Briefly mildly confusing maybe. Not very confusing unless you’re already pretty confused about everything.

How are people hearing I.C.E. referred to as ICE without any context?

I don’t think anyone is confused into thinking that frozen water is racist or murdering people indiscriminately.

Or are you saying that someone said “I hate ICE”, and you thought they were talking about frozen water? Admittedly, if it was blurted out as a non sequitur with no other information it might be briefly misunderstood. Also, given the storm that hammered the U.S. recently, folks here could easily be talking about frozen water.

But all you have to do is ask for clarification.

This question really pushes the boundaries of the concept of “no stupid questions”, but I will respect the premise and answer with all seriousness.

There is nothing about being a former anything that is automatically disqualifying.

Not everything he says is without merit. Even a blind, dumb squirrel can accidentally find a nut.

Americans aren’t trusting him. He is only respected by the deluded cult members, and then only because their pedophile leader tells them to.

The people who don’t realize he’s full of shit are the people who can’t handle being the most ignorant person in the room. They’re swallowing all the bullshit that this administration spits out because it’s the only way they can pretend they are better than everyone else.

It’s all just corrupt, diseased minds taking advantage of other corrupt, diseased minds. If they didn’t reject the compassion of their opponents, I’d have sympathy for them. However, they chose the darkness.

Oh no. We must stop this threat to democracy that hasn’t already happened yet.

Thank God democracy hasn’t already been undermined for years.

You need to upgrade to a better friend.

I listen to the Up First podcast every morning. Then I see what I see while doom scrolling lemmy. That’s pretty much it.

My wife leaves MSNBC on just about all day long, and it’s rare she mentions anything I don’t already know about.

You’re cruel.

I like it.

How can sliced bread not be great? It’s been the ruler by which all greatness is measured since it was created!

would you like a recipe?

If you have a good recipe, I’d suggest that your question should be restated in a form that includes that recipe.

Natural Selection doesn’t care if any individual is happy with its situation. All that matters is if the individual manages to reproduce successfully.

Miserable people having miserable children who go on to produce more miserable children. As long as you don’t get so miserable that there isn’t some miserable person out there willing to bang you and create more miserable people despite the misery, your suffering doesn’t rate a second glance.

Evolution gets it right enough. It’s the universe saying, “Meh”, and going back to bed.

I think they just established that we can bring them back if we want to.

The Whitehouse?

I’m not sure how complicated things can get, but here’s something I designed with OpenSCAD that I thought was fairly complex:

If you sing along, the lyrics are, “A dream is a wish your heart makes.”

The first defense is always run away if you can. If you can’t run away, give them what they want. If they seem intent on killing you regardless, then you might as well fight. Get some DNA under your nails to help the DA convict them after they find your body.

Personally, I’ve always just been monstrously large with a resting murder face. That tends to encourage people to take their violence elsewhere, but it’s the kind of trick most people can’t utilize.

If you think there’s a real concern, get some self-defense training. Learning how to fight at a good school could help your confidence and preparedness. However, I’ll point out that any good martial arts school will also tell you that rule one is run away if you can. There’s no defense better than not being there.

if you can’t get a fire gun for your self protection because laws you can opt for a pocket knife with rapid deploy system

Keep in mind that “rapid deploy” knives, AKA switchblades, may also be illegal. Check local laws.

I always carry a Leatherman wave. If I was attacked and needed a weapon to defend myself, I wouldn’t open a blade on it. I figure I’m as likely to be injured by that as I am to injure an attacker. If anything, I’d just hold it closed in my fist to do more damage with punches.

My wife and I will have a quiet dinner together at home. At some point we started having lobster tail for New Years, and it’s become kind of a tradition.

I think you’re suggesting that this is somehow generally true in human behavior, but the examples you give are fictional and a result of torture.

Can you give a real-life example that doesn’t involve someone being mentally damaged from torture?

Could you explain specifically what thing in 1984, and could you also identify the episode of STTNG so I could look it up and perhaps read a synopsis?

Can you explain?

I’d add that rentals should be inhabited in a more or less permanent basis.

Purchasing a house so you can rent it out as an AirBnB should leave you taxed as if it’s unoccupied.

My parents would do that routinely, but we didn’t mind because it was usually asking the lines of, “Hey, we were in the area, and we realized it’s been awhile since we took you out for an expensive meal you could never afford on your own. Do you have time to go out for dinner?”

I can’t think of a time when it bothered us.

However, I have a “GO AWAY!” doormat at the front door for everyone else.