I think that one is finally starting to die off, aside from the last gasps of a man in prison. It takes a while for real science to filter through to common knowledge, and I'm constantly seeing the corrections about wolves and alpha status as flawed thinking.
It talks about the use of photos, people mentioning you in a post, etc. Sure, facetook publicly said they would be backing off of visual recognition, but how much do you really trust that company to do jack-diddly if there is potential profit? Anyway. If you change your phone number, but the same group of people still have you in a 'field of contacts,' their tools can almost certainly fit those puzzle pieces together. Same if you change the phone number. Identifying people is easy if you have metadata.
And the metadata is enough to get convictions. A person was convicted back in 2019 or so based on the metadata of her whatsapp conversation with a reporter. Natalie something, I think.
Nah. We've had that conversation before, with SCSI files. No one pronounces those as "sexy" despite the creator's insistence on that being the correct pronunciation.
If you're really curious, you can look at the tomes... and tomes... and tomes of tomes written chronicling the tomes of Catholic doctrine. They may be nutty, but they reason their way to the outcome they decided in advance. Out of all the christian sects, Catholics are the most 'logical' in their beliefs, and definitely the most prolific in their apologetics.
So all of these changes being considered will be put on the ever-updating philosophy they have. In fact, many of the changes are likely already supported by some priest's writing, ready to be pulled out of the oh-so-super-secret heresy vault it's currently in.
Hmmm, still wouldn't do it for the majority of the male population. You'll need to make the fighting occur because neither of them wants to be saddled with the pathetic excuse for a craven coward that the 'prophetic hero' turned out to be, and they're being told they have to make the prophecy happen so the world could be saved. Then, over the course of the story, it turns out the werewolf girl has magical properties in her blood that allow the vampire chick to power up and defeat the BBEG. The twist? The powers in the blood only activate when she experiences the bond of human love from the pathetic hero they're now dragging towards destiny, so the two women folk monsters must team up to win the heart of said pathetic hero despite his raging craven fear of them. Obviously there will be a sensual scene of the vampire sucking blood from the werewolf.
Boom. I just wrote the next hollywood flick. Good thing the strike is over.
Never caught it, or never tested positive... or even bothered to be tested. I'm pretty sure I just had one of the mild cases, because I've had 'generic respiratory illness' with sniffles and congestion a few times since COVID-19 became a concern. I'm betting there is a large group of people who fit into my category.
I'd recommend putting the strays in the same room as the fools who don't spay/neuter their animals. Put the people who have 'outdoor cats' in the room as well. Tie them up and let nature take care of them when said nature gets hungry.
In truth, your options suck. I spent several years in the same situation. If it's any consolation, you're saving them from a mangled death if struck by a car, or a slow starvation.
A... game from two decades ago? I appreciate them for keeping the game up for this long, dude. The hats are still in my inventory, and the good matches still to be had. I wouldn't think Blizzard is a bad company if they had let SC:BW go, or SOE if they said no more everquest. I think being mad about a game that old is demanding something more than even a good company should be expected to provide.
HOAs. Bloody freaking HOAs. Once upon a time, when everything was cheap, the climate wasn't boiling away our water supply, and our weekends weren't disturbed by asshole bosses, maintaining a lawn was relatively easy and rewarding. Now it's become such an entrenched part of suburban life that we've created suicide pacts to make sure our neighbors keep their yards looking 'normal,' and of course they're making sure ours is as well.
The last one is perfection. We have !fuckcars@lemmy.world, maybe we can get a !fuck_sports somewhere?