JungleJim @ JungleJim @sh.itjust.works

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You have good weed.

God, can you imagine this in West Virginia?

I'm so glad someone understands. It doesn't necessarily have to be Huns. Tartars or Mongols or really any nomadic horselord invaders would do well. Just drop them in the middle of Nebraska and let them get started.

It's exhausting having Europeans assume that because I live here I A) endorse everything about it with every fiber of my being and B) have no ability to conceptualize any other way of living at all, much less a better one than my current American lifestyle.

It's true we don't have a quaint medieval village on an island, but we never had invading Huns or something force us to live on a postage stamp of land and make a quaint little village there.

Do tell!

Hers is hiked up a lot higher.

Thank you, that makes sense of it. I suppose I see why the US dropped the "g" in whinge and just went with whine. There's a lot context in the differences, but they're also so similar that things could be more confusing when made more specific, to the point where the two are used almost, but not quite, interchangeably.

They train this breed with quintotrintacale treats.

So in TheBananaKing's example of the dog wanting to go out, that's actionable, because the dog can be let out, and would therefore actually be whinging and not whining?

I feel as though in the US these are seen as the same sort of behavior, though perhaps to different degrees. The dog may be whining to go out, and the teenager is whining about having to take out the dog. Very interesting, the differences that have cropped up in such a short time between our dialects. Have a nice day!

Saying "lock him away for ever, even kill him, but don't torture" isn't falling for the paradox of tolerance. It's saying that if we're willing to be just as evil then what's the point of fighting them? There has to be something that makes us different. And for me it's saying yes, stop crime, even kill if we have to. But torture doesn't reduce crime. Torture doesn't gain trustworthy intelligence information. There is no point in torture other than to take delight in pain. Anyone who thinks otherwise is wrong and anyone who agrees and desires to torture anyway is a monster.

I'm sorry that whatever you've seen of the world, you weren't strong enough to keep your humanity and kindness through it, and now would rather perpetuate pain than end it.

Yeah but I want him to say it and put on the funny hat.

So you think torture is fun? Because it's not useful for gaining information. The only reason to do it is to make yourself feel better. Are you that sort of person? Gotta get your enemies into a position they can't defend themselves then you'll take your time causing pain? Your real world isn't worth preservation of you won't work towards a better one.

It's against my political philosophy to say this about a monarchy but it makes me kind of sad it's gone. The world feels smaller without these sorts of things.

There's a difference in having perspective and bringing up last week's book at book club.

I am against cruelty. Full stop. I am against torture. I don't have to list every type of torture to say I'm against this one. You're right, though, it's whataboutism. You're not adding perspective that cops are bastards on this tiny little federated open source website. Everyone here already knows that. We're all some sort of non-mainstream political identity. Look, that guy over there is a anarcho-syndaclyst furry. All you're doing is muddying the waters over a very simple statement that torture is bad.

Regarding anyone "deserving torture" Frodo: 'It's a pity Bilbo didn't kill Gollum when he had the chance.' Gandalf: 'Pity? It's a pity that stayed Bilbo's hand. Many that live deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. My heart tells me that Gollum has some part to play in it, for good or evil, before this is over. The pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many

I think he meant that scientifically girls don't have the ability to fart. /s

If you don't know your cousins, how do you know you've never "known" your cousins?

My uncle says "Drat!"