -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    Originally posted by HTS …the man who is graciously letting you sit at his table.

    If it really were "his table", he'd be sitting alone. It's everyone's table.
  8. What pisses me off about this thread is how people like Zanick always tell their friends and those who obey the rules and try to be good people about what additional obligations they have.

    That's toxic.

    You never see him lecturing Africans, Asians or Muslims about how to live. Just people he knows and who he thinks he can guilt into following his retarded agenda.

    Knowing him is a liability. That's the essence of libshittery right there.
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  9. -SpectraL coward [the spuriously bluish-lilac bushman]
    Originally posted by Enter LANNY, JUST BAN THIS FUCKING ANNOYING THING

    He has just as much right to post as you do, Enter. Stop whining.
  10. Speedy Parker Black Hole
    Originally posted by Enter IT'S NOT YOU

    I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT YOU

    IT'S THE ANNOYING THREADS YOU CAUSE

    https://niggasin.space/thread/21294

  11. benny vader YELLOW GHOST
    Originally posted by -SpectraL If it really were "his table", he'd be sitting alone. It's everyone's table.

    sometimes the doggs that were being walked thot their the leaders.
  12. Speedy Parker Black Hole
    Originally posted by benny vader sometimes the doggs that were being walked thot their the leaders.

    It's OK if you want to look up to Lanny. We won't laugh at you. Oh fuck that's not even close to believable. Of course people will laugh.
  13. benny vader YELLOW GHOST
    Originally posted by Speedy Parker It's OK if you want to look up to Lanny. We won't laugh at you. Oh fuck that's not even close to believable. Of course people will laugh.


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    Publishing’s Ratner moment: why eBooks are not ‘stupid’
    February 27, 2018 11.27am EST
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    Bronwen Thomas

    In the days before social media – and, presumably, media training – Gerald Ratner’s description of some of the products sold in his chain of jediellers as “total crap” became a byword for the corporate gaffe. Recently the chief executive of publisher Hachette Livre, Arnaud Nourry, seems to have suffered his own “Ratner moment” when he described ebooks in an interview with an Indian news site as a “stupid product”.

    The interview, which was intended to address the future of digital publishing and specific issues facing the Indian publishing market, was widely misquoted and Nourry’s comments taken out of context. But there is no denying the fact that the publisher criticises his own industry (“We’re not doing very well”) and attacks ebooks for lacking creativity, not enhancing the reading experience in any way and not offering readers a “real” digital experience.

    Some commenters on social media welcomed Nourry’s comments for their honesty. They highlight his seeming support for the idea that publishers should be championing writers and artists working to exploit the creative potential of digital formats to provide readers with experiences that may be challenging and disruptive, but also exhilarating and boundary pushing.

    But many of the 1,000-plus commenters reacting to coverage of the story on The Guardian’s website spoke out against “fiddling for the sake of it” – claiming they were not interested in enhanced features or “gamified dancing baloney” borrowed from other media. They also listed the many practical enhancements that ebooks and ereaders do offer. The obvious one is the ability to instantly download books in remote locations where there are no bricks and mortar bookstores. But there are other less obvious enhancements, including being able to instantly access dictionary and encyclopedia entries (at least if you have wifi access) and the option to have the book read to you if you have visual impairments.

    Elsewhere, Australian researcher Tully Barnett has shown how users of Kindle ereaders adapt features such as Highlights and Public Notes for social networking, demonstrating that even if ebooks are not that intrinsically innovative or creative, that doesn’t necessarily mean that they can’t be made so by imaginative users.

    Nourry clearly isn’t averse to the provocative soundbite – in the same interview he went on to say: “I’m not a good swallower” when asked about mergers and conglomeration in the publishing industry. On the other hand, he also seems very aware of the special place of books and reading in “culture, education, democracy” – so his use of the word “stupid” in this context is particularly inflammatory and insensitive.
    Dear reader

    My research on digital reading has taught me that debating books vs ereaders is always likely to arouse strong passions and emotions. Merely mentioning the word Kindle has led in some instances to my being shouted at – and readers of “dead tree” books are rightly protective and passionate about the sensory and aesthetic qualities of physical books that the digital version possibly can’t compete with.
    Mother and daughter Barbara and Jenni Creswell enjoyed Anne of Green Gables in both print and ebook format. Ray Gibson, Author provided

    But, equally, my research has shown that enhancements in terms of accessibility and mobility offer a lifeline to readers who might not be able to indulge their passion for reading without the digital.

