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Parler was deplatformed and banned because it did not police threats issued by users, which is entirely different than hate speech. Amazon’s response to Parler’s lawsuit cites many clear examples of calls to violence that they asked to be removed for months and Parler did nothing. You can read the cited examples in the direct court filing: https://cdn.pacermonitor.com/pdfserver/LHNWTAI/137249864/Parler_LLC_v_Amazon_Web_Services_Inc__wawdce-21-00031__0010.0.pdf As for the hash tags on Twitter.-are these people actually calling for violence or talking about the tag? I see people using tags to talk about and ask why they exist and use these as rhetorical devices to try and show hypocrisy about conservative voices being banned. These tags include #killtrump, #killpelosi, #killpence. I don’t see many people actively using those tags to actually call for violence.

Built the Hidden Side bus to be as normal and not scary as possible.

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Just because conduct happens in parallel doesn't mean that it is coordinated. If someone is acting like a complete a-hole, some number of people around them will likely act in the same or similar ways towards them (shun, disassociate, etc.) without requiring any coordination. The problem Parler had was not a coordinated effort to destroy them, but a common reaction once a bright light was shined on what the app was being used for and what was taking place on the app. If someone created an app to distribute child pornography and marketed it under some other guise, how quickly do you think service providers would disassociate themselves from the app if its true purpose came to light in a very public way and do you think it would require coordination between them?

I'm going to move this briefly away from the current discussion to vent. My biggest complaint about selling Lego is those who want "100% Mint" boxes. I realize the value of a collectible, but these losers are annoying. Every time I sell to one I think I'm going to get a complaint because there is a tiny ding in the upper left hand corner of the box, "item not as described". I appreciate a mint box as much as the next guy, but come on, it's a freaking toy.

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You know what's funny, they did start another platform - Parlor. It was the #1 downloaded app last week and the tech giants combined to shut it down, remove it from everyone's phones (think about that for a moment), and de-platform it. They now cannot find any providers who will even give them access to the internet. If that isn't coordination, I'm not sure what is. Parlor was accused of not policing hate speech, etc. (98 instances). But as of yet, I cannot find any evidence of even one of those 98 instances. Surely someone grabbed a screen shot and could show us an example. BTW, I found at least nine tags on twitter (just a few minutes ago) calling for trump to be killed (search for killtrump). Apparently, calling for violence against trump is OK as far as Twitter is concerned. Maybe twitter should be de-platformed since some of these tags have been up since last summer.

This is what really upsets me about a lot of Democrats (not all, just a lot that seem to have voices in media), the assumption that the only reason someone wouldn't vote for Obama is because they are racist or wouldn't vote for Hillary is because they are sexist. I am neither of those and I didn't vote for either of those candidates because I don't agree with their politics. I am for smaller federal government and larger state/local government. I am pro-life. I believe that the welfare system encourages people to not work and have children out of wedlock. I disagree with being forced to pay into a government ran retirement system. I disagree with government mandated healthcare. I disagree with any law that favors one race/sex/nationality over another such as affirmative action. Tell me, if you believe like I do, which candidates do you think most represents my beliefs? It has nothing to do with skin color or chromosomes. Honestly, I would love to see a republican person of color win the nomination. Yes, there are definitely some racists and sexists in the US who probably didn't vote for Obama or Hillary for those reasons alone and that is a sad thing. But don't assume to lump all conservatives or even anything above a very small minority of conservatives in with those bigots.

I just found out the other day that Kristy Swanson was in Ferris Buelller. It just registered with me. My complaint is that it took me this long.

Gotcha guys. I don’t believe I’m going to change minds. And as I said upthread, this is the argument people are making. I don’t get the double standard, but okay.

My point isn’t about the President’s feelings. It’s about a celebrity and their ability to reach a large number of people with suggestions of violence. If say, Christy Swanson (who is a Trump supporter and at this point as D-List as Cathy Griffin held up the head of Biden in the same pose, don’t you think she would be vilified and cancelled? Don’t you think that would be criminal? Don’t you think that it would get media attention (much as Griffin did) and that the masses might take it as a call to arms? I don’t think anyone should be joking about assassination. I guess if you don’t believe that, then you’re proving the point of hypocrisy. You’re focusing back on the individual and not talking about the influence words have on people.

I didn't know whether to post this in the complaint thread, I love it thread or here. I guess here' will do. Gamestop order from November just arrived. Not bad. Edit: Guess this could've been posted in the thread for packaging excellence.

The rest of my LEGO Shop at Home backorder promos arrived today. Good to see the old “keychain” trick still works.

I appreciate that link. Thank you for posting. I would still like to see pictures of the violations. We joke on this website about sales, "Pictures or it didn't happen." While some tags on twitter do look to be unused, others are not. Many are private and I have zero interest in showing them attention. Also, why are the tags which were flagged in the parlor complaint still active and have been active for some time on twitter? Isn't that a violation of twitter's TOS, let alone AWS? Also, people (mostly democrats and a few republicans) were calling for a civil war in 2016 when Trump was first elected. Where was the horrified media then? At the same time, just because crazies did it then, does not justifies crazies doing it now. Clearly, everyone needs to switch to decaf and calm down.

