Ashyr @ Ashyr @sh.itjust.works

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Wait, a nameless hero will rise? Why would I want to play some no name character when I could be Guan Ping with a massive buster sword rampaging across a Chinese battlefield?

They can and do attack Russian territory with their own weapons. When they use American weapons, they come with the provision that they must be used on targets in occupied Ukrainian territory.

This is still a stupid position, but no one is telling Ukraine what to do with their own stuff.

Having sustained some moderate injuries throughout my life, I'm confident they didn't even know what happened, it was just lights out.

Even with serious injuries it can take surprisingly long for the pain to really ramp up. Something that fast, they probably didn't even have time to be scared much less experience physical discomfort.

Source?

Even in the critical article in the wikipedia, they noted that they were giving limited treatment to the best of their ability. Their ability, however was lacking. To say that they denied treatment to encourage suffering is a far cry from the harshest criticism I’ve come across from anyone who actually witnessed their facilities.

Again, I’m not a fan of Teresa. If there’s more evidence of what you’re saying, that’s totally valid, I’ve just not seen it myself and I did some digging myself just to make sure of what I was talking about.

That is a gross oversimplification of Mother Teresa. I’m no fan of hers, but let’s dislike her for truthful reasons rather than exaggerations.

She never reveled in anyone’s suffering, though she did remark that suffering brings us closer to God, which I would consider an unhelpful stance at best.

She ran multiple hospice care centers because no one was doing anything and people were just dying in the street. She had extremely limited resources and could only provide limited medical care as she wasn’t a doctor and again, I say this with intended emphasis, literally no one else was doing anything to help.

She saw unimaginable suffering and did everything in her power to reduce that suffering to the extent of her ability and resources, which was far more than anyone else was doing.

I don’t think she’s a saint, but I think her goals and efforts were laudable even if her beliefs and methods were less than ideal.

This Wikipedia page highlights the controversy surrounding the quality of medical care, but also shares the counter argument, which is that they struggled with the same problems as the rest of healthcare in India and were treating people no one else would.

I’ve never played the game or even heard of this scene until reading that article and the sense he gives is so unsatisfying to me.

I think if you view it as a metaphor for divorce, it could make sense. Something the parents feel they have to do for their own health and well being that is nonetheless catastrophic for many children. Their children’s life as they know it, their sense of security, is carefully and methodically being ripped apart.

I could see that, but he didn’t really go there, it was just that the parents are so egoistic they just do whatever they believe is right.

I mean, sure, but it could be a powerful scene if framed properly, but it really sounds messed up.

To be fair, Amy Comey Barret forgot the freedom to protest when they asked her a softball question about the first amendment.

Let me know what you think! I love qud and DF, but bounced off Eve pretty hard, so I think our tastes are at least somewhat similar.

Dang, there's an idea in here that would absolutely be my favorite game of all time. Unfortunately, the reviews make it sound unforgivingly dense.

I'd be curious to hear more. I bought it just to ride the hype train. I regret nothing, but I'm not sure what features would help me dive back in for more.

Several trillion tons of mass? I think you're off by many orders of magnitude.

Yep. Depends on the interface you're using.

Eh, there's some good eggs out there. Katie Porter, AOC, Bernie Sanders, etc...

The system resists them, but they're out there. I've often considered trying to do it myself, because someone has to.

Weird, this pulled more down votes than a lot of the posts around it.

I wonder why.

The Silmarillion deserves it's own album!

Imagine if they forced planes to have reasonable seats again! I'd love to be able to sit without my knees jammed in the seat in front of me.

I'm not even that tall. My father-in-law literally can't fit in a regular seat due to his height.

Dude is illiterate regardless of the room he's in.

When can I get one of these voices to read an epub on my phone? I'd love to have something like that

Currently enjoying Arctic and Voyager. Arctic has potential to be my final app of choice.