    In my latest project, academics from Bournemouth and Brighton universities, in collaboration with Digitales (a participatory media company), worked with readers to produce digital stories based on their reading lives and histories. A recurring theme, especially among older participants, was the scarcity of books in their homes and the fact that literacy and education couldn’t be taken for granted. Our stories also demonstrated how intimately reading is connected with self-worth and helps transform lives disrupted by physical and mental health issues – making comments about any reading as “stupid” particularly damaging and offensive.

    I would like to know if Nourry would still call ebooks stupid products after watching Mary Bish’s story: My Life in Books from our project. A lifelong reader who grew up in a home in industrial South Wales with few books, Mary calls her iPad her “best friend” and reflects how before the digital age her reading life would have been cut short by macular degeneration.

    As well as demonstrating that fairly basic digital tools can be used to create powerful stories, our project showed that the digital also makes us appreciate anew those features of the physical book we may take for granted, the touch, smell and feel of paper and the special place that a book handed down from generation to generation has in the context of family life.

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    For readers, many live in areas served by public libraries have access to ebooks. The ebook catalog isn’t complete, by far, by is now pretty significant. In the past, you would travel to the library to search or browse for print books. Now, you can obtain ebooks online form these libraries without leaving your home, for free. And no trip to return the book.
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  15. Lanny Bird of Courage
    Originally posted by Sophie Animals are property, therefore the owners of this property can do whatever they want with it, even sell this property as meat. When i buy a fat juicy stake it becomes my property and i can do what i want with it. And i'm gonna' grill it.

    So you would agree with the statement "there is no moral issue with adopting a large number of dogs and cats in order to torture them"? I'm not saying you have to say no, I just want to make sure you're comfortable with this pretty natural conclusion of capacity for reason implies agency implies rights framework.

    Originally posted by Issue313 What pisses me off about this thread is how people like Zanick always tell their friends and those who obey the rules and try to be good people about what additional obligations they have.

    That's toxic.

    You never see him lecturing Africans, Asians or Muslims about how to live. Just people he knows and who he thinks he can guilt into following his retarded agenda.

    Knowing him is a liability. That's the essence of libshittery right there.

    How is that "people like Zanick"? How would you know anything about how Zanick interacts with his friends? What do you know about the demography of the subjects of his critique?

    He came onto a site with an ethical opinion that was obviously going to be unpopular and tried defend it to a (as you can plainly see) hostile audience. This seems like a pretty different thing from trying to guilt his friends into anything. People who need an echo chamber to to express their "white pride" or hate for women are the real fucking cancer.
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  16. Zanick motherfucker [my p.a. supernal goa]
    Originally posted by Issue313 What pisses me off about this thread is how people like Zanick always tell their friends and those who obey the rules and try to be good people about what additional obligations they have.

    That's toxic.

    You never see him lecturing Africans, Asians or Muslims about how to live. Just people he knows and who he thinks he can guilt into following his retarded agenda.

    Knowing him is a liability. That's the essence of libshittery right there.

    Lol, you don't know me at all but I appreciate the criticism. You remind me of my uncle who wishes for the return of Apartheid.
  17. HTS highlight reel
    Meat is for winners.
  18. Lanny Bird of Courage
    Originally posted by HTS Meat is for winners.

    just because you like cockmeat sammies doesn't mean the rest of us want anything to do with it
  19. Originally posted by Issue313 What pisses me off about this thread is how people like Zanick always tell their friends and those who obey the rules and try to be good people about what additional obligations they have.

    That's toxic.

    You never see him lecturing Africans, Asians or Muslims about how to live. Just people he knows and who he thinks he can guilt into following his retarded agenda.

    Knowing him is a liability. That's the essence of libshittery right there.

    Just gonna say, I actually, in real life, went to lunch with Zanick. He did not pressure me not to eat meat. I ate meat right in front of him and he gave not one fuck.

    Most vegetarians/vegans I met don't even mention it really. There's probably a few dreadlocked hippie girls who try to push the agenda, but they're far and few between. I've had friendships that went months without me even knowing they were veggies. Even offered them meat and they just said "No." Not, "No, I'm a vegetarian."

    This is meat eater propaganda at it's finest and you should be ashamed of yourself you fucking predator
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  20. I admire vegans and vegetarians
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