I don’t have a horse in this race, but “sins of our fathers” is a pretty problematic argument for tracking/flagging someone imo.

Are any of these people even still alive?

I agree entirely. Anecdotally, dating has always been easier for me than building platonic relationships.
I think for dating the ‘rules’ are a lot more clear, so it’s easier to figure out what works and what does not. I can be fairly straightforward when dating, whereas budding friendships from my perspective and experience require a very different approach.

No, but the alternative is not some no-tax, every-person-for-themselves anarchy.

Vespa but that’s irrelevant. The point of the punishment is to not have people text and drive - not to punish them for having a larger vehicle.

Many laws exist to reduce risk and harm. The difference in risk and harm of a speeding car vs. a speeding scooter should not require elaboration, as shown also by you choosing the Vespa.

The Vespa driver is not less morally culpable for ending up in the accident in the first place - just luckier that the consequences were less severe.

If we accept that the risk and harm involved in a Vespa crash are less severe than a car crash, there is absolutely a difference in moral culpability. If you knowingly perform an action where the potential outcome is the death of some random person, you should be held responsible to a higher degree than if you knowingly perform an action where the potential outcome is a handful of bruises on a random person (I’m talking about general rules, not saying Vespa crashes don’t involve more serious risks).

Same reason why breaking traffic laws on a bicycle generally carries less severe punishment than doing the same on a motorcycle or in a car.

Would you make the same argument for gun violence? If a person commits armed robbery then should someone who used a .22 get a lesser sentence than someone who used a .45 ACP and if not, why? Larger caliber is more dangerous exactly the same way a larger vehicle is.

No, because the person carrying the firearm made a decision to put other people’s lives on the line. A .22 can kill a person, and the person carrying it knows this, yet chooses to use it to threaten someone.

Yes, exactly. The buckle pin goes through wherever you choose, so the sizing of it is also more adaptable. I have one and use it daily, very happy with the type.

Is it better for an animal to have existed under good conditions and then to be slaughtered and used, or to never have existed? The existentialism of veganism, I guess

Did you know that you can correct people’s writing without being an ass? Plenty of people in this world do not have English as their primary language.

As a Dane, I do want strong militaries, because given what’s happening in Greenland right now we may need to show more strength towards the US… Not to mention Russia and China.

As a French citizen (dual citizen), I am ashamed that LePen is even in consideration for president. We need to work against the billionaires essentially buying fascists into power for their own gains.

One of the examples: Amazon promised $4 billion to OpenAI as an investment. OpenAI then invested in AWS for infrastructure/training.
The money never changed hands, never existed, but is talked about as if it’s real. In reality AWS gives computing power to OpenAI in return for some stake in their business.

A brief explainer: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2026-ai-circular-deals/

The point is that a lot of this money doesn’t exist. So if someone were to call it all in, the financial system would suddenly be faced with some very difficult truths.

Calling in a reasonable portion of it shouldn’t be an issue.

I’m in Europe. I still remember my dad calling me on the landline after school, telling me to “turn on the TV and have fun”. To this day I don’t understand why he added the “have fun” part…

I didn’t know until this comment. What a shame, he made some great music!

Rest in peace, one of the greats

I’m curious, what’s the argument against it?

As a Dane, this is not Greenland’s decision. They’re 50k people. Denmark and the EU as a whole needs to take this fight, Greenland doesn’t have the power to say no in any serious capacity.

Not to kinkshame, but… sex literally on the toilet? 🤢

Don’t worry, a lot of these people are already very vocal about this, they don’t need some post online to start being shitty.

He assumes the only way to win an election is to rig it, since its how he and his ilk won all theirs

This case is the exception, not the norm

One of the few good uses for AI, to generate photos or video of the device with the cord cut

I don’t trust AI companies to not alter the texts of those books if there’s something in them that does not align with their worldview.
So any book added to the online archive(s) by these companies is suspect.