Except one side has the most powerful military in history on their side.

What I meant to ask was if there was any historical evidence of a violent rebel group actually giving up power when they win.

But you did respond to what I literally asked with evidence, so hard to argue with that.

Fair enough. I just don’t know of a case where a violent rebel group took over a government/land and then immediately dissolved.

I believe if Palestine was granted statehood and equal rights, Hamas would cease operating.

Do you have evidence to support that hypothesis?

Dish soap mixed with a small amount of water would probably fuck up an engine.

Yes, and every time someone is bothered by my language, I change my language specifically for them, like how I call my transfem friends by their name instead of saying “dude”, etc.

Lol “sugarcube”. But yeah, maybe I should take a page from Canadians.

Nobody (including you) should put other peoples’ feeling above your own, as that is an extremely unhealthy thing to do. Being considerate of someone’s feelings and sacrificing your own feelings for someone else are two very different things.

The people I talk to don’t mind the way I talk, and that is how I judge my language. I also make sure that I give them the environment necessary to express their discomfort with my language if they have any.

Do you have any non-gendered alternatives to “dude” and “bro?”

If you’re truly gender-abolitionist and (I will optimistically assume) race-abolitionist, and don’t want to have gender be part of you, congruently, maybe don’t use dude or bro at all anymore?

Gender, race, nationality, and country abolishionist.

I would love an alternative, but the colloquial American English language does not have casual, non-gendered words to refer to people in general other than “comrade”, but I don’t want to call everyone a comrade because then everyone will think I’m a communist (I am, but I don’t want that to be public).

Easy. I’m a straight male who grew up around surfers in California.

I’m a person who calls everyone “dude”, “bro”, “man” etc. regardless of gender. When I talk to a woman using those words, my mentality isn’t that they are necessarilly “one of the bros” specifically meaning “similar to one of my male friends”, but more that I’ve never called anyone “sis” or “girl” in my life, and I’m not about to start. I also don’t like using gendered pronouns in any conversation, regardless of who I’m talking to. For example, instead of “him” or “her”, I will usually say " 'em" (short for them).

To me, I am not talking to a man or a woman; I am talking to a human.

With my transfem friends, though, I usually just call them by their name, since that seems to be a good compromise.

Who knows. Maybe I’ll just start calling everyone “comrade”

Medussa should at least be forthcoming and let her potential partner know that everyone who looks at her becomes hard.

Yeah, I believe it was Einstein who showed that space and time are linked together and cannot be separated, although I won’t claim to understand that concept.

Yeah, even if mpv isn’t your flavor, you can always install countless other video players. If you want something familiar, just use VLC.

mpv is GOAT

I liked Season 2 more TBH.

I think it’s the difference of referencing another person using the word “dude” vs talking to a person and calling them “dude”

OH YEAH

The more you buy, the more you save

But that’s a DE15 changer instead of a DE9 like what’s in your post.

That is, unless you have something to tell us…