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Which is why I don’t think it’ll happen, because the Hague doesn’t even have the enforcement capability to drag him there - nevermind actually punish him for everyhing he’s done.

Don’t worry - I’m sure in a few years time when our next election comes up, our population will end up forgetting about the previous decade of getting fucked by the Tories, and immediately put them, Reform-UK, or some other alt-right party into power for round 2 just like you guys

Honestly using Infowars to raise awareness of gun violence in a satirical way with help from Everytown is such a middle finger to Alex Jones and I’m all here for it

Yes. And this story is indirectly related to one of those. Trump’s 2nd Term will definitely have knock-on effects to the rest of the world, but it isn’t like the rest of the world stops.

It’s like back in the Covid Lockdowns - it’s not like every other disease took time off because of Covid being in the zeitgeist.

For the US, definitely… But the rest of the world doesn’t just stop happening because Donald Trump got elected.

Unfortunately the world often does the fucking around part for you, and you’re stuck finding out with them. Sincerely a Remainer being forced to find out on Brexit.

It sounds like you are doing your best to connect with him (I’d have loved for my parents to take an interest in my hobbies back when I was a teen), but not all kids take the stresses of going through adolescence the same way.

… And they’re very influenced by other kids, so if his friend circle puts emphasis on material things, it might be that he feels like he’s struggling to keep up with them or is actually feeling FOMO, and is taking that out on you.

Either way, best thing you can do is to keep extending that olive branch to him. Perhaps try to see if there’s any other hobbies he has that you might be able to connect with him over?

Hopefully it’s just a combination of puberty stress and misplaced teenage FOMO. If you’re doing your best with what you have, that’s all you can do, and hope that he learns to appreciate that in time.

You might feel like a failure, but you’re not. It’s not your fault that the tides turned against you, and by the sounds of it you’re doing your best with what you have to keep you and your son above water.

Your son sounds like a good kid, and I have no doubt that your situation will serve as a good lesson for him - to be prepared for what life can throw at you, and that financial success isn’t everything.

Ukraine really just needs to get some new nukes at this point. As much as I hate the idea of nuclear proliferation, Russia has very clearly proven it’s the only way to stay sovereign against a nuclear power.

I would love to see Putin and his generals dragged into the Hague to answer for the war crimes taking place under their command, but I suspect that’ll never happen

Considering how historically ineffective age bans have been online, I’m surprised that countries keep trying for this. Telling kids, esoecually teenagers, that they’re not allowed to use social media will only make them want to use it more, and thus bypass any restrictions, defeating the purpose of the ban.

It’s like CoD being 18+ yet somehow still full of prepubescent squeakers who all apparently fucked your mother last night and have Dads who work for Xbox.

Forcing social media companies to put in place appropriate safeguards for kids who do end up on social media like this “digital duty of care” is probably more effective in the long run than playing an endless cat and mouse race.

While it sounds a bit defeatist, he does make a brilliant point. All of this is no good if all the leaders of the worst offenders outright refuse to attend these events and actually commit their countries to meaningful change.

Honestly. I’d be fine with a touchscreen for things you wouldn’t likely be adjusting on the go anyways - but basic stuff like the radio and AC/Fans should always be easy to distinguish, don’t need to look away from the road to operate buttons. Making basic stuff require touchscreen is inconvenient at best and outright dangerous at worst.

Bloodletting is actually still used to treat some diseases - for example it is the primary way to treat Haemochromatosis. Until recently, in the UK at least, people with this condition couldn’t donate blood, so it was just thrown away like back then too - though more recently they started allowing donations to help treat hospitalised anaemia.

Microsoft got the grift of a century. Make Win11 so bad that people will literally pay you NOT to force them onto it! /s

Seriously though, fuck Microsoft - $30 per year to roll out the occasional security update is obscene! They can go stuff themselves with their $3 trillion market cap

I’m always surprised by how many people would sooner rather run up their heating bill all winter than even contemplate putting on extra layers (or even just thicker/longer clothes).

I had a friend who would wear pyjama shorts the whole winter and always complain about the cold, as though putting on a dressing gown or just normal PJ pants wasn’t an option.

Like obviously you should use heating if you need it - don’t get risk hypothermia to save a buck - but I’ve never understood the rational behind people’s refusal to actually dress like it’s winter.

Part of me wishes that the oil would run out sooner to give governments more urgency to actually do something about our fossil fuel dependency, cause apparently the increasingly apparent effects of climate change just aren’t enough motivation.

There’s a really good article on Rentry.co for setting up Win10 LTSC. Though as you say, here’s not the place for that.

The irony of the right wing insisting on jamming it to songs that mock or completely oppose their ideals by bands that would hate their guts is palpable