ProfessorOwl_PhD

joined 1 year ago

Ok, why aren't the papers already full of those stories then? Old people die all the time. If the stories are guaranteed regardless of the governments actions, why are you bothered about the optics at all? They're going to be the same no matter what.

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 0 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Are you honestly proposing that an increase in cold related deaths beyond expected levels during a cold snap is more likely to be explained by thousands of OAP's just happening to forget to turn the heating on, rather than them not being able to afford it?

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 1 points 1 week ago (4 children)

people just don't forgive or forget easily (especially if there is a cold snap and the papers fill with stories of pensioners dying because they can't afford to turn the heating on).

This is a really sketchy phrasing of "if Labour cuts kill pensioners". People remember when government policies kill their family members, it's not just a matter of optics.

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago

Couple of small issues with that idea: can't hide from the big fiery sauron eye, and nazguls on pteradactyls.

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 0 points 2 weeks ago

I just want to be absolutely clear here, to make sure that you fully understand the question, because your answer suggests you don't: It's not couple of weeks a year, it's just a couple of weeks, right at the start, and it's not a holiday, you have to look after the baby at its most helpless during those extra weeks of leave. Are you sure that you consider a few extra weeks of looking after a child to be worth 18 years of looking after the child? Like I'm not doing a silly hypothetical where I ask if you consider yourself more or less likely to consider having a child in future, I am asking you, personally, if you will be having a child and raising it should men recieve more paternal leave.

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Would you honestly take on at least 18 years of responsibility for another human being in exchange for a couple of weeks off work? Do you seriously consider that an incentive?

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Israel has been in open breach of the 3rd Geneva convention since 1948. Nothing they've done has been legal under international law.

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Use Kelvin then, 314°K is a way bigger number

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net -4 points 1 month ago

The political alignment is entirely relevant to Miles O'Brien.

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 0 points 1 month ago

Because western civilisation is not meant to exist there.

[–] ProfessorOwl_PhD@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Right, so uni fees don't need raising, they need funding given back.

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