Big brain take here. Sneaky arbitration clauses that take away your rights are good actually? Damn. I don’t like South Park but the Apple/human centipede episode did have a point.
i hate when tumblr pretends to know the law and how it works like babygirl it’s okay if you don’t understand discord’s arbitration clause you can just say that /hj
I regret to inform you that Discord's new Terms of Service includes an arbitration clause. You can find it here https://discord.com/terms/#16. This clause includes an opt-out, which I have transcribed here:
You can decline this agreement to arbitrate by emailing an opt-out notice to [email protected] within 30 days of April 15, 2024 or when you first register your Discord account, whichever is later; otherwise, you shall be bound to arbitrate disputes in accordance with the terms of these paragraphs. If you opt out of these arbitration provisions, Discord also will not be bound by them.
These clauses are underhanded ways that corporations seek to deprive you of your right to participate in class-action lawsuits and your right to a jury trial. (This does only apply to us users ,other people still spread the word though )
I'm sure many people in the U.S. have seen discord's new terms of service thing pop up today, April 15th 2024, but haven't actually read it. this is an update to make it so you can't sue them or participate in any class actions against them. these kinds of agreements should be illegal and stuff but they aren't so here we are. there's no easy button to click that says opt out. to opt out you have to email their arbitration opt-out email, [email protected], with the following subject and message:
subject: Opt-out notice
body:
I, (your legal name), decline the agreement to arbitrate in Discord's Terms of Service updated March 15, 2024 for any and all accounts I have or use, past and present, and those that I create, have, or use in the future, regardless of their association with this email.
Please acknowledge your receipt of this opt-out notice in writing by replying to this email.
Note to those people: go fucking join whatever is available to you in terms of progressive parties and volunteer. You can phone bank (they give you a script), knock on doors, or just donate.
The Democratic Party was my first stop so I could sign up for a mail in ballot, then I checked out the DSA and progressive victory. There’s other ones specific to my state, but even planned parenthood will email you about bills being passed and you just have to fill out your info and press send then bam your representative knows you’re against this shitty bill to take away your rights.
So yeah, vote Biden so we don’t have fucking trump again, but also do the other times if you have the time/energy/money.
P.S. Biden made it free to file your taxes just look up free file IRS to find the right website for you, I did mine through tax act bc it also gave me free state filing.
P.P.S. It hurt to hit send on the taxes bc Trump’s fucking tax change took effect and tanked my refund.
Me: In November, either Trump or Biden will win. There is no third outcome, so we should vote accordingly for the option that will mitigate the most harm.
The people in my notes: Oh, so you think direct action is bad? You think voting is literally the only thing we can do? You hate activism? You love Biden and endorse everything he does and think nobody should criticize him ever? You think voting will just magically solve all our problems? You think protesting is wrong? You love the status quo and think everything is fine?
🧍🏼♂️I do not want this. No thank you. I would like to keep my banking info and computer in tact and safe.
Just once, I want someone to set up a whole creepypasta of some sort about a malevolent AI or glitch monster or something like that and then just make an actual fucking computer virus to simulate it. Like, you download the super-spooky kirby.exe game and start playing it on your pc and hyper-realistic Meta Knight starts editing your computer files in genuinely potentially devastating ways. Like Doki Doki Literature Club or IMSCARED if the creators of those games weren't fucking cowards. I want that shit to legally be considered malware.
Ezreal is always taller than Ekko but I've grown used to the idea that HeartSteel Ezreal could be shorter than Ekko (They always make him too small in promo art & Ekko can be the tall one in at least 1 universe, he deserves it)
Like, I think this is fine (now Ekko is the one who will never stop with the short jokes, sorry Ezreal)