Life arises from beautiful choas, where in the random but rhythmic dance of chance evolution gives rise to incomprehensible and beautiful complexity made possible by rafts of soul crushing failures buoying the statistical miracle of success.
I am sorry your genes are of bad stock and you've been deprived of enjoying the best of this world.
I really dislike that kind of animation style, just isn't my taste. But in Ghibli, I love it and the stories. I run a plex server for my family and had to warn my mom. My 3 y/o niece doesn't need to see "grave of the fire flies" just yet.
Fun fact: fruit Flys are sexed (both in the sense of determining their biological sense, and the act of fornication) by "sex combs". The forearms of the males have little "combs" (absent in females) that the males use to shove a big ol ball of sperm into the female.
You are welcome for this unasked bit of knowledge.
If it's determined there's liability, maybe. I don't know about jail but a victims family absolutely could sue in civil court in the US.
I don't know about specifics but there are absolutely cases and laws around determining when and if a storage company in this case should have known. Also for things like kids breaking into your derelict building and hurting themselves and a million other things.
Don't ask me to get into whether the laws around establishing liability are correct or ethical, I barley know any details in my own country let alone others (and what international treaties apply). But you asked a question and the answer is: it depends but, yes, sometimes.
I mean you're spot on, it's really not the end of the world, and you're correct on the parks and rec.
I think people get prickly because of what you mentioned about the substance of the article probably being way worse, everyone's just primed these days lol. We're kind of sorting some shit out over here...
Anyway thanks for the conversation, it's always fun to see your own culture through someone else's eyes.
I guess what it comes down to is there a plenty of things, big and small, that I don't have an issue with as an American but I know matter to the other person. Usually it's small stuff (how people comport themselves in relation to work, the line between direct and rude, etc) , but when it comes to things where people died, I think it's best to defer to the people involved.
Maybe that's a trap of my upbringing as well but I don't see that as American lens, I see that as recognizing there are a lot of lenses.
And again, the original joke is decent, its a role reversal and punches up not down, but I wouldn't want an American paper making jokes about Finnish biathalon Olympians spanking the Russians.
Any joke with cultural baggage carries the risk you miss context. Again, I don't think that's just true for Americans.
You do you, it's just in poor taste. It's not the end of the world or anything, it's just funny to me that it's the same thing "boorish Americans" get flack for.
What's ironic is you're displaying exactly what you're critiquing. This joke is a bit funny, but it's on par with something like "Prince Charles asks NRA to fix his car". There's just baggage. And lord knows Italy has plenty of its own.
I'm sure there are people who have said it before, but Lindsey Ellis did a great essay on mel Brooks, and the whole point of his comedy being "dude... People marching in synchro is just goofy". The point being how damn fragile a facade is when there's nothing behind it, and how much these kind of "strong men" depend on it.
The whole "weird" thing was the perfect shot. The reason it works is because it's also true "no man, you're not to tough for me, you're just... Fucking weird..."
Trees actually do a lot of this on their own. If you want an absolutely fascinating read check out "the hidden life of trees" by wholleben.
The tl;Dr is that a forrest is an organism unto itself. Trees literally use each other for support, regulate the temperature, and terraform the ground around them (pine being the most visible example). The natural cycles and interspecies communication is jaw dropping.
There are legitimate concerns about our spending and debt. Fiscal conservatives aren't totally wrong when they bring that up, but it's never the sacred "free market" that has to take the blows. The last proper fiscal conservative was Eisenhower, and even that's a mixed bag.
Giddyup. In the meantime I'll vociferously vote for the folks who 1) aren't seditionist assholes who call my friends non humans 2) don't use passing point 1 to do other heinous shit. Voting in primaries is paramount, it makes people scared.
That shit never would have flown with me. Again, I might be libertarian, but not the crazy kind.
But for whatever it's worth, this whole last decade has been weird. I know, personally, people who showed up with the goofy "tea party" hats that just kinda quietly bowed out, and on the other end people who became more vocal. It's just not normal. There's not a consistency between teaparty/not teaparty republicans and Trump.
I'm glad your Dad at least is in the former. I'll argue all day with those people about basic human rights, but my point is shit is fucked. The people I know, whether or not I agreed with them, that were on those statehouse steps, are not turning out to vote. I get fiscal conservatives, I get structuralists, I hope someday to meet one or the other, because certainly neither has ever been elected to office.
Killing the GOP is in your best interest if fracturing the Democratic Party is what you want. Progressives have been ready to bail since 2016. It’s not likely to make American politics any less statist, though.
'nuff said. Right there with you. As per the rest, like I said I vote out idiots when I can, and I'm avoiding naming the state because it's the internet, but we do pretty well in terms of workers rights, civil rights, and healthcare (yes there are libertarians who support MFA etc), so I think it's important to indicate that, especially for local issues, the national issue of the party means less.
But I hear you and you do you. I'm pretty damn far from accelerationist, but if we really can't keep to clear cut things like the EC... well... we've got far bigger issues.
And I can't wait. I am firmly in support of ranked choice. I think it's absence is the root cause of a lot of issues and should be a single issue voter issue... second ONLY to the fact that there is a "candidate" in the running who is responsible for a Temu quality coup.
Again (not for you but others), I know the issues of my party. It's my party not my religion. I am uncomfortable with the compromises democrats make. The thing about coalition governments and multi-party systems is they allow compromises to happen while keeping support and acknowledging they are compromises in the name of pragmatism. It's the way it should be, it's how we get the best of all ideas.
There are things that should never be compromised. I'm a libertarian because Obama was in favor of "strong civil unions", renewed the patriot act, and kept Guantanamo open. In a coalition government, I maybe could have understood that, but that's the issue: without a coalition, and without ranked choice, those are now principles of the democratic party.
And again, it's all secondary to being able to vote at all in 2028. Harris is going to have a hell of a time, but I'm excited for it.
For what it's worth: I'm not a democrat. Ask me why I'm supporting a democrat and will say in no uncertain terms there is no choice to be made this election. I mean there's a lot of reasons, but it is utter insanity this isn't enough by a long shot.
I'm a registered libertarian. Despite the craziness, I don't plan on changing that. I wouldn't have voted for Biden, strictly because I live in a state that has 0% chance of flipping, BUT I routinely vote for democrats in senate/house/local races where my vote actually does make a difference. I also encouraged friends with similar mindsets in battleground states to vote Biden.
I think the democratic party needs to fracture, it just needs to fracture AFTER the republican party.
All of that is a setup to say: I also am excited, and if someone like me is excited, I think that's a DAMN good sign. I cannot wait to piss and moan about a Harris admin. It is a big damn country, I look forward to disagreement returning to the point it doesn't result in erosion of fundamental rights and democracy itself, not to mention godamn violent insurrection.
Pretty solid. The supreme court only gets a say on a case thst gets to them, which is to say while they have a ton of sway, they're still a court. Someone has to file a suite, and it has to then be appealed (because neither side in a suite like that is going to NOT appeal). Each time you appeal it moves "up the chain" of a specific judicial circuit. While the circuits were meant to be more of geographical admin thing, the Trump presidentancy saw McConnell absolutely jam pack a circuit with shitty judges. The shenanigans during the document trial with Judge Cannon are a perfect example.
So they'd have to start with an actual suite. But that could be something as small as "in one polling place we found a Harris sign 99ft from the entrance!" (in the US it has to be 100ft). Normally that would be laughed out of court, but if the judge agrees the judge agrees. Then you appeal, and... Well...
Yeah I'm so confused they've been trying to push that one. I think it's just about 2019 prices near me, maybe a little better.