OccamsTeapot

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Playing Dark Souls 1. First run since playing through all of the soulsbourne games. I've been sailing through so far (bandit's knife +15, target shield for parries and hornet ring) but am getting absolutely wrecked by Artorias. I missed him on my first run and my weapon barely hurts him so it seems I have a grind ahead of me.

If I had to delete one forever that I've actually played (so not demon souls or armored core) it would have to be DS2. I'm not a hater, genuinely love some elements of it, but the others are incredible and it's the one I least want to go back to

[–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Some people say to hold a spoon in your mouth but it's really not needed. Just breathe heavily through your mouth while you cut. 90% of the time this is enough.

I always also wondered if wearing ordinary glasses would work. Goggles obviously would be that just seems over the top

The United States of America undertakes to terminate all types of sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran, including the United Nations Security Council resolutions

I'm a bit confused about this. Is the US going to be Iran's bitch at the Security Council now?

Yeah they should link to it anyway!

And yes, this is a bad law. Rushed in a few months before an election by a right-wing coalition including the fascist SD. Things went badly so now they're throwing scraps to the frothing racists in their base in a desperate attempt to maintain power. They don't care if it's a good law, it's chum for dumbasses.

[–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 3 days ago (4 children)

The law does ​not specify what ​types of behaviours ⁠are deemed unacceptable but the government has mentioned unpaid debts, not paying taxes, criminality and ​links to extremist organisations. 

[–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 3 days ago (6 children)

No doubt! And just because something is illegal doesn't mean it's unethical.

The problem is practical. If rules are not written down then you can have punishment without justification, and as an individual you can't depend on fair treatment by the state.

Clearly respect for democracy and protection of minorities should be respected by immigrants, and immigrants coming from different cultures that do not have this respect as part of their culture is a democratic problem for more developed cultures.

Then make it a requirement of entry. Or - and I can't stress this enough - shut the fuck up about it.

"Oh we let you in and you haven't done anything wrong legally but we just realised we don't like you so please leave."

Grow the fuck up. Change the rules fairly or deal with the consequences of your actions.

Not you personally, obviously. This argument is just pathetic.

Like if you don't want asylum seekers or immigrants, just say so. Pull out of the conventions. Change the laws. Do whatever. But don't accept people in and then act like they're the problem rather than your own short sightedness (and, often, straight out racism).

How is it fair when someone shitty is allowed entry who ends up hurting civilians but civilians are expected to suck it up

Civilians are expected to suck it up? Why? This would only be true if it's not illegal. If it truly hurts civilians, why not make it illegal instead?

It is fair because if a Swedish citizen did something that "hurts civilians" but is not illegal, the victims would also be "expected to suck it up."

Making some things only punishable if you aren't Swedish is exactly what you would expect from the fascists in SD. Not really something to aspire to if you're a sane, caring individual. It is the definition of unfair.

[–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 days ago (1 children)

So because the legal system has failed, they have to punish people outside the system?

How exactly is one supposed to stay on the right side of the rules when they aren't even written down?

Obviously the solution, if the legal system fails, is to improve the legal system, not bring in an official "sorry we know this isn't illegal but you're brown so.... unlucky" system

[–] OccamsTeapot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 36 points 3 days ago (19 children)

The law has been criticised by the opposition and ​human rights advocacy groups as arbitrary because decisions would be taken ​on behaviour that has not been deemed criminal.

Doesn't seem very fair

“And yet, I will still say that stopping this war and getting out of it is the best that we can do at this point,” he continued. “And so that’s why we are still hoping for a deal, even though we have to admit it’s a losing deal for America.”

So he doesn't want it to continue. He just decided to publicly insult Trump's fragile little ego as a way to... get him to commit to the deal?

Anyway in about 4 days Trump will be threatening to blow them back to the stone age again so it doesn't even matter

Lol but only winning the popular vote by 2% against a patently idiotic, unqualified pedophile and rapist seems like a disaster on its own.

Since when was believing him a good idea? I think without some substantial evidence, the 2024 election deniers are just like the 2020 election deniers. We should absolutely look into it. But no evidence is no evidence any way you cut it.

Everyone points out that Kamala got no votes in a specific (NY?) county but it's a religious community that is basically told how to vote by religious leaders. This is only from memory so feel free to correct/provide further evidence

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