A lot of people around here are acting like Kamala has already won, and that is actually fucking disastrous

The fall of Rome took over two and a half centuries.

Sometimes you need to accept things are broken and move toward fixing them, not blindly stumble forward expecting everything to right itself.

I think their point is that if the people making the games were given fair compensation that they would be more willing to sacrifice IP rights.

I don’t see what makes them think that other than their own personal feelings on the matter, but I think that’s the message.

People don’t like the things they believe to be challenged, and many people fail to recognize what is a belief and what is a fact.

It’s the problem with knowing enough to not know how little you actually do (know).

You can certainly make an argument for young kids, i.e. teaching fractions and literally how to count (counting seconds).

Teenagers? No, not really. They’ll all have phones or something to tell the time by a certain age and hopefully they know their fractions / how to count. It might as well just be digital at that point.

A strawman that may actually be true, given how much poison the rich have dumped into our environment.

Testing? You expect this person to consider testing?

That’s an extra step that will realistically lead to more work! That’s outrageous, can’t have that. Just won’t do.

Then why is this hard to understand?

Do you stick your hands down your shorts to prevent the water pulling them against your skin?

Do you wear speedos?

Do you wear speedos?

These people are under the impression that secondhand smoke is sentient and immediately finds the nearest non-smokers lungs to pollute. I wouldn’t expect logic to get through to them.

I make it a point to not discuss things like this when people aren’t thinking clearly.

When you smoke a cigarette the smoke doesn’t automatically find the nearest non-smokers lungs in order to harm them. The smoke settles, and there are more than enough places far enough away from people to smoke at.

If you’re worried about secondhand smoke harming you in any context outside of smoking indoors - I’m sorry but you just aren’t thinking clearly.

How long has it been since you last swam?

Are ya’ll really confused about this?

I just think it’s odd that you immediately associate smoking with being an asshole - unless they’re quitting. Like you make it very clear that personal agency is important to you - but smoking makes you a piece of shit.

smoking

anti-consent

Can’t help but feel a “my body my choice, your body my choice” vibe from this

I think that depends on whether you like Cool-Aid or not.

The only way Homelander beats Superman is if he has Kryptonite. Neither side would have a fair victory, Homelander would have to cheat or Superman would just win in a landslide.

A friend of mine works for Deloitte, can you tell me more?