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[Dr. Gonzo]

On 07/03/2021 at 05:43, McAzeem said:

Isn't it a bit too expensive even for US military standards? 

The US will only ever spend more on military spending - never less. So if it’s more expensive and will permanently boost military spending for years to come, they’ll probably happily do it

[Azeem]

Very graphic scenes of Ethiopian immigrants getting burned to death in an attack in Yemen

[Azeem]

DARPA Pentagon's department for genius but crazy scientists who indulges in every kind of weird fascinating yet scary tech has given reports according to intel that China has overcome them in many fields, and they want to to do something about it.

Teleportation finally being made public 

[Dr. Gonzo]

r/wallstreetbets made me rich

[DeadLinesman]

15 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

r/wallstreetbets made me rich

Continue.....

[Dr. Gonzo]

Just now, DeadLinesman said:

Continue.....

I bought GME stock around 55-56 and rode it up and down it's first big spike... regretted not selling at that spike

...but now it's at 240ish and I sold almost all of the shares at 236

Not bad for a business that I think only has a high price per share because of memes 

[DeadLinesman]

2 minutes ago, Dr. Gonzo said:

I bought GME stock around 55-56 and rode it up and down it's first big spike... regretted not selling at that spike

...but now it's at 240ish and I sold almost all of the shares at 236

Not bad for a business that I think only has a high price per share because of memes 

Sounds like some GTA V shit 

[Dr. Gonzo]

Just now, DeadLinesman said:

Sounds like some GTA V shit 

It feels very surreal, but hey... something good happening to me is nice for sure 

Turns out treating the stock market like a casino is the way to go

[Stan]

This sounds messed up.

Missing woman in South East of England. A serving Met Officer has been arrested in connection with her disappearance

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56342465

 

[Smiley Culture]

7 hours ago, Stan said:

This sounds messed up.

Missing woman in South East of England. A serving Met Officer has been arrested in connection with her disappearance

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56342465

 

They must have found a body or he’s admitted killing her. 

[Tommy]

12 hours ago, Stan said:

This sounds messed up.

Missing woman in South East of England. A serving Met Officer has been arrested in connection with her disappearance

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-56342465

 

I hate seeing pictures of missing or probably murdered people in articles like that. It makes me incredibly sad seeing them smiling, in that moment, not knowing that their picture will one day be used for that purpose. The worst is when it's children.

[Smiley Culture]

Body parts found in the hunt for this woman. Terribly sad. 

[Stan]

11 minutes ago, Smiley Culture said:

Body parts found in the hunt for this woman. Terribly sad. 

It's like something out of Broadchurch or any other crime drama. Very tragic

[Stan]

Holy shit

 

 

[Tommy]

1 hour ago, Stan said:

Holy shit

 

 

What a piece of shit. 

[RandoEFC+]

This Sarah Everard story is just horrible on so many levels.

[Stan]

2 minutes ago, RandoEFC said:

This Sarah Everard story is just horrible on so many levels.

So bad. 

Seeing genuine remarks about 'why was she at a friends house during lockdown' totally missing the point. Infuriating that people, or the culture is to, victim-blame so quickly these days. 

 

[Bluewolf]

It's disappointing that Facebook organisers came out with this statement surrounding the case... 

Organisers said: “It’s wrong that the response to violence against women requires women to behave differently. In Clapham, police told women not to go out at night this week. Women are not the problem.

I appreciate that women are not the problem but caution would be the priority surely??? They might have arrested someone in connection with the case but does not mean it's him at this point in time, what if they release him and the person who did it is still out there?? Everybody wants to feel safe when they go out but some areas or parts of parks etc are better avoided when alone.. that's just common sense even for men... 

[Stan]

23 minutes ago, Bluewolf said:

I appreciate that women are not the problem but caution would be the priority surely??? They might have arrested someone in connection with the case but does not mean it's him at this point in time, what if they release him and the person who did it is still out there?? Everybody wants to feel safe when they go out but some areas or parts of parks etc are better avoided when alone.. that's just common sense even for men... 

I agree but also add I think it's just a small way of trying to change behaviour of men (predominantly). Always be cautious, but I think they're trying to get the message out that it isn't women that are the problem when they're just innocently going out for a walk. It's driving the message to call the bad behaviour out and don't become an 'enabler' of such behaviour.

