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@lain Yes, gambling is gambling.

@sardonicsmile I do not trust him for a second. My instincts are yelling "untrustworthy".

@VD15 Stay safe.

@VooDooMedic @Tfmonkey @Justicar I think they're going to use this little crash to set up for the rate cuts based on rumor. e.g. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/05/chicago-fed-president-goolsbee-says-if-economy-deteriorates-fed-will-fix-it.html

@VD15 Very nice.

@TenaciousGoat If I wanted to build a relationship with a female, I likely would appeal to Briffault's law. The necessity of providing utility provided to a female for the purpose of facilitating a relationship is not in question; you are right.

@TenaciousGoat I appreciate your sentiment though. Your concern is welcomed.

@TenaciousGoat I don't care about her opinion. I care about what force the government would bring down upon me should she and it decide that my complement was sexual assault.

Additionally, I do not regret abstaining from speaking to her. I would rather not speak to her, avoid potential disaster, and share my thoughts and feelings on the matter. I do not regret my actions. I act. I assess. I learn. I share my thoughts on matters which strike me as valuable to myself or potentially others.

@lain The best thing you could say to a kitten. Don't burden a kitten's mind with such things.

@susie Yes, you should have stayed in bed sleeping.

@TimeSpent lol

@YoMomz Under patriarchy, it'd have been a different situation, yes. If her guardian was her father, I'd likely have complimented him on having such a pretty daughter. For now, I will simply appreciate the human form from afar.

@sun @lain When the shoe is on the other foot, it's suddenly too expensive. Such is the nature of seeking one's own interest at all times: being human.

@wishgranter14 @lain The government is made up of people who desire what the believe will benefit them most. They will always put their own interests ahead of the interests of the population. It is a question of by what means they have been empowered to do so that dictates the extent of their ability to negatively affect our lives.

Today I was getting some things in town, and I saw a female in the market who possessed a cute face. I wanted to complement her, but I realized how many things could go horribly wrong simply because I wanted to express my appreciation for aesthetic features I found pleasing. It irks me that I must suppress my wholesome expressions and appreciations because this society is afflicted with the cancer of egalitarianism and is suffering its follow-on symptoms.

@lain He also didn't have glass in his window, the internal combustion engine, or modern medicine.

I get that it's a show and this is green text, but if someone wants to have a conversation about why housing is affordable to most people and why wives don't stay at home with children, we're going to need something more substantial than a Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

@Justicar If you've never investigated the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet not India Pale Ale), I recommend it. It's fascinating reading.

@Justicar For example, it is easier to say "she shells she shells by the she shore" than to say "She sells sea shells by the sea shore."

@Justicar
The "s" is the Voiceless alveolar sibilant, but the "sh" is the Voiceless alveolar retracted sibilant.
(source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiceless_alveolar_fricative)

Languages change. The cause may be cultural such as happened with the Norman invasion of Britain under William the Conqueror when English gained many influences from Latin. The cause could be a shift in commonly used phrases that make the change of the tongue from one shape to another more difficult or easy.

@Justicar @VooDooMedic Charging interest is haram, but they can still loan money to people via premium contracts and other such instruments. See here: https://www.investopedia.com/articles/07/islamic_investing.asp