This is the paradox of tolerance. You don’t need to show kindness to those who would sooner spit on you for no greater reason than that they hate you for being born or the circumstances of your life.

People can change, but being given a second chance is a privilege and not a right. If you fuck up badly enough, no one is obligated to forgive you. Plenty of us make it through our whole lives without being fearful little shits who dedicate our votes to hurting others. I have no tolerance for those who can’t manage that, and they’re LUCKY to get a second chance, not guaranteed.

It’s so you can use it as a pressure cooker if you want. The boxes are for extra wall integrity.

Not taking sides, but this was an amazing burn.

Libertarian and communist aren’t the only political options if your education didn’t top out at ninth grade.

Hiding posts is the feature I always wish existed whenever I see a spider post.

Argentina is about to become the latest case study that libertarians refuse to acknowledge when you tell them their policies don’t work.

Is it just the loud sounds of children that irk you, or do other things they do bother you as well regardless of the noise they make? And if it’s just the noise, do other loud noises not associated with children bother you as well?

Sensitivity to loud noises could be something like sensory processing disorder, hyperacusis, or even a form of autism. I have had to move multiple times because of loud neighbours doing things that would certainly annoy other people too, but they could put up with it whereas I became absolutely consumed by the noise and even resorted to self harm to deal with it before giving up and leaving.

I don’t have a solution for the above. It’s just what I know from personal experience, but maybe it can help you figure out a cause and panacea for your issues with noisy kids.

Reminds me of the mother and son from Color Out Of Space.

A site’s terms of service may state that you grant certain permissions regarding the content you post, but that’s typically so that they can display it in other people’s feeds. It takes pretty explicit consent to give up or transfer your copyright to another entity. So while you’re granting permission to transmit what you post to others, it would be a really difficult case to make that you have given up your ownership of what you post. For example, if you post a photo you took to Lemmy, you’re granting your instance permission to distribute it across the fediverse, but you still own the photo.

Disclaimer: not a lawyer but have studied copyright law academically.

That’s what I like about The Orville, actually. Even when the series became more serious, I still saw it as like Star Trek if all the officers were actual people.

I say it like George Takei saying “oh my”.

Cynical is probably the wrong word for what I was thinking of. I’m mostly referring to Mariner and her “too cool for school” attitude and teasing Boimler. She comes across as too negative to me.

Ah, here’s where we diverge. I still like the new BSG. It got a bit too psychedelic in the later seasons making everything feel too dreamy, but overall I like it. I actually have the same complaint about season 4 of Farscape when Crichton spends half the episodes stoned, but it’s still one of my favourite shows. I’m a sucker for a creepy Jim Henson puppet show.

I’m curious if you also like Farscape and Firefly. Maybe we’re onto a highly specific sub-fandom.

I love The Orville. Before Strange New Worlds, I considered it the only good nu-Trek out there.

Thanks! I did like how they even pointed out how fast Mariner and Boimler talk compared to the Enterprise crew in the crossover with SNW. But I definitely prefer the latter. Maybe that’s a sign I’m getting old. Can’t keep up with what the kids are saying these days.

Weakest against Trump? You mean the guy who beat Trump last time? The guy who received the highest number of votes in US history? That guy?

I had to check the original to make sure I haven’t been missing something this whole time.

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I felt the exact same way. I was okay with Discovery and Picard not being for me because I had The Orville.