TheRealKuni

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[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Like I said, “within reason.” Obviously worse things could happen. They probably won’t.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

An item of importance is to try not to put too much pressure on the situation. Just be friendly and see if you hit it off.

In practice this is difficult when you’re new to dating, but honestly you want to find someone you’re comfortable around (to a certain value of comfortable at first).

Most dates in my life were great. You’ll probably make some embarrassing mistakes, but the worst that can happen (within reason) is that you’re back where you are now.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

So do you decry senseless violence from Hamas and Hezbollah or are all you complaints one sided.

Wow, your reading comprehension is as bad as Senator John Kennedy’s hearing.

Of course I decry senseless violence from Hamas and Hezbollah. And I would oppose sending weapons to them.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

Fun fact, they let you tell them what kind of vehicle you have for the fuel efficient route. So when we told it we have a PHEV, it started recommending more surface streets than highways. Kinda cool.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Fascinating, I’ve found better results with Apple Maps lately than Google Maps. Which blew my mind, because Apple Maps was a complete joke when it launched.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

I loaded a deck joist into my Scion tC when I realized one of mine was rotten (while replacing the boards). I put it through the sunroof into the “trunk” (it’s a hatchback) and drove home like a majestic blue unicorn. It was beautiful.

Got home and my neighbor said, “You could’ve asked!” while gesturing to his pickup truck.

I said, “I wanted to see if it would work!”

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

The icon I was using for Apollo, which I have set up as a shortcut to launch Voyager. I think it’s extremely appropriate for Lemmy, considering the bean memes when the Reddit migration happened.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 41 points 3 days ago

“You are now dead. Thank you for using Stop’n’Drop: America’s favorite suicide booth since 2008!”

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

If you have an iPhone, holding down either volume button and the side button will bring out the Medical ID, slide to power off, Emergency SOS screen. This will also disable FaceID. Password will be required to access the phone now.

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

The poster I replied to wasn't 'criticizing Israel's tactics' - they were questioning why 'the West' allowed Israel to attack Hezbollah.

No they weren’t. They asked why the West was letting Israel get away with so much. Then listed various examples of things that are causing widespread harm to civilians.

Then YOU asked if they think it’s bad that the West is letting Hezbollah get away with attacking civilians in Israel.

But your question begins from a false premise. Basically no government in the West provides aid or weapons to Hezbollah. They are considered a terrorist organization by the West. So the West is not letting Hezbollah get away with it.

Meanwhile the West continues to provide weapons to Israel, who is using those weapons to cause significant harm to civilian populations.

That’s the question. Why is the West letting Israel attack civilians without repercussion? There’s no reason in good faith to ask someone who asks this question about how they feel about Hezbollah attacking civilians. Because, ostensibly, they are opposed to violence against civilians. As, clearly, is the West when it’s not Israel (or, indeed, the West) perpetrating the violence.

(I think the obvious answer to the question is “because Israel is allied with the West and in realpolitik we let our allies do horrible things that we would not tolerate in our enemies.” That’s not an ethical answer, many of Israel’s actions lately have been horrific, but it’s the realistic one.)

Edit: grammatical fix

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Fun fact! You can decry senseless violence from one source while not excusing it from another! Criticism of Israel’s tactics should never be taken as endorsement of terrorism perpetrated by Hezbollah (or Hamas, etc.), just as criticism of the tactics of Hezbollah (or Hamas, etc.) should never be taken as endorsement of terrorism perpetrated by Israel!

 
 

This is ostensibly the new logo and name for AlphaTauri. Kinda wish they’d just go back to Toro Rosso. Or Minardi.

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