This is in Terf Island so a couple that could conceive naturally but just wants to do IVF for some reason would just be taking up a slot of someone who actually needs IVF to conceive.
If they want to pay for it out of pocket, then that’s fine.
how do you calibrate a fahrenheit thermometer? With celsius it’s hilariously trivial, if the thermometer says it’s about 0 when you see water freeze, it’s correct enough for everyday use.
You do the exact same but use 32 degrees instead of zero. I know celsius is cool and good but most people seem incapable of understanding how its just fucking marks on a line and any non-sciencey advantage is pretty much null.
It makes more sense for the former unfortunately.
The original theory was that it could have been a pregnant women looking down and that’s what lead to the proportions. The idea was they wouldn’t have been able to see themselves in a river or something. But rivers and puddles, not to mention OTHER pregnant women, were extremely common so it’s less likely.
I think qualia and the philosophical zombie thing pokes a hole in the whole non-soul thing but I’ll admit that I don’t have a good materialist explanation.
I’d wager that consciousness is some sort of emergent property of matter operating on a dimension we can’t directly interact with. 70% of our understanding of the universe doesn’t come from directly observing stuff, it comes from observing the effects of it.
That doesn’t mean that you have an eternal soul that survives death, just that consciousness is a bit more complicated than the current materialist explanation.
It’s just better to get used to a baseline level of misery than relying on happiness to get yourself out of a funk.
That said, turn the fucking devices off, get a big fucking cup of herbal tea, and look at the natures for 30 minutes. You are not allowed to press the buttons on the misery-skinner-box until tea is gone and timer is up.
because surely the European working class should be given and requires more time to develop?
You need to read more theory comrade. The western working class will never develop past Neo liberalism because they are the direct benefactors of Imperalism. In order to develop revolutionary consciousness, the proletariat need a class interest to.
A strong Europe would mean the continuation of the status quo, regardless of how long they’re given. A weak Europe makes it better for the rest of the world and gives European workers the chance to develop class consciousness. It doesn’t mean that the process will be good, just that this its the only way forward.
What’s the chance this is a translation thing and he’s talking about offering war bonds?
Hexbear in 2060 when Latinos are considered white:
"You know Trump was bad but he had some points about those latino kkkrackas. "
“I used to be POC, until they changed what POC was. Now what I am isn’t POC and what’s POC seems weird and scary to me. It’ll happen to YOU” - Italian Americans to Latinos.
I explained that the local area uses a gift economy and what that means.
I agree with Warlock here. Gift economy is a fun idea but the last thing I want to do is 5 different quests or “favors” every time I want to get some shopping done.
Obviously they’re an ass in your story but they were absolutely correct about that. Why not just have currency be some vague “good will” that’s semi-transferable between people but also allows gift/favors as a fallback.
Social media and the monetization of every public place is the immediate cause. With social media, you can get a facsimile of easy social interaction. For the few who do go out, there are increasingly few places that you can go without spending money. Add in a bad economy and friends are a luxury that few can afford. It’s easier and cheaper to sit at home and use social media, hookup when you need sex, and only go out when you need. Social media is the fast food of social interactions. You know its unhealthy but it’s the path of least resistance.
But these trends started much earlier. Social media is just the tool used to create it. I can’t explain everything coherently but contributing factors to atomization are cars, the economic downturn after the WWII boom, the loss of the church as an institution, privatization of public spaces, monetization of culture under capitalism, the threat organized communities posed to capitalist projects, etc etc.
The separating of humans into individual elements, or atoms, such that they’re disconnected from each other.
Basically, breaking the social bonds that once held human society together. A community is very strong, a group of individuals with no connection to each other is weak. What union-busting does to the workplace, atomization does to society at large. Individualism is tangential but not quite the same. Individualism is a sort of ideology that things should be this way. They should be self-reliant and depend on themselves etc etc. Atomization is the state being unable to form meaningful social relationships due to isolation.
It’s more closely related to atomization than individualism.
Pre-1950’s America was still very individualistic but they also had third spaces and more close knit communities. Without meaningful connection, those who are able to hookup achieve a facsimile of intimacy. Those who aren’t able to get that turn to escort services, onlyfans, and patriarchy etc etc. This compounds the problem until society breaks down.
Of course people do have casual sex for just fun just as they did throughout history. But the major shift towards that isn’t because people changed their minds suddenly.
You do not, under any circumstances, have to hand it to them though.
If there’s literally anything I like about the US, it’s that judges can’t ding you for shit like this.
Sure, they’ll kill you if you get too bad but at least your symbolic protests are protected.
Rookie mistake, they should have said they were forming an economic polycule.
The yellow paint is only really necessary in the event they aren’t given enough a time in the design phase. If everything works correctly, you should be drawn towards the correct way to go by visual cues. Having the yellow paint means it’s not necessary to indicate with those visual cues which make for a less planned out environment. It is at best a crutch so that game designers can focus on more important things. It should not be seen as an end to itself.
This breaks down for lots of open-world games, although the linear dungeons can absolutely still be done without the line.
Fuck you raisin hating crakkka.
I would but I don’t want my cheat meal to become a cheat year.
Occasionally, I’ll make homemade preserves from fresh berries with a bit of artificial sweeter to put on my sandwiches. I used to fry them too but I stopped because the oil was a bit overkill.
Zrc when she finds the creator of hiccups:
I got a touch-pump soap dispenser for my kitchen. Just put the the sponge on the device, push down, and now you got a soapy sponge. Saves time but I’m old so ymmv.