I haven’t noticed this being true in general – I only buy shoes when I need shoes, and I only buy Coke when I want Coke. Some people critique capitalism by saying it creates new preferences that people have to spend money to satisfy. It just removed the temporary itch of curiosity. I feel completely unenlightened by knowing this. I go there and after reading through nine paragraphs attacking “MAGA dolts”, in the tenth paragraph I get the one-sentence answer: there’s a meme in the gun community that any time someone posts a picture with their gun, amateurs will chime in with condescending advice about how they should be holding it more safely, so some people post pictures of them pointing loaded guns at their dicks in order to piss these people off. In this particular case it’s fine, because the offending website (VICE) is unpaywalled.
I hope some enterprising journalist has investigated this question, and I will be happy to compensate her with money for satisfying this weird curiosity of mine.” No, instead, I was perfectly and innocently happy not knowing anything about this, right up until I read the name of that article at which point I became consumed with curiosity, ie a feeling that I will be unhappy until I know the answer. I didn’t wake up this morning thinking “I wonder whether men are pointing loaded guns at their dicks, and, if so, why. Here are some articles I’ve seen advertised recently (not all on paywalled sources): “Why Trump’s Fight With Obama Might Backfire”, “This Tech Guru Has Made A Shocking Prediction For 2020”, “Here’s Why Men are Pointing Loaded Guns At Their Dicks”. If so, what could be going on?įirst, paywalled newspapers sometimes use a clickbait model, where they start by making you curious what’s in the article, then charge you to find out. Take a second and check if you feel the same way. I think I would be happier in a world where major newspapers ceased to exist, compared to the world where they exist but their articles are paywalled. So you can either accept their deal – pay money for the articles – or refuse their deal – and so be left no worse off than if they didn’t exist.īut I notice feeling like this isn’t true. They need to earn a living just like everyone else. You are not entitled to their product without paying them money. Journalists are providing you a deal: you may read their articles in exchange for money. Otherwise they’re just “helping you less than you wish they did”, not hurting you.Īnd so the standard justification for paywalls. But in general, if you’re angry at a business, you need to explain how one of these unusual conditions applies. There are some exceptions, like if they outcompete and destroy another business you liked better, or if they have some kind of externalities, or if they lobby the government to do something bad. Absolutely hate them.Ī standard pro-business argument: businesses can either make your life better (by providing deals you like) or keep your life the same (by providing deals you don’t like, which you don’t take). See /privacy for more information.I hate paywalls on articles. There was no paperwork and she didn’t know where she was going. The next day she was contacted to say that the results were “abnormal,” and an emergency health vehicle appeared at her block of flats to pick her up. On March 26th she felt slightly unwell, so went for a Covid test - a routine occurrence as her office is currently testing every two days. Jane Polubotko is a Ukrainian national who has lived in Shanghai for 9 years, working for a Chinese music technology company as a marketing manager. Now for the first time, UnHerd can reveal the reality of life inside the vast mandatory quarantine facility in Shanghai, erected within the Expo conference centre, to which infected individuals are sent. Footage has emerged of eerily deserted streets, but reliable information about what is really going on inside the strictest “Zero Covid” regime in the world is hard to come by, owing to the Chinese Communist Party’s control of the media. Cases are rising and the 26 million residents of Shanghai are not permitted to leave their homes at all - not even to buy groceries or walk the dog. The biggest city in China is in complete lockdown, with no end date in sight.
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