Yessss… All according to plan…

Same happened to me. Then I actually became a comedian. They’re not laughing now.

I wonder why they don’t work there anymore…

It was a pun. Delivery.

Also, “Fun fact! When your child comes out as trans, you gain the power of invisibility! Because you’re trans-parent!” The gif and the spoiler throw off the timing. Better to just do it quick.

I think we can agree that this was a very awkward delivery.

The price for one week of access is 50 cents. They are charging $7 for it. They are charging the price of three and a half months for 1 week of access. Even if that’s better than paying $26 for a service you only use for 1 week, it’s not good.

Okay? Read that again. Especially that last part. Now read it again. “Better does not mean good.” Are you understanding that? I’m sick of saying it, so if you don’t get it, just keep reading it.

There is no option to pay 50 cents for a week and cancel it. That’s a problem. You also imply there’s no option to pay $2 for a month and cancel it. Which is weird for a monthly payment option.

Now, do you want to keep explaining how economics works if you’re not greedy and stupid in the naive belief that Wapo execs aren’t greedy and stupid? As if they aren’t akin to a farmer who loses a cow, so they milk the remaining cow twice as much? Or do you want to move on with your life?

Execs know you make profit by raising income and cutting costs, and think no further than that. They will not lower income by lowering the price. You are naive if you think differently.

The difference between 50 cents a week and $29 a year is $5 a year, or 6 cents a week. Is the lack of that $5 losing them money? Even with the data harvesting and advertising? And since the higher price is 56 cents, then it’s STILL not worth $7.

Plus, this is Jeff Bezos. He makes 2 cents per second. He is not in a position where he needs the money, nor your defence of his pricing policies.

Why would they lower it? That might hurt short-term profits, which might scare shareholders, which might mean the CEO gets a lower bonus, or even gets replaced. Nah, they’ll just maximise profit from their remaining customers by adding in advertising, harvesting data, or even raising the price.

Which is irrelevant to the main point that, no, paying $7 for something worth 50 cents is not good. I save a LOT of money by seeing scummy marketing tricks for the tricks they are.

They decide what the price is. If that price is so high that they can give away an extra product while still turning a profit (which they are, or they wouldn’t offer the deal to begin with), then the discounted price is the only price even close to fair. The regular price is them overcharging you. This does not make the discount good.

Now, imagine how much they’re overcharging you if they give you a “buy 1, get 13 free” offer. That’s what this is.

Just because the other options are secretly worse does NOT make charging 14 times the price for one week GOOD.

I’m not just angry, I’m angry.

Not just mpreg. Final Fantasy mpreg.

I fully believe this guy has no idea how horrific the things he’s boasting about actually are.

No need for wordplay? What community do you think you’re in?

He can’t post to that community anyway. He got instance banned.

I read that as ffmpreg, and I thought it was some new ao3 trope where two girls impregnate a guy or something.

How does signing in prove you’re not a bot? Do they not know how many bot accounts there are?

I understood you. It just sounds horrible. Sorry, no, it’s actually worse. Side stories are part of the story, so it goes without saying they should have the same designers as the rest of the story. If you think they don’t count, that’s worrying.

That sounds horrible, personally. The world, story and characters should all reflect one another, so they should all be designed by the same people. Using AI to cheap out on the story is how you get rubbish stories.

I’m guessing it’s vegan? And pepper is the main filling?