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Scottish Law forbids the sale of a "souvenir plot”. The title of “Lord” is also defined in UK law and can’t be purchased. If you check out the FAQ of most of these sites they’ll explain you’re not actually buying land or a title but a peice of paper.

This better not awaken anything in me 🤔

It was

I’m wondering what exactly caused so many downvotes?

The post references AI. Automatic downvotes.

He hasn’t even been arraigned yet. I’m sure his lawyers would bring this up. Luigi’s lawyers did the same, as would any lawyer when their client is talked about on the news before a jury is selected.

I wonder what shows are the most popular

While everyone else was running away, this man was brave enough to run in (and steal the merch).

I think that’s the exact point. Conservatives are fine with mass deportations, until it’s them. They’re fine with protestors being run over, until it’s them. They’re fine with denying people abortions, until it’s them. They’re fine with a few people being shot dead, until it’s them.

It’s why conservative commentators talk so much about how empathy is bad. If you were empathetic you’d know that, if you wouldn’t be alright with it happening to you, it’s not alright for it to happen to others.

It’s difficult to get parole for murder and even more difficult if you’re a famous murderer. Newspapers write about every single parole hearing this guy has had for decades. There’s no way he’d be able to be quietly paroled and go on to live a normal life.

Woah! Someone who liked the ending! You’re too wholesome for a gaming community lol.

I read one meta take on the ending that both sounded interesting and like cope. The end of Part II makes you feel exactly like Ellie feels. You push through because you want a conclusion to the story, just like Ellie. The end might be terrible, but it is an ending. In a meta way, you could get a better “ending” by stoping when Ellie and Dina are together at the farmhouse. You can stop playing, just like Ellie could stop obsessing over Abby, but how many people did that? Who would stop when the story isn’t done?

Personally, I think the writers made a bet that they could stretch “an eye for an eye leaves the world blind” into a novel.

Wait a sec, Minnasoda doesn’t have a d??

War on drugs. War on terror. War on crime.

At least in the book the government has an explanation for it. “War is peace” because the local population is much more nationalistic and supportive of the incumbent government when fighting a war. Critics of the government can be declared traitors and enemy sympathizers and locked up without trial. People are also more accepting of rationing and lowering the standard of living in order to support the war effort. The war doesn’t even need to be real. The government can just make up a war and get all the benefits that come from it.

Come on Ben! I just want to have a debate on gun control!

The US has something like 18 million military vets. There are a lot of people who have received professional training to hit a mid-range target.

Shooting Charlie Kirk? Celebration!
Posting of photo of the shooting? Too far!

Some places take forklift certification seriously, some don’t. There’s no way to get a driver’s licence without going through some government run program, whereas companies provide forklift certification to their employees. My work just gives it to everyone. I got mine day 1 and had never driven a forklift before. My friend works at a Walmart warehouse and had to take like 20 hours of courses and driver training before getting his.

Alright, I got an eighth. How do I trade it for music?

Still waiting for any kind of counter argument. Becoming a vegetarian is something anyone can do immediately and cuts their ties to an industry that is making climate change worse. Not driving a car or only using sustainable energy sources are great but not everyone can immediately switch away from these things.

Kurzgesagt has a video where they present a lot of research data on the topic if anyone is interested in sources to back up claims. I like the video because it’s prefaced by saying the hardest part of the topic is getting people to not be offended at the idea of becoming a vegetarian, or even just eating less meat. It’s difficult enough to get people to change their diets when it’s causing a direct negative effect on their own health, let alone some abstract negative effect on the planet. I understand. Nobody wants to change their diet, but it’s something people are capable of doing, and with so many benefits that come with it, I encourage people to at least give it a thought.

That’s true. Using your vehicle less is good. Not using one at all is even better. The same logic applies to eating meat. Less meat is good. No meat is even better. Your argument is the exact same argument for not eating meat. You cannot believe one is true without necessarily believing the other to be as well.