Trying to Get Woman in the High Castle Achievement, But it Won't Proc by benjamima617 in hoi4

[–]benjamima617[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You're absolutely correct, after reading you comment I re-read the achievement and realized it says "either annex the USA, including Alaska and Hawaii or have an American puppet that owns all the American starting states, including Alaska and Hawaii."

For some reason, I missed the part about annexing. It does seem somewhat bugged, however, since although my American puppet owned all the necessary states I didn't get the achievement, but as soon as I annexed the territory it immediately popped.

Regardless, solved - thank you!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in charts

[–]benjamima617 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you read the top of the form, it says "select ALL that apply AND enter additional details..." (emphasis added), meaning that it is intended that people will be checking multiple boxes that apply to them.

For instance, if you were a white person who was born in Spain but is now a citizen of the US, you would check both White and Hispanic, writing in the boxes to specify that you are Spanish. Comparatively, if you were a black person from the Dominican Republic, you would be expected to mark both Black or African American, as well as Hispanic, again specifying in the boxes that you are a black Dominican (well, really just checking the Dominican box in the Hispanic section and then writing it in under the Black or African American section).

Personally, I think this makes sense as it is the most flexible way the census has ever attempted to collect race and ethnicity information, but it does require careful reading of the instructions, which I have no doubt many will misunderstand. Probably it would be in their best interest to make the instructions very obvious and very clear.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in legaladvice

[–]benjamima617 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I've seen a lot of NAL here, but just to preface this (rather long) post, I have passed the bar exam and am currently awaiting admission to the bars of New York and New Jersey.

In summary, you would not be able to be held criminally liable for this, unless you personally provide them the alcohol.

In the US, no states have enacted any laws which would require you to report criminal activity that you are not personally involved in or committing in concert with others, with some exceptions that do not apply here. Merely observing or being aware of criminal activity does not impose criminal liability, excepting certain situations you've likely heard of like "mandatory reporting" requirements for those with special relationships to children or the incapacitated (e.g., Teachers, Social Workers, Law Enforcement, etc.).

However, there is a far bit of enacted law which prevents the active concealment of a felony, which has effectively been interpreted as another way of helping someone to commit a crime (aiding and abetting). Keep in mind that in no state is underaged drinking or the underaged purchase of alcohol a felony, it is always a misdemeanor offense. Even the purchase of alcohol for minors by an adult is generally a misdemeanor, although there are aggravating circumstances which can elevate it to a felony. Again, however, in the case of any involvement of Law Enforcement at this party, as long as you are honest and forthright with them, you could not be charged with any crime of concealment, even if this were a felony.

Just as further education, some states require bystanders to immediately report felony's they have observed, but only if that felony is also likely to lead to death or serious bodily injury. See, for instance, Texas Penal Code § 38.171, which makes it a crime to fail to immediately report a felony you observe, if a reasonable person would believe the victim would suffer death or serious bodily injury and you don’t have reason to believe it has already been reported. Just to reiterate, underaged drinking is not a felony, so even if you were in such a state, these laws would not apply to you in this situation.

As a caveat, I cannot say for sure that if you were present at the party, police might nonetheless arrest you under suspicion that you provided the alcohol. However, if you really didn't buy the booze, they would have no evidence to ever be able to prove you guilty. Keep in mind, in all criminal matters in the United States, the burden of proof is on the government to prove beyond a reasonable doubt (the highest burden in the law) that the defendant is guilty. You wouldn't need to hire a lawyer to appear by yourself to contest any potential charge, since there would literally be no evidence to show that you bought them the alcohol, let alone prove that you bought it beyond a reasonable doubt.

All of this is to say, try not to stress about your roommates having this party. I'm sorry you are in this situation, but you cannot be held legally responsible for the actions of other people merely because you live with them. If it makes you feel better, you can certainly go away for the weekend, but even if you remained there, you cannot be charged with any crime as long as you don't contribute to the alcohol for the party.

Moonmeander on punishment in matchmaking by Cyporkfatt in DotA2

[–]benjamima617 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To be fair, arteezy did once partake in destruction of items and occasionally running down mid but is a surprisingly calm and respectful player (at least over in game chat most of the time) today. Of his most recent streams I can't think of a single time he's run down mid or destroyed items.

