Has he tried telling them to eat the tariffs?

Announced via Signal?

“Junk” really just means “I haven’t found a use for it yet” 😅

Or,

Nothing that dangerous could possibly exist, I’ll prove it!

Or,

If it’s that dangerous, I gotta see it!

As a human, let me assure you: this would not be enough.

Well, the original bill itself wouldn’t have been written with this in mind, but the update was definitely written in such a way that it applies to everyone but can be used against prisoners as well.

These are the kind of activities typically covered under “outfitting” in U.S. law:

• Guided hiking/backpacking tours
• Guided fishing trips
• Guided hunting trips
• Guided horseback riding tours
• Guided kayaking/canoeing/rafting trips
• Guided wildlife viewing tours
• Guided photography/sightseeing tours
• Renting camping/backpacking gear
• Renting fishing equipment
• Renting hunting gear (e.g. blinds, tree stands)
• Renting water sports equipment (kayaks, canoes, rafts)
• Renting horses and related tack/equipment
• Renting photography/optics equipment
• Providing shuttle services for outdoor activities
• Catering and food services for guided outdoor trips
• Providing lodging and accommodation services for outdoor activities
• Operating ski/snowboard equipment rental shops
• Offering guided winter sports activities (skiing, snowshoeing, etc.)
• Providing guide services for off-road vehicle tours
• Operating retail stores selling outdoor gear and equipment

So I think in addition to fighting fires, they basically want to replace the park rangers they fired with prisoners.

I believe they’re referring to the fact that prisoners have been used in firefighting efforts, but they’re still subject to minimum wage and maximum hours laws when they do that work. With this amendment they could be paid nothing and thrown at fires with no rest until their bodies give out.

Me too! I keep a two week stock in the fridge and quarter one for breakfast, that way I can carve out the core and I get minimal bits between the teeth (my teeth fit very closely together, so it’s very uncomfortable to get things between them). Cold, crisp, and refreshing - great way to start the morning.

Have you seen https://applerankings.com/ ? That guy has some strong applepinions. His reviews are quite funny.

No worries! Honestly I was pretty out of the loop too, I’d heard some stuff but never looked at the extent of it.

Here ya go, this claims to cover the abusive and sexually predatory behaviour at least: https://screenrant.com/joss-whedon-abuse-misconduct-allegations-accusations-explained/

You think “yes, they’re citizens of the USA” is fascist shit? You’re dumber than I imagined possible. I’ll spell it out for you:

If they’re not Americans, it’s by their own choice.

If you believe there should be rules that bind but do not protect, you know what that makes you?

Obviously yes, for now anyway. That’s a question of their legal status, and that doesn’t hinge on personal beliefs or views in America. Which is kind of exactly the point I’m making, if you were able to see it.

That’s funny, I didn’t see any of those people specified in the document, and it’s been updated a few times too. Arguing intention might be interesting but it isn’t what I’m doing here; I’m going off the text of the document, and things like the right to trial are pretty valuable to me. Which of the civil rights guaranteed by the Constitution are the ones people mostly or entirely don’t care about, in your view?

Hey, I didn’t say it first. If that’s what those fuckers want, it’s what those fuckers get. It’s not a slippery slope, it’s the same idea as the social contract (well, it is the social contract): if they won’t respect the rules then the rules don’t apply to them. That might sound like a good thing until you realise the rules protect, as well as bind.

MAGA wipes their collective ass with the founding charter of this country so I’d argue that they are de facto fundamentally no longer Americans.

But where will the writers get a full series of content from, then?

Yes, people can be terrible and cruel. Most of us here have been mocked unfairly at some point in our lives, and there’s almost never accountability.

It is best to just ignore those people. In your head you can say to them “Okay, loser” and move on - if they are mean, you don’t want to know them anyway.

AI writes technically good English, but it’s very bad at writing with style - it’s basically only got one style and it’s very easy to pick out. If you want to use AI, you should use it to improve your English writing. You can paste your message, ask it for tips on what you should change, and rewrite it yourself; don’t copy paste what the AI writes.

At the end of the day, you’re either going to sacrifice yourself for her happiness or you won’t. And to be honest it’s much more likely you won’t and shouldn’t; if you try you’d both be miserable. Whether or not she does it is entirely outside your control - even if she actively blames you, it’s her choice to make.

The most important thing is to be kind; I think you have to tailor that to the person so I don’t know if I can help with the phrasing, but maybe along the lines of how you have to work on yourself.

Also remember to leave if it starts to go circular.

I’ve said what I felt I needed to say, and I’m not sure further discussion will be productive

sort of thing. I’m sorry you’re in this spot bud, it’s a tough one, but no matter what happens it’s not your fault.

It’s sort of a plot point in a novel I read once - a character can’t remember words to speak, but they can remember songs so they just pick a song that roughly conveys what they mean to communicate. The author attributed it to the areas of the brain that control speech being different than those for music. I’ve never bothered looking up if that’s accurate, but it sounds like it might be, based on this (or, it might be based on this!)

We are not talking about fucking in front of children, we are talking about the lived experience of people who that has happened to and how it affected them. That means you are the one drawing false equivalence (you are equating fucking in front of kids with talking about the impact it had on the person). These are life experiences and can be talked about without the need for any thought-policing by you.

I also made no assertions that the OP was asking for permission to be a paedophile.

Is that so…

just asking this question seems noncey

This you?