I once wrote a code comment on doing something 'bad' would result in "... a black hole even Chuck Norris could not escape."

this: use their own children to drive their (flawed) arguments and reasoning.

"Walmart Wins Patents To Gouge Customers of Their Money"

...or "U.S. Patent Office Run by Rubber Stamping Monkeys"

There FTFY.

I take it from your anonymous response that you are also in the Trump-Epstein files.

Of course, was just making sure that everyone was moving on from the Trump-Epstein files...

...this is what we're hating today?

I'll take the downvotes as tacit acknowledgement that my statement is 1000% accurate.

Typical mafioso gamblers.

And when they ignore this and still require age verification with everything, ask them exactly how, in detail, you're supposed to implement it. When they respond with their typical "I don't know because I'm a fucking idiot politician", sue them for entrapment.

You seem intent on protecting/making up excuses for all those involved in this clear case of total fucking incompetence.

"It's a monopoly and it's there to gouge money from everyone - people simply don't have any choice."

There FTFY.

This is a case of total fucking incompetence.

She expects an apology? She should be thankful they didn't shoot her in the face 3 times. I mean, that's how U.S. "law enforcement" operates, right?

No, it's a clear fact that the U.S.A. has become a shithole country.

.... enshittification to follow.