@MugenLord@ADDICTED2GAM3S It could've been that it was too painful to even remain friends for her because any moment together would be a reminder of what could've been. Sometimes, closing the door completely feels like the better option when you know theres too many emotions in the mix.
@bmac1544@Real_Slurp@Gotti2Love@debsoils@RepMTG@JJDJ1187 Coping, I see. I would say you're the band members on the Titanic, playing as the ship goes down, but that would be giving you too much agency as a rational actor. You are the instrument, being played by billionaires on their helicopter before they throw you into the depths.
@bmac1544@Real_Slurp@Gotti2Love@debsoils@RepMTG@JJDJ1187 GDP is shrinking, Pakistan and Afghanistan is in open war, and we just hit Iran again after Trump said their nuclear program was obliterated months ago. You good over there?
@1st_12151791@cabsav456@BobbiMorto39522 Question about that: how long did it take them to concede their respective races, and has Trump even once conceded he lost the 2020 election?
Commit to the defense of Taiwan and the Taiwanese become bold enough to potentially bait China into direct war with the US, betting that the US will win.
Don't commit and China steamrolls Taiwan.
Both tread lightly if they don't know your next move. Ambiguity is the intent.
In what DNC strategists are calling her greatest foreign policy moment since inventing a new economic theory, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez delivered an answer to a simple question about defending Taiwan that will surely go down in history.
When asked plainly whether the United States “would and should” commit troops to defend Taiwan if China attacked, in full diplomatic cadence, she boldly proclaimed:
“Uhm, you know, I think that this is … such a … you know, I think that … this is a uhm … this is of course a uh, a very longstanding policy of the United States, and … I think what we are hoping for is that we want to make sure we never get to that point … and we want to make sure that we are moving in all of our economic research and our global positions to avoid any such confrontation, and for that question to even arise.”
Translation: "I don't know what the f*** I'm talking about".
@OkNameChecksOut@speechboy71@_Sweet_Lew You really think a single agency in this country will tell their officers, "don't move in front of a car thats been moving, but a parked car even with the driver behind the wheel is A-ok!"
@psych_nft@jones3283@waltermasterson ICE trains their officers to stand in front of a running vehicle? Im sure agency policy has something to say about this.
@WilliamTrotma19@Belgianhorse1@IamSean90 Rent control exists because people feel entitled to live in a high demand city with a sky high cost of living rather than moving somewhere cheaper. No one is entitled to live on land they don't own and can't afford.
@TheBlackHokage A game with a reputation mechanic where if you cause too much property destruction/civilian harm public opinion turns against you and accelerates military R&D into kryptonite weapons and you get ganked on sight
@gaius_octa_vius@StefanTMD@WWFCJL Pulisic started before age 10
He's currently the second leading scorer in Serie A.
That's not world class by European standards?
@1313ZAWA@JadeDaGem Her tone seems to suggest she is inclined to believe the guy is a perv, and there are others here who definitely believe that. We can support victims of sexual perversion, but we probably just have different standards for when we feel the need to advocate.
@1313ZAWA@JadeDaGem Completely agree that this happens to too many women, so talk about those cases, and not one as murky as this without acknowledging that given the circumstances, it's also possible she lied about the door being wide open.
@JadeDaGem@AphroditeinChi 1.She posted the video on tiktok well before she contacted police
2.She was angry about tiktok removing one of her responses that could've been monetized
3.We are both biased in our experiences, but her actions are not those of a reasonable person.
@ava_marie_v@JadeDaGem Well, if the door was wide open (which is only based upon her word) she has an argument that his expectation to privacy was diminished, however the fact that he was exposed may affect that. The unlawful surveillance charge asserts an invasion of privacy, likely by opening it.
@AphroditeinChi@JadeDaGem "I don't know what's true or false" don't comment on it then. Period. Especially when sexual assault has a very specific legal definition that is not at all satisfied in this case. That's why she stopped saying it was SA after having to get a lawyer; defamation is a bitch