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housewives were not banging out spirk fanfiction in the 60s for you to be AI generating your fic

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Pay attention to the particular's Mastercard's responses, because this a textbook example of how to create plausible deniability.

"Mastercard has not barred any legal transaction" is, technically, a true statement – because Mastercard is not the one processing the transactions in the first place. Mastercard does not deal directly with any merchant, and in fact typically refuses to communicate with merchants at all; there's always a payment processing service sitting in between Mastercard and the merchant, whether that's Stripe or Paypal or any of dozens of other service providers.

Consequently, there are two layers of service agreements in place: the agreement between Mastercard and the payment processing service, and the agreement between the payment processing service and the merchant. That second layer of service agreements, between the payment processing service and the merchant, is where all of these content restrictions are being imposed. Mastercard can thus truthfully claim that they aren't barring legal transactions.

Now, if you've been paying attention, you've probably already spotted the issue: if the content restrictions are being imposed upon the merchants by individual payment processing services and not by Mastercard, why do all of those payment processing services seem to have exactly the same content restrictions?

That's where the critical sleight of hand comes in: while Mastercard's own terms of service do not require payment processing services to bar transactions of particular types, their ToS does require payment processors to bar transactions which could be damaging to the Mastercard brand. What constitutes damage to the Mastercard brand is not defined; it means whatever Mastercard wants it to mean. The payment processing services are thus in a position where they can be held in breach of Mastercard's terms of service for basically any reason, which gives them a strong incentive not to test any boundaries.

And that's why Mastercard can truthfully say they have never barred any legal transaction: they're never the ones doing the blocking. The layer of payment processing services that sits between Mastercard and the merchants are enforcing those content restrictions, based on a series of unwritten handshake agreements between the payment processors and Mastercard regarding what does and does not constitute acceptable content – and because the particulars of those handshake agreements aren't in writing, Mastercard can assert that their terms of service do not compel payment processing services to bar any legal transaction and technically be telling the truth.

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Lifesaving Appeal

My children are collapsing before my eyes from severe hunger. Their milk has run out for several days now, and they urgently need therapeutic milk that could save them from a slow, painful death.

The donations we receive barely cover the cost of bread, and time is running out!

Please, do not ignore this plea milk is their lifeline right now.

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animated the "It's okay not to smile" scene from chapter 4

youtube link

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Daybit doodle

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Tez's summer costume makes him like a stripper in the funniest way. He looks like the guy who danced to Ra-Ra-Rasputin in cowboy boots.

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okay. uh. here? have some gays for your pride month?

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Need you guys to know I am soooo anti generative AI. In case that wasn't clear. It's bad for the environment, unethical, theft, and will never be as freaky as me. It is inferior in every way

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#yikes

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Arjuna's dad is really kind of rad

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Train doodle

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Redid the colors in honor of Dizzy in Strive

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happy anniversary underside bakehouse 🥐

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tangerine dream

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If I had a nickel for every time Guilty Gear had a queer character walk through a desert with someone else, resulting in a deep and meaningful conversation about their lives and identity, I'd have two nickels. Which, isn't a lot, but it's interesting that it happened twice.

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another roboven drawing