MyBrainHurts @ MyBrainHurts @lemmy.ca

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Oh absolutely. I mean, witness the defunding of radio free Europe etc. Also, even if they hate Hollywood, it's still the American economy.

I feel a shot at "woke hollywood propaganda" isn't going to bother trumpworld all that much.

Utilitarianism makes sense from first principles, Kant is just his opinions.

It's act vs rule ethics, what is ethical in a particular situation may not be broadly applicable to society.

Edit: And from the religious parents perspective, letting your beloved child suffer an eternity of torment is probably not super moral. I may disagree but that's their perspective and there's no arbiter make the call.

I think that's the ethical answer too.

We can't know who is right, so I don't see any ethical way to intervene.

I hate when I see parents giving their kids a screen instead of interacting with them or worse, ignoring their kid im favour of their phone. But again, I don't feel it is ethical to interfere.

Polievre: Acting like a human with interests?!? That's not fair!

Their kid, their call up until the point the child's safety is in danger.

I have no more right to tell them how to raise their kids than they have about my entirely hypothetical and undesired kids. I may not agree with their choices and they may not agree with mine, I may think they are raising their kids to be less moral, they may think the same with the added bonus that I'm condemning mine to an eternity of torment.

That's life in a pluralistic society.

I have to think that's why Carney hasn't brought it up yet. If I were managing his campaign, I would be so excited about the opportunity to let Canada watch him encounter the reality of his position live.

Carney's promised some 10 billion to affordable homes which I think is more than triple the entire current Housing Accelerator fund.

More importantly, a half million new home starts a year helps the rental market. Rents are finally falling however slightly as new housing comes online, a trend that should accelerate as we more than double our homebuilding.

Absolutely agree especially on the industrial carbon tax. I hope he slaps Polievre around with it during the debate, as not having one would yoke us even closer to the States as opposed to our friends in the EU. It's typical Polievre sloganneering instead of actually thinking through the consequences.

I haven't read it (may try to) but I've been pretty impressed by the way he describes the importance of harnessing markets to address climate change. (I'm of much the same opinion, markets are amazing but require government to address imbalances/incentives and straight up market failures like public goods etc.)

Ha, I have no idea why it would blow up but the company is from my city, Vancouver. It is legitimately one of the most popular brands here in that I'd guess 3/4 women own at least one set of lululemon pants?

Awww, polite lady!

Honestly, mine isn't terrible, she doesn't bite or scratch during nail time, more just squirms and will try to bolt to the fridge for her post trim treat, ideally (in her lil mind) before any trimming.

Even if they're just a little on the long side, they could still catch on things and break, which can be painful.

Cats didn't evolve with upholstery. There's not much equivalent in the wild.

So a cat's instinct is probably to have longer claws than are safe in the modern context.

On the other end of the spectrum, my cat was fine using her scratchpads and posts for more than a decade but she's now quite elderly and doesn't play like that as much as she used to. Shamefully, I didn't notice her nails had grown too long until she started limping because one had grown long enough to cut into her footpad.

We all want to let our cats be cats and let them do the things they love, like play, scratch, hunt, and climb. But there is a "too long" when it comes to cat claw length.

A cat's claws are too long when they develop into a curved shape. In extreme cases of overgrowth, the claws can curve into your cat's toe pads, which can be painful and cause open wounds.

Trimming them before they get too curvy will prevent that from happening. It will also prevent ingrown claws, which can be very painful and be further complicated and dangerous if an infection develops.

While cats' claws are supposed to be sharp, there is such a thing as too sharp! If you notice that your feline friend is drawing blood or your furniture is torn up, give their claws a check and see if they need a trim.

But even if you don't notice a curve or extra sharpness, keep a watchful eye on your cat's claws. Even if they're just a little on the long side, they could still catch on things and break, which can be painful.

Nicely done!

That is 35 more claws than we got done before she decided "enough with this" and leapt from medical couch and scurried to the fridge, awaiting her treats.

https://www.petmd.com/cat/general-health/how-to-trim-cat-nails

You can literally just do a web search about "why do we trim cat claws"

Other people have laid out, with scientific articles etc, why this is absolutely not comparable to declawing.

When you write silly things, people are going to be condescending.

If your response to capital flight is "well, one day other countries will raise their taxes" and then when asked go into a semi random rant about trump, well, those aren't responses particularly worthy of consideration etc.

It is fine to just say "huh, I hadn't thought about that." Or "I'm not sure, I haven't read much about this."

Edit: e.g., in the article I politely linked earlier, you might've noticed that the French waited 15 years without that return of capital:

That led to thousands of rich French families to move to countries such as Belgium to avoid paying the tax, including most famously 'Green Card' actor Gerard Depardieu and members of the Mulliez family, owners of the Auchan supermarket chain.

Prime Minister Edouard Philippe has estimated some 10,000 people with 35 billion euros worth of assets left in the past 15 years.

Two disparate puddles of gasoline.

Hiroshima/Nagasaki did not render the country or world inhabitable.