Doug [he/him] @ Doug @midwest.social

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Thanks for picking up where the summary dropped the ball

I can't speak for Canada but the American unemployment system is broken like the rest of them are. It won't pay enough for a lot of people. I know more than one person who wouldn't get it at all after they got screwed over on an appeal which meant that they had to pay back what they were already sent, often many weeks later. If it's not paid back then you just won't receive unemployment until it is.

There's also fields it can be hard to break in to. They tend to be small and insular so getting a bad rep from one can blackball you from your dreams. Doubly so or more if you're a women or otherwise not a straight white Christian guy.

Cutting is also not an uncommon mental health issue. With any number of other things weighing down it can easily become a more reasonable seeming option.

There's a whole world of experiences out there. A lot of people are desensitized to things you'd probably find outlandish.

Would love to emigrate to Europe myself. Familial and social reasons make that difficult. A lack of funds make it unfeasible. So for the foreseeable future I've gotta deal with the crap I've got.

I'm reasonably confident that every part of the inhabited world has been "lost territory" more than once.

I don't know what country you live in but are they accepting immigration?

I was sure it was quite a bit older than one year. I'd say I'm getting old but I'm way younger than politicians

You may want to look through this comment section again

In all fairness that actress showed up fairly often for playing a dead character

If the point was federation then defederation wouldn't be an option.

Defederation is a tool available to instances to protect the greater fediverse

He's like a trained animal. He'll follow a treat to wherever it goes. The treat is just enough money

What kind of monster doesn't like lower decks‽

I think you're wrong on the overwhelming majority and that they'll still be fine with it should it happen.

Good luck I guess

And if a home invader with commercially available arms so decided it's the end of your family. That's how scale works.

But you don't give in to a bully to avoid violence. That's how you get more people/countries bullied.

This is not intended as a threat of violence. This is an analogy to make a point that should be obvious

My quote, not theirs. Also Russia is a bully. Similar to the kind that takes lunch money, but on a much larger scale

Did he break the warp barrier in the first 18 minutes?

Except it's less likely to be donation based and more likely to be fee based.

The fact that you're aware of any kind of ad blocking for Netscape reinforces my position that blocking was a leader in the arms race

Not more powerful, just more willing to do whatever to get what they want.

If good people always lose then why do we still have good people? Why do good acts still occur?

You've got an important word there. Scale.

Countries aren't people but they're made up of them. It wouldn't take nuclear weapons to annihilate your household.

Russia has invaded Ukraine's home and tried to lay claim. Now you're suggesting they give up what was taken from them to satisfy your desire for peace.

The analogy the other person used is fair. In another analogy Russia is nothing more than a bully. We've long moved past the time where the advice we give is to just give the bully your money so they don't beat you up and take it anyway.

Tom. Gotta be Tom

And nothing of value was lost I guess