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My wife's grandfather considered himself a pacifist. He drove a tank as part of the liberation of France. He also sometimes snuck up on Nazi positions, punched their lights out, and hauled them back as prisoners.

In the years before he died, he was known to say "what do you mean don't punch Nazis? What else are they good for?"

I was honored to be a pallbearer at his funeral.

Pacifism can be flexible, which I personally think is the only way pacifism makes sense.

Not a lot of debate among scholars. There's no other evidence of the "eye of the needle" being used in a way that refers to the small doorway in a larger city gate or any of the other alternative readings. Conversely, there are sewing needles dated to that time and place that are roughly the same as modern sewing needles.

The statement is exactly as radical as it looks at first glance. Rich people can't be right with God, period. All the rest is trying to invent a loophole to let rich people be Christians after Constantine made it widespread in the Roman Empire. First century Christians were almost entirely made of the poor people of the Empire, and would have had no problem at all with the statement as read. The modern reinterpretation is often argued by the exact same people who say you're not supposed to "read between the lines" of the Bible.

Here's a Religion for Breakfast video on it: https://youtu.be/sf0Fm8aVApk

And don't get me started on Paul's "the love of money is the root of all evil". Just totally bastardized for the Prosperity Gospel.

I was looking at fiber supplements on Costco's web site, and there was one where the guy had more or less the experience above, but after just one. He said he wouldn't touch them again after that.

I can't help but think that if this is what happens after taking just one, you really, really needed to have a fiber supplement.

Them: Democratic governments should allow all voices to be heard

Us: Free Palestine

Them: Terrorist!

Do it, and the grown man/ass man political compass will be complete.

Disney never comes right out and says these things about their cartoons. Ursula is based directly on the drag artist Divine, but you won't catch a Disney executive admitting that.

But yes, Scar is basically the gay uncle.

It has nothing to do with SEO. We do server side rendering because it's the simplest thing that works.

Interesting because there's a very old gay stereotype that they're extremely violent. These days, it's usually that gay men are effeminate and passive, and I think a lot of people don't even realize this stereotype existed.

Baron Harkonnen and Scar (The Lion King) are examples.

Also, the evidence points to Bill being one of many rich and powerful clients, whereas Taco had a much deeper relationship. Their level of guilt is not the same.

I could be proven wrong on that, and Bill can fuck off in any case.

It's more common than you think.

Steam Deck hits a sweet spot. You can make it more powerful, but it'll cost significantly more. You can make it cheaper, but you'll cut out too many games people want to play.

Also, anything like this with a resolution higher than 720p is wasting pixels and GPU power, IMO.

For comparison, the Trump Admin just approved a 5000 bed tent camp at Fort Bliss in El Paso, TX. The contract was awarded to Acquisition Logistics for $1.26B.

That's $252k per bed. There's easily enough money there to build single family homes for every one of them, and even that would be wasteful. (And yes, even in high cost of living areas, the sheer scale involved would almost certainly bring costs below that number).

When we say "the cruelty is the point", this is why. There's a lack of other explanations for their actions.