Someone tried that with me, down to the “Well, not all men, but all predators are men…”

So I flipped it… Mary Kay Letourneau was a man?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kay_Letourneau

“Oh, well, THAT’S different…”

Is it though? If these were male teachers, you’d be using that as “proof” all men are predators…

https://people.com/christina-formella-teacher-accused-sexually-assaulting-boy-claims-husband-knew-about-him-stalker-11711926

https://www.live5news.com/2025/05/13/former-teacher-year-sentenced-sexually-assaulting-students/

https://6abc.com/post/conestoga-high-school-teacher-michelle-mercogliano-charged-sex-with-student/16287990/

Reminder:

https://www.ign.com/articles/ubisoft-exec-says-gamers-need-to-get-comfortable-not-owning-their-games-for-subscriptions-to-take-off

“One of the things we saw is that gamers are used to, a little bit like DVD, having and owning their games. That’s the consumer shift that needs to happen. They got comfortable not owning their CD collection or DVD collection. That’s a transformation that’s been a bit slower to happen [in games].”

I’m totally OK not owning Ubisoft games… but not in the way they would prefer… Where I hand them money and still don’t own anything.

Talk to your girlfriend.

Because every time you apply a solution, you increase the number of failure points.

Take something simple:

I want to walk to the mailbox and check my mail.

Well, I have medical conditions which put me at risk for foot injuries, where are my shoes?

Oh, and I need a key for the mailbox, better have that.

Feeling a little winded today because of the heart trouble, I should probably use the wheelchair for safety…

Which is still in the backseat of the car, so I need another key…

Hope it still has a charge on it, it should, but I didn’t use it last…

Each solution is a failure point. The more solutions you add, the more failure points there are.

It allows “Zionist” though so could you do “Zionist” or “Zionists” 🤔

BitDefender is likely not using leaked data, but intentionally sold data? That kind of crap happens all the time.

Unless it’s not REALLY BitDefender, which also happens all the time. :) See all the MacAfee spam…

Well, sure, recovery from incredible devastation will take decades and the energy required to clear and replace all the structures will not be environmentally friendly, that should all be obvious to anyone who knows anything about construction projects:

https://www.fairplanet.org/story/concrete-climate-change-environmental-injustice/

"To create Portland cement, limestone undergoes a calcination process, which releases large amounts of CO2 from the chemical reaction. This is the concrete industry’s dirtiest activity, releasing up to 50 per cent of the cement industry’s carbon emissions.

Additionally, to transform raw materials into clinker, cement’s intermediate product, large amounts of energy are required to heat, mix and cool the ingredients in giant kilns.

It is estimated that, in traditional kilns, one tonne of cement produces one tonne of carbon dioxide, although modernised factories have found ways to reduce these emissions.

Water Use

Cement creation is also highly water intensive, particularly during cooling after materials are baked at extremely high temperatures.

Nature Magazine estimates the concrete industry is responsible for nine per cent of all water withdrawals from the sector. Approximately 16.6 km squared of water is used annually for concrete production, and this figure is expected to soar as the demand for concrete continues to rise."

So, again, what are they trying to argue here? The only environmentally responsible option is to leave Gaza destroyed?

At this point, clearing it and re-building will have to happen regardless of the outcome of the genocide, so what point are they trying to make here? The only green choice is to leave Gaza a destroyed wasteland?

It needs to be cleared, re-built, and returned to the Palestinians. Ideally funded by the Israelis.

I’d add, the organized blockade and starvation of Gaza has been going on since the 90s. This is not new for Israel, just dramatically worse now.

Airline sold your data to them.

Don’t confuse hatred towards Israelis, Israeli policy, and Israeli supremacists with hatred towards jews in general. There is a difference.

Anti-Semitic comments should be reported, they will be removed.

Comments against Israeli policy and war crimes are allowed to stand.

Cows in India aren’t quite the same deal as simple vegetarianism is in the West. They are treated with a level of religious reverence.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/sanctity-of-the-cow

Imagine there was a group of Americans going around cutting down crosses and crucifixes, they’d be met with a similar level of violence.

Or folks in a Muslim country burning Qurans. You aren’t going to get far doing that.

Mistreating cattle in India is the same sort of deal.

Now you can argue religion is the insanity, which is a whole OTHER deal.

There are more, I just try to be more public facing.

Yeah, I was offline doing “husband work” the last couple of days. I’m catching up now!

27 unresolved reports in World… whee!

lemmy.world DOES have a bot that notifies all mods when they start stacking up. I’ll see what’s up!

Watch out for the Marvel trademark on the name, Disney has lawyers.

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