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  • I suppose it was a thing I read about years ago, but I recall there being stories about rich socialite who drive around recklessly (often under the influence) and run someone over. They then go back and finish the person off because if the person dies you pay a monetary penalty (if you can) as opposed to paying medical bills/lawsuits.

    Do you have recollection of that? Was it just rumor and hearsay that spread because of sinophobia or whatever.

    I also recall several high profile US cases (because that’s the world I largely live in on the internet) where someone rich faces consequences because they defrauded the wrong people. Most notably Sam Bankman-Fried and Elizabeth Holmes. That doesn’t mean the US system inherently works because of two cases, just a case of a broken clock.










  • Zorque@lemmy.worldtoComic Strips@lemmy.worldDad!
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    The example is that people mock Linux users with the phrase “How do you know someone uses Linux? Don’t worry, they’ll tell you!”

    That says nothing about how Linux users treat others, only how they are used as fodder for people with low self-esteem.


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    Its a catch all punch down cliche for anything where people are trying to improve themselves or the world around them. See crossfit or Linux as other major examples. Its often that they see someone being passionate about something and mocking them for it.