@MethodByVid there are Russian streaming services that charge $5/mo for every single movie, TV series, documentary and reality show of all time from every network and streaming service from every country on Earth. Pirated of course, but what are foreigners going to do about it?
@escapefrommelos what is the punishment for not following through on a public oath to give an abaya in a Koran-recitation competition? is it stoning, amputation, something similar?
@infirin if you’re hiring priests at a church then sure spirituality should definitely be part of the hiring process
people don’t like when you use horseshit terms like intuition &spirituality to suggest that you have an inimitable gut feeling that guides you, esp in a lame field like HR
@ratulenza@shanggyangg wanting to have the opportunity to do something is not the same thing as exercising that opportunity. There are lots of people who die of old age with money in the bank and no heirs. Wanting to have options and possibilities is a normal human urge
@CitsAgris@cornu__copia according to Estonian law, fluency in Finnish is not fluency in Estonian. Plus Estonians are hardcore nationalists who don’t want Finns taking jobs. Plus Estonian origin myth is domination of genetic Balts by prehistoric Finno-Ugrics, they don’t see themselves as related to Finns
@shanggyangg US Jewry has the institution of Hebrew School, one of the functions of which is to tell the story of how Ashkenazi Jews lived before they came to America. Which is, basically: Fiddler on the Roof. Which is based on a story by Soviet (anti-imperial Russia) writer Sholom Aleichem
@balmer_tim consent was withdrawn the moment she stopped wanting it, not the moment she communicated that to you. Because of the delay in turning thought to speech you subjected her to unwanted sexual activity which is a crime
@MarioBojic what does practicing stabbing a pillow on the ground prepare the troops for, what’s the pillow supposed to represent? Are British troops being trained to kill people who are laying on the ground? doesn’t seem like this is a useful battlefield skill
@samueleyekosi because they authors of the Old Testament wanted Egypt to sound oppressive and fascistic rather than a place full of cool stuff that’d be interesting to visit
@JillFilipovic people who work as 911 operators have a high school education and get paid a little bit over minimum wage, how do you really expect a 911 operator in Bumfuck Oregon to sound