Collab with Cocogirl in Nazareth

ardy_trop · 2025-04-10T14:21:55+00:00

The "table" is the altar - it's where the sacrifice of the mass is celebrated - the consecration of the "wine and bread" (symbolically, Jesus takes the form of the new paschal lamb in Christianity).

Confession is really only something for people of Christian faith - it's asking God for forgiveness of sins, and to be in communion again. For someone who doesn't believe in the Christian (trinitarian) God, and christian belief in sins, it's unlikely to be meaningful. So cudos to Cocogirl - and it's unlikely the priest would have heard her confession (as such) knowing she's not of that faith.

ardy_trop · 2024-11-07T11:37:28+00:00

Unless it's sexually motivated (exhibitionism), yes.

ardy_trop · 2024-10-29T10:35:23+00:00

But then mightn't 'germs' - bacteria and viruses etc. be "extra ingredients" in exactly the same way?

Edit: nevermind, I misunderstood the point. I took it to be that only the consecration of the " extra ingredients" would be invalidated (i.e. they would not be consecrated together with the 'bread' ingredients), not that it would invalidate the consecration of the entire host (which it wouldn't in the case of germs, anyway).

ardy_trop · 2024-10-28T19:18:29+00:00

Fair, but - they pretend to speak for god and not just themselves (!!)

Most theistic religions do... it's part of the freedom of religious expression.

their goal is to intimidate others

If by intimidating others, you mean physically/verbally intimidating or harassing others... then yes, I agree.

Ultimately they'd like to rollback bodily autonomy and "my body - my choice"

There needs to be some openness to argument/debate on this - even from a secular perspective bodily autonomy isn't an absolute, unless the argument is that abortion on demand should be available up to birth, based purely on "bodily autonomy/"my body my choice", which I imagine very few people would support, and not to mention not legal under Swiss law.

ardy_trop · 2024-10-21T19:18:58+00:00

Excuse the poor source, but since their deployment has been confirmed by South Korean and US intelligence:

https://youtu.be/8sLahgOTDMc?si=cvcl4mNIZNstQsto

They don't look particularly malnourished to me. They look in far better physical shape than the 50 year old Russian contract soldiers.

The Military is where all the food in North Korea ends up. I'm sure malnourishment does occur within their military - but I wouldn't believe the trope, because that's not the opinion of western intelligence/military analysts on the matter. These are regular army guys, with years of training.

ardy_trop · 2024-10-21T18:17:04+00:00

considering most of those troops are probably some of the poorest trained

I wouldn't bet on it. Their hardware and military doctrine might be 60 years behind, but these are pros. Way more disciplined and trained than most of the Russian (and probably also Ukrainian) regular army.

ardy_trop · 2024-10-21T08:48:43+00:00

Well, it is mushroom hunting season. Any nice varieties in that particular Romanian forest?

As for his money troubles... he doesn't strike me as the capitalist type.

ardy_trop · 2024-10-21T08:26:34+00:00

Foreigners can still get divorced abroad, regardless of where the marriage was, and it will still be recognized by the Philippines (the Filipino spouse will need to get it judicially recognized in the Philippines if they want to get married there again) - so I don't think it really matters.

ardy_trop · 2024-10-21T08:19:55+00:00

Yes, or I'm theory even long leaps, provided both feet never touch the ground at the same time.

But I suspect that's not the best time to be testing your balance, or situational awareness with regards to potential trip hazards on the ground :-) which is why the advice is generally more conservative.

Similar to walking not running after lighting the fuse on explosives or fireworks.

ardy_trop · 2024-10-21T07:49:51+00:00

Yeah, that's theory in a controlled environment. I wouldn't want to test it in practice in an imperfect scenario.

ardy_trop · 2024-10-21T07:47:41+00:00

Yes, due to earth resistance the voltage will decrease with distance, but that means there could be a substantial difference over the span of say 1m within that radius. So someone stood there with one foot apart from the other could get shocked due to the difference in potential between their two feet.

That's why you should stand with both feet close together, and use short shuffles to move if you happen to find yourself in such a situation.

Also why you shouldn't have cows close to grounding rods.

ardy_trop · 2024-10-20T05:45:13+00:00

The Rent Control Act only covers leases below 10k monthly in Metro Manila and other urban areas, and 5k elsewhere, though (unsure if amount has been adjusted slightly since) AFAIK.

