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room sizes!! i was hoping with the new homes we could perhaps get away from using the builders walls for actual walls but no

changing the look of the ceiling! i dont know why but for some reason the ceiling feels so much more obvious in the new houses? are they shorter? is it just because im looking at empty houses? idk? but its really making me want different ceilings

windows! i! can! look! out! of!!!!!!!!!!!!

i miss all the fun addons from the harvest houses,, bay windows and porches and the courtyard and its kinda just those things i think but pleasedevsiloveoptionssomuch

i am once again asking for functional doors inside the house please and thank you

idk i do really like them and the devs seem convinced this new housing system will allow them to get more creative but so far it feels more aesthetic than function. which is fine yknow its whatever. but i think i was under the impression that the new system would make it (perhaps marginally) easier for them to add more things players have been asking for in the realm of house layouts and options and add-ons. not just. yknow. the door looks a little different lol

a basement my beloved.....

the ability to just,, place walls! it doesnt have to be super out there either i would take pre-sized walls... but i feel like this is something easy they could do if they just,, coded them as wall decor? and also let players place things on them? but if they just attached to the pre-existing walls like im not crazy right they could do this?

can they make glitching a feature... would they... definitely not in it's actual current form considering the amount of work but it would be nice if we could fuse stuff together without the actual glitching part... a dream..... mostly want this because the furniture options are so limited

more indoor stair options,,, especially smaller options too for platforms and whatnot,,, actually maybe add some prebuilt platforms too,,, stairs included so i can stop making the fucking iron shelves

life-size hassian cutout board

"Be good to the valley."

Summer Edition...

- Passed out once bc he got too hot and steamy while cooking soup during the height off summer. He got scolded so bad once he recovered lol

- Ties his hair up during summer bc he gets so warm. He also thought about shaving his head once or twice but his partner almost cried about it. They had a nightmare about bald Reth a few times after that.

- Does love beach days with his partner and friends. But also gets a tiny bit nervous any time they swim out a bit too far for his taste.

- The one thing that bothers him in the summer is that it makes cuddling harder. Everything is warm and sticky. Like yeah he wishes to glue himself to his partner but not like that-

- Tries to get a nice tan during summer, bc Nai'o can't be the only hot guy with a tan around town. Somehow he ends up with more of a farmers tan than him tho.

- Obviously insists soup is the best source of electrolytes on earth. Hes very consistent in trying to make sure his s/o drinks enough (soup) during summer.

- Auni continously begs him to make ice cream in the summer. Eventually he even gets Ulfe in on it. Tho the flavour are sometimes.... yeah....

- Reth also likes experimenting with different cocktails and iced drinks during summer. His favourite thing to do is try and get as close to old human flavours as he can and test them all out on his partner.

- Shamelessly stares at his partner in swimwear or short clothes. If someone scolds him he goes "What?? Can you blame me??" And gestures wildly at his partner.

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Weird Al is allowed to parody everything because he's operating under copyright law, not trademark law.

Trademark governs who can "trade" under what "mark" i.e. the brand identity of a company. Companies don't own their trademarked word forever, but they maintain the exclusive right to sell things under that brand in their specific market sector. Patagonia doesn't own the name of a geographical region, they just own the right to be the only company using that name to sell clothing and outdoor gear.

A drag queen name can be a parody of a clothing and outdoor gear company.

A company's trademarked logo can be used in parody creative works, with more leeway if it's not for commercial purposes. Trademark parody is allowed! Patagonia has been aware of and allowed Pattie Gonia's trademark parody for years.

Trademarks are specific to market sector. Actress Chase Infiniti could start a makeup line named after herself and her trademark would not infringe on the Infiniti car brand because they are different markets and there is no risk of confusion. Pattie Gonia could probably trademark her name to sell frozen veggie burgers and Patagonia would not care.

Drag queen Jan Sport did a collab with JanSport bags. What Jan Sport almost certainly did not do is independently apply to register "Jan Sport" as a trademark in order to sell bags on her own, because that would infringe on JanSport's own trademark in the bag market sector.

What Pattie Gonia is not allowed to do -- the thing that Pattie Gonia actually did do and is being sued for -- is apply to register "Pattie Gonia" as a trademark to sell clothing, because apparently Pattie is in talks with North Face and HydroFlask to sell "Pattie Gonia"-branded gear. These companies probably won't finalize anything unless Pattie shows that she actually owns the trademark. Unfortunately, "Patagonia" is already a registered trademark in the clothing market sector, and these two names are too similar to exist in the same sector (see: "likelihood of confusion" legal standard).

Your drag queen name can parody a clothing company. You can parody the trademarked logo of a clothing company. But you cannot use the same name to then go on to also become a clothing company.

In order to maintain their own trademark, Patagonia must sue for trademark infringement. If they don't sue, and Pattie Gonia gets her own trademark, Pattie could sue Patagonia for infringement on her trademark. You can see why Patagonia won't be dropping this suit no matter how much you harass them.

The new conflict is from Pattie Gonia using the Patagonia imagery and the Pattie Gonia name on her own merchandise. This is the email Patagonia sent, with the images they feel conflict with the 2022 agreement.

Pattie responded to that by disagreeing that she had broken any agreement, and also obliquely threatening to expose Patagonia for making tactical gear for the US military?

Pattie selling shit with her stage name on it Really Obviously isn’t going to have any negative effect on the continued lining of Patagonia CEO pockets, as if that even fucking matters, and no amount of waxing poetic about “well they have to 🥺🥺🥺” is going to make me say anything other than “fucking stupid if true then”.

In terms of whose pockets are being lined:

Rather than selling the company or taking it public, Mr. Chouinard, his wife and two adult children have transferred their ownership of Patagonia, valued at about $3 billion, to a specially designed trust and a nonprofit organization. They were created to preserve the company’s independence and ensure that all of its profits — some $100 million a year — are used to combat climate change and protect undeveloped land around the globe.

The unusual move comes at a moment of growing scrutiny for billionaires and corporations, whose rhetoric about making the world a better place is often overshadowed by their contributions to the very problems they claim to want to solve.

At the same time, Mr. Chouinard’s relinquishment of the family fortune is in keeping with his longstanding disregard for business norms, and his lifelong love for the environment.

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Since 2022, 100% of Patagonia's profits have gone to climate and environmental causes. They have completely restructured the ownership of the company so that this will continue in perpetuity.