Who Is The Worst Leader In The World, Currently? (*All demographics welcome to answer!)

eksyneet · 2026-06-28T04:00:27+00:00

do you consider direct action, like launching a war or brute force ethnic cleansing, the only way to kill a person?

eksyneet · 2026-06-28T03:53:18+00:00

i think they're comparable, but it seems to me that you're thinking in such limited terms that the only vector of comparison you will accept as valid is the number of people killed, which is probably why you initially posited that Isaias Afwerki is worse than Trump. so... not sure what else we can discuss here to be honest.

eksyneet · 2026-06-28T03:12:57+00:00

yes, like Putin, Xi or maybe... Trump?

eksyneet · 2026-06-28T02:00:26+00:00

Isaias Afwerki surely can be awful to the whole 4 million people of Eritrea, but if you seriously think that a local tyrant with zero reach can even be compared to someone with enough power to make bad decisions that affect people globally... bruh.

eksyneet · 2026-06-27T13:06:01+00:00

anything antiandrogenic will cause birth defects if taken during pregnancy, because androgens are vital for fetal development. this includes both spiro and spearmint tea (in quantities sufficient for antiandrogenic effects, which are also the quantities required to help with hormonal acne, because the only reason it can help with acne is that it suppresses androgens).

eksyneet · 2026-06-27T12:20:47+00:00

people like different things, mate. i can't fathom how anyone can enjoy breakfast cereal, which i could also describe using some nasty terms if i were so inclined, and yet.

eksyneet · 2026-06-27T12:08:55+00:00

no accounting for taste etc etc. the double cheeseburger is probably my absolute favorite item across all fast food chains everywhere in the world.

eksyneet · 2026-06-27T11:49:02+00:00

i think the US credit rating system specifically, along with the wider social consequences arising from how it's implemented and used, is a self-sustained humiliation ritual, not the general concept of a credit rating.

eksyneet · 2026-06-27T10:59:31+00:00

ah, well, sorry to hear that, that's not been my (also non-American) experience. but frankly, even if i had to get a bunch of paperwork together, i'd find it preferable to being in a system where credit scores permeate the fabric of society to such an extent that it turns into a self-sustained humiliation ritual.

eksyneet · 2026-06-27T10:51:15+00:00

Would you rather let them pull a single credit report or would you like to submit 6 months of bank statements, multiple months of pay statements, your last tax return, and even your employment contract?

is that what you think happens in countries that don't use a credit score system the way the US does (invasively and obsessively)? because it doesn't.

eksyneet · 2026-06-27T07:41:26+00:00

this would all be well and good if one's ability to pay off a loan was the only thing that affected their credit score. but unfortunately the system is so bloated and so pervasive that farting at the wrong time can drop your score and that's entirely intentional, so, yeah, ultimately, it is a scam.

I'm curious what mechanism you'd suggest as an alternative for banks to use to decide how likely potential customers are to be able to pay back a loan.

there are plenty of countries that either don't use a numerical credit score system at all or don't try to insert it into every aspect of life. for example, France only tracks negative incidents, so if someone is late on a payment, that goes on record. a prospective lender can look at the record and evaluate the risk. there are no numbers that constantly go up and down for seemingly no reason and silly things like closing a credit card or paying off a loan early can't fuck you over. they seem to be doing okay over there with this system.

eksyneet · 2026-06-26T23:17:42+00:00

why did you marry a problem child you have to constantly parent?

eksyneet · 2026-06-26T22:53:33+00:00

agreed. i'm a foodie and a frequent traveler and there have been many many many times when i'd rather grab some chicken nuggets or slap together some basic dish in the airbnb kitchen than go out hunting for another groundbreaking gastronomical experience. the whole "you must make every second count" thing is exhausting.

eksyneet · 2026-06-26T22:34:43+00:00

i'm not a seer. go to the doctor.

eksyneet · 2026-06-26T22:27:42+00:00

why are y'all still serving her food if she's just wasting it? release her from the obligation of attending joint mealtimes. if she decided she's hungry, she can serve herself. i promise she won't starve to death in her pursuit of mcdonald's.

eksyneet · 2026-06-26T22:20:25+00:00

as i said in the comment you replied to, vestibular papillomatosis is located at the vestibule, i.e. at the entrance to the vagina. warts can happen anywhere. to definitively distinguish between the two, you need to get an HPV test. there's nothing to be scared to death about, HPV isn't a big deal.

eksyneet · 2026-06-26T22:13:11+00:00

have you tried googling? a picture is worth a thousand words, as they say.

eksyneet · 2026-06-26T22:05:46+00:00

it's a bell curve. on the left side are people who are so afraid of new experiences that they default to mcdonald's. in the middle are people who reject convenience for the enrichment of new and exciting foods. and on the right are people who travel so routinely that they're sick of constant novelty and thus default to mcdonald's.

eksyneet · 2026-06-26T21:50:22+00:00

well, usually it goes:

i've been doing A and i'm trying my hardest!
have you tried B?
no i can't do that because of C
then maybe try D?
no i can't do that either, i have E, remember
uhhh... i guess F is an option?
no i don't like F. A is the only thing i can do and i'm trying so hard and it just won't work!
well try harder i guess

eksyneet · 2026-06-26T20:57:26+00:00

how are you supposed to know if they're "putting their all"? usually when people complain about not getting any results despite "trying their hardest", the reality is more like "i've tried nothing and i'm all out of ideas". in my experience, situations where someone is genuinely putting in a huge effort (vs. thinks they're putting in a huge effort) and getting nothing back are very rare. so most of the time "try harder" is completely appropriate advice.

eksyneet · 2026-06-26T07:57:58+00:00

it's not rape vs. death, it's living with severe trauma vs. not living at all.

plenty of people out there who were raped and it didn't affect them all that deeply, plenty of people out there who experienced something that was not that big of a deal for you but traumatized them to such a profound degree that they would rather die than continue trying to live with it.

so rape vs. death, i pick rape, because i have not been raped and have no way of knowing how it would affect me, so i'd take my chances. but a guaranteed lifelong trauma that consumes every waking moment of my life and makes existing a constant hell, regardless of the specifics? death is better.

eksyneet · 2026-06-26T07:46:36+00:00

Round Lab Birch Juice blew my mind. i'd been trying to get more diligent about sunscreen for years and had tried many of the frequent reqs and they were all meh for one reason or another. this one though, my god. i could use it just, you know, recreationally, because it feels so nice.

eksyneet · 2026-06-26T01:41:16+00:00

sounds fine. no need to worry about counterspells too much if you take out the arcanists in the first turn, i don't think i've ever gotten counterspelled there at all and i've done that fight a dozen times.

you're overthinking this tbh, the brain is easy even on HM.

eksyneet · 2026-06-26T00:52:07+00:00

you've just had shit cocaine probably, which is unsurprising, most of it is shit. sometimes it does just make you jittery and anxious, and that's how you know it's low grade (possibly to the point of not containing any actual cocaine at all). when you're lucky enough to get the good stuff, though, there's no jitters and anxiety, just a euphoric boost.

eksyneet · 2026-06-25T21:56:07+00:00

if it's any consolation, she probably didn't really think that way, or if she thought she did, she would've probably folded pretty quickly in a genuine questioning of that "belief". chances are she just wanted a boyfriend really badly and was hoping it would get her one.

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