No organ magically heals itself, you’re not Wolverine. Liver damage is permanent, any dosage over 4 grams of paracetamol per 24 hours (typically four doses of two 500mg tablets) can cause liver damage. Let the damage accumulate, and you’ll go into liver failure. If the liver fails, you’ll have to hope you’re lucky enough to get a donor, or you’ll be counting down hours left in your life. Take good care of your body and be healthy, your older self will thank you.
Believe me, there’s nothing unusual about this building in the Philippines. You can easily find far worse-looking places that the city won’t touch.
Most certainly - only that I don’t worry as much about the curveballs coming. 😉
My 30s were actually my worst, I think (with the exception of my childhood). When I turned 40, it was almost like flipping a switch, but it also coincided with my son being born a year and a half before that. Of course there are new things to worry about, but it’s different, somehow. Things are much better now. ☺️
For some it comes with age, as they gradually give less and less of a shit. Around 40, maybe? Might stem from a mindset of: “You’ve already thrown me all the curveballs you can, world. You can’t hurt me anymore.”
And the American arms industry is the backbone of the military industrial complex, bringing in vast amounts of money to the US every year. The world’s biggest arms exporter can only benefit from someone else’s war. Without that industry, my guess is the United States treasury would become completely overwhelmed by their sovereign debt and collapse very quickly, so the government on either side of the aisle will protect it with all their might.
I wish I could agree with you, but the situation in Gaza looks more and more like something we’ve seen before. After the end of World War 2, the world reacted with shock at what had been done to the Jews - murder has never been committed on such a grand scale and in such organized fashion. Jews had been dehumanised in public long before, being equated to rats and other vermin. The Zionists currently holding on to power in Israel are using the same kind of rhetoric against Palestinians. However, one difference between then and now is that the Rwanda genocide taught us that the world is entirely capable of sitting back and watch the horror unfold, even though we’re all fully informed of what’s going on. A ship of brave volunteers being sunk would cause a stern letter or at best sanctions. Israel can act with utter impunity as long as they’re backed by their big brother Uncle Sam.
Reminds me of when I was having a chat with the owner of a company I worked at in London. We had just made ourselves a cup of tea, he got himself a digestive to go with it. He dipped the digestive in his tea, and mid-sentence only half of the biscuit came back up. Stunned silence. The look of utter misery and disappointment on his face stays with me to this day - this was the last thing he needed just then. I suggested it could be fixed by adding the rest of the packet of biscuits and enjoy it as a biscuit porridge - he wasn’t entirely convinced. 😄
This happened outside of Trondheim in Norway. Funny thing is that the homeowner didn’t even notice. He slept through the whole thing and woke up to a 135 metre cargo ship outside his window.
Mindless troll
And what you’re doing there is often called red-tagging; baselessly accusing whichever person is disagreeing with you or being inconvenient of being a communist in order to “win the argument”. Common practice in places with either authoritarian rule or corrupted democracies, such as the US and the Philippines. A very poor strategy, though - it only reveals that you have nothing to show.
It’s not hard to detect your animosity towards tankies, I’d venture to say you identify them as enemies. Question is: What are your criteria for someone else to be defined as what you call a “tankie loser”? Have those criteria gradually narrowed over the years?
Thanks for the explanation, it’s really helpful. Though I do appreciate open fora where all ideologies and viewpoints can converge and discuss in a peaceful manner, what I don’t like is the otherization, polarization and labeling of those not sharing someone’s opinions. I hope the discourse climate will move in the right direction soon.
No worries, I’ve told my fair share of compete flops, many of them in front of everyone at work. 😆
I think the phrase we’re looking for is panem et circenses; bread and circus. That’s the delicate balance the powers that be are using to keep the general populace complacent. Any developed society is three meals away from collapse, but when we have a steady supply of junk food and Netflix binges coming our way, we’re just too comfortable to care.
What is this obsession with the term “tankies” on Lemmy nowadays? Fled here from Reddit because it had turned into a quagmire of American politics, rage and misery. The others fleeing seem to have brought it with them.
I had cat scratch disease last year, and do not recommend it. Very painful and uncomfortable. If a cat bites or scratches you hard enough to break skin, clean and disinfect immediately. If you feel ill after a couple of weeks to a month, test yourself and kitty for Bartonella Henselae. If positive, prepare for three months to a year of misery.
I stand corrected. I do know what legal tender means, and thought that the Euro was required to be accepted in all of the EU. Not any less confusing when your neighbours in Slovakia use the Euro and we were visiting Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia in the same trip. Good beer, btw.
Pretty much, though that’s not a requirement either. Sweden and Denmark still have their kroner, the Czechs have their koruna and Hungarians their forints. The euro is legal tender in all of these countries, but it’s also legal tender in most parts of Norway already. 😂
The only arguments against joining the EU I’ve heard so far from staunchly anti-EU people are variations of “we’ll be ruled from Brussels”, “the EU will take all our money”, “we’ll be flooded with foreigners” and “we’ll lose our culture”.
The response to these claims:
We won’t be ruled any more from Brussels than France, Spain or Hungary is. All these countries have their own methods and unique sets of laws you have to familiarise yourself with before moving there. The EU won’t take our money any more than any other member; it’s a mutually beneficial transaction. We’re already a part of the EEA and Schengen so anyone in the EU has the right to live and work in Norway, just as Norwegians enjoy the same rights. I’ve visited most countries in the EU, and can’t say I got the impression that any of their unique cultures were under threat. We stayed in normal residential areas, far from the touristy parts of town, and could clearly see the unique characteristics of each place we went to.
I’d expect the vast majority of such workers in the Arab region to be OFW’s (Overseas Filipino Workers). They’ve got such unending dedication and loyalty to their families that they send a very large share of what they earn home, often sacrificing most prospects they have for financial and personal growth for the good of their parents or younger siblings. The remittances from abroad make up about 8% of the country’s GDP, which is a staggering amount. This creates a vicious circle of dependence on Filipinos as cheap labour. A sad state of affairs when Filipinos are relatively well-educated, but often become victims of social dumping, simply because of where they’re from. They get paid, but are kept in a limbo where it’s very difficult to move up in the world. Can’t call it slavery, but you can’t not call it slavery either. I really hope conditions will improve for workers from developing countries.