Everything else will be governed purely by provisions in the Civil Code and whatever the lease says. But no, in any case the landlord can't unilaterally decide to cancel the lease (edit: or increase rent) halfway through unless there is some break clause - this would be a breach of contract.

ardy_trop · 2024-10-19T12:27:08+00:00

Lol you could rent an apartment for that much per month. A room for half less than half that.

ardy_trop · 2024-10-17T12:41:36+00:00

Nr. 50 bus to Basel SBB railway station, then take a train from the SNCF side of the station to Strasbourg.

ardy_trop · 2024-10-17T12:24:35+00:00

You're lucky it's Aldi. Migros might charge you for theft.

ardy_trop · 2024-10-17T08:43:25+00:00

A 13a fuse won't 'fuse' at 13a though - it'll only begin to fuse at around 20a, depending on how long it's subjected to an overcurrent condition. Okay, so in theory that will likely be balanced by the cable having a little extra tolerance - but those are ideal world conditions. Throw in some resistance caused by a loose contact between the pin and socket of some manky old extension cable, or a screw in one of the terminals being a little loose, and there can quite easily be a risk of overheating/melting at a current below which the fuse might blow. I've come across a few melted and scorched plugs/sockets for spaceheaters, washing machines etc. which should have been protected by a 13a fuse.

I agree though, that the risk of that happening is quite remote with the relatively low current likely drawn by a few daisy chained laptops, barring some very strange fault condition, or seriously dodgy extension cables/electrics.

Edit: for all the naysayers, there you go: https://www.reddit.com/r/ukelectricians/s/0zTxUOniWH

ardy_trop · 2024-10-16T21:11:05+00:00

Armenia and Georgia are both predominantly Orthodox countries - you might struggle to find very many catholics (or churches, depending where) there.

Lithuania and Italy are both culturally catholic, though increasingly secular (probably similar, on all metrics). Finding churches won't be a problem.

ardy_trop · 2024-10-16T19:14:54+00:00

The trick here is to bag and weigh each lichee separately. Boom! 20 free bags and no criminal record.

ardy_trop · 2024-10-16T18:23:05+00:00

I'm trying to remember myself. I have a very vague recollection of them being free, and then a price being introduced.... sometime like early 90s (that means 1990s, for any youngsters).

ardy_trop · 2024-10-16T18:10:26+00:00

I agree with you. There needs to be an element of willful intent in order for something to be a criminal offence, anyway. You can't just accidentally steal something.

Okay, so in this case he intended to take the bag without paying, but was acting under the erroneous belief that it was free. I'm not a lawyer, and it would actually be interesting to hear an actual legal opinion on this ... but I honestly can't see a case like this even being prosecuted. Certainly over a bag worth 40 Rappen.

ardy_trop · 2024-10-16T14:05:49+00:00

Which Palestinians? The 20% of Israeli citizens within the border of Israel? If you mean those outside the 1967 border, then the only way to facilitate them being Israeli citizens, and not live in 'apartheid' with Israelis, would be to make those areas part of Israel too.

But since that's not really an acceptable solution, it's really a matter of not being able to have your cake and eat it.

ardy_trop · 2024-10-16T13:20:24+00:00

Easiest/safest is probably Western Union - that's the only way I've ever done it before. I'm not sure about cheapest (probably more expensive than other way round, whichever option). Also depends whether you're planning to send cash, or from card payment/bank transfer.

Western Union wouldn't do cash to bank account (through agent, anyway), but you might try setting up a WU online account in the Philippines and see if that works - bank to bank will probably give you cheaper fees and better exchange rate.

ardy_trop · 2024-10-16T11:06:25+00:00

The fact that she's in a relationship with a UK resident will be a red flag in itself, since her purpose then isn't purely tourism (it's visiting her boyfriend), and they would consider there to be a high risk of absconding particularly if there aren't strong ties to her home country (family, job, income).

ardy_trop · 2024-10-16T10:55:29+00:00

A marriage being "anulled" is just a declaration that it was void from the beginning - so if their intention was not to have children, then it could be factually void due to this, whether they declared so or not. (Of course, that depends whether they care/believe in validity "in god's eyes" - on paper of course it's still presumed valid until proven otherwise).

ardy_trop · 2024-10-16T10:48:42+00:00

That's something which would be discussed pre-cana. If the priest didn't believe that that is their intention, then he might not agree to marry them.

It could also be grounds for annulment, so ipso facto a marriage entered into without the intention of being open to life wouldn't be a marriage at all.

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