I currently recommend staying out entirely because of the paranoid war against “immigration” that has made our borders openly hostile to everybody, but if that ever changes there’s plenty of cities that are only as shitty as global average and if the national parks survive they are unmatched.

I think you missed my point if you’re accusing me of straw-manning, I was pointing out that even their flimsy justification is baseless.

Nevermind that lots of countries allow for personal firearm ownership.

Final Fantasy VIII, almost at the end of the third disc. Hot take: this is my favorite PS1 entry in the series (and IX is my second favorite). I’m not going to pretend it’s a perfect game but it takes a lot of chances and I think most of the them pay off.

I got half on my own, but I threw in the towel after half an hour and I’m glad I did.

1967 is notably two decades into the ethnonationalist colonial project that displaced many Palestinians from their homes.

.world was already the closest thing to reddit on the fediverse.

She points out that things are preventably bad while also being a normal-looking young woman. How dare she.

Yeah it’s not like the movies, people don’t just fall over when they’re grazed by a blade or pistol-caliber bullet. If all I had was a knife to defend myself against an attacker I would choose “keep stabbing until they stop moving” even if that looks worse to juries. Better than being shot in the back trying to run.

Guess how many of those prison services are contracted out to private companies though.

Judginess doesn’t cause asthma attacks.

I want to live in a world where people don’t force their vices on bystanders. I don’t give a shit what you do to yourself but it matters who you do it in front of. (Smoking in a house with children should be a crime)

Less exposure to smoking also makes some people less likely to take up smoking, as its presence isn’t so normalized. So that’s a lesser burden on medical infrastructure and fewer sources of secondhand smoke. Wins all around.

What app do you use? I’ve been getting by with Google Lens but I’d love a more focused option.