I usually do my best to just take an extra wide berth to get by. It's usually only going to happen late at night or so when it's super quiet, so in that case I will just cross the street myself.
Kinda just signalling, don't worry I want nothing to do with you. It helps lull them into a sense of security.
Shoes belong in the entryway. Socks in the bedroom. Socks will always be put on before shoes.
There are a couple of niche situations where one might put socks and shoes on at the same time/place, but the norm of socks first then travelling to the shoes dictates that socks first, shoes after.
The one exception is when for example, changing in a public space, or outside, where you don't want to get your sock dirty, so you put sock then shoe and then sock then shoe
All sanctions imposed by any government are effectively nationwide legally imposed boycotts.
Sanctions against Russia for example are generally things like : we will not buy your oil, we will not allow our companies to sell products to you, etc. etc.
Same thing goes for sanctions against individuals, they make it illegal for any US based entities to have certain scopes of dealings with the target. Some sanctions go further and also refuse to deal with entities who deal with the target.
Therefore, depending on what sanctions have been imposed, they may have just made it illegal for them to have a visa or MasterCard, use any Microsoft or Google or apple software or services, etc. etc. etc.
It's the other way around actually. Illegal for Visa/MasterCard or Microsoft or Google or apple, etc. to allow them to use their services.
Its grown in a dedicated specialist centre that's fully climate controlled, not really going to be any significant amount of cocoa from the UK any time soon
Some will be some not. However, there is a very simple way to avoid war, don't invade other countries.
Many in "the west" will see it as a good thing to use Ukraine to weaken Russia, as such I would classify them as warmongers.
Still many others in "the west" simply see it as helping someone asking for help to fight off someone else invading them.
The geopolitically fuelled hypocrisy of doing this purely for Ukraine against Russia instead of also, for example, Palestine or Iran. Is the largest argument for classifying some of it as warmongering.
Once again though, the Russians are the same in this case. So either side pretending to be on some moral high ground is... Questionable, when in fact it's largely just realpolitik.
For the record, I live in the EU and I am happy for us to continue supporting Ukraine in whatever way we can as long as they themselves want to keep up the fight. We should understand no circumstances foment or pressure them to continue fighting if they do not want to.
While simultaneously ensuring that he can't say "but it's democratic I'm here, my constituency didn't care and you lost."
It's one of those sham sort of weird have DNA evidence and modern policing, but forgot to get rid of the right to trial by combat so some cunt rolls the dice trying to dodge it. If you just say... No that's stupid we won't participate, you can invalidate their nonsense without running any risk of a disaster
Afaik the US and UK deposed the previous government and installed the Shah. Who was then overthrown because, well, Iranians had low quality of life while money was flowing out of the country to US and UK.
It's not about virtue signalling, it's about a sense of coordination which enables people to feel it's "worth it".
Often people don't do something that is an inconvenience if they feel like it doesn't matter/make a difference. So a sense that it is a "thing" could help motivate others.
I've seen a significant lack of discussion around boycotting it. It was a huge part of the discourse around Qatar, so I wish it was a bit more widespread and "normalised" for this one as well.
I usually do my best to just take an extra wide berth to get by. It's usually only going to happen late at night or so when it's super quiet, so in that case I will just cross the street myself.
Kinda just signalling, don't worry I want nothing to do with you. It helps lull them into a sense of security.
I was living in South Africa at the time, and went to Kruger 😅
In spite of the elephant incident, honestly one of the best places on the planet. Highly recommend.
Because it's in this thread. So clearly this thread triggered that thought. This isn't a "what are your general issues with the fediverse".
What? I don't see that being the case her. There are lots of really interesting stories you get from this kind of question
When I was sitting in the car, parked, engine off. And some incoming pickup pissed off the elephant and he turned towards us...
Shoes belong in the entryway. Socks in the bedroom. Socks will always be put on before shoes.
There are a couple of niche situations where one might put socks and shoes on at the same time/place, but the norm of socks first then travelling to the shoes dictates that socks first, shoes after.
The one exception is when for example, changing in a public space, or outside, where you don't want to get your sock dirty, so you put sock then shoe and then sock then shoe
At the end of the day it's the fundamental issue of allowing all infrastructure to be owned by any individual or small group of individuals
All sanctions imposed by any government are effectively nationwide legally imposed boycotts.
Sanctions against Russia for example are generally things like : we will not buy your oil, we will not allow our companies to sell products to you, etc. etc.
Same thing goes for sanctions against individuals, they make it illegal for any US based entities to have certain scopes of dealings with the target. Some sanctions go further and also refuse to deal with entities who deal with the target.
Therefore, depending on what sanctions have been imposed, they may have just made it illegal for them to have a visa or MasterCard, use any Microsoft or Google or apple software or services, etc. etc. etc.
They try to frame science as a "religion" so that they can argue that their beliefs are just as valid and they can ignore the science.
Its grown in a dedicated specialist centre that's fully climate controlled, not really going to be any significant amount of cocoa from the UK any time soon
Plastic shite.
Some will be some not. However, there is a very simple way to avoid war, don't invade other countries.
Many in "the west" will see it as a good thing to use Ukraine to weaken Russia, as such I would classify them as warmongers.
Still many others in "the west" simply see it as helping someone asking for help to fight off someone else invading them.
The geopolitically fuelled hypocrisy of doing this purely for Ukraine against Russia instead of also, for example, Palestine or Iran. Is the largest argument for classifying some of it as warmongering.
Once again though, the Russians are the same in this case. So either side pretending to be on some moral high ground is... Questionable, when in fact it's largely just realpolitik.
For the record, I live in the EU and I am happy for us to continue supporting Ukraine in whatever way we can as long as they themselves want to keep up the fight. We should understand no circumstances foment or pressure them to continue fighting if they do not want to.
While simultaneously ensuring that he can't say "but it's democratic I'm here, my constituency didn't care and you lost."
It's one of those sham sort of weird have DNA evidence and modern policing, but forgot to get rid of the right to trial by combat so some cunt rolls the dice trying to dodge it. If you just say... No that's stupid we won't participate, you can invalidate their nonsense without running any risk of a disaster
We don't force enough bad actors to pay reparations. And war criminals get off scot free as long as they're from a certain set of nations.
I also agree 100%, and this post is not meant to be a whataboutism. Just because some criminals get away with it doesn't mean others should.
The US was very happy to use the ICJ for their cases against Iran in the 80s
Afaik the US and UK deposed the previous government and installed the Shah. Who was then overthrown because, well, Iranians had low quality of life while money was flowing out of the country to US and UK.
It's not about virtue signalling, it's about a sense of coordination which enables people to feel it's "worth it".
Often people don't do something that is an inconvenience if they feel like it doesn't matter/make a difference. So a sense that it is a "thing" could help motivate others.
I've seen a significant lack of discussion around boycotting it. It was a huge part of the discourse around Qatar, so I wish it was a bit more widespread and "normalised" for this one as well.
Based on their voting habits, I don't think we will see that any time soon.
There are many who recognise how insane and evil this is, but I'm afraid it seems like they are the minority of Israelis.