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Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by refurb on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @03:26AM (#39367726)
People think they are being clever or edgy by doing so. There is a certain smug self-righteousness about it.

They likely also suffer from the “tainted by sin” theory where any mistake or error by an individual or company requires eternal damnation (yet conveniently dont apply the same standard to themselves).

It makes for boring reading once you realize that’s about all they have to offer.

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Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by hsbauauvhabzb on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @03:42AM (#39367826)
The difference is, and bear with me here - I didn’t contribute nor profit from a horrific genocide.
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Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by Lionga on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @05:33AM (#39368389)
seems like a minor detail to me
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Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by Aerbil313 on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @06:05AM (#39368553)
Where are your tax dollars going, if they are dollars?
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Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by hsbauauvhabzb on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @06:11AM (#39368577)
That’s a pretty big hop - I can’t choose to not pay tax, I can choose not to support a Nazi supporter.
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Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by ncneieixk5 on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @11:40AM (#39371896)
do you support the space program? do you like any cars made by the VW group? do you drink coca cola products?
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Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by hsbauauvhabzb on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @09:15PM (#39378352)
I don’t care about space, no, and no.
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Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by refurb on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @07:52AM (#39369243)
How did a discussion of IBM suddenly involve you?
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Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by hsbauauvhabzb on Wednesday February 14, 2024 @09:15PM (#39378350)
From parent: ‘yet conveniently dont apply the same standard to themselves’.
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Re:100 Years Ago, IBM Was Born by arp242 on Thursday February 15, 2024 @03:57PM (#39388723)
Are you sure about that? That in your ethnic group or family's history there has never been any complicity in any genocides, and that even today, you're profiting from that?
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