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@grey @deprecated_ii many people have pointed out that giving a student something as consequential as a Time Turner just so she can do all her classes is an incredibly stupid idea. The more obvious solution would have been just to tell Hermione that she has to drop some classes.

@caekislove I figured this was the case when state propaganda NPR states "crime is down in Chicago/Baltimore." Just because it is not reported does not mean it is not happening. And knowing what we do about corruption on so many levels of government and incentives to not record crimes, I do not trust these sorts of stats being proclaimed.

@StarProphet Another good point. They do indeed get the approval of the state to riot. But that is not universally true, as many lefties found out that the state no longer gave them their blessing when they protested against Israel. Might have been a first for many to get treated this way.

Either way, they did not have anything to lose.

The reason why white people are not rioting over the death of the Ukranian woman killed by a black man is due to the fact the white people who are angry about this have something to lose if they riot. The whites who engaged in riots for leftist causes did so because they had nothing to lose themselves, just like many blacks who riot have nothing to lose.

Going all in with just 10 dollars is a lot different than going all in with 10,000 dollars.

While I find certain aspects of accessing content such as games, shows and movies to be an annoyance when they are exclusively locked to different platforms, I do not agree with the complainers who seem to think that it is a violation of their rights that they have to pay for additional platforms in order to have access to everything.

Last I checked, video games, movies, and shows are not necessities. Complaints about this being some moral wrong shows that you have it pretty easy in life.

@CobaltSasquatch >insulting a public figure is subject to legal liability

I am mad about this whether or not this is a truthful statement. If it is true, it sounds like the laws are shit. If it is false, this asshole just wants to insist that it is true in a poor attempt to avoid getting called out.

@Justicar I would not be surprised if it did. Though I don't think the uterus is exclusively damaged, and I recall that many marathon runners (men and women) get major health consequences after completing a marathon.

The author was a woman too, and obviously writing for other women. And she knew her audience well.

Meanwhile, men did not care for Twilight. Which is to be expected, since it was not made for us. But the reason I bring this up is to demonstrate that it is not "the patriarchy" or any males who are responsible for the creation or popularity of this series among females. They chose to read and watch it, and any males who also watched were either gay or watched with their girlfriends.

The constant pushing for the "girlboss" archetype in movies is a poor choice not only because it does not resonate with male fans, but also female fans. I remember when I was in high school the most popular book/movies among the girls was Twilight. The main character Bella was the most passive character you could have, the opposite of a girlboss.

But the female audience loved it. Sure, it is just one example, but it is the perfect counter example against the girlboss propaganda being pushed.

If anything would disprove George Orwell's idea of Newspeak being an effective tool to prevent ideas from being expressed, it is the people on youtube using every annoying term to get around demonetization.

I find it annoying when I hear the term "unaliving" instead of suicide. Everyone knows what they mean, it just makes you have to jump through more hoops while everyone knows the real word they mean.

Annoying as it is, I am fine with less parts of 1984 being able to happen.

@sardonicsmile I will never forget that these were the people who were claiming that they were just trying their best with the information they had at the time. At least that is the excuse the propagandists and useful idiots will give. No. They knew full well what they were doing. And they deserve far worse than they will ever receive for punishment.