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  • or e.g. potentially harmful products, such as power tools without certain currently legally mandated safety features if the buyer is an adult? Are you allowed to sign away certain rights that you are currently not allowed to sign away, e.g. should an adult be allowed to sign themselves over to slavery without the possibility to undo it?

    I have no clue what you were getting at with the drugs, but depending on the circumstance, teenagers that are of the age to enlist can do certainly do these things. I went through two furloughs where I didn't get paid on deployment and didn't get compensation. In fact, at one point my checks were garnished because my admin screwed up on per diem when I initially had them check everyday before my transfer to make sure the money was right. They got so pissed at me that their chief told me to not approach their office again with this issue, and they fucked me anyway. I owed around $5000 to the Department of The Treasury because they told me the leftover monet wasn't an error and that I could go on with my life. That was wrong. And what was I supposed to do? Not do my job? If I would have done that, I would have got an NJP which would have costed me 50% of the 25% that was already garnished. So how is that not slavery or at the very least indentured servitude?

    And let me make it clear, I signed the contract that said, "You're officially government property." we pay you as long as you do what you're supposed to do. I did what I was supposed to do and got fucked anyway. I couldn't pay my rent or bills, so the utilities reached out to my command and I got fucked even more. I had to go to financial management training and was barred from living out in town. You telling me that's justified?

    And with power tools, if you seem like you have a brain in your head, the military will throw you power tools. 17, 18, 19. Doesn't matter

  • How do I block all hexbear and lemmy.ml. I'm sick of being a part of the China/Russia psyops.
  • You can block full instances via a PC. I generally surf lemmy using Boost and I wasn't able to do on my phone.

    But go to your settings>blocked>instances and type in the instances you want to block.

    Also fair warning, you're most likely about to get brigaded by both instances

  • Best frenemies forever ❤️
  • Then do something about the problem! For fuck's sake. If you see a problem and choose not to do anything about the problem beside complain about the problem, then you're part of the problem.

  • Best frenemies forever ❤️
  • I'm not saying any of those people are wrong or right. What I'm saying is is people put forth the energy to criticize those organizations and countries involved without coming up with solutions to improve said organizations. Instead people just say that those orgs are evil or bad. Both organizations are international coops, so how is that a bad thing? It shows a great chance, but instead of trying to find solutions, they want to chastise it.

    So with that being said, what would be your solution to improve NATO and the UN?

  • Best frenemies forever ❤️
  • Because nato and the UN are the first sign internationally cooperation, but people want to shit on it because they don't have a good argument of why the structure doesn't work, so instead of creating a good argument about the current structure, they just shit on it and say "NATO BAD".

  • Would a brigade effort to "engage" with Trump ads in streaming services force the campaign to waste extra money, and make a viable psyop when they measure their telemetry?
  • I will look up Scandinavian socialism because I've never heard of that specifically.

    But with that being said, and with all due respect, are you calling me a fascist troll now?

    Edit: Read up on it and found that "Scandinavian socialism" is a (this might be bad wording for it) red herring.

    https://fee.org/articles/don-t-call-scandinavian-countries-socialist/

    https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/the-myth-scandinavian-socialism

    But I'll continue to research to see that perhaps the sources could potentially be bias

    Edit 2: I'll update with what sources I discover. I will read the articles, but it started with a simple Google search of "Scandinavian Soscialism"

    https://www.lifeinnorway.net/scandinavian-socialism/

    https://mattbruenig.com/2017/07/28/nordic-socialism-is-realer-than-you-think/

    https://catalyst.independent.org/2023/04/18/scandinavian-socialist/

    https://bobocheesechimp.medium.com/clearing-up-the-confusion-about-the-nordic-countries-and-socialism-a9c6f884abe3

    Edit 3: I'm done. Scandinavian socialism is not real

  • Would a brigade effort to "engage" with Trump ads in streaming services force the campaign to waste extra money, and make a viable psyop when they measure their telemetry?
  • Haha. Sympathy troll? I hope you don't get banned because you're entertaining. I guess saying not to do the same thing shitty people do and to rise above it is me giving them sympathy? You got some wires crossed. You're what I consider a left radical. And don't misunderstand. I'm a left-leaning libertarian. We are one of the weirdest groups on the left. Like expecting personal freedoms in a social government. I get it's odd, but you are saying that the only way to win is to troll the trolls. What does that accomplish besides vilifying us further down the road instead of continuing to let Trump's GOP continue to implode.

    And if people do decide that they feel their side is wrong and switch to the other side, it is fine. However (through experience), you are the only person I've interacted with who has said that. So with all evidence that I have seen you are minority in that belief. Everyone else has absolute condemnation in their mind

  • We lost a legend today

    James Earl Jones passed away today. I wish the best for his family and may the force be with him

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    Is it me or is everyone in hexbear insane?

