They were already doing so, and this wouldn’t excuse anything Russians have been doing even if Ukraine had bombed the fuck out of the place.

It’s definitely a false flag (in my opinion, not actual confirmation by anyone as far as I’m aware), but not a very good one.

Well, putin orchestrated apartment bombings decades ago, so this isn’t too much of a stretch.

I guess he didn’t actually want to damage it though, since locals say nothing happened. You’d think he’d at least set off a grenade in the front lawn to make it more convincing.

Doesn’t targeting individuals for political purposes during a war break a bunch of international agreements or at least come close?

I’m not sure. That said, I don’t consider “ending a war” to be a political purpose, but if the “rules” of war say you aren’t allowed to take out the leadership, then the rules are “only the poor have to die” and fuck that classist bullshit…

And while your enemy being Warcrimes-R-Us doesn’t excuse your own war crimes, I think if your enemy is trying to genocide you, then you are within your rights to fight however you need to in order to not be genocided.

corporations not knowing what fair use is

pretending to not know. They’re fully capable of understanding when it helps them make money.

Supposed to be. But I woke up and decided I didn’t want to go in.

Supposedly I’m giving up my holiday pay tomorrow but if I read my hiring packet correctly, their version of “holiday pay” is “well give you an hour of PTO for the day instead of the usual 3 minutes”

Genuine question to anyone with an answer: why the FUCK would ANYONE think drone-bombing the ABSOLUTE SHIT out of his residence would be a bad thing?

If anything, this just makes them look even weaker than usual. “we can’t keep this small country that we said would fold in 72 hours from making large-scale attacks against our country’s leadership” isn’t a great look unless you want to look pathetic.

I’m confused as to why they’re saying this like it’s some kind of “gotcha” moment that the world will somehow turn on them for.

I can only assume it’s because they believe Putler is somehow “above” the rest of us and the rest of the world should agree that you don’t harm the nobility.

Hey now those were TERRORIST KIDS looking for TERORIST FOOD because of their TERRORIST STARVATION

See you know they’re the bad guys because I called them terrorists.

You’d leave in a fucking second if you could.

Not op, but happily. In a heartbeat. Wouldn’t even have time to finish the conversation if it were an option.

And yes, they absolutely can be vocally pissed that a privileged old white rich man and his privileged rich kids will get to continue living much better lives due to their riches that allowed them to leave.

It’s like people here WANT to be pissed off at everything.

Lol

I’d love to if I could afford it. Neither my wife or I are particularly tied to our families.

Honestly, can you be sure you wouldn’t get distracted and forget the next step

This would help me and my wife. We both get distracted and this would remind us to finish the task before doing anything else.

That’s one thing I really liked about the first John Wick movie. No drawn out revenge torture, just a quick bullet and walk out. No need to take some kind of sick pleasure in it, there’s a job to be done.

Now that’s not to say I won’t enjoy some feel-good thoughts about the whole thing, but I just don’t take pleasure in making a death slow and painful.

I’ve got about $100 I can afford to fund this endeavor.

One scoop of shit in a sandwich is better than two, but it’s still a shit sandwich.

Open question to the floor: what is the most “Ska” song I could send to someone? Like the most iconic or the most stereotypical “Ska” a song could possibly be.

Edit: I’ve got some listening to do, thanks for the responses, keep them coming! I’ve never heard of half these bands, and while Ska isn’t usually my thing I definitely vibe with some of them.

Ew. Gross. I liked not knowing better. Ah well, at least I can’t check it myself so I don’t really care that much. I didn’t want lemmy to feel like a competition like I used to feel occasionally with r*ddit.

Also this is the first time I’ve noticed my name doesn’t show up as “Miles O’brien” for everyone. Now I’m sad :(

Honestly I’ve thought cm002 was a bot before as well, but they engage in comment sections often enough to say either it’s not, or it’s a user hopping on to check bot progress.

Either way, most likely case is it’s a user that saw a funny meme, and reposted it since not every sire is federated with others and some communities might not see it, especially if it’s to a world or ml domain.

Possibly related, I did not see your post from this morning, this is my first time seeing it. Not sure about federation between instances but yeah.

Also tangentially related, anyone remember the huge r*ddit drama over a poweruser constantly reposting things with top comment responses to farm karma? That was a fun glance into people who take imaginary internet points too seriously. I’m glad lemmy doesn’t keep track of total votes.

The food could have been given to someone hungry before it spoiled in the fridge.

The furniture could have been given to someone else instead of tossing it for the newer model/different decor.

My in-laws throw half-eaten food away every day. They redecorate for every season and usually only keep entire couches for 2-3 years. I’m assuming they’re an extreme outlier, but I know plenty of people who toss food like it’s fashionable to waste half your fridge every week, and get new furniture when I see nothing wrong with the old furniture.

Too few are the type to get a new chair only when the old one has broken in half, and eat everything they made for lunch.

“You have to protest!”

“no, not like that”

Think of it like when you know you need to have the car keys taken from grandpa because he’s an actual danger to himself and others.

But it’s easier said than done, especially when grandpa is surrounded by people who either refuse to acknowledge his bad driving, or actively encourage him to go out and drive.

Also grandpa is armed and there’s no guarantee that any of the people around him will stop him from shooting you and everyone in the neighborhood for trying.

And don’t forget that half your siblings are actively cheering grandpa on and calling you slurs for even suggesting something is wrong, and they are also armed and aching for an excuse to shoot you. Your own gun isn’t much use since you aren’t close to grandpa, and by yourself you can accomplish little to nothing, and you can’t reliably call your saner siblings to help out without drawing grandpa’s caregivers attention.

The whole government is one giant dementia patient and needs to be burned to the ground so we can build something better, but there’s no guarantee any of your siblings will make it or even be successful.

Unrelated, my mental health is great these days.

10 years ago you’re absolutely correct.

Now? Just one less barrier for fascists to do their thing.