That’s over 2.5 liters. That can’t be right.

Edit: I hope that’s not right. Ouch.

Any parent who says you owe them love and respect simply because they birthed you is likely someone you should cut ties with. Don’t ask me how I know.

I love my chosen family far more than most of my genetic relatives.

Thank you for clearing this up. I work in semi and I can’t count how many times I’ve had to clarify how CHIPS Act and similar funding works.

Put bluntly, most of the logic in the argument I’m replying to sounds good but doesn’t hold up under scrutiny. It presents two false dichotomies as explanation for issues with capitalism. Hence the first paragraph, explaining why those associations are false.

Then I address Norway in the second paragraph, which is given as an example of “good capitalism”.

What I am reading from your comment is: Norway is not perfect, therefor the argument you were replying to is invalid or diminished. Might not be what you intended, but that’s what it reads like

I’m not sure how you’re getting that. I asked my coworker to give it a read without explaining my thesis and they don’t see it either. You don’t explain why, so I’m at a loss.

I don’t think oppression of the global south is a valid criticism of Norway.

Why not? You again don’t explain why, so again I’m unsure what you intend beyond “your writing sucks and you’re wrong”. Give me some substance I can actually respond to!

Dare I say it: you two are possibly both correct. Human behavior is complex and multifactorial. More than one or two drivers can influence behavior.

Capitalism and being an oligarchy are neither mutually exclusive nor mutually inclusive, nor is the presence or absence of competition neither mutually inclusive or exclusive of oppression of others for gain. One could argue, though, that capitalism tends to eventually lead to oligarchies and, as the graphic suggests, oppression for gain as these are both strategies to maximize gain and the capitalist operator with the most gain can use that gain to further increase future gain, and so on. This can lead to the systematic selection for oligarchic, oppressive capitalists.

Norway is rich, like many other countries, due to its economic oppression of the global South. While its distribution of that wealth is more equitable than the United States, it still relies on the same system of oppression to accrue disproportionate wealth.

Yowza, getting banned for that is ridiculous.

Uhhh… Wait a minute. You got banned over the comment about Turkey potentially coming to Palestine’s aid?

I’m solidly a millennial and I think it’s hilarious. I also enjoy Smiling Friends so maybe I just like bizarre humor.

As someone with dysfunctional hands, assuming you’re not kidding, speech recognition and eye/head tracking has come a long way. Unless your creative project is detailed art. It hasn’t come that far.

…complete shit-stain musicians that came out of the 60s…

Eric fucking Clapton. Except for about his support for Palestine, he’s cool there.

I only played Altmer or Argonian through all of my TES games. I feel like I should give it a revisit and get my kitty on.

I was wondering! That’s great, I’m so happy he’s doing better!

Poor guy! That happened to a kitty of mine when I was a kid, with the same symptoms. We caught it early and he was fine, but it was a scary couple of days while he stabilized at the vet. I hope your furry child is alright.

If cats just weren’t so secretive and weird, instead throwing up all over the carpet and making a scene like dogs do, treating their issues would be so much easier.

Aww, kitty! What happened to him?

No worries, I completely understand. I hope everything goes well!

Post it here and I’ll chip in. Take care of your fur baby!

Edit: or DM me the link, I don’t want you to dox yourself.

Me encanta tambien.

Feeling this so hard as I trundle into my forties. I can’t get enough bitter gourd.

After first seeing the term trans femme, I was very sad trans homme wasn’t in use.