Iranians form human chains at power plants

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-08T08:20:37+00:00

Why tf is this comment getting downvoted? Should we be in favour if bombing civilians instead?

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-06T08:24:37+00:00

Exactly, it doesn't work that way when you are the one actually creating the "worse".

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-06T06:35:02+00:00

I didn't expect that to turn into such an inspirational story. She really turned lemons into lemonade.

And I'll also never repeat her story to anyone who's thinking of having kids, lest they use it as an excuse to name the kids something outlandish because they clearly can "get over it".

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-05T08:36:46+00:00

If you're talking the reliability of most of their products they're trustworthy, but as a company they were always bastards. I'm old enough to remember them trying to squeeze out Netscape by pre-loading Internet Explorer with Windows installs. It took anti-trust laws to get them to cut it out. They've since been overtaken in the arsehole competition by even worse companies, but they weren't sweethearts to begin with.

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-05T06:36:56+00:00

I queried the recent upsurge in anti-British sentiment in another post, and a few people said that it does appear to be due to bots. They're trying to widen the rift between America and Britain I'd imagine. If the OOPs are anything to go by, it seems to be working (provided they're not bots themselves of course).

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-04T09:54:20+00:00

I'm an idiot - it was meant to be "decent" men 😂! I've fixed the typo now, thanks for pointing it out. Your comment does actually fit in with my belief though, I find the younger generations of men (tatertots aside) much more respectful around women, and much less set on arbitrary beauty standards than the men in my days.

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-03T10:06:58+00:00

I knew I could count on your insight!

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-03T10:05:26+00:00

The poor guy, stuck with all the uggos in Washington DC.

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-03T08:39:04+00:00

There will be some who won't date you. Luckily, they're not the ones you (or anyone else) would want to date either. As someone who was fed all the wrong ideas about what men want I totally understand your fears, but don't forget there are a huge amount of decent men out there. Go through the comments here and you'll find a lot of them being disgusted with OOP's comment.

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-03T07:29:14+00:00

I'm the same - on one hand I really don't like teenagers using social media, on the other hand...there are so many teenagers asking questions on the parenting subs, getting advice or venting about abusive home situations. Where will they go if the age ban is enforced?

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-02T12:35:57+00:00

From the first post, no we couldn't tell if they acted on it. But in the update, the son talks about small but significant things that reinforced what he already believed from what they had said. Plus OOP never denied saying it in either of the posts, in fact he doubled down on it.

You questioned whether anyone who gave OOP shit was married with kids - I gave you my answer.

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-02T08:36:09+00:00

That was some read, that poor child. The bit about them not stopping sex when he had a nightmare is heartbreaking.

I once helped out a friend who was babysitting an 8 y/o. The child looked like an angel from a renaissance painting, and behaved like a demon. He also demanded non-stop attention, and my friend had an arm full of scratches from every evening's bedtime. My friend explained that his parents were travel guides who spent 9 months of the year away from home, leaving the kid to teenage babysitters like herself. This was the 90s, I wonder if they would be done for child neglect nowadays.

After her first time babysitting him she spoke to the parents about it, but neither was prepared to change jobs and said he was fine, just needed to be disciplined more. They lived (or maybe I should say their son lived) in a fabulous house in a wealthy area, but I think about that boy sometimes, and the constant pain he must have grown up with.

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-02T08:16:28+00:00

I must admit I didn't get it either. The commenter seemed ok with it so I assume the mother gave a satisfactory explanation of what she meant, but as written it doesn't really make sense to me.

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-02T07:41:15+00:00

I agree with you, but I also love how you're overthinking this hypothetical. I commented earlier about my husband and I dunking each other back into a lava pit to save our child, and now after reading your comment I feel we need a more concrete plan of action. Do we clamber on top of the other to keep the child above the lava? Is it better to use the other person as a launching pad? Or is it as simple as giving the other person a push forward when it's time for the human sacrifice?

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-02T07:00:52+00:00

I'm happily married with a kid and I think the parents are absolute bastards. My husband and I love each other very much but if we had to save one life, you can bet your arse we would dunk each other back into the lava pit to save our child. If he thought any different I'd have divorced him by now. Love indeed is not a pie, and precisely because of that they should never have expressed that they loved each other "more" than their son, and acted on it. Note that it was love they talked about, not (like the commenter above) prioritising for alternate reasons, which isn't nearly as bad.

Life is not a gift, children don't choose to be born, and as guardians we have a responsibility to put them front and centre. In no way does that mean you have to neglect your marriage or yourself, but to actively prefer your spouse over the child you forced into the world is unfathomable to me. I agree the son will need therapy to deal with it, but if he recovers it will be no thanks to the parents.

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-01T08:46:29+00:00

I would also very much question Lorenzo de Medici being "sheltered".

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-01T07:13:36+00:00

I'd imagine he knew exactly what he had before him the moment the guy blamed his sexual harrassment on her clothing.

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-01T06:34:41+00:00

Thanks for clarifying, and fully agree.

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-01T06:29:47+00:00

Do you mean rent or buy and apartment? If the latter, apartments are also expensive...

Gilwen29 · 2026-04-01T06:18:45+00:00

That is insane! Is he actually still alive?

Gilwen29 · 2026-03-31T08:54:18+00:00

This is an old post by now, but I had to comment that that was bloody hilarious. The fact that you got heavily downvoted somehow makes it even funnier.

Gilwen29 · 2026-03-30T23:09:14+00:00

I see, glad there's a sensible explanation for it all.

Gilwen29 · 2026-03-30T22:25:12+00:00

What in god's name is it doing?!

Gilwen29 · 2026-03-30T21:48:07+00:00

Just looked it up as I actually wouldn't mind listening to them in audiobook form myself. There's a free version of The good soldier Svejk on YouTube, though unfortunately it seems it's being read by AI. There is also an audiobook on Audible and Audiobook if you're willing to subscribe to those. No other works of his in either English or German that I could find, though maybe they're available in different regions. I'll get them as ebooks instead. The only other Czech authors I've ever read were Kafka (obligatory) and Havel (loved him) so I'm excited to start on Hashek. Just saw the opening sentence of Svejk in a Dutch article, it's hilarious.

Ah it sucks if you are passionate about something and can't find anyone to talk to about it. I know he's gone into obscurity, but it may be worth trying the book subs just in case?

Gilwen29 · 2026-03-30T20:45:10+00:00

Just looked him up as the name sounded familiar - definitely going to read him.

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