What’s poor old Luxembourg ever done to offend you so?

I’m not shipping, you’re shipping.

Not necessarily. https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/attender

Fair cop.

You don’t receive shares for free. You receive shares in return for your labour. You don’t become an equal member of a partnership as soon as you join.

What should they have said, then? That they want Ukraine to lose and surrender? That they want the stalemate to continue indefinitely?

I think this is largely untrue. The public might have slightly left-wing views when it comes to the economy and state services, but I’d stake any money that if it was remotely feasible to build a net down the middle of the English channel to keep out the small boats, they’d be clamouring for it.

Benevolent dictator for life.

Thanks! I hate it!

A sealion is a type of troll who will try to “debate” you simply to derail a conversation and/or wind you up. https://wondermark.com/c/1062 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning

It is closely related to JAQing off. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Asking_Questions

I can excuse murder, but I draw the line at bad metre…

Temba, his arms wide!

One reason why people have historically had trouble suing tobacco companies is that non-smokers also get lung cancer. While we can say for sure that smoking makes it more likely you will get lung cancer, it’s generally impossible to say any one person’s lung cancer was caused by smoking. This is in contrast to say, someone who injures themselves climbing, where it is definitely 100% on them.

The real answer of course is that you’re paying for it either way. Insured people pay absurdly over the odds to offset the amount of money lost on people who accrue medical debt and can’t afford to pay it off.

I also think insurance shouldn’t cover cancer treatment for smokers. Or diabetes treatment for overweight people. Or broken bones for skiers. Or literally anything for anyone who has ever done anything bad for them. /s

I think the difference between EfreetSK’s example and the situation to which MLK’s quote applies is that MLK already had enough people on his side to force others to take him seriously.

In the UK, demonstrations for trans rights are fairly common. It is also almost exactly as common for them not to be reported on at all in any major news outlet. With the laws in the UK as they are, any trans person participating in a “disruptive” protest is liable to end up in a men’s prison (and if self-medding, as many must, deprived of HRT) for a long time, so there aren’t many takers for the Just Stop Oil brand of protesting either. It sucks, but sometimes softly softly is what’s required.

Rule 1. Be happy.

Rule 2. Don’t be unhappy.

I am a certified Java hater, but you’re allowed to like it. If simple and objected oriented is what you want, I can see the attraction, and it has a good and mature ecosystem.

I also think Java is shit, but if you manage to get a NullPointerException while writing a hello world program, maybe anon is just not cut out for computers?

Czech Budweiser or American Budweiser?

I have it on good authority that Fosters is Australian for “piss”.