Vanth

I reject your definition for "loyal".

I'm loyal to my cousin. I love him and will try to do best by him. He's an alcoholic and I would throw his ass in jail myself if I could the next time I hear he's drunk driving again.

*Will get

Idk, I have some things I wouldn't get rid of if I found their designer/maker was a horrible person. But I wouldn't necessarily buy them again.

I can't think of anything I wouldn't try to avoid buying new. There's too many alternates available.

I can't call it a failure. Fun was had. Goals diverged. We split quite amicably and remain in occasional contact. 10/10, would break up with them again.

I get you, but I see legal distinctions between the two.

Slavery, owning a human being as property for labor, which may include for sex.

Human trafficking, trade of a human being for purposes of labor which may include for sex.

I would say that the Tates witholding passports and pay and all that shit to manipulate women into doing cam work for them, I would call that slavery. If they ever "sold" or "gave" those women to anyone else, I would say that it's human trafficking.

*Not a lawyer, I had a gut sense and googled the "difference between slavery and human trafficking" as a starting sanity check.

I would not consider 5 cups of coffee in a day to be "moderate". Who the heck are they studying?

Local city sub, it's the best place for news and events. I have dwindled down on posting or commenting, trying to find alternatives so I can fully drop it. Unfortunately, Facebook is still heavily used for events and I'll take Reddit over Facebook.

Assault. Does this question ever wind up with answers that don't hit the bottom?

Despite the normal safety measures + an intentional lack of flirting when the vibes weren't there, public space, no booze on first meeting, split the check so there are no "implications", no physical contact. Dude didn't like hearing no as I wanted to head to my car and leave. Fortunately, it was in public and he tried to keep it low-key but I had deep bruises on my arm for a while.

A second opinion is an option. And a better one than a bunch randos on the internet who don't know anything but that you're questioning your doctor's recommendation.

Quality control and honest labeling type laws, similar to what we expect for food and beer.

Laws around operating vehicles and such while under the influence, similar to alcohol.

I hope it isn't hashed 👉👈

My Lemmy password is: IThinkMy$erverAdmin1sCute

most engineers actually doing the road design 'assume' drivers are mostly rational actors and are not overtly defensive in their design. Instead, they wait until crash data collected after the fact forces the issue.

This is absolutely wild to me. I'm an engineer, mechanical background, related to traffic in the air rather than on roads, and we have SO MANY REMINDERS pushing the idea of proactive safety measures and mistake-proofing any potential safety hazards. From industry standards to regulatory body and customer requirements, to internal procedures, backed by tools and specific courses in engineering coursework. Folks would be in jail if they acted like this, like, "yeah, that plane door might fly open if some idiot goes at it the wrong way but *shrug, we'll tweak the design once someone actually does it and kills a planeload of people.

I think because it's so car-centric lots of people have to be able to drive to hold a job or go to school. So it's seen almost more like a "right". Compared to my friends in London or Sydney were the view seems much more that proficiency should be worked towards and licensure earned.

There is probably some parallel to gun culture, though that actually is a "right" here. A person who has no business around weapons can still buy enough to kit a small army. Beat their spouse? Meh, they can still own guns. Road rage? Psh, that's no reason to pull their drivers license or their guns.

Also, I was 13 when I got a license to drive. My state had the lowest age I am aware of for kids who lived in rural areas and didn't have school bus service so they could drive themselves to school. So yeah, 13 years old and I drove a car from home into the city of 300k people to get to my school. The only accident I have ever been responsible for was wiping out a mailbox when I slid on some ice. Motorcycle license at 15 years old after a short written test and riding the bike about six city blocks. I'm technically a successful example of the low age limits and I think it was fucking stupid.