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Iceblade02

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Iceblade02 ,

The fact that there is a "Yes" in the violence box (regardless of target) makes them violent extremists. Besides, from what I've seen, plenty of antifa folk will use violence and vandalism against people unrelated to the supposed target group.

Iceblade02 ,

That's a terrible comparison. The same can be applied to any state with an aggressive foreign policy - or violent group intent on assailing a legitimate, elected government.

Political violence instead tends to fuel and enlarge these sorts of radical, violent movements, ultimately worsening the situation even further. The antidote is de-legitimizing their entire strategy by enforcing non-violence on an institutional level, a peaceful transfer of power. This shows the general populace that the most dangerous thing in the room is in fact the violent extremist, who needs to be locked up the moment they break the social contract of non-violence.

Iceblade02 ,

I do, and where I live being the first to throw a punch towards anyone for almost any reason is generally frowned upon.

The reason that violence is dangerous in this context is that it can allow a violent minority to oppress and subjugate a majority. By removing it from society in general and de-legitimizing its use the influence of these sorts of people can be effectively minimized.

Iceblade02 ,

A good/skilled driver is not necessarily a safe driver & vice versa.

For the pinnacle of that statement, look up the "suicide evo" on YT.

Iceblade02 ,

You have any tips? My power consumption on battery is ~30% higher on linux than they were on windows

Iceblade02 ,

This immediately reminded me of Adventures with Anxiety, a browser game about living with Anxiety.

It's very well done, and simultaneously funny & serious.

Iceblade02 ,

An old lady at the hospital I used to work at was killed by a bike rider crashing into her at a high rate of speed. She hit her head on the pavement & fell unconscious - person on the bike bailed, when she was found after a few minutes it was too late.

It is far easier to protect pedestrians from 4-wheeled vehicles with simple measures such as concrete bollards and fences, but a 2-wheeled vehicle can go basically anywhere a pedestrian can, and now with EVs they can do it way faster without much effort.

Iceblade02 ,

Bikes can be lethal. See my other comment here.

Iceblade02 ,

In the Scandinavian countries this sort of software is usually provided by the school/university, so the students don't have to buy it. You may however be (essentially) forced to use that software, since other options aren't supported. The exam software my uni uses for instance only runs on Windows & MacOS.

Iceblade02 ,

If certain jobs aren't valuable enough to pay a living wage, then maybe they should be done by robots instead of humans.

Iceblade02 ,

First off, I'd argue that there are vanishingly few truly unskilled jobs - merely that the entry barrier to them are so low that most fully able adults can pick them up in a short amount of time.

I ran into this exact topic roughly half a year ago - so here's a somewhat rewritten version of what I wrote up, specifically about the skills of company executives - a group which CEOs are a part of.

So, executives. There is no ‘exact’ skill set specific to executives, as there are many types. There are however skills and traits that many have in common that are useful.

I’ll split them into three vague groups.- “politicians”, managers and industry experts.

The first category are social power players more than anything getting into their position due to connections and charisma. Their importance is playing the loyalties of other people - widely considered the most useless execs, even in business circles. If they’d be categorized by “skillset”, it’d be people skills (leadership) and connections to important people.

Managerial executives are usually focused on economy (i.e resource management) and the running of an organization. They’ll often have both experience and academic knowledge of organizational structures, asset management and economics, helping their organization (at least on paper) make the most of their resources. They can be good at their job, but if they get too focused on the “on paper” economics they fall into the category of “greedy, money grabbing fucks who ruin everything they touch”.

The last and (in my mind) best category are the industry experts. Often they’ll have come from within a company or organization and have in-depth knowledge of how things work and what is “important” in a business. These sorts are the “boring” ones we don’t hear much about, often having started their a business and grown it, or climbed the ranks from within and sat in leadership for decades. On the flip side they’ll have opinions without any obvious basis, “This is just how it is done”, which is in many cases important, but in others pure BS.

In all three categories you’ll find execs who are good and bad in different ways and also offend your sensibilities in different ways.

Iceblade02 ,

Yeah, the way we do this in Sweden is pretty decent. There's no minimum wage, but if you are unemployed you (A) have access to unemployment for a few months via your unions income insurance, and (B) if unemployed for a long time & do not have the means to otherwise support yourself will qualify for a basic subsistence support from your municipality along with housing benefits - on the condition that you keep looking for a job (if you aren't disabled).

Iceblade02 ,

Honestly, it sucks. I've been increasingly falling back on regular SMS, because a lot of people seem to prefer cutting me off to the slight effort of a different communication medium. I was thinking that everyone has a phone, but there's a lot of resistance to using it in my age group.

Iceblade02 ,

Basic traffic liability insurance sorta makes sense - it'd suck you had your car wrecked by someone broke and were SOL.

Iceblade02 ,

Our government will forcibly insure you if you don't have one, so technically you don't have to buy anything. It's just more expensive than anything on the market.

Iceblade02 ,

/u/SpontaneousH

Archived that shit - read it when I was a teen and it convinced me to stay far away from drugs and addiction.

Iceblade02 ,

My car is seven years older than me and basic traffic insurance is ~300€ (equivalent) per year.

Iceblade02 ,

I would've been fine paying if the price reflected what I was actually paying for (not being advertised to) which would be <$0.005 per viewed video (let's be generous and call it 1 or 2$/mo) but noo they have to ask for 25$/month like greedy little shits.

Iceblade02 ,

Would you care to elaborate on this, and preferrably add sources for your statements (or pm me) so I can read further?

is that “biological sex” is just not actually a particularly meaningful concept.

It's "meaningfulness" is secondary - it is most certainly a highly useful concept in the science and practice of biology and medicine.

Iceblade02 ,

Ah yes, the most mature response to every societal problem - threatening violence.

Iceblade02 ,

Just like there are many brands of far right (nazis, religious fanatic), there are many brands of far-left - anarcho-socialists, communists etc.

Iceblade02 ,

No. There's a spectrum of both communism and anarchism, their intersection tends to be known as anarcho-communism. An example of non-anarchist communism is vanguardist communism, which is inherently authoritarian (and anti-anarchist).

Iceblade02 ,

So? That doesn't automatically make communists into anarchists (nor vice-versa for that matter).

Iceblade02 ,

Well, I think we're at an impasse, let's agree to disagree and leave it at that. Hope you have a decent day, fellow Lemming :)

Iceblade02 ,

I didn't know that, sounds incredibly dystopian tbh. Guess I'll have to keep my dinosaur of a car running as long as possible.

Iceblade02 ,

Naw, digital transfers are convenient saving both time and money for me and everybody else. However, trying to force people into digital transactions, or remove cash entirely is a huge problem. I always have a decent amount of hard currency on me, and occasionally use that money.

The majority of my transactions are done digitally however, purely because of convenience.

Iceblade02 ,

I see Tintin meme, I upvote. Make more memes with Tintin & cpt. Haddock pls

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    Iceblade02 , (edited )

    The exception verifies the rule. With humans, biologically, there are two healthy sex phenotypes. Everything else is a) extremely rare and b) the result of something going wrong.

    Also, the fact that the sex/gender split in meaning was invented in the english language and many languages only have one word for it really confuses things. My other language, Swedish, only has "kön" for humans, which translates as sex. The Swedish words for sex are used both in instances where male/female would be used, and in the instances where man/woman would be used.

    Iceblade02 ,

    Clearly it's a future project that dutch polder engineers have been contracted to conquer from the ocean. Best of luck!

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