I get what you are saying, but that’s not the way to do it.

“What about male genital mutilation?”

“We should ban all mutilation of genitals of children. It is barbaric. Some more than others, but it’s all bad.”

If all you do is respond with essentially “what about this other thing that this particular article isn’t talking about,” it derails the conversation of the current article. Saying that all aspects of the subject if the article are bad and have no place in society says “I agree with this, and let’s extend it further.”

BC seems like it has more in common with the rest of the west coast than Alberta.

Yeah, that’s dumber than magic underwear. That might be the dumbest religious thing (with the exception of, you know, wars) that I’ve seen. Calling all of Manhattan your (and specifically your) domicile doesn’t stretch the meaning of domicile, it completely ignores it.

Great work. Way to stick your neck out.

(Accidentally dropped the comment on the main post instead of this comment, oops)

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Good point! Then again, I don’t think some flavors result in less brain freeze than others.

That doesn’t mean it’s not a “lesser evil” decision. If you have to choose between chocolate ice cream (with brain freeze) or black licorice (with brain freeze), that would still be a case of lesser evil (because black licorice is disgusting and gives brain freeze).

I couldn’t get into XV myself.

But XIV… if you can get through the first 50 levels, it is truly incredibly. I get that is a huge ask. And skipping it is a bad idea, because it really builds the setting and story. Possibly watching a youtube video of, like, all the cut scenes in order maybe.

But seriously, the end of Shadowbringers (the third expansion) is my favorite end to a video game I’ve played, the music is awesome (particularly in Shadowbringers and Endwalker, though I got to the end fight for Heavensward and had to just stop and listen to the music before I queued for the final battle as well).

And more importantly, there is just a ton to do in the game. You don’t run out of things. You might get bored of leveling all 33 jobs on a single toon, so you can take breaks to gamble at a giant mini-game casino (complete with chocobo racing, card tournaments, jump puzzles, a game where you ride in an airplane-on-a-track ride and shoot targets, and having your minions fight on a small battlefield, for example), make outfits (glam is the real end-game), fight and level in separate instanced battle areas, PVP (only if you want), set up your own private island and farm, and I can’t even think of what else. There is no FOMO because there’s always more available to do, you just pick what you feel like doing at the time.

Sorry, I just have a ton of fun with this game, and having come from WoW back at the end of Shadowlands, it feels like it succeeds at everything WoW failed at (you don’t want to do Mythic Dungeons? Well I guess fuck off until the next patch).

So yeah, I’d recommend XIV, I guess. If you can get through the first 50 levels (which I maintain are still better than WoW).

Are those specific instances that are federated in (that can be separately blocked, like people do with .ml)? Or is it just another access point for any given instance?

One drive crashes every computer I work on. I thought it was just a problem with the computer I was using at the time, but my computer got upgraded to another, and it stopped for awhile and then the computer started crashing again.

Then I moved offices, and my OneDrive seems to have infected the new one, since as soon as I started using it, the other person who uses it said it started crashing. And then it started crashing for me. And the other person figured out if he closes One Drive right at startup, there are no problems. I did the same, and no problems. But the second the computer automatically starts One Drive (like if I try to open anything from TEAMS), the whole computer crashes.

One Drive is a goddamn plague.

The first eviction is the worst.

The most burned-out generation yet.

Wait… do holes that meet up with other holes count as separate holes? The nostrils meet up with the mouth hole but then combined they go through to the anus. Do those count as three distinct holes, since looking at each of them individually they would count as a hole? Or would there be one hole with… four openings?

ETA: I have more questions. Do all the openings need to be open to still be considered a hole? Is it only a hole if all my sphincters are open and my mouth is open? If I’m getting choked but my mouth is open and I’m trying to breathe, does my mouth to nostrils count as a hole themselves? Do my nostrils automatically count as a hole as long as one or both isn’t stuffed up?

It doesn’t look like this was an “attack on random civilians.” Out of all the people they could have killed, they killed people who work for the Israeli Embassy. They worked for the government doing the genocide.

Now did they support it? Who knows, but this shooter was not shooting up a movie theater. It was no more random than the United Healthcare CEO.

Jesus Christ what a depressing take.

I have two kids, and I had them so that I could raise good, caring people to continue society, and because I enjoy being able to nurture them to reach whatever goals they want.

I want my kids to rebel. I want my kids to think for themselves. I’m an atheist, and my kid wanted to learn about Christianity, so I took them to church. I don’t need my kid to “follow in my footsteps,” I want them to do whatever they find fulfilling.

The best part of parenting is not knowing what to expect and watching what they’ll grow into. You’re right, to a degree, about the slot machine, but you’re wrong about there being no jackpot.

But if you get no enjoyment from that, by all means, don’t have kids. In fact, if you’re on the fence or unsure, don’t have kids. The default should absolutely be no kids unless you’re really sure that’s what you want.

Just read through that whole thing and it made my blood boil. I don’t even know what it included, and it doesn’t matter. Drawings, especially those pointing out issues in society, should not be jailable. Fucking ridiculous.

And the judge that claimed that even if they were commentary on society, he should use a better vehicle? Who the fuck is he to say what art is? If he acknowledges it is commentary on society, it shouldn’t fucking matter to a court how the drawings portrayed it.

Teaching might have the most reported pedophiles. (Might because there’s no citations)

This comment below the post about how the Catholic Church will excommunicate those who report pedophiles may be… not as supportive for your argument as you might think.

Your lack of clarity was not their fault in reading. Your follow-up (10-20 min, if that) could have been your initial response and actually answered their question. There’s no need to be rude to them for you answering a question they didn’t ask.

Soldiers arresting people is martial law. It’s law… enforced by the military…

The reason we react strongly to it is because soldiers should not be enforcing law within civilian spaces. And just naming an area a non-civilian space is just a loophole to have martial law.

I would be pissed if they didn’t. Getting surprised AFTER the purchase with an extra… whatever percentage Trump has settled on this week, would be absolutely infuriating.

I have been exceptionally lucky by being in the military because our housing allowance matches the local area (generally slightly behind big market changes, though) or am just given housing with utilities paid and they take the allowance away. Also, VA loans allow for 0% down loans, which means for the same as (or in my experience, less than) rent, you pay mortgage. And the house I bought in 2017 for 180k sold for 300k in 2022 and I did little more than live in it.

Now I’m buying a house where I will be retiring, and it’s 750k. Vicious, but doable. I don’t know how other people live here (VERY high cost of living location in Alaska).

Edit: forgot to add, I’m 41, so working on buying my second house. Hopefully I’ll still be able to afford it in 4 years when I retire.