all 0 requests to stop, just constant downvotes for telling people, rightfully, how much boot they're guzzling

That's a landlord.

I legitimately do not understand writing your post directly addressing AMD as if they're actually listening to you.

"Once the shoeshine boy and the taxi driver offer stock tips, it’s time to sell."

I cannot fathom how this logic even works.

Cry me a river. There are tech workers barely getting by because they're being forced into being considered "contractors".

If your immediate reaction to statistics (which I am not claiming the accuracy of, by the way, since you provide no sources) is "oh, it's because they're black" then congratulations, you're a racist!

Furthermore, the protests have not died down, there have been events that sparked more protests in more places. They're just not being reported as much because "oh well that's old time to move on to the next thing", says the media.

Not everything is a deep philosophical discussion that needs to get down to absolute true statements.

Sometimes it's just someone, like me, who is sick of black people being literally murdered by police and thinks it's absurd that white assholes get more worked up over some property than over black lives.

I literally don't give a single shit about absolute ethical principles.

I give a shit about black lives.

Black lives matter, shut the hell up already.

You'll find that people are more likely to engage with you when you don't treat them like an absolute idiot.

I worked at a store years ago and we had all these things implemented:

- Limit on gift card purchase amounts per customer, per day.

- Stopped stocking Western Union cards because they were such a scam target.

- There was also a scam where scammers would call the store itself to pose as a "corporate employee" who was "trying to verify that the gift card redemption system was working" and would have the cashier activate a gift card, run it as cash, and read off the numbers. And apparently that worked well enough that every time we activated certain gift cards, a massive box popped up on the POS screen saying "IF THIS TRANSACTION IS HAPPENING OVER THE PHONE, HANG UP IMMEDIATELY AND CANCEL THE TRANSACTION."

At a certain point there's only so much that can be done by the store itself.

If that's not what you're saying, you should make yourself clear. Because you imply that you don't agree with my perspective, which I think is pretty straightforward and clear - people are more important than property.

"two main arguments: damaging a person is morally more serious than damaging an object, and psychologically damaging a person is worse than physically damaging an object."

I couldn't help but think "Yes? That's exactly correct. Who would ever think otherwise?"

There is nothing in my comment that indicates that I'm looking to engage in a "political slapfight" - that's entirely your deal.