There was no way to know it was a grift. Unless of course you saw every other obvious grift he had run on his followers for years before.

A longer period of time with those you love, engaging in the activities you find fulfilling,

Drinking and eating steak are two of the most pleasurable and fulfilling activity's I can think of right off to bat....P So, I'll take the steak and alcohol....and it's fun to cook and consume these with those I love....

"Nothing can be fixed while people continue to believe there's a difference between Team Red and Team Blue when the same people own both Team Red and Team Blue"

Yeah, people have been spouting that off for decades. The funny thing is, whenever Team Red or Team Blue is in charge you see a real difference.

I've also never heard the dorm room philosophers who think both parties are the same ever explain exactly why if the same people own both Team Red and Team Blue why the billionaires spend so much time, money, and energy trying to get Team Red into office. Shouldn't they just relax?

Hmm....only up to about $4 or so here where I live in the New Orleans area...maybe a bit more...I bought at Costco yesterday and didn't really look that close at the pump, but was in the $4 range...

How about we just nuke the Congo?

Screw immoral. They have been pushing for years now to move from media ownership to it being a license (and a non-transferable one at that). So let's treat it like that. If I own a book in whatever form (physical, digitally, or perhaps stored on an e-reader that is broken and no longer supported), that means I have a license which should morally permit me to format-shift, and own that book in whatever other format exists, read it on any device that is capable, and obtain it by any means that does not amount to actual theft, or constitute distribution (like Torrent).

Personally I buy a great many books on my Kobo reader, knowing that most of them will be gone if the service ever ends. Not a big deal. But books I need to reference, lend out, or plan on re-reading at some point, I will either buy them DRM-free, or get a physical copy. I do wish I could get an actual license for them, one that ensures that I can continue reading that book regardless of what happens to the publisher. Right now, that only applies to physical or DRM-free books.

No one in America really wants them (EVs).

But that's not to say they shouldn't keep trying for markets that do want them....parts of the EU seem really hungry for them.

Wanting America to lose a war we had no business starting in the first place by the President of the United States of Israel isn't TDS. The swing voters in the middle were voting for the person who stood against wars and kept America out of it the first time. After the three entirely fake assassination attempts (his ear is 100% fine folks. He could have at least surgically removed a chunk to make it believable), it's clear this was a very long con game. I think Trump knew he'd go to war in his lame duck term for his handlers and the Epstein class that truly runs the world. It was just deferred by 4 years, and who knows, maybe that whole pile of bullshit was wagging the dog too.

Wow...just....wow.

You might want to get your meds checked man...seriously.

Are the voices telling all this...or is it the tree in the neighbors yard that tells you this when it stops humming?

2) The unreleased music might have been master recordings to be used in a future album. I don't know if you are aware that master recordings are worth a lot. Artists spend years and millions trying to buy back the master recordings they signed away to get their first record deals.

Master recordings of a bunch of tree frogs at night....likely aren't worth all that much.

I would be inclined to consider any master recordings of any Beyonce content to be lesser than tree frog recordings....so....

I can't imagine anything from Beyonce would be worth that much....you coulnd't pay me to take ownership of that crap, much less even go to a concert....

The days of real music are long gone.....

Felony theft?!?!?

I wouldn't give $0.20 for all the described contents of that suitcase.....

IHMO, he got too harsh of a sentence for stealing worthless trash....

Yes, that was my point. I'd rather be unemployed in Europe than struggling to make ends meet with two jobs in the US. Don't get me started on healthcare.

I'd rather work in the US, with all the opportunities to be found here.....either director or actual 1099 contract working....where I can make more than a comfortable living.

I have good insurance and have access to the best and most modern health care options in the world here in the US....I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Life if GREAT here.

Every country has its problems and all, but you have NO reason to be looking down your nose at the US.

If it sucks here so badly,, why are SO many trying to come here?

and when a serious illness hits you in the EU or Canada why do you try your best to get to the US for treatments that your socialize medicines won't or can't cover?

In an elite school it doesn't seem there would be a whole lot of "year full of dumb people" happening.

Don't forget the vast number of students admitted on the basis DEI (race, sex, injustice over the years, etc)....

When you admit based on criteria other than merit and measures of intelligence, you're bound to have more dim bulbs than you might think of in an "elite" university.

It's only unethical if it 1) doesn't work or 2) is carried out involuntarily or without appropriate counseling, or without an actual diagnosis. Around here, that isn't the case (or at least it didn't use to be, things may have changed). People undergoing the procedure know full well what they are getting into, they are rigorously screened and diagnosed, and offered options (for some, counseling is enough, for others, hormone treatments without surgery). And given the low incidence of regret, and the generally improved quality of life following surgery, the conclusion must be that both the treatment and the screening work.

Other than the things I mentioned, how do you imagine that gender dysphoria is treated? It's no longer considered to be a mental disorder either, but something akin to being gay: it's all in the head, but it is innate to the person and not something that can be treated or "prayed away".

"Musk set up OpenAI as an OPEN SOURCE NON PROFIT because he is paranoid about AI."

OpenAI was set up as a nonprofit by numerous people, stop trying to pull a Tesla and turn Musk into the sole founder.