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Everyone is gifted with the ability to control their own fertility. You’re only fertile if you want to be. The only chance for pregnancy to occur is if both partners want it to.
I imagine that would cause a severe population decline, and I’m fine with that. There’s too many humans on this planet already.
I hate that logo. I glanced at the subject and thought the X Window System was standardizing remote audio over the X protocol.
As far as dollar amount, probably some meal with my girlfriend. We don’t do fancy but usually have one nice meal on a vacation.
But as a percentage of my income - something called Bonzai Chicken I ordered for $70 on my honeymoon back in the 90s. I made $7/hr at the time. I didn’t know it had curry in it or that I was allergic to curry. I spent the remainder of my honeymoon sick as a dog.
I believe you’ve answered your own question.
Lemmy isn’t Marxist-only. The majority of Lemmy users are what the more vocal Lemmygrad and Hexbear users deride as “libs.” As a thought experiment, imagine that you are one of us for a moment and then browse Local on one of those.
Everything not gravitationally bound is moving away from everything else. Every single point in space is growing larger. That means that things farther away from you are moving away from you faster then things closer to you. That’s true no matter where in the universe you are.
There’s not really an “away” from the big bang. That’s something science communicators fail to explain - the big bang happened everywhere. Space may have been infinite in size (we don’t know) and it still happened everywhere.
I’d recommend looking up the YouTube channel for FermiLab. They’ve got some excellent videos on the subject.
A few points you missed.
Yes, the Rykuyu islands were a sovereign country… In the 16th century. It’s been run by Japan - save for a brief period between 1945 and 1978 - ever since. There’s a small and insignificant independence movement that pretty much everyone ignores. I remember them throwing bread rolls at our gate guards.
The US didn’t nuke Okinawa. I don’t think it was intentional, but your wording implied that it did.
Okinawans are split over the military issue. Some people want the US out. Others make tons of money off the Americans being there. It’s not a clear cut situation as you seem to imply.
The US is responsible for Japan’s defense ever since the end of WWII, just like it was for west Germany. Given that Japan didn’t make many friends during their little adventure across east Asia, having the world’s largest military protect them is a favorable arrangement for them.
It’s been several generations since WWII. Japan is one of the US’ closest allies. If they wanted to transform their self-defense force into a full-blown military and take over responsibility for their own defense, I’m sure they could do so. So far, no one has generated the political will to do that. Your buddy Kim isn’t helping things by sending missiles over Japan.
And lastly, WWII wasn’t a war of conquest for the US. Blame the US for interfering in Korea and Vietnam and the middle east all you like, but Japan was a different story. Calling the US’ actions in Japan “Imperialism” destroys any credibility you may have otherwise had.
Western workplace? It shows up everywhere. Beauty tools and products are some of the most common artifacts found by archeologists. The silk road carried uncountable tons of materials for makeup, clothing, and jewelry. Do you think Mao or Lenin went around in their pajamas smelling like they haven’t bathed in a year?
This isn’t a western thing. It’s a human thing.
GWB publicly condoning torture.
I grew up during the tail end of the cold war. Torture was something the Soviets did. We were better than that.
And sure, I knew the CIA did stuff like that under the table, but it was never OK.
It’s what got me interested in politics, and why I feel that we shouldn’t try to hide the bad things we’ve done when we teach history. Knowing what we’re capable of is necessary to keep ourselves from repeating the mistakes of the past.
I’m struggling to think of any situation where a 2yo would come in contact with a hippopotamus that doesn’t involve criminal levels of negligence.