[–] 5 points 10 months ago (1 child)

I really don't want to give a rhetoric lesson in a comment, but not everything people say is a 100% absolute that is about you specifically. It's a commentary on the fact that many women do not feel safe around a random man because of their lived experiences. If you don't understand why that is, you have the entire internet at your disposal.

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  • [–] 26 points 10 months ago (5 children)

    I don't understand why this triggers so many men. I think a lot of them just have absolutely no experience talking with women or reading about their interactions with men. Just a total lack of curiosity or interest in what life is like for women.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    The state could separately bring criminal charges. Also, the standard in civil court is preponderance of evidence (more likely than not) rather than beyond a reasonable doubt. It's much easier to meet that in civil court, especially for sexual assault.

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  • [–] 8 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    Rosemary. She was JFK, RFK, and Ted's sister.

    It was purportedly due to mental issues she had that may have been caused during birth because they had her mom keep her legs closed while she was in the birth canal for hours until a doctor got there. Whether she was truly challenged, depressed, or some combination we'll never know. But it's obvious the procedure was a disaster and rendered her barely functional for the rest of her life.

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  • [–] 18 points 11 months ago

    There's a ton of situations where that's not realistic. If you travel a lot for your job, not doing work when you have downtime like a layover isn't feasible. Timezones are also a factor, and that may be the only time where all parties could be available. Or they just want to get the work done in the time before their flight so they don't have to when they get back.

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  • [–] 7 points 11 months ago

    This is a mistake that should surface and get corrected in high school or earlier if the education system is working properly. Around 14 I bombed a writing assignment because my response was all personal feelings rather than reasoning and evidence. My teacher told me he agreed with me personally, but I did not actually complete the assignment as asked. I never did that again. Though I am not entirely convinced this wasn't deliberate to create a culture war story.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    I really agree that communication is where the American "left" is way behind. Both in terms of individual campaigns and as a whole.

    The American "right" now has endless well-funded platforms to push messages and narratives. Podcasts, streamers, YouTube channels, news networks, social media accounts, etc. They also embrace AI to increase exponentially the amount of content they can shovel out. And they understand you need to use apolitical or quasi political interests as an entry point.

    There are examples on the left of all of these, but not at the same scale and with the same financial backing.

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  • [–] 4 points 11 months ago

    There is a middle ground. Photographs of the objects themselves is almost always allowed. What is not great is trying to get a turn in a popular museum to view a particular piece, but you can't get a clear look because some people need to get a perfect pose for the gram. A lot of these museums in Greece that do this do not lack for visitors; it's often the opposite.

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  • [–] 10 points 11 months ago (2 children)

    I don't think he's trying to act noble. I think he's just very aware of his own acting process and how his brain works. It'd be different if he said nobody in the cast should play the games. Or maybe he doesn't think it's a great idea for the star of a video game adaptation to say he doesn't like video games.

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