No_one
Underemployed Slav. Likes playing Factorio.
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No_one
1d ago
Use a sharp knife. I tried to pry something I should've cut instead with my thumb .. it slipped and somehow my nail manage to make a bleeding gash in one of my fingers on the same hand.
No_one
1d ago
If he was supervising her or coaching, it'd be something else, but it seems they just met bc they were both involved in wrestling in some way. Thinking a guy who's just what, 26 is a creep for liking a 17 year old is just nuts.
I don't think we need to infantilize teenagers nor demonize adults who find them attractive. And no, I'm not saying that because I like teens - probably like them less than a median guy. I just dislike this bullshit and anti-biological sanctimony.
No_one
1d ago
Given the price level in the US, $5 makes more sense.
We have the equivalent of the $2.50 coin here. It's not as convenient as it used to. A couple years back you could buy dinner in an affordable restaurant with 2 of them, now you'd need 3-4. So it was handy for people who went out and didn't want to risk losing a wallet. (e.g. if you're going running etc). Guess you could wrap some bills in plastic too.. but coins are just convenient.
No_one
1d ago
that's "teacher grooms student"
If he wasn't her teacher or instructor, then no, it's not.
How many of you were allowed to do simple things, like run to grab an item at the grocery store by yourself, before you were 10?
I believe my parents were letting me roam the immediate neighborhood on a kid's bicycle (<1km), alone, at around age 6? And in any case I was completely unsupervised during the entire afternoon and early evening, I could have gone anywhere. I was allowed to go swimming in a lake with another kid at age 8 or so. Wasn't prevented from buying fireworks either, though I didn't have much cash unfortunately and due to stupid legislation, you could only work over age 15. Don't really see why children aged 8-12 can't stock shelves or work in warehouses etc. Given how much free time they have..
Pretty sure I was allowed to go anywhere around the city of ~300k by the time I was 9 or 10. Eastern Europe in early 90s.
like run to grab an item at the grocery store by yourself,
I got caught shoplifting sweets at age 7. My parents weren't there, mind you. The shopkeeper told my dad and I got slapped so hard I hit the wall. It did work, I haven't shoplifted since though I did 'steal' food that was destined for trash for whatever reason when I worked in grocery stores later. Not sure if that counts, I never damaged anything so it could be thrown out.
Tbh, I believe when it comes to child-rearing, the communist era was much better than the present one. Maybe kids of really aggressive people got physically abused more, as it was rather common for small children getting hit with the belt when they deserved it, but I'm not sure that outweighed the salutary effects on the rest of the children. I got corporal punishment a few times, maybe less than a dozen, but it was always justified as far as I can remember.
so I could be wrong, but it doesn’t really make sense to me that Russians would be taking fewer casualties than the Ukrainians
According to Ukrainian officers (see e.g. the Sukharevsky interview in Economist), Russians have multiples of Ukrainian firepower. The war is slow moving, whoever has better and more recon and fires causes more casualties.
I’ve heard the opposite.
From where? NAFOids? 'The Sun' ?
No_one
3d ago
By most credible accounts (OS counts of Russian KIA, Rada leaks & amputee data derived estimates) Ukrainians are causing attrition to the Russians at a rate of .5 Russian per one dead Ukrainian..
As you'd expect with them having less than half the firepower.
No_one
3d ago
Lol no. You can easily kill someone with two bullets to the back. Clancy was good at a few things but realism and plausibility wasn't one of them.
Ukrainians finding some desperate boomer with money troubles and promising him asylum + cash if he kills a general is perfectly plausible.
There's some incredible coverage of the shooting from Canadian press
https://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/tumbler-ridge-van-rootselaar-neighbours-mental-health
They found some goober on the same street who said the shooter is actually a victim, failed by insufficient mental health resources. (and not insane policies around trans that funnel every mentally unstable person towards it and promote nihilistic attitudes). Journalists..
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