Yeah, why the fuck not?

Obviously, something made in a specialized vehicle manufacturing plant will be better/more durable/whatever, but given the option between downloading a car vs spending a year’s salary to buy one… I’d rather download one.

Unless my wages get better (which they are not) or cars get cheaper (which they won’t), I’ll continue to have this opinion.

There’s a nontrivial number of cars that cost more than a house did in the 80’s and 90’s. So it’s entirely possible for someone to spend the same dollar value on their home, when purchasing it in the 90’s, as they do 25 years later, buying a house in the 2020’s.

Stupid.

The only damage that exists from piracy is to the copyright holders profits…

Since the copyright holder is usually a corporation that is owned by shareholders, the majority of which are richer than all of us combined, ask me if I give a shit and I will show you my field of shits to give, and you will see that it is barren.

Eat the rich. Or Luigi them… I don’t care.

None of us did.

I didn’t get a say in whether or not to be born. I’m just here now and I have to deal with all of this shit.

It’s not AI.

There’s one big tell that I don’t think AI is advanced enough to replicate.

Op took this picture though a window that had multiple panes of glass. So there’s an echo of the image from the secondary reflections between the panes of glass.

I also can’t spot and of the debris in the shot blending into itself. Everything seems to be complete objects.

But that reflection? I’ve never seen AI do anything like that.

In case anyone doesn’t quite see what’s going on here, the image is taken from inside (lights seem to be off from where the camera is), through thermal glass into a concrete window space, which is common for places that have basements so the window can serve as an emergency exit (even if you need to break it to get out)…

Looks like there’s some kind of evergreen tree not far from where the window is, given the debris in the photo.

Great shot OP.

I can see why, it looks AI as hell…

I think it looks nice. AI or not.

I’d have to stare at it for longer than I have to decide if it’s AI. So until I can do that, I’m going to trust the OP until I can verify their claims.

Edit: definitely not AI. Nice shot OP.

29 days “lost” at sea, is therapy for all of the external bullshit we deal with every fucking day.

By “we” I mean people in society, not just men. Everyone struggles with making their way in “this world” we built for ourselves. We made it to be this horrible.

I felt this comment.

Thanks, I hate it.

Canada. It’s generally easy and free (no direct cost to me). I try to avoid having to go to my doctor whenever possible and I live with a nurse (and my doc knows that). Usually when I send him a message, either by email or by calling, he’ll have a follow up question or two (sometimes none) then decide a course of action and move right to implementation. Sometimes that’s sending a script to my local pharmacy, sometimes that’s a referral to a specialist. Who knows? I haven’t seen the guy in years. But if he made the request for me to go in, I would without hesitation.

I know my experience isn’t the same as others, since my doctor and my spouse have actually worked together; but still. It’s all free and there’s usually minimal waiting.

The only significant delays I’ve heard of in Canadian healthcare relate to major procedures when the issue is non-critical. Like getting an MRI as a precaution, to make sure things aren’t messed up or something (IDK what MRIs are used to diagnose, I am not a doctor).

Everything is triaged, so if you’re not actively dying from a thing, and you need a big piece of equipment to scan you to figure something out, you’re going to be waiting a while.

You see, that’s a can. That can can’t be mistaken for anything other than what it is, a can.

Unlike a can of coca cola, which could be “soda”, or “pop”, or “coke”, or any number of other things.

Op is dumb.

I just wanted her sidekick… As a young boy that seemed to be more my speed.

Xena was a bit much for me when I was watching Xena on TV… At like… 5? 10? IDK. What year is it?

I’ve gotten into the habit of eating lunch while I’m working specifically so I can take a short mid day nap during my scheduled “lunch” at work.

Working from home has some nice perks.

As I get older, the value of nap time has increased.

When I was a child I was very anti-nap. In my youth I was very indifferent to napping. In my mid-adult years, napping is more important than most things.

I like the cut of your jib.

For feedback, I would just print off the federal labor codes for my country, highlighting specific sections. I’d just hand it to the management verbatim. I wouldn’t cherry pick or leave anything out, just emphasize specific passages.

Guess what? That’s illegal here.

It would be a thinly veiled threat that I’ll ruin their lives if they don’t back track immediately… All said without uttering a single syllable.

That’s what I would have expected/assumed. I haven’t had the time to review any of this in detail, so I’m not speaking from an informed position. Thus I generally keep my assumptions to myself.

Good to know.

As captain Picard said: it is possible to make no mistakes, and still lose.

That’s a fair point. I would argue that critique and constructive criticism should not be presented in a way that is, in and of itself… Mean (to put it simply).

There’s a lot of ways to do the wrong thing with the best intentions.

Genuine question: apart from the people who would profit from the activities she was fighting against, or the would-be patrons of such a business… Why would anyone carry hate for what she was trying to accomplish?

I know there’s a whole religious argument, which I find to be wretched at the foundation; just because you ‘have dominion’ over creatures does not imply that it’s ok to torture them and/or kill them for their fur unnecessarily…

Anything else? I just can’t think of anything.

I would assume that the trolls are attracted to those people because they get more of a reaction to their vitriol. It’s sad, honestly.

Idk why. If it was the same person, the information is relevant to the discussion.

I’m happy to know that they were proud of what they were doing. I hope it was a light in their life.

It’s terrible that anyone would hold any hate for someone trying to do the kind of work she was doing.

You’re not necessarily wrong. I certainly don’t have any information to refute what you say…

I’m just not sure that pointing this out on a post about a woman’s death is enhancing the discussion at all, so I’m not sure why you felt the need to share…