Tits_Mcgruff
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That level of analysis assumes there’s never going to be a genuine threat to your own civilians. This was true for the mainland USA. It wasn’t for any of the countries in Europe or asia.
If you’re a country in range of enemy bombers during WW2, any enemy planes you fail to shoot down are now a threat to not just your own troops but also your own civilians. The less enemy planes built, the fewer that can potentially get past your air defences.
Additionally, the distinction between a civilian working at a military manufacturing plant vs a soldier working in the logistical side of things is blurry, especially in a country with mass conscription and a totally mobilised war economy.
Besides even today, Civilians get contracted to do also sorts of support services for the military, particularly in terms of logistics, that soldiers also get used for. Why is the life of a 19 year old conscript assigned to drive a truck somehow less morally worthy than a civilian contracted by the military to do the same thing?
Tits_Mcgruff
1yr ago
try and shoot a police officer, or in the case of the UK, attempt to stab one and see how far the sanctity of life gets you.
Seeing how regular police officers don’t carry firearms in the UK (aside from in Northern Ireland), you’ll probably get pretty far.
Tits_Mcgruff
1yr ago
A better alternative to over relying on mail-in voting is holding elections on Saturdays rather than weekdays, as well as allowing in-person pre-polling. Mobile voting stations at places like hospitals and retirement villages also help. Mail-in voting can still be an option for those who truly need it.
At least that’s how we handle elections in Australia. But we also have mandatory voting (which is a whole separate topic I won’t get into), so the government aims to make sure the only legit reasons for not voting are things such as misadventure or medical incapacity.
Tits_Mcgruff
1yr ago
the right to various outdoors industries—fishing, timber, etc.
What’s this even mean exactly? That the government can’t ban these industries? They can’t regulate them? Everyone’s allowed to conceal carry fishing rods and chainsaws?
It wasn’t that long ago that Aella’s question would’ve been taken as an edgy “tits and beer liberal” style joke. I’m pretty sure I recall some mid 2000s maybe early 2010s hospital sitcom/drama with an episode with the same basic premise, just the kid was asking the doctors rather than make a wish.
Edit: I was thinking of “The Good Doctor” s3e7. A 12 year old kid that’s about to have his eyes surgically removed gets taken around by his doctors to do some bucket list stuff.
One of the things he asks to do is to see some IRL titties while he still can. So the doctors take him to a strip but the bouncer refuses entry cause he’s a minor. So one of the doctors in sympathy flashes her tits at the kid right before his surgery.
This actually came out way more recently than I was thinking, it first aired in 2019.
Tits_Mcgruff
1yr ago
Well then you and @OracleOutlook have been, at least in part, talking past each other. His original comment and the studies he linked are about stepparents not adoptive parents.
Do you mean adoptive parents instead of stepparents? The alternative to having stepparents is your biological parent(s) staying single after they get divorced or are widowed.
The only way you’d end up being raised by just a stepparent is if both your biological parents died after at least one of them had remarried. Even then, stepparents don’t have any inherent legal rights as parents to their stepchildren. For a stepparent to be recognised as a legal parent of their stepchild requires the involvement of the court, just like any other potential guardian of an orphan. Such children often end up living with another biological relative like a grandparent, aunt, or uncle.
The court would consider a bunch of factors to determine if leaving the child in the care of their stepparent is appropriate. Things like the child’s age, their relationship with the stepparent, the feasibility of the stepparent being able to provide for the child by themselves, whether the stepparent is suitable to raise kids in general, the amount of time the child has spent living with their stepparent, the stepparent’s interest in caring for the child, etc. This would all have to be stacked up against any potential biological relatives caring for the child.
Tits_Mcgruff
1yr ago
Look at the note where she's calling her targets faggots. The handwriting is all over the place. The letter formation isn't consistent from one word to the next, let alone inside words that have multiple of the same letter. The letters that stick up or go below the line are often smushed to the point of looking like a completely different letter.
It's legible enough to understand if you slow down a bit. You can still tell what's being said due to context. But in no way would I call it neat, especially for a girl. Girl handwriting can get almost font like. As I said, my handwriting is way worse, but I have appalling handwriting even for a guy. My handwriting is often not legible to anyone but myself unless I slow down to an impractical pace.
Tits_Mcgruff
1yr ago
That's not what I'm referring to. I'm talking about how the letters are formed and how consistent they are. Look at the note where she's calling her targets faggots. It's all over the place. The letter formation isn't consistent from one word to the next, let alone inside words that have multiple of the same letter. The letters that stick up or go below the line are often smushed to the point of looking like a completely different letter.
None of this makes it completely illegible. You can still tell what letters they are based on context. But that doesn't mean it's neat. Girl handwriting is almost always clean and consistent. Their neatest handwriting gets close to looking like a font.
Tits_Mcgruff
1yr ago
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Most of it looks like chicken scratches. Would 100% earn “you’ll be a doctor someday” jokes. I’ve met very few women with handwriting that shit. For a guy it’s not the worst in the world, my hand writing is way worse, I’d say it’s just a bit below average for boy handwriting.
Or am I out of touch and all teenagers have garbage handwriting now?
Tits_Mcgruff
1yr ago
Well, the hand writing certainly looks like it was written by a boy…
Tits_Mcgruff
1yr ago
I think you’re downplaying how familiar people are becoming with American accents from consuming American media.
Tits_Mcgruff
1yr ago
DP/DR?
Tits_Mcgruff
1yr ago
Get them working good honest blue-collar jobs out of high school, married to their childhood sweetheart, and having babies by the time they're twenty.
This reads like a greentext post lamenting “this is what they took from us”.
Tits_Mcgruff
2yr ago
potatoes sitting in a pile on a pallet
This is an odd mental image, primarily cause I actually work with pallets and drive forklifts.
You don’t usually store small irregular shaped items just loose on a pallet. They’ll roll off and spill everywhere, especially when you try to move it.
You typically store such items in containers of some variety (crates, tubs, bags, etc.) which you then stack on the pallet, or you equip the pallet with a “pallet collar” or “pallet cage”, essentially turning the pallet into a giant crate.
Tits_Mcgruff
2yr ago
like I have a sawzall
Thought you were going somewhere else with this for a second.
Tits_Mcgruff
2yr ago
It depends on what the guy is there for and what is discussed. If the focus is on how they feel and why it’s usually a waste of time. It can be helpful if the focus is on coming up with tangible goals and figuring out ways to accomplish them.
Tits_Mcgruff
2yr ago
I know one person who still suffers from the aftermath of getting Covid.
She got Covid at the start of the year and got a cough bad enough that it resulted in multiple broken ribs. She already had asthma and has gotten additional chest infections during the year, meaning she’s been constantly coughing resulting in lots of pain and her ribs not being able to heal properly. Her doctor only recently managed to get her cough under control enough for her ribs to start healing.
Tits_Mcgruff
2yr ago
Maybe I’m getting confused due to a difference between Aussie vs American terminology. But pretty much every aircon I’ve seen, ranging from wall mounted units to ducted, can do both heating & cooling. Are aircons that only do cooling the norm in North America or something?
How so? That’s how I’ve always referred to my trans cousin since they’ve come out. It seems the most intuitive way to speak about things to me. What’s your issue with it?
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