The argument used by law enforcement in these situations is that a car is a deadly weapon, and so it’s justified to kill the driver if you fear they may use the car to kill others. So, the cop just says they feared that and they’re allowed to use lethal force.

I’ve heard of the polar bear club and I totally get it (although they’re a little too extreme for me). The cold shock of relatively cool water when you’ve just come out of hot water is an exhilarating shock, almost like an adrenaline kick.

Absolutely not. I take cold showers in the summer all the time. I mean, they’re not super-cold, if that’s what you mean, but they’re relatively cool and designed to cool me off rather than warm me up (like the hot showers I take in the Winter months).

Does the first bite of a meal make the rest of the bites taste blander? Whatever your answer is, the same is true for this question you’ve posed.

Whichever high-ranking person in the Venezuelan government agrees to give Trump and his oil barons everything they want.

If you vote Democratic, you’re getting a far better version of leftist politics than the GOP. No, it’s not ideal leftist politics, because Dems are still beholden to US megacorps, and that is definitely a problem. But you can’t assert that because voting options are limited, political will is restricted to those options. The U.S. is undergoing a major political problem right now, which may well result in the dissolution of both parties and a broader multi-party system. You can’t just point to a country’s political parties and say, “well, they have only those two options, so they’re locked in forever, and those two options represent the entire country’s political will.” That’s ridiculous. There’s much to be said about the rise of far right politics in Europe right now, but you wouldn’t endorse opinions that the EU is trapped between far-left and far-right politics, would you? No, most people have views that register in-between. The same is true in America. We’re not so different from you. Stop pretending otherwise. We’re all human and we’re all part of a global civilization.

Political spectrum isn’t just about political parties. The two parties in the US don’t represent the full spectrum of political opinions in the country. If you want to understand that, you’re going to have to dig deeper.

Considering our political spectrum includes both democratic socialists that model their politics off of European leftist examples and actual communists who think China is a good model to follow, I’m pretty sure you don’t know what you’re talking about.

If you think that, then you don’t know much about our political spectrum. Or—more likely—you’re just trolling.

I have never had anything to do with Star Citizen, and I don’t care that you’re mocking it. I just think you should pay more attention to your spelling if you’re going to do so. It makes you look foolish.

Anyway, I’m done explaining this to you. Buh-bye.

I made no mistake. You should mind your own education more and spend less time throwing shade online.

Learn to spell before you make fun of others’ intellects.

Right now, you’re the problem.

No. Alternate identities in people with DID (dissociative identity disorder) are not literally other people; they’re different identity complexes within the same person. Such a person would need a good therapist/psychiatrist, not a hostage negotiator.

This. It is very treatable, but requires a good therapist and a strong desire to overcome the condition. Cognitive-behavioral therapy can be used to help you understand that the anxious thoughts are entirely irrational, and then willful counteracting behaviors (e.g. going outside, resisting the urge to wash hands, touching stuff without a Kleenex, etc) gradually erode the problem behaviors until your brain is effectively rewired. It takes dedication and consistency, but if done, it’s very effective.

HOLY SHIT.

This is awesome.

Then why hasn’t he been prosecuted? I can’t imagine any DA giving up such an easy win.

Without the cooperation of the victim, there’s likely little law enforcement can do about this. If she doesn’t want him prosecuted, that’s likely that.

As someone who works as a therapist in the mental health system in America, this is not at all how it works.

When the rest of the world hates you for shit a minority of your country did, but succumb to generalized thinking and blame all Americans (looking at you, Europe), a guilt complex can be internalized.