Exactly, because as we all know - all consumers are all experts in all the products that they use and so deserve no protection from scheming producers.
it took me 6 years working abroad to realise that I could speak more freely with a random stranger from my homeland, than I ever could with my (now ex-)girlfriend.
If Amazon has shown us anything though, its that reviews can be bought and sold en masse. I’m not sure how Steam reviews are mitigating this, but I fear that it will be undermined soon
My parents raised me to always say “yes sir” and “no ma’am”, and I automatically say it to service workers and just about anyone with whom I’m not close that I interact with. I noticed recently that I had misgendered a cashier when saying something like “no thank you, ma’am” based on their appearing AFAB, but...
I feel like I do this a lot with podcasts. I started watching the Gus and Eddy podcast and finished it about a month before the last episode was released for example....
Star really grated at the beginning. Rich girl having rich girl problems with rich boy. There was no tension, nothing.
Then they started introducing dark elements in there - monsters, her family’s dark past, the unspoken guilt of those they usurped. It got really good then
They would lose any magical powers they may have had in the book, but anything they are, rather than can do, will stay. For example people from the His Dark Materials world would keep their daemons. You can take them out at any time in the story’s plot, but for all other people consuming the media, it will be shown that the...
Boromir. Right before the arrows start flying. We would just sit at a bar drinking after I’d calmed him down, and we’d read how the hobbits got taken by Orcs anyway and that Sam and Frodo are pretty much doing their own thing.
(We would also have the “Seen Been”/ “Shaun Bonn” discussion, time permitting)
Skip ahead to the last book where the King Steward of Gondor sits on the throne, and then I’ll pat Boromir encourangingly on the back, and shove him back into the book so he can connect with his dad again.
I also might throw in some AK-47s for that last battle in the last book, but depends how much I’ve been drinking honesty
Oh. Well, still Boromir before the arrows. At that point he’s basically written out of the story anyway.
I can find him work petitioning the Tolkien estate to include firearms in their final battle, which they will likely refuse because they are dicks. I guess he could go on celebrity panel shows, but I don’t think he’d be that funny.
Pulling him out of the book really might do more harm than good. He died with courage. Now he just mysteriously vanished when he was needed the most. Probably the King Steward of Rohan would be suspicious on his son’s disappearance, and would reject any plea for aid fr the Fellowship. Might doom the story.
I think intent needs to be factored in. If the colleague’s intent was purely to terrorise then that should be punishable. If their intent was humour, albeit at the expense of OP, I think some leniency should be involved, at least until they understand the gravity of their offence.
We are all ignorant of the sensitivies of others in at least one degree, is my defense here.
Hello. Let’s talk about self-care. Who practices self-care regularly? I’ve been making an absolute effort to practice self-care, and it’s definitely improving my mood. I floss, meditate, do qigong, breathwork, etc. Yes, flossing is self-care, take care of yo teefs. What does everyone do for self-care? Bonus question: Where...
I eat two massive meals per day, regularly walk stairs but not often, sleep at least until I hear something, go outside begrudgingly, wash my skin with a shower, and brush my beard every other day if I remember
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My parents raised me to always say “yes sir” and “no ma’am”, and I automatically say it to service workers and just about anyone with whom I’m not close that I interact with. I noticed recently that I had misgendered a cashier when saying something like “no thank you, ma’am” based on their appearing AFAB, but...
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I feel like I do this a lot with podcasts. I started watching the Gus and Eddy podcast and finished it about a month before the last episode was released for example....
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They would lose any magical powers they may have had in the book, but anything they are, rather than can do, will stay. For example people from the His Dark Materials world would keep their daemons. You can take them out at any time in the story’s plot, but for all other people consuming the media, it will be shown that the...
A colleague sent a video of a murder at work today and I'm still seething. What rights do I have? (UK)
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Hello. Let’s talk about self-care. Who practices self-care regularly? I’ve been making an absolute effort to practice self-care, and it’s definitely improving my mood. I floss, meditate, do qigong, breathwork, etc. Yes, flossing is self-care, take care of yo teefs. What does everyone do for self-care? Bonus question: Where...
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