The joke is a husk of its former self.

Pop.

Something something... corn bread?

Ok, ok. Enough of the puns and let's all thank Kal for the amaizeing job he did.

by now I think this jokes' been creamed.

The kernel.

Who gives the orders in cybernetic warfare?

Zea mays

Isn't that a kernel of truth.

huh. suddenly the Squawk is popping.

Not placing much stalk in this conversation.

That's so corny.

It's absurd how happy I am that a post of mine made the front page of Reddit.

Aww, shucks.

Not till I taste the corn

You guys aren't being very nice. You're supposed to tell me I did "good, really good!"

Just don't go beyond the rows.

Left over from the failed Beast Machines sequel, Beast Farmers

It's techno-organic corn

We have a cornfield? Can I get a few ears?

And lastly, if it becomes too much hassle to deal with - it might just get sent into the cornfield and replaced with a Discord box anyway. So cool it.

Second thing is we do actually have the ability to ban users specifically from using Shoutbox if it's being abused like that

Hey all - just a reminder and heads up. The Shoutbox has been kept here as a courtesy because it's what you folks like in lieu of Discord - but a few things to remember is that P&R should stay in P&R and isn't really something that needs to be dragged out here in the most public of spaces.

Done.

You can make a new one. I doubt anybody would stop you.

There was a thread but it appears to have disappeared. Might have been lost in one of the older forum sweeps.

Yeah this is pretty much circumventing the fact that we have different rules for political talk.

Okay, so, basically, can we not do politics in here anymore? I mean, considering how often @Nevermore, you talk about your work conditions, don't you think it's time for a dedicated thread in P&R?

Scratch that; that's insulting to honest salads. Whatever that was was the text equivalent of hamburger.

Would you like some dressing to go with your word salad?

yes; it now goes "shit piss hug *BLEEP* ^$@^ motherhuger **** turd fart encyclopedia & Socialism."

This is an American site, but isn't that unnecessarily severe language? IIRC it's one of the top four offensive pejoratives to English people

It's amusing how so many (U.S.) wankers in this world love to whine "capitalism good socialism bad!" in the abstract while simultaneously pretending that megacorporations dominating de facto monopolies is anathema to the core capitalistic principle of competition benefits everyone.

I know Shockwave's super mode is pretty lame and Magnus is kinda greebly but it's not that bad.

Though with the luck and caliber of leaders we've had of late in the darkest timeline, maybe it's too much to hope for.

Just like democracy, it's not perfect but better than the present alternatives. Capitalism as it's practiced today won't be able to weather the coming wave of automation, though. Best to plan for it and hope for a gentle transition rather than the aforementioned collapse

Capitalism is the worst amiright? Sent from my iPhone

Because the collapse is gonna be just great.

Let's hope this is late stage and we're on the cusp of something better.

Late stage capitalism is the absolute best.

So, welcome to all retail, everywhere.

Oh, and Greenpeace also conducted a protest at a German Amazon facility, to protest against Amazon's practice of throwing customer returns in the trash.

Right, because with Amazon, it's just the employees that have to step in dog shit while having no space to breathe.[/slightexaggeration]

At least I can use Amazon without losing the ability to breath or step in dog shit.

Considering that Amazon is the new Walmart...

All of my best wishes go out to the brave women and men who have the balls (and ovaries) to go on strike at an Amazon facility in the US.

Speaking of. Not only are we in Germany on strike today, but so is the fulfillment center in Shakopee, Minnesota!

Overnight delivery is the right of all sentient beings.

(and is it sexist of me to assume that a character named "Amazon Prime" would be feminine?)

Whenever she was summoned, she would arrive the next day?