Since I learned of the existence of Jehovah’s Witnesses, nearly 40 years ago.

I’m intrigued by the use of the verb “require”. In what circumstances can you be required this and why must you comply?

Good points. I’ll have to try it.

Why do you prefer it?

I was thinking more about the villains of The Net.

Amazing. I’m not willing to exercise the permanent sacrifices that having kids entails.

Pretorians.

Exactly. Promote it as community outreach, it’s more useful than feel-good Pictures at dog shelters.

Stranger has a point where you can feel in your body the whiplash of the change in tone. After the middle point Heinlein was blocked for years, and when he continued the result was grotesque.

When you start reading dialog about what happens in Heaven, when the story started as proper sf, you know that the author lost the plot (literally and figuratively).

Solid choices.

Your “best of sf” doesn’t include many recognized classics. That’s weird. No LeGuin, no Bester?

Well, when I’m not wanted I tend to burn bridges.

So you advocate for the abolition of money also?

I thought the idea was that the answers were to be provided by others. After all, the community is called AskLemmy, not Soapbox.

Like banks and insurance companies?

I think all the Rust devs should remove their code and leave. And when in the future the Linux devs change their tune and ask for their help, they should refuse.

I love that Theora is called that after the controller in Max Headroom played by Amanda Pays.

Something like this would cause me a deep depression in month.

Hell no. That would turn anything other than unflinching obsequiousness towards obnoxious clients and potential fraudsters into a firing offense. Specially in the already dystopian US job market.

But style is also part of a person’s personality no?

Yes, if you accept “no style” (not caring about clothes at all) as a kind of style.

Demanding a non-null style regarding appearance is unacceptable to me.