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Hoffmeister25
American Bukelismo Enthusiast
16hr ago
Your link goes to a removed Reddit post.
Corvos
16hr ago
It means 'stateless', i.e. not drawn to have a specific ethnicity.
One reason that Japanese stuff is so popular at the moment is that it's almost completely separate from American politics. The Japanese aren't just not woke, they aren't not-woke. They just draw girls like that because they think it's cute.
thejdizzler
16hr ago
Wow what a surprising turn of events. I wish the best of luck! I converted to catholicism almost three years ago now, and I have let my theological doubts get the better of me, and haven't been to church since February. My godfather did call me last night out of the blue to let me know that he and my godmother are having a second child, which did briefly remind me why I joined the church in the first place (same with a wedding I attended a few weeks ago). Unfortunately, mass seems to continue to be very spiritually empty for me, and a lot of the apparent benefits of the church (spouse, community) haven't been very prominent in my parish recently.
If local governments aren’t actually compelled to provide aid, then they don’t have to run the investigation. They don’t have to provide riot police, or give access to every city building. I have a hard time squaring that with the absolute vitriol getting thrown their way.
They also don't have to actively oppose to the limit of the laws / rules that would make further active opposition outright illegal. They certainly do not have to proactively create new laws / rules that make it actively illegal for other people to voluntarily provide aid, with all the coercive implications that has.
If you have a hard time squaring not providing aid with the amount of vitriol involved, it's probably because you are presenting the civil administrations involved as trying to be studiously if oppositionally neutral and not support something they dislike, but not taking action beyond that. This false caveat would naturally confuse someone. It is true sanctuary cities and states do not have to support ICE. It is also (probably) true that your neighborhood homeowner association does not have to support your child's club activities or birthday parties. You would not be confused as to their neutrality if the HOA threatened nuisance fines against any of your neighbors who attended your child's parties except to the degree that it was required by superseding city ordinance.
The antagonism that is going towards sanctuary cities like Chicago is not because of what they are not doing, but because of what they are doing, and using their own available power to coerce others into going along with.
daguerrean
16hr ago
Of course the dog has no understanding of acting, but that’s irrelevant. The misery is not pointless, presumably it increases the entertainment of his stream (I have no idea, I’m just assuming this is his motivation). The dog is presumably disinclined to sit still for hours at a time, but so what? I’m disinclined to sit at my computer coding for hours but tough shit, that’s what my employer wants. A blind guide dog accompanying a student to class has to sit still for the duration of the class, tough shit. Dogs having jobs is perfectly normal and in the grand scheme of things neither this job nor his training method seem inordinately cruel. Historically perhaps a dog might be gored by a boar while forced to participate in hunts.
SophisticatedHillbilly
16hr ago
I wonder to what extent just decriminalizing minor physical violence would help. Like you look back to the 30s/40s and it seems like a low level of pervasive physical violence was normal. Guys get mad at eachother, fight it out, all is well (unless someone suffers a horrible permanent injury, which did happen).
Commonplace martial arts etc might do it well enough but I do feel part of the desire/need is the need to be unconstrained by a boss/teacher/parent/state/wife. Those adventures were vital for my own development and I think if I grew up where I live now (generic mid-sized US city) then I would never have gotten that taste of freedom. That unsupervised part is just as important as the physicality I think
benmmurphy
16hr ago
In the UK there has been a push to pass law to ban conversion therapy but I think there was some trouble because people were worried that if someone talked to someone about gender dysphoria then that could be considered conversion therapy. Unless the law explicitly bans only conversation therapy in 'bad' directions then there is always a risk that a person doing conversion therapy in a 'good' direction will become a victim of the law. Baroness Burt the sponsor of the bill had this to say:
https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/LLN-2024-0004/LLN-2024-0004.pdf
Of course, it’s important to differentiate between psychological practice or religious advice and conversion therapy. A therapist, for example, who is exploring gender dysphoria with a young person in good faith—with no predetermined goal to change how that young person ought to be—shouldn’t be penalised. That’s why my bill would require the police to demonstrate both action and motivation when attempting to prosecute in relation to this offence.
Walterodim
Only equals speak the truth, that’s my thought on’t
16hr ago
I don’t see why “actor” is a less valid vocation for a dog than any of the other myriad tasks we have forced them to do through the years.
It is legitimately impossible for me to believe that this is a sincerely held belief. The dog has no capacity to understand the role of an "actor", this is merely being subject to pointless misery for its entire life. It really seems like you're just trying too hard to lean into how lame it is that people care about dogs.
daguerrean
16hr ago
The animal did something wrong though, it strayed from the desired position necessary for the stream. I don’t see why “actor” is a less valid vocation for a dog than any of the other myriad tasks we have forced them to do through the years. Being forced to stay in a given location for a stream seems quite similar to dogs assigned to guard a certain area, which are often chained for the purpose, and this seems like a much more luxurious assignment than a junkyard.
Walterodim
Only equals speak the truth, that’s my thought on’t
16hr ago
Yes, many cultures are inferior to Western culture in ways that seem obvious to me. I'm glad we're Western and I want Piker held to Western standards. If he wants to be held to third-world standards, there are many options for him.
Walterodim
Only equals speak the truth, that’s my thought on’t
16hr ago
...a dog can find satisfaction in when it knows it is doing its job well.
Some dogs can, but this is highly dependent on the breed. I don't know enough about this breed to comment on the plausibility of it accepting such a role, but this would be cruel for any active breed with high drive. An Australian Shepherd is simply not going to understand the idea that it's tasked with sitting still, it will be frustrated by this life. Piker aside, people should put more thought into what they hope to get from animals that have had selective breeding that has engrained behavior so deeply that it borders on neuroses.