[RandoEFC+]

You would advise against most people, male or female, walking home alone in the dark if they could avoid it, but the point is that women have to take a lot more precaution than men when they shouldn't have to. The problem is with this message is that blokes who aren't ever going to cause anyone any harm are both the ones who will take that message seriously, whilst also not being the ones that really need to hear it. Let's be optimistic and choose to believe that there are some fundamentally good men out there who just don't understand how their behaviour can intimidate women at times who can learn lessons from the discussion around this incident and change their behaviour accordingly. I do think there's value in what one or two people have suggested which is that if you find yourself walking behind or towards a woman on her own, especially at night, then cross the road where possible so that she doesn't have to worry about it. That doesn't cost much and can make a small difference in terms of the stress for them. We as men can't control or alter the behaviour of our peers much of the time, we can influence a small group of friends at best and the sons many of us raise by setting a good example, but beyond that we can still listen, reflect on our behaviour and adjust accordingly if we can, as tempting as it is to shrug it off in the knowledge that we would never actually harm or intentionally intimidate a woman ourselves.

[Stan]

7 minutes ago, RandoEFC said:

You would advise against most people, male or female, walking home alone in the dark if they could avoid it, but the point is that women have to take a lot more precaution than men when they shouldn't have to. The problem is with this message is that blokes who aren't ever going to cause anyone any harm are both the ones who will take that message seriously, whilst also not being the ones that really need to hear it. Let's be optimistic and choose to believe that there are some fundamentally good men out there who just don't understand how their behaviour can intimidate women at times who can learn lessons from the discussion around this incident and change their behaviour accordingly. I do think there's value in what one or two people have suggested which is that if you find yourself walking behind or towards a woman on her own, especially at night, then cross the road where possible so that she doesn't have to worry about it. That doesn't cost much and can make a small difference in terms of the stress for them. We as men can't control or alter the behaviour of our peers much of the time, we can influence a small group of friends at best and the sons many of us raise by setting a good example, but beyond that we can still listen, reflect on our behaviour and adjust accordingly if we can, as tempting as it is to shrug it off in the knowledge that we would never actually harm or intentionally intimidate a woman ourselves.

Gonna do a @Tommy and say basically this is what I mean too  

[Stan]

 

 

 

[Tommy]

52 minutes ago, Stan said:

Gonna do a @Tommy and say basically this is what I mean too  

I told him that last night, and he just posted it here. 

[Smiley Culture]

2 hours ago, RandoEFC said:

You would advise against most people, male or female, walking home alone in the dark if they could avoid it, but the point is that women have to take a lot more precaution than men when they shouldn't have to. The problem is with this message is that blokes who aren't ever going to cause anyone any harm are both the ones who will take that message seriously, whilst also not being the ones that really need to hear it. Let's be optimistic and choose to believe that there are some fundamentally good men out there who just don't understand how their behaviour can intimidate women at times who can learn lessons from the discussion around this incident and change their behaviour accordingly. I do think there's value in what one or two people have suggested which is that if you find yourself walking behind or towards a woman on her own, especially at night, then cross the road where possible so that she doesn't have to worry about it. That doesn't cost much and can make a small difference in terms of the stress for them. We as men can't control or alter the behaviour of our peers much of the time, we can influence a small group of friends at best and the sons many of us raise by setting a good example, but beyond that we can still listen, reflect on our behaviour and adjust accordingly if we can, as tempting as it is to shrug it off in the knowledge that we would never actually harm or intentionally intimidate a woman ourselves.

The really disappointing and upsetting thing is, this woman did all the right things. Stuck to well lit main roads and wore bright colours, perhaps unintentionally, but nevertheless this seemingly isn’t enough of a deterrent and there’s been some really open exchanges on social media of women’s experiences with men intimidating them or much worse. 

[Tommy]

52 minutes ago, Smiley Culture said:

The really disappointing and upsetting thing is, this woman did all the right things. Stuck to well lit main roads and wore bright colours, perhaps unintentionally, but nevertheless this seemingly isn’t enough of a deterrent and there’s been some really open exchanges on social media of women’s experiences with men intimidating them or much worse. 

A few months ago I read a survey what men would do if women didn't exist for a day and vice versa. While men usually answered silly stuff, woman mostly replied stuff like "feel safer", "wear something else", "stay out later" etc. Sad really.