I think the cashier was under the assumption that you wanted the discount, and asked at the end instead of immediately after you said you weren’t already a member. It doesn’t feel rude or invasive, from my perspective, maybe just phrased as an underpaid employee.

What I do recommend is a VOIP phone number and attached separate email for all marketing purposes. They can track and sell that as much as they’d like without impacting your personal details or necessary accounts.

neat, thanks!

If you were on Li’s website, https://www.exocomics.com/, enjoying her content, would you still consider it an unsolicitied ad? Or only when it’s downloaded from there and posted to Lemmy instead?

Absolutely! It’s called the Pollyanna Principle. In fact, there’s a counterpart to all of these biases that are immensely helpful in certain types of therapy.

Authors should keep their work a secret, especially comic book artists in !comicstrips@lemmy.world 😤

Being condescending actually doesn’t help a conversation.

Sure, but I’m assuming the “mom” in OP’s story was just trying to help their child get enough sleep.

You need enough sleep.

Seems more akin to letting them milk themselves and collecting it from the fridge.

The amount of ecologically horrifying acts that our species has already done, I’d be willing to add “got rid of mosquitos” to the pile.

There have been extensive studies done on the topic already, the planet does not need mosquitos.

https://science.howstuffworks.com/science-vs-myth/what-if/what-if-mosquitoes-went-extinct.htm

https://www.nicd.ac.za/what-would-happen-if-all-the-mosquitoes-in-the-world-disappeared/

But the workers are still average Americans.

Alive?

Oh now that’s a throwback!

Zelensky has done a fine job getting directly involved, imo.

You expect nothing to take their place?

Just save a picture/scan of it in whichever secure password manager you use. It’s good enough for most uses.

• Comment 1: Why do some comic artists only post to social media?
• Comment 2: It costs money to make a website.
• Comment 3: It only costs $10 to make a website.
• Me: The comic artist is not making any money right now from us on Lemmy.
• You: Social media platforms are profitable.
• Me: Yes, they are. Additionally, I believe that comment 3 is unfair because that person is not paying towards the $10 for the comic artist to make their own website.

Yes, absolutely! But the suggestion to self host when you’re not even contributing to their income comes across as a little unjustified.

How much did they make by you seeing it here?