ThomasdelVasto
Κύριε, ποίησόν με ὄργανον τῆς ἀγάπης σου
16hr ago
Congratulations on finding a faith my friend. I converted to Eastern Orthodoxy a few years back myself, though I had more direct religious experience than you share here. Of course, as you probably know, it can often be hard to put into words the way God speaks to us.
I hope things work out for you, and I encourage you to be honest about this with your priest or whatever the Mormon equivalent is. Before coming in I wrestled with my faith and belief quite a bit, and continue to. It's a normal process for intelligent religious people in the modern world, and I wish I had known that during my atheist years.
I'm curious to see how this may change certain political stances or perhaps cultural stances you've espoused here in the past. One of my friends always says, Christ demands that we sacrifice our cynicism. Which has been true for me!
Walterodim
Only equals speak the truth, that’s my thought on’t
16hr ago
No, he's guilty of pointless cruelty directed at an animal that did nothing wrong. It's flatly evil.
The discipline of children is an excellent comparison. There's nothing wrong with the training tool in and of itself, but inflicted on a child for no real reason with no reasonable end goal, it's simply abuse. A man shocking a dog or hitting a child for not instantly complying with his pointless whims is a sinister individual.
Walterodim
Only equals speak the truth, that’s my thought on’t
16hr ago
There is nothing wrong with using a shock collar.
As a training tool, sure. As a means of forcing an animal to sit still for the sake of being a video prop, it is simply animal abuse by a stunted and pathetic man.
Tiber727
16hr ago
2 and 3 can go together. Farming has already been trending towards "Go big or go home." The margins on farming already suck, so big farms may eventually automate while small farms go under. Though honestly, I think big farms already automate as much as they can afford, and I think the crunch from lack of labor will hit faster than the relief from tech innovation.
KMC
lurk moar
16hr ago
Here is what I think likely happened. CP5 was a big, political case.
You skipped an important part in your haste to come to a conclusion. What do you think they were doing that night, when a woman was raped and beaten nearly to death? What do you think happened to her?
It's kind of important to have an idea of what did happen before you start imagining things about the response to what happened.
I think they were there, attacking and robbing people, maybe indiscriminately, maybe targeting whites, along with about 25 other people. I think all 30 deserve a short trip from a high place, and I think these 5 in particular are in fact guilty of the assault on this woman because of their confessions which implicated each other.
I also think the response to that response was a pretty good one.
Oh come on. Now every state that does not execute prisoners is inherently unjust?
Yes, yes, a thousand times yes.
Once more for those in the cheap seats:
HELL YES.
A state that exercises a monopoly on violence but doesn't put anyone to death is abdicating their duty and denying victims their due justice. Some people deserve to die for what they've done. Many people, in fact. Delaying this is the same as denying it, and denying it outright from the start is cruelty to the victims.
Quantumfreakonomics
17hr ago
Maybe you’re just in a bad spot. I was pleasantly surprised by the Hinge algorithm. It seemed to figure out what I like pretty quick.
George_E_Hale
insufferable blowhard
17hr ago
LateMechanic
17hr ago
I could be mistaken, but aren't you yourself a non-american who really doesn't like Trump? It seems like you've been exasperated for months here about the way this administration is handling their immigration crackdown attempt, particularly in regard to bad optics, damaged polling, and hypocritical american values. Taken together though, that sounds more like concern trolling than persuasive analysis.
The_Nybbler
If you win the rat race you're still a rat. But you're also still a winner.
17hr ago
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Bummer. I think you're being a little bit of a negative Nancy and you are able to meaningfully participate in the political process more than you believe
If nothing else, the country (and the state and even my town of ~50,000) is simply too big for all but a small percentage to meaningfully participate in the political process. And that small percentage is made up mostly of those who make a living of it.
That's chill. Just don't shoot the cop that pulls you over for speeding and if you lose the court case pay your fine.
All depends on how high those penalties are. At some point, it will be worth shooting over.
ETA: You would think that in a first world country it never would be. But some years ago in New York City, a cop stepped into the road front of my bicycle, forcing me to go onto the sidewalk to avoid hitting him. He then arrested me and charged me with riding my bike on the sidewalk. When I went to court, the judge in the Midtown court -- who was not the regular judge -- told me I was lucky the regular judge wasn't there or I'd be going to Rikers Island. Rikers Island is the rather notorious NYC jail; the chance of a middle-aged white collar guy getting out of there alive, with his ass intact, and without any bones broken isn't very good. It's not an original observation with me that if the penalty for speeding is death, no one stops for the flashing lights. So be it. Anyway, I don't ride a bike in NYC any more.
Tiber727
17hr ago
These two statements:
The left-leaning media will paint Republican efforts in the most negative light
and
Trump wants ICE to be seen as a force to be feared
are not incompatible. The first is true, but doesn't actually dismiss whether the second is true or not.
And as to this second point, Trump is currently the guy who frames illegal immigration as an invasion, pays for illegal immigrants to be sent directly to a foreign jail without trial as gang members despite having no criminal record even close to gang membership and suggests sending Americans there, and sends the National Guard to progressive cities.
Trump's entire shtick is portraying everything as war and himself as champion. He wants that image and uses the media's attempts to smear him as fuel for it.
Skulldrinker
17hr ago
Obviously they can put whatever they want in their profile and still get infinite engagement.
Skulldrinker
17hr ago
Hinge.
You don't need to get almost all. You just need to make it clear that any one of them can go to the slammer for doing the wrong thing on the public internet. That shouldn't be hard. People go to jail for CP and doxxing is inherently easier to catch.
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