This is the answer. It's the intersection of those with strong personal opinions and the power (money) to speak their mind without true repercussions, and the power (money) hungry who are following the strongest zeitgeist in the halls of power.
The zeitgeist exists because the entrenched powerful ones are currently using trans people and migrants as a wedge between different parts of the working class. It used to be homosexuals and communists. Or abortions and hippies. Or slaves. Or indigenous people. Ad nauseum. It's about keeping the working class divided and maintaining power. This is the latest version. And it's not just in the US BTW
People like Rowling are new money working class that fell for the con
I've found a lot of success in working through things logically when the painful memories return.
What does this memory teach me?
Have I learned all I can from this memory?
If it has taught me everything it can, I can set this memory aside, as there is no purpose in dwelling on it.
I am a better person because of the lessons learned, thank you memory, you have served me well. You may rest
This puts me in a position of acknowledging my imperfections without suffering long term regret. I can't change the past, and if I've learned from it, then I need to live in the Now, not the Then
I'm not sure, I'm using documents produced by a larger org. The message I get if i try to edit the locked parts is:
The author has locked parts of this document. You can make changes only to the unlocked parts.
Btw i tried using Google docs on these Word files and the formatting broke in all kinds of terrible ways.
I know the idea here is to maintain consistent branding among the franchises. Anything sent back to the parent org needs to be in docx format, with no changes to the locked elements. If that can be done with a FOSS program, great! Local use has more leeway, but broken formatting is a nonstarter
The runway-numbers drop the LAST, not the 1st, numeral,
Yes, thank you, i meant what you wrote, but said the opposite. A not infrequent error, sadly
I had forgotten about the battery backup. I'm not sure what the law is in S. Korea and surrounding countries. If the accident plane only flew in Asia and none of the destination countries required that equipment they may not have had backup batteries for the CVR/FDR. Dunno about any of that tho
Sarcastic asshole? Very much. It's mostly tongue-in-cheek tho, all in good fun. I wouldn't say the same about someone's fan-fic, for instance, but Disney? Yeah
Wait, they spelled magic with a c and a k? Magik is bad enough, but magick!? That's one step away from saying "horrid" when "horrible" will do nicely. (Horrid is what people say when they want to sound more interesting than they actually are)
I used to do the tip pour to get the last drops out of the fuel pump head. But i still had drop going down the side of my car, so i started shaking the nozzle as i tipped it.
That being said, i still occasionally get drips from the nozzle. At this point I think I'm going to have to find the fuel pump's taint and press on it while squeezing the hose. I guess the pumps in my area are reaching middle age
I don't think I would introduce someone to NG's work if they were unfamiliar with him. So in that sense, yes, talking about them gives them relevance. However, i disagree that pirating in some way benefits the artist. Promotion does.
Where I do see an alignment with Sir Terry is from Reaper Man. Until the person's works come to a finish, they continue to live. The thing is, will they live on loved, like Terry Pratchett, or hated, like Jimmy Saville. I didn't believe in hell. But I think, particularly for an artist or entertainer, the knowledge that after you die your memory will be hated, well, that's a living hell of it's own for a certain type of person. I genuinely hope Harvey Weinstein the rapist is one of those people.
But back to the point. I'm not paying anything in mental energy if I watch Sandman again. If NG is a cunt, it doesn't change the fact that Morpheus, Lord of the Dreaming, is a BAMF and I'll watch the shit out of his show
This is the answer. It's the intersection of those with strong personal opinions and the power (money) to speak their mind without true repercussions, and the power (money) hungry who are following the strongest zeitgeist in the halls of power.
The zeitgeist exists because the entrenched powerful ones are currently using trans people and migrants as a wedge between different parts of the working class. It used to be homosexuals and communists. Or abortions and hippies. Or slaves. Or indigenous people. Ad nauseum. It's about keeping the working class divided and maintaining power. This is the latest version. And it's not just in the US BTW
People like Rowling are new money working class that fell for the con