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Gingerbread House on Amazon. Limit 30

I converted the printed pdf to a jpg and attached it to a message for the ebay buyer!

I'm looking at my spreadsheet of past holiday sets and manufacturing codes. Looks like they tend to turn the money-making machine on around WW37-ish and run through WW46-ish and then turn it on again for a week or so in February. The February run is probably to keep some stock for the mid-year demand, but it doesn't look like they produce any past mid-November. Once that stock is out, it's for awhile unless Joe finds a palette they missed in the back. So, the best bet for any of the holiday sets is to stock-up continuously during the year you think it will retire. And best to sell any worthless gold coins you may have lying around and buy more Gingerbread Houses. Personally, I store my Gingerbread Houses on Edsal racks made from solid gold.

*sigh* One thing I am tired of is people assuming I'm a Trump supporter because I'm raising a red flag about "cancel culture". I have also been accused of being a Trump hater because I tell people he is a clinical narcissist, which he is. Trump acts like an impetuous child when he doesn't get his way. His language is unbecoming of the office and quite frankly unbecoming of a decent human being. How did he get elected? Because as some have said, it was the right time, right place. Or to quote Monty Python's Flying Circus, "And now for something completely different". Having worked for a narcissist doesn't make me an expert by any means, but here is what I have witnessed: great at getting new things accomplished, a tour de force that can rarely be stopped from accomplishing what they want, and they will also ignore advisors and do what they are convinced is right. Those are probably the most positive things that can be said. Now here is the rest... Narcissists must draw people into what I like to call the "whirlwind of their life." Their "job" is to keep everyone else off-balance so that they can maintain control of them and their situation. (This is why world leaders hate Trump, they can't get a read on him.) Here is the important point - a narcissist has an insatiable need to be emotionally fed. As much as Trump calls Nancy Pelosi "crazy," more than likely he has driven her crazy. With Biden as president it may take a while, but she should go back to normal. It is clear that she has been very stressed. At the same time, unless others have figured out how to play the "narcissist game," Trump has most likely exhausted them as well. If a narcissist is leading a team, they will burn out employees at a high rate because being near a narcissist is exhausting. BTW, most politicians and political commentators as well as many of the world's leading business people have narcissistic tendencies. I suspect Trump has it worse than most, but that is only a suspicion. The only thing a narcissist hates more than those who oppose them is another narcissist, because narcissist #2 will never emotionally feed narcissist #1 the way they need to be fed and vice versa. I have witnessed this first-hand. Try having two narcissists who both think they need to control you. Both hated one another, refused to speak to one another, and both tried to play me off the other. *shiver* I finally escaped the situation and have zero desire to ever experience that again. Here are a couple of important items I have witnessed in relationship to people "outside the organization": 1) if a narcissist sees value in someone, they will praise them to everyone. They will seek their input and make sure they have their support and loyalty. It does not matter if the person is a man or woman, black or white, *** or straight - a narcissist will treat anyone they believe will support them more valuable than gold. 2) However, if a narcissist does not see value in someone (especially if they have not supported what the narcissist wants) then they will attack, belittle, and demean the person. It does not matter if the person is a man or woman, black or white, *** or straight - a narcissist will treat anyone they believe is beneath them, or that they consider a threat to their leadership, horribly. It can be quite depressing, especially if unable to escape the relationship. One last thing, narcissists tend to have very low self-esteem and are a high "D" (for Dominance, from the DISC personality assessment) personality type; meaning they must be the top dog and in control. Hence why people who have learned to get along with Trump praise him. This emotionally feeds him and actually gets him to be a supporter of theirs. Sadly, he needs this praise to feel good about himself. So now Trump has lost the election. How do you think he is doing emotionally when the majority of Americans have said "no" to him? He is lashing out at the "weak Republicans" because they aren't fighting for him the way he thinks they should. This is also why he made the Georgia run-off about him and not about the country. His emotional hunger is super high after loosing the election. In short, he is really hurting. Everyone has been asking, "Why a rally in Washington DC when the congress was voting?" I believe the answer is to feed his emotional hunger. I don't believe he meant for people to rush into the capitol but he was not thinking about the people, he was feeding his own emotional need. I also suspect this is why he is so slow to speak to the people - to feed our emotional need. I believe this is a real struggle for him - to give emotionally. The only way I was able to break out of the craziness that my narcissist boss created in our workplace was to ignore him for an entire month. That gave me enough time to clear my head to be able to think straight and realize how he had manipulated me. It was then that I realized that no matter how much good I was doing in my position, for my own health and that of my family, I needed to change jobs. I was much younger and it was a learning experience. Now, when I meet a narcissist I realize the trap sooner and it drives them insane that I refuse to play their game. It requires a lot of grace and forgiveness. Part of what they feed off of is people reacting to their negativity. When a narcissist realizes I will not feed their need for attention, they ignore me. This is why I believe the best way to "get rid of Trump" is to ignore him, not punish him. If they punish him, he will dog them (everyone who hurts him) for the rest of his life. They are literally creating monster with this impeachment stuff. To this extent, Trump being removed from twitter, facebook, etc. could be argued as the right and perfect thing to do. However, the larger implication for the rest of the world is very, very dangerous. re: the George Washington quote - I have believed his quote was right from a young age and I believe it is coming more to fruition with each passing year. I don't vote political party, I vote for the person I believe will accomplish what needs to happen. This is just my opinion, but I believe political parties (all of them) are public versions of the mob and are out for their own good. I also believe individuals within political parties are standing up for the best in our country, but their respective political parties will keep those individuals from truly doing what is right because the "party" says so. Just watch which political party allows their members to "think for themselves."