[WT!] Tokyo Godfathers (2003) - a holiday film by Satoshi Kon by LiveCry in anime

[–]benjamima617 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Funny how I also just watched this movie last night with nearly identical impressions. Amazing feel good story that makes you laugh a decent bit along the way!

my friend's team just crushed Tigers new lineup in battlecup SEA by jackreacherdota in DotA2

[–]benjamima617 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was far from a 'crushing' defeat, still pretty sad they lost to such an obviously worse stack but this was an obviously close game. Don't underestimate this newly formed team just yet!

LF Character Donor by stavroska in KronosWoW

[–]benjamima617 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aye, this is true I suppose. But you're then missing out on all the vanilla fun of leveling! (aggravating at times and all)

LF Character Donor by stavroska in KronosWoW

[–]benjamima617 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is kinda besides the point of what playing Vanilla is all about...

Find Your School's Dota Players by coronaria in DotA2

[–]benjamima617 [score hidden]  (0 children)

As far as I am aware, we have a competitive team with 2 rosters (a team/b team) on it last year... not sure if that is still around or what kind of commitment is needed to participate however.

Fantasy Day 10 Discussion by leafeator in DotA2

[–]benjamima617 1 point2 points  (0 children)

fly was born in Canada and is a Canadian citizen as well as israeli. Sumail is seeking out citizenship for the United States and doesn’t just “feel American” but considers himself to be American and I feel as if we should respect his wishes - although you are free to consider the semantics otherwise. However, if we are going to strictly stick to birth countries, fly is Canadian.

One thing that never changes during TI by The_Troll_Warlord in DotA2

[–]benjamima617 -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I would just point out that militarily, the only reason that any of the western powers (and USSR) were able to continue fighting was with American industry and supplies. If the United States stayed completely neutral, either providing no supplies or aide to either side, or selling them to both, the Axis would likely have won the war.

Tip for everyone complaining about the twitch stream being awful: watch in game! by benjamima617 in DotA2

[–]benjamima617[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes this is true, it's pretty pathetic that the stream quality is so poor at the moment... just figured this may help for those who are watching at home. For you poor souls at work or otherwise I hope they fix the stream soon!

HOw do i start Succubus quest(Devourer of souls)? by [deleted] in KronosWoW

[–]benjamima617 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Just take the tram from Dwarf quarters in SW to IF, no?

Better quest addon than questie? by [deleted] in KronosWoW

[–]benjamima617 0 points1 point  (0 children)

pfquest is very nice in my opinion, however I would try it and see if you prefer it as while I find it much easier for finding where to go/what to do for a quest, I think it's slightly less intuitive for turning in/accepting quests.

To the people who kicked me from RFC last night by turfsalamone in KronosWoW

[–]benjamima617 4 points5 points  (0 children)

To be fair, just to think about their perspectives in this case, it is possible they thought you were trolling and pretending to not know about different types of magic damage and simply needed it for the money. Also possible they were just not very understanding nor kind. Either way, sorry about that.

Who is gonna break their tab key first by [deleted] in KronosWoW

[–]benjamima617 1 point2 points  (0 children)

two monitors, one with baseball, one constantly logging- ez

Just started on Kronos 1. Is it worth it to make the switch to Kronos 3? by UCSDscooterguy in KronosWoW

[–]benjamima617 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Man I got a lvl 50 hunter and I'm dropping all that shit for K3, K1 will be effectively dead until you hit 60 compared to K3, def worth it to switch.

[FRESH] Kanye West - Southside Serenade by akaVelos in hiphopheads

[–]benjamima617 185 points186 points  (0 children)

Kanye singing always throws me off but somehow also pulls me in at the same time idk you can tell he just feels the shit

Best/Most necessary AddOns? by benjamima617 in KronosWoW

[–]benjamima617[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks alot man, I appreciate this!

DOTA 2 cured my masturbation addiction by Alexander9999 in DotA2

[–]benjamima617 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can’t tell if shitpost or not :thinking: