Pons_Aelius

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Pons_Aelius,

What I don't understand is this. The person owns the bookshop and is complaining about what is on the shelves.

Aren't they in charge of what they stock?

If they feel so fervently about this why are they stocking (and I assume selling) these books that offend them so much?

If you feel this strongly, empty your shop of all those works that offend you and only stock things that meet you approval and stop your bitching online about something you control...

Florida GOP lawmakers seek to ban rainbow flags in schools, saying they're bad for students (apnews.com)

A bill advanced by Florida Republicans on Wednesday would ban teachers and other government employees from displaying a rainbow flag – even wearing one as a lapel pin for a day – but they could hang the full-size flag of any “recognized nation” as long as they want, according to the bill’s sponsor....

Pons_Aelius,

Flag displays that depict a “racial, sexual orientation and gender, or political ideology viewpoint”

IANAL but wouldn't the stars and stripes also fall under that definition?

I keep hearing how it is the symbol of democracy, which I am fairly sure is a political ideology.

Pons_Aelius,

Much of the plastic seems to be coming from the bottle.

Enough said.

Pons_Aelius,

Not surprising. The 10K steps idea was first set by a Japanese maker of pedometers as a marketing exercise with zero research to back it up.

Pons_Aelius,

What was the point?

Money.

Some also-ran hacks who aren't fit to be in the same room as Carlin are using him to make a name for themselves and drive views to their bullshit channel.

It is grift, pure and simple.

Pons_Aelius,

I'm not saying anything goes either but if people around you use less and fewer interchangeably, there is no communication breakdown at all.

Do you know the correct times to use practice vs practise?

Pons_Aelius,

People thinking the English language is static and has to follow rules.

This Is English, my friend. The top dog of non-proscriptive languages where meanings change over time and reflect current usage.

Want to force everyone to follow the rules?

Start speaking French.

Pons_Aelius,

I spent a decade working in insolvency.

When we were going into a business that had failed the question was "Are the idiots, criminals or both?"

One highlight:

A boat sales / marine business goes bust. When we arrive with the paper work and seize the place there are about a dozen new boats on the lot worth several million. We change the locks on the gates.

Arrive the next day, the gates have been busted open and several million in boats are now missing. We look up the addresses of the owners (one of them lives on acreage) and drive to their property...from the road we can see the boats stashed there. Really smart guys.

So we call the police. Someone inside notices use there and decides to flee with one of the boats, it is huge but they think they can get away.

We then have the slowest car chase in history as we calmly follow this guy towing a boat on a trailer down the road while talking to the cops to meet us.

Pons_Aelius,

Problem solved...

Pons_Aelius,

7 month old account that has created zero posts but it upset with what others have posted. (nothing wrong with just commenting if that is your thing but also complaining about the content others provide? Not so much)

Twp Options:

Post the content you want to see.

Block the community.

Problem solved.

Pons_Aelius,

Holy shit.

The legal genius has spent several weeks in jail because of traffic infringement?

What an special person they are.

Pons_Aelius,

A new wave of slowdowns is hitting users, with the only resolutions being disabling the ad blocker or upgrading to premium.

Or just switching to ublock origin.

Or just switching to newpipe.

Or just switching to freetube.

etc

etc

etc

Pons_Aelius,

The police went to apprehend the female suspects at a private house in Yalta but were surprised to find them "well armed" and "well prepared," the post said.

You are surprised that two resistance fighters who risked their lives to kill the invaders were prepared for shit to get hot?...

Pons_Aelius,

That humans are actually the rational beings many claim themselves to be, rather than animals that makes decisions based on emotion and then rationalise why they made the decision.

I feel it would solve all the problems other commenters have mentioned.

Pons_Aelius,

The special was actually really good in my opinion. I personally like the idea of preserving cultural icons

What if the cultural icon specifically says no before their death. Should that be respected?

I do think the estate should get royalty rights like they would with deceased artists,

Does the estate get veto rights?

Pons_Aelius,

The little piece of plastic at the end of a shoe lace is called an aglet.

Pons_Aelius,

The goal of every platform is to hold the user there for 100% of their screen time.

If they leave to do something, anything, else, they have failed.

Pons_Aelius, (edited )

Why is the British empire so aggressively hated right now?

You communicate in English, so the British empire will be the focus.

The colonies we had were far better treated than most colonies of the era, or ever to be honest.

Reads early Aus convict history and the extermination of the Aboriginal people. ... Are you fucking delusional?

If you want to educate yourself on the subject I suggest reading The Fatal Shore and Aboriginal wars:

New book reveals sophistication of Indigenous tactics during frontier wars

The killing times: Australia’s map of frontier war massacres updated

We didn't rape and pillage as much as everybody else so we were the GOOD GUYS!!

You are not to blame for the actions of past members and of the society you live in but to hand wave away the historical reality of colonialism is not helpful in any way.

Yes, every people's history is filled with this shit, that does not make it better.

Pons_Aelius,

Nice astroturfing article by wired...

While android authority has a dissenting opinion.

YouTube's plan backfires, people are installing better ad blockers

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