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Temple of Water and Life by Jakob Escher

All this Kristy Swanson and Charlie Sheen talk got me remembering the car sex scene in The Chase. brings back fond memories...

They have some awesome stuff, but it's no Game Boy color

I love GBCs! Wish I knew how to build them. I get mesmerized watching them. I'd love to see one at a conference sometime. I like how they're modular too and you just add section by section. Remind me of Rube Goldberg machines.

Just discovered the world of GBC.. MY GAWD !

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/21/01/16/041214/eff-cory-doctorow-warn-about-the-dangers-of-de-platforming-and-censorship Edit: I think what it all boils down to is that social media needs regulation. Anything that anyone posts publicly should be held to the same standards, which include being respectful to others, no incitement to riot, no racism, bigotry etc. Whether it is the POTUS or your uncle Al or aunt Sally. If you want to spew, go ahead in a private group where posts can only be seen by people who have subscribed. But with the note that the platform is monitoring any conversation, and has a legal responsibility to report anything that is perceived as a threat to individuals or states/countries to the police, or risk being considered as an accomplice. Same for criminal activity posted in private groups.

It's a good thing no one encouraged people to burn/destroy their cities, kill police, and attack innocent civilians. We would have never had our summer of love.

All my auctions say something along those lines and I still get notes attached to sales with messages like, "Will you PLEASE, PLEASE make a good package, in a well padded, STURDY BIG box? Could you please wrap the set in bubble wrap and then add cardboard on the top and the bottom of the Lego set? Even when sellers do not accept returns, Ebay guarantees returns, in case a Lego box gets damaged because of poor packaging." People don't read ****.

And that still doesn't always help. But we must also remember - It's that same state of mind (irrational sense of worth) that makes this all possible.

This could literally be called the moral ethics discussion thread now. It's great to have this sort of dialogue and I am enjoying reading the perspectives of each individual.

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Hi folks. New to the site. Glad to be here.

Stopped by the local Lego store to grab some more HP Moments Books. They still have Vintage Car and Monster Book GWPs. Moreover, the store received a huge restock. Razor Crests, Modulars, Disney, Lantern Festival, Tree House, Haunted House, Rollercoaster, etc.

It's frustration free because they aren't charging you extra for the frustration they caused.

It has certainly lasted for a long time. I think Neil Postman was one of the earliest people to point out our fascination with technology and acceptance without thinking about how it alters our interests. His terming of the trend was Technopoly in the early 1990s seems pretty spot on today. It is important to note though, that he doesn't consider this as a good or bad phenomenon; he looks at it as a cultural force. I don't quite buy the whole theory behind it, but I do agree with most of his argument, especially when he states: "New technologies alter the structure of our interests: the things we think about. They alter the character of our symbols: the things we think with. And they alter the nature of community: the arena in which thoughts develop."

Got my minty fresh cantina in from LEGO Shop at Home 52R0 with some Lego magic protecting that skating rink. I have 5 more orders due to arrive tomorrow hoping for the same results.

Here’s the thing: Trump, prior to running for president was part of the elites. He had a hit tv show. Hosted beauty pageants. Had cameos in Hollywood movies. Wined and dined with biggest names. The Clintons were guests at his wedding. One of that stature doesn’t throw it all away. His presidency was a reality tv show. Makes you wonder 🤔

I asked two buyers to do this and they both came through. I couldn’t believe the packages actually arrived on my doorstop.

Just to add to this. The package can be refused and returned as long as it has not been opened by buyer. If buyer opened the package then your only option is to purchase a new postage via Paypal/Pirateship/other carriers.

Another tactic narcissists/DTJ has perfected is gas-lighting. To see it be done on such a national scale, and to witness there are some people OK with this kind behavior is very troubling as an air breathing, water drinking homo sapien.

Sorry I don't have the answer, but you could just generate one in PirateShip or PayPal to send them, perhaps?

On my way home from WM shopping I picked up a used "complete" 7739 Coast Guard Patrol Boat And Tower for $5 off CL. Looks like all the pieces are there and it's clean.

To justify a $250k salary for some middle manager of sticker retention

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