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Aral Balkan
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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 29 Apr 2017

    Aral Balkan Retweeted John Carmack

    How far up the asshole of capitalism must your head be to seriously suggest that people mustn’t insult companies? #SurveillanceCapitalismhttps://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/858410379252310021 …

    Aral Balkan added,

    John CarmackVerified account @ID_AA_Carmack
    Replying to @sehurlburt
    Not contracting with companies you oppose is one thing, but advertising it is flagrant virtue signaling, and publicly insulting to some.
    2:27 PM - 29 Apr 2017
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    5 replies 17 retweets 42 likes
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      2. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 29 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Aral Balkan Retweeted Aral Balkan

        Needless to say, insult some fucking companies. Free tomorrow? Now you got something to do. Need ammo? Here: https://ar.al/notes/we-didnt-lose-control-it-was-stolen … FFS!https://twitter.com/aral/status/858432521004093440 …

        Aral Balkan added,

        Aral Balkan @aral
        How far up the asshole of capitalism must your head be to seriously suggest that people mustn’t insult companies? #SurveillanceCapitalism https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/858410379252310021 …
        2 replies 3 retweets 6 likes
      3. Jane MercerWeiss‏ @radix42 29 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aral

        yeah, it's not like they're people! Oh wait I'm in the US, is it lèse majesté to insult apple/Google/etc yet?

        0 replies 1 retweet 3 likes
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      2. b9AcE  🐊‏ @b9AcE 29 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Juridical persons aren't people, only natural persons are. If I ever see a corporation cry, I might be open for changing that stance. :-D

        2 replies 2 retweets 5 likes
      3. Ashcan Consortia‏ @ashcanconsortia 29 Apr 2017
        Replying to @b9AcE @aral

        "I'll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one." 😉

        0 replies 7 retweets 16 likes
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      1. David Carroll  🦅‏Verified account @profcarroll 29 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aral

        Oculus CTO has a fiduciary duty to expound the virtues of profoundly invasive surveillance capitalism to sell his gaze detection to brands.

        0 replies 4 retweets 10 likes
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      1. Adam Roberts FIAP‏ @AdamR0berts 29 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aral

        To improve a product, one has to be critical about what's wrong; if that met with defensiveness, then it's impossible to make progress.

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      2. Adam Roberts FIAP‏ @AdamR0berts 29 Apr 2017
        Replying to @aral

        If someone is offended by criticism of their business or products, then they need to stop taking things personally, and work on those issues

        1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      3. Thistle‏ @Tureldriet 29 Apr 2017
        Replying to @AdamR0berts @aral

        It depends on the business. Insulting the local baker would be rude. But you can never be rude enough to Google or Facebook.

        3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      4. Adam Roberts FIAP‏ @AdamR0berts 29 Apr 2017
        Replying to @Tureldriet @aral

        Insulting the baker would be rude; telling them that the bread is stale and you'd like a replacement wouldn't be rude.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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