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I agree it was ridiculous, but why would the woman validate the question by giving the most obviously abhorrent response? That just made the question no longer ridiculous, because she answered in the affirmative.

In other words, "can a mother murder her toddler?" is only a ridiculous question if everyone in the room agrees on the obvious answer. This time, not everyone did... somehow.

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I think it's alarming that we can't be sure whether this woman was doing that or not. Her skills are one-point if it was just an act.

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Buy our premium package for 40% less microplastics, guaranteed*!

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This is neat, but do people even have those cartridges anymore? I wonder if this is them knowingly releasing a device they intend to be used for piracy.

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Maybe it's a really, really deep basin for washing all the dishes we put off.

Tennessee zoo says it has welcomed a rare spotless giraffe (www.cbsnews.com)

A zoo in Tennessee says it has welcomed a rare giraffe that does not have any spots. The spotless giraffe was born at Brights Zoo in Limestone, Tennessee, on July 31 and the zoo says experts believe she is the only solid-colored reticulated giraffe on the planet.

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Does this confirm that giraffes are brown with yellow lines, rather than yellow with brown spots? This could be huge for the giraffe community.

Burger King gave candy to a worker who never called in sick. The internet gave $400k [FULL TEXT] (www.npr.org)

Burger King cook and cashier Kevin Ford was happy to receive a small goody bag from management as a reward for never calling in sick. But people on the internet were less thrilled. They believed Ford deserved more — over $400,000 more....

US Department of Labor finds 5 Florida skating rinks illegally employing minors later than allowed, assesses $26K in civil penalties [FULL TEXT] (www.dol.gov)

Investigation findings: U.S. Department of Labor investigators found the employers allowed 33 employees – 14- and 15-year-olds – to work outside of legally allowed hours, a violation of the child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Specifically, the employer let the minors work past 7 p.m. while school was in...

Federal investigation into employee’s fatal fall finds San Antonio wire drawing company willfully exposed workers to unsafe forklift hazards [FULL TEXT] (www.dol.gov)

A federal investigation has found that a San Antonio wire drawing company could have prevented an employee from suffering fatal injuries by following required workplace safety standards....

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Remember when Cardi B admitted to drugging and robbing people, and absolutely nothing happened to her public image?

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No time for ethical consistency when we have degenerate music to consume!

Did anyone try to return to reddit and notice it just didn't do it for you anymore?

So I’ve switched to lemmy since the reddit meltdown started, experienced quite some withdrawal symptoms, occasionally turned back to reddit, more often logged out than logged in. Now I am merely using Lemmy occasionally and by far not as often as I used reddit before. No more doom scrolling....

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Don't be too complacent, of course. I've seen people on the Fediverse turn feral and Reddit-esque during discussions of particular culture war issues. It's not completely peachy here all the time; there are some subjects about which some people can't help losing their composure.

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Good on you for being principled. I experience the same sort of feeling, and I've tried to just redirect that need for content into other media.

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I will never call it "X," just like I will never call Facebook "Meta."

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I think you misunderstand the original author's point.

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Calm down.

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Alternative take: Piracy is, at worst, morally neutral, and does not have a significant adverse effect on the profits of the people who produce media.

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Is this supposed to be suggestive? I don't understand.

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Maybe, though that would be odd for a personal finance magazine.

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That must have been devastating. I'm sorry to hear that.

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I am not sure how this relates at all to the "justice system", however. Are private organizations only allowed to part ways with an employee because they committed crimes? This is not really about "guilt" that can be proven or disproven in a court case, and there are already mechanisms in place for people to be compensated if they can show that they were unfairly treated or if contracts were violated.

It wasn't a fully formed proposal, honestly. You make a very good point.

it feels awful to just keep working like it's "business as usual" while the planet crumbles around us.

this feels like the most clearly I've been able to put the sentiment into words. I'm not exactly a fan of the wage slavery system we live in in general, but when continuing operations in the face of, or directly contributing to the decline of the environment, more than ever I feel like i/we shouldn't just be carrying on as...

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I feel the same way. It feels absurd to just trudge to the office every day while I wonder if the world will be a safe place for my son by the time he's my age.

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