I can see how that makes coping easier. And follow your agreement for a bit.
The grasmower argument doesn’t gel with me, though. I can’t release human agency that easily. I mean one doesn’t have to anthropomorphize a human being, as they are -well- a human being.
But on the ethical side of this much debate is possible. It hangs on the free will/ determination side of debate, not really one end all answer.
Your username is incredibly apt here
I do agree with that, but you can’t say there wasn’t awareness on his side.
While I follow some of your argument I cannot entirely absolve the self in matters of addiction. It is a medical condition, but I wouldn’t call alcoholics who drive under the influence and kill a person not responsible for their actions., therefore drowning in a drug induced stupor has a function of responsibility in it.
I’d argue it didn’t happen to him, but he did it to himself. A sad way to go, for sure, but he was well aware of him doing it.
It’s a good read, really worth clicking through to the blog ( https://www.bentasker.co.uk/posts/blog/security/seducing-a-romance-scammer.html )
I can’t wait to share this with my Lemmy girlfriend Nicole ‘the fediverse chick’
If he dislikes it so much, he can just leave the EU.
I’ve always had that dislike. I even do not wear clothes with text on them as I feel like I’m constantly saying that. Often the texts designers put on clothing is nonsensicalb stuff. F.i. Hollywood, I’m not from there, I’ve never been there, why would I want to say Hollywood the entire day?
There’s surprisingly little overlap between text people put on clothes and what I’d like them to say but there’s a shitload of clothes the people feel like it needs some text on it.
Anyway that’s my pet peeve.
He just had Rutte visit and thinks he could arrange that for him. Rutte skirted the question by affirming that the defense of the polar region was important.
Hear, hear
Since they are both dogs, even though Goofy is anthropomorphic, Pluto and Goofy could technically procreate.
Do with this knowledge as you seem fit…
Don’t worry, still solid advice ;)
They’ve asked Denmark as well, which is quite tone deaf.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/14/trump-egg-prices-denmark-greenland
Everyone of course knows Fentimans and Fritz-kola
First sentence by op
There’s a reason Putin has focus on this region. It there’s negotiations he can’t be seen to given up Russian territory, so holding it gives Ukraine a great negotiating position.
It’s not that great for info either
I want to see the sale figures on this
Can someone enlighten one that is unfamiliar with legal procedure in the USA what is being discussed here?
If you work for a boss that fundamentally misunderstands what you are doing, then misleading them into thinking you’re ‘hard at work, making decisions with consequences’ is the theatre you put up to keep the cash flowing.
It’s one of the fundamental flows of autocracy, people try and represent what you want them to