It was only a matter of time before someone actually decided to do this. Pity they gave 'em back though; I hear those things fetch a tidy sum on the black market.
7500 Gamers Sell Their Souls to GameStation
- Thread starter Andy Chalk
- Start date
That's excellent. I've always like GameStaion as far as big evil corps go and they have just endeared themselves to me somewhat more.
Man, if getting souls is this easy, I should be able to overthrow the world in no time.
Great prank on Gamestation's part.
Great prank on Gamestation's part.
Why nullify it's claim? I'd hold onto a contract like that if I was Gamestation. Might come in handy when bargaining with the Devil.
"How about 7500 souls great Lord of Darkness?"
"How about 7500 souls great Lord of Darkness?"
Next thing you know, Lucifer buys the company, then everyone is fucked...
Well, technically Lucifer, or any other number of soul-harvesting entities, could just buy any company, since most terms of use have a clause saying that they can modify them without notifying the costumers. Suddenly, you watch a YouTube video and automatic doors stop opening for you.
Damn, someone go write a Boston Legal episode with that premise. I'd pay.
Well, technically Lucifer, or any other number of soul-harvesting entities, could just buy any company, since most terms of use have a clause saying that they can modify them without notifying the costumers. Suddenly, you watch a YouTube video and automatic doors stop opening for you.
I don't feel like reading the three pages of the thread to see if this was mentioned, but usually when a TOS challenges common sense law, common sense law wins. So if a company actually did that you could sue them by saying (say) they did not adequately explain this in their TOS, or even that they failed to explain what not being the owner of your own soul entails, so they were withholding information. TOS are not above the law (although I believe there is no law against trading and/or stealing souls).Irridium said:
Damn, someone go write a Boston Legal episode with that premise. I'd pay.
"Except for that one guy that gave our customer service representatives so much trouble. Yeah, he's pretty much going to be our gimp for all entirety."Andy Chalk said:
Anywho, I wouldn't sweat accidentally agreeing to such a thing. Such an agreement wouldn't be spiritually binding even if it is legally so. You'd have to know exactly what you're signing up for to be into the spirit of the thing.
Looks like they took a leaf out of Ctrl Alt Delete's book (hint: it's a really, really bad idea to read the legal stuff at the bottom of said web-comic's page if you want to keep something important to you).
Sadly though, I'd say that this is taking things a bit far. I don't like jokes about the soul much. But then, I believe in them (I'm agnostic about any God, but not about the soul). I suppose it's good that they retracted from the idea later. It removes the legal risks for the most part. But I still get a nasty feeling from this whole joke. Maybe I'm alone in that.
Still, the responses to this really do seem to act as a potent reminder that somehow, the grand majority of Escapist members are atheists. Or just very open-minded about comedy.
Sadly though, I'd say that this is taking things a bit far. I don't like jokes about the soul much. But then, I believe in them (I'm agnostic about any God, but not about the soul). I suppose it's good that they retracted from the idea later. It removes the legal risks for the most part. But I still get a nasty feeling from this whole joke. Maybe I'm alone in that.
Still, the responses to this really do seem to act as a potent reminder that somehow, the grand majority of Escapist members are atheists. Or just very open-minded about comedy.
Actually... that's not true. If you willingly signed an agreement to be discriminated against, then it would be perfectly legal for the other party to discriminate against you. Regarding solely yourself, you can make any agreement you sam hill please.Samurai Goomba said:
Besides, there's no laws regarding soul ownership. And even if you did sign an agreement giving your soul away, what would that mean in practical terms?
Nonetheless, this is still just a funny joke.
