Tight-laced

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Thanks! Tried the Google reverse image search to no joy.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Someone doesn't actually want to sell it. They want to say they've tried and that the price needs lowering...

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Please enlighten me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Showing 2.9 also for me in the UK.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I work in the finance industry and it's similar. We have to be certain we're talking to the right person as fraud is rampant. This is ridