I get banned by bots on Reddit all the time for stupid reasons. When I appeal, if I’m lucky enough to contact a human moderator, they just tell me to “follow the bot’s instructions.” But the bot’s instructions usually involve deleting the completely harmless or well-meaning comment I made. Fuck that.

Texan here. Winter used to be a nice break from our hot, humid, miserable summers. Now some years I don’t even need to wear a jacket. It’s just hot all year round now. I hate it.

This excuse for worker exploitation has always baffled me. 1. The contract was signed under duress: “Take this shitty job or continue to be unemployed.” Consent made under duress is not consent. 2. It was agreed to under an extreme power asymmetry: If you refuse the job, your family will have to go hungry, but the company will easily find some other desperate soul to fill the position. 3. I haven’t even begun to touch on all the class, racial, ethnic, and gender discrimination that workers face.

There’s nothing even close to meaningful or fair negotiation under such conditions.

Charity is only necessary because corporations like McDonald’s exploit the working class. They pay us wages that are barely (or not) sufficient to keep us alive, then pocket the rest. All the billions the corporation makes is billions created by and stolen from the working class. Under a more equitable system based on mutual aid and in which the workers control the means of production, and own the fruits of their labor, charity as we know it would become unnecessary.

Just google the name of the game with “ROM”. You may get lucky and find it quick, or you may have to dig around for a while. Remember always to use a VPN when doing so.

You have to find game ROMs.

What are some alternatives?