    I think a little clarification is needed. No. I don't actually think everyone there is insane. I don't care about the bans so stop trying to use that. HB enthusiasts coming here and trying to call me out achieves nothing besides proving my point

    Edit: Feel free to keep trying to brigade me. It's not going to scare me to take this down

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    What are the pros and cons of working a food truck?

    I love cooking and I love people loving my cooking. However, I don't like getting told what to do for long term, so working in a kitchen or restaurant is probably a bad position for me. I've given years of thinking about working or running a food truck with a rotating menu. It'd be cool to travel around and see different people a day enjoying my different dishes, but I've never actually heard the everyday ins-and-outs of working in a food truck. What are some experiences (good or bad) working in a food truck that you could share?

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    What are some good low FODMAP meals you can suggest?

    So recently learned from my doc that I need to follow a low fodmap diet. It's no big deal as long as I can eat potatoes (so many amazing things you can do with potatoes). I was wondering if anyone had some great low fodmap recipes that I could make that my wife (who doesn't need to follow the diet) and I could enjoy. I'm the cook, so as long as she enjoys it, we're good to go. I just made julienne fries with an egg on top and I found this amazing LFODMAP Louisiana hot sauce that I poured over it all. One of the best brunches Iade since I've had to follow this diet.

    Edit: Thank you to those who are supportive of medical conditions such as IBS, Crohns, and Celiacs (which are the conditions that should use a low FODMAP diet). Also I'm very appreciative of people who are knowledgeable in the diet that I am referring to

    FODMAP MEANS fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides and polyols. All the things that are known to trigger reactions in certain GI issues that some people have. It's an important issue because you have serotonin receptors in your GI tract. It can also impact daily life and sleep!

    However, I'm asking for recipes for low FODMAP diets. I ask very respectfully that if you do comment, please give me a recipe(s) instead of expressing the importance of the diet or that you know what the diet is.

    Again, respectfully, recipes, please. Stop telling me you know what the diet is.

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    Reddit mods now just default to IP bans

    So I've discovered recently that instead the moderators and admins doing their due diligence, they'll just ban your IP. I can't wait for this to blow up in their face.

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    People who complain about video games not being realistic enough are the problem with video games

    Videos games aren't supposed to be realistic. I'm not supposed to put myself in the position of a real socom or seal or delta or recons or X18 for that matter. I don't want to.play a video game that represents reality. That's not what video games are about. Video games are supposed to be void of reality. Destiny, baldurs gate, elder scrolls, Mario, metal gear, etc... That's what video gaming is supposed to be. Not real situations that could/would occur like call of duty. CoD is a garbage game and it's offensive for them to remaster the bullshit and then expect people to pay for the bullshit that they couldn't justify having paid for when the game(s] was first released. Do not fall for the Microsoft trap

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    Tywin Lannister is actually a loving father to Tyrion

    Hear me out. There's a lot of signs that I see that Tywin is actually trying to help Tyrion. The key moment is when Tywin yells Tyrion that he is worthless and doesn't anywhere near the family or Kings Landing and that he should disappear and do his own thing. Afterwards Tywin forces Tyrion marry Sansa that would have not only secured Lannister and Baratheon support to secure the north, it would have made Tyrion a lord, and a lord to one of the most honest and noble houses in the entire mythos.

    Tywin never made any claim to another person that his son disgusted him Tye only time he would same something of that sort was in front of Tywin himself. He would always defend him as a Lannister no matter what. Tywin was even well aware of Shay and let it go until the king died. Tywin was calculating and wise. He would know how to talk to his child to guarantee they seek their own path. Another show of this is at Tyrion's trial. Jaime sacrifices what he wants for his brother and Tywin accepts it without hesitation.

    My theory is Tywin was never meant to hate Tyrion, but knew that Tyrion could be doing greater things than the politics of his house, and wanted Tyrion to be free of the house because that would be the only way. Tywin even tells the story that he was going to throw Tyrion into the ocean, but he didn't. He let him live. He never explains why he let Tyrion live. He just did. Was it love for your child? I think so. I don't believe Tywin wanted the same life for Tyrion, but thanks to Cersei, Tyrion was just pushed too far

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    What is the actual point of a bra?

    Let me preface this by saying I am a man, and smoked a little too much, so I'm sitting here thinking... what is or was the original purpose of a bra? Weight support? Vanity? Covering the nips so people's eyes met your eyes and you can have a normal conversation? Like what's it all about?

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    YSK about the studies done about Online Disinhibition

    The name of the article is "The Measure of Online Disinhibition (MOD): Assessing perceptions of reductions in restraint in the online environment"

    It's essentially a study of the drop of human inhibitions while communicating with people online and the potential causes and impacts. It highlights that people tend to treat others more harshly on the internet

    I personally feel this is important because witg enough studies and attention, we as internet users can begin to change how we treat others

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