What did you have to prepare for a Harris win? It’d either be life as usual or slightly better. Do you prepare plans for if you find five dollars on the ground on your commute?

I understand it’s likely a figure of speech but the title is silly and reflects poorly.

The only time something from Trump was more than you bargained for is when it’s either bills or consequences.

Talibangelical cats. Like Rumtumtugger, Mr. Mistoffelees, and the Nefarious Netanyahu.

Did Russia promise to back them on this thing if they send people in the meat grinder small military operation against Ukraine?

Or is it just that time of the month again?

I’ve been told I have ADHD by my friends with ADHD, so apparently I’m spec’d deep into anger. Kids, it works!

That’s not peer pressure, that’s cultural osmosis. If other species tried to force them to have nipples, then they would resist

Soldiers, conscripted or volunteer, aren’t owned as property though. Although I’m sure we’ll have ‘discourse’ about that. They aren’t bought, sold, or traded for goods and services.

This is the Charles, yeah? I paused on the photo and, although I’ve not been at this exact spot, got strong “Charles” vibes.

We need to signal boost this, if true, because that is an egregious waste of someone’s time and a theft of their due compensation.

Oh good, he felt accountability, finally, after 10 years of getting people to rape someone who trusted him. This is close enough to contrition for this lunatic, so we probably shouldn’t destroy him.

“She did not deserve this.” You don’t get to say that. I’d prefer if he never got to say anything for the short remainder of his natural-born lifespan.

Edit: having read the article in full, I can’t even maintain the absurdist tone I used in the first half. Whoever advised him on his defense should be barred from ever giving advice again because “I filmed the men I let into my home to rape my wife who I drugged without duress so I could prove she was definitely getting raped and wasn’t a party to her rape like some of these other degenerates are trying to claim” is a first-tier shithole of an explanation.

He was also radicalized by an unknown male nurse saying he should rape his wife. Must’ve been a goddamn Jedi because he got turned to rape very easily. This man is utterly reprehensible and I now want to learn French so I can tell him to die in his native language.

Sum this up in 2 sentences. I’m trying to parse this and worry I’m getting the wrong impression.

“*Video game piracy is not stealing” is closer to a statement I can get onboard with. A trivial example to disprove the former statement is the classic, seafaring pirate.

But a more salient example would be pirating music. If you have a pirated copy of an album such that you don’t need to buy another and don’t stream it from any official sources, you are materially and negatively impacting that artist.

Edit: it came to mind after I posted you might hold the position “I haven’t taken anything from them and I wouldn’t have bought it regardless of my pirating, so I haven’t deprived them of anything.” A position I’ve seen a number of times and fundamentally disagree with. Not trying to be rude but I’m not going to engage with that particular thought experiment.

…did you not read the post? They are planning to leave but they don’t want to get dumped before finding a new position.

That is not always the case, from my experience

Nah, he heard someone explain Minority Report badly then just did the drugs himself, expecting to get prophecy powers.

Ah, congrats on the baby time at least! Hopefully we get back in the job saddle before too long. Being poor is absolutely a health hazard.

Been at it about 9 months in earnest (took a few months off because I was really burnt out).

Shit’s bad.

Fuck, I’m ready to try anything at this point.

…the rest of that resume must be absolutely insane. Or he’s applying to be a businessman.

I’m out here with a Master’s degree and 3 years of work experience and I’m not even getting a first call. Shit’s tough out here.

Not to dogpile on you but, if that is actually your stance, I’d go and amend your top statement. Too many bad actors divert the topic by ‘quibbling’ about minor inaccuracies in a statement.

And I would say “a school” vs a “a school building currently hosting refugee families” is a very minor component of the larger story that “a nation has been bombing those civilian buildings full of non-combatants in established safe zones”.