mbrutsch

> most of the homeless are not looking for help to find jobs and/or contribute to society in manner that will lead them out of "homelessness."

When I worked at a VA Medical Center 25 years ago, the problem was identical. You end up feeling more for the social workers than for the vets.

You are undermining the popular narrative with your facts and what-not.

Interesting, thank you.

Please excuse my questions, I'm old and slow... I see where I can try it myself, can I see one already done (before investing the time to download and try it myself)? As an hourly contractor, everything is a tradeoff w/billable hours.

I love Gandi because they live by their motto: No Bullshit.

> For example, gandi.net (and thus Amazon) doesn't hide your name when you have it turned on.

Well, yeah, I've been with Gandi for years, that's their published policy: https://www.gandi.net/domain/whois/

> By the time you find this out

You realize you should have done your homework and read your registrar's policies beforehand? I understand your overall point, but don't make it sound like Gandi did anything wrong here, just because you don't like it.

You say cherry-picking, I say baseless assertion without a shred of evidence. Potato, tomato.

> she must have

This is called "projecting".

"You have a nice ass" == "a punch in the face"

> Your mother was a victim too.

Only in your mind, not in hers.

> That doesn't mean everyone will also have success as easily

No, it doesn't, and I never said it did. But you can only succeed at the things you actually attempt.

Perhaps. She did not live long enough to experience the "culture of victimhood" herself, so I can't say what she would have done. I do know she wasn't fond of the idea in the 70s and 80s, and regularly eschewed the notion that she was any different from any of the men with whom she worked. But the fact that she was a "quiet" feminist, that did things, rather than talking about doing things, leads me to believe you may be correct. She was not a whinger.

> You should spend less time condemning other people and more time reading what they wrote.

You could spend less time assuming I didn't read everything. The attitude of "saying she should stand up for herself, at least once, before going to HR" is hardly "condemning".

My mother was anything but "weak and powerless". Sure, standing up for yourself isn't "ladylike", and not everyone is willing or able to do it, but the current assumptions are "she is weak and powerless" and "he is a big strong bully". That dynamic is easily changed, but you have to be willing to stand up for yourself.

Yep. My mom was the first woman in her industry to be certified as a plant operator; the first woman to be on the board that certifies operators, and the first woman to chair the board of certification. When asked if she'd like to be called "chairwoman", her response was "hell, no, I worked too hard to be the damn chairman!"

> Yet you instantly have to recognise that you just blamed the victim for not being more assertive

You and every other commenter seems to think I don't understand that. Not sure why.

> What happened next was that the offender moved on to someone else, and when they found someone who wasn't so confident as your mother, sexually assaulted her.

Uh, no, but I can see how your expectations have been molded to believe this is the only possible "thing that happened next".

> but you should be careful that people don't accidentally think that you're ascribing blame to the victim.

No accident. The "victim" shares the responsibility of standing up for themselves. This culture of victimhood has helped no one but Tumblr.

My mother worked in an all-male field starting in the 1970s; they didn't even have a women's bathroom at the plant when she started. When something like this happened to her, she was perfectly capable of opening her mouth and telling the person that their behavior was unappreciated.

I don't see where she says she ever even hinted to the manager that his actions were inappropriate. I suspect a single "cut that shit out, stop acting like a damn teenager" might well have stopped this problem in its tracks. But we'll never know.

I read these tales of woe and wonder why people today lack the intestinal fortitude to stand up for themselves, rather than resigning themselves to the status of "victim".

> Politicians need to be taught that they serve at the pleasure of the people, and when they stop doing what they are told, they will no longer be employed.

I have seen very little evidence that this is true, at least in the last 50 years or so. Sure, there are isolated recalls here and there, but the vast majority suffer no repercussions regardless of how they act.

A single vote every few years is a piss-poor way of making your voice heard, but it's what we have. The current state of affairs makes it seem clear that our system does not work well, regardless of what we were taught in Civics class.

Of the eight shows listed in the first image, Man in the High Castle, Ash, Expanse and Fargo are all NOT available on Netflix. That's half.

Sadly, half those shows are not actually available on Netflix.

In other countries, no less. I wonder how the American public would like Mexican government authorities doing the same thing within our borders?

Team America, World Police.

Many of us believe it is, yes.

Who doesn't love ~~doxxing~~ investigative journalism?

> A simple picture of a picture without alteration would still be considered infringement under the current copyright laws.

Ever seen it happen IRL? Got a link?

Because of the wonderful way copyrights work on photographs. When I take a picture, I own the copyright of that picture, even if it's of a copyrighted thing. That's how photographers stay in business (think about school photos, or wedding photos, with studio logos and expensive "packages").

If I take your picture, your image belongs to me. So it follows that if I take a picture of your picture, that also belongs to me.

Isn't copyright a wonderfully logical instrument?

Now if someone would do this for the desktop...

> magnetic healing devices of no clinical value are "a billion-dollar boondoggle".

Still going strong today.

> This type of thing seems to be clearly political speech

So it's your assertion that a thing cannot be both "childish" and "political speech" at the same time?

> No matter how many times it's disproven, this meme just never ends, does it?

I can tell you from personal experience that trivial things like facts or proof have no bearing on popular misconceptions, and trying to change the narrative is unrewarding at best, and counterproductive at worst. Tilting at windmills, and all that.