The right for a business to operate is not protected by the first amendment, though.

I could use that argument to stop the government from closing/dismantling any physical space because I might use their walls to express my first amendment rights. But the argument just doesn’t hold up.

Leave room for my detritus.

That and it’s impossible say whether or not a given tool or object will never be used to do harm if wielded by the wrong entity.

Like, say you’re someone who makes free bricks. Someone uses the brick to build a house, great, that’s what it’s made for. Someone uses that brick to shatter a cop’s windshield, even better.

But someone can also use that brick to smash in the windows of a school, or even that the house built with the bricks you made is being lived in by a bad person.

No one makes bricks thinking “this could be a weapon, I am responsible for the harm it causes” because its primary purpose as building material is self-evident. It therefore has no inherent morality outside of what people you can’t control choose to do with what they have. All the brick maker wants to do is make the best bricks they can.

Agreed. The only redeeming thing I can give the writers credit for is that they gave him an amazing family life. Even though he is the office punching bag, he is much more fulfilled outside of work than any other character is. That, and he also does love his job.

Also rebranded as “Live. Die. Repeat.” for some reason. I guess the studio didn’t think the title “Edge of Tomorrow” sold the premise well enough.

I mean it could be better, though. Could do with fewer natural disasters, or perhaps another continent in the Pacific so it isn’t so empty. Or maybe burritos that grow on trees and a mild concentration of opium in the air. That’s the Earth I’d want to live on.

TBH I’d give earth a B or a C.

I feel like there must be a better planet out there somewhere.

Left to right, top to bottom.

Bad: Shinto, Taoism

Worst: Sikhism, Buddhism, Jainism

Extremely Worst: Judaism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam

Personally, I think whoever made this image has gives too much credit to Shinto and Taoism.

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I don’t mind questions being somewhat focused or topical. But the ones I don’t like are “Here is my long-winded opinion on x, what do you think?” or “Here’s a random article or other thing I found on the internet, thoughts?”

If it’s a post asking opinions on a recent event, that’s one thing. But I think the soapboxing should be limited. There’s more that a post should need to actually qualify as a discussion-fueling question than just the fact they ended a sentence with a question mark somewhere in their post.

Thoughts?

So is God powerless to stop people from committing evil?

I don’t know, why do Japanese schools have culture festivals? Is it not enough to say that some countries have different cultural norms and traditions?

You’ve basically touched on one of the core logical issues at play in Abrahamic religions (and others). God is omnipotent and omniscient, or people have free will. It can’t be both.

It’s like asking why people smoke.

Is it bad for you? Yes.

Is it a burden on society? Yes.

Is it addictive and does it make you feel good? For some, yes.

Why is this in AskLemmy? Where’s the question?

Not great if you are also trying to de-Google, though.

If they offered you 20,000 more than what you expected, might be you are underselling your actual worth and could have negotiated for more.

• Loose small produce like beans or cherries - keeps them all together.

• Moistened produce like kale or cilantro - keeps everything else in the bag from getting wet.

• Produce with flaky detritus like onions or garlic - keeps pieces of peel from getting everywhere.

• Raw meat prone to leakage - keeps other items in the bag from being exposed to potential pathogens.

They sell reusable mesh bags to help with the first scenario, but they aren’t really helpful for the other 3. I also try to be mindful of not buying more reusable bags I don’t need because most of those end up in landfills long before the 100/200/500/20,000 uses needed to offset the number of plastic bags you’d use otherwise.

Paper bags would help for the first and third scenarios as well, but not the other two. And single-use paper is nearly as bad.

I am prepared to hide under a rock after this comment, but…

Linux even powers the most widely-used consumer OS in the world. It just happens to take the form of Android.