Maeve

joined 5 months ago
[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago

With Google influence? I'd really love to see it, no sarcasm.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 2 months ago

That's so great, I'm happy you've had those experiences. I do so wish that for everyone. Deep emotional friendships are real blessings, and having one real friend is so much more than a lot of people seem to have, regardless of gender. I feel so lucky to have a few good friends. When sharing sorrow, the burden is lightened, when sharing not, it's vastly multiplied. I would wish at least one really good friendship on every person in the world. How much happier a place the world would be, with the added bonus that really good friends encourage our better impulses and show us reasons not to act on our worst ones.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago

From your fingers to the will of the people.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

My friend decided he was bi, but preferared men for the sex and hangouts, women for deeper friendship and intellectual compatibilities. But we're in the Bible Belt where "it's only gay if you don't flaunt toxic masculinity," so I'm relatively a sure that's a factor.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Had a younger friend multiple decades ago who routinely defined himself as trisexual, in that he was open to try various sexualities.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 7 points 2 months ago

Casting illusions works on some people, usually those with defeatist or "not worth the trouble" mindset?

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 29 points 2 months ago

Yes, I literally laughed aloud. The sheer arrogance in certainty projected is a dead giveaway.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 0 points 2 months ago

How can we know?

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 7 points 2 months ago

Thank you. Tbf, neither is helpful, both sell user data.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 3 months ago

No one said it does; it was an example to illustrate the point, which seems was lost.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 1 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It doesn't matter if the argument is in good faith, or not. The issue is either nations abide by rule of law, and adjust as necessary, or not. For example, torture being reclassified under GW Bush administration as "enhanced interrogation." By any good faith reasoning, it was torture, but the AG Yoo authorized it, so technically by the USA, it was within legal limits.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 33 points 3 months ago (11 children)

It was kidnapping and extradition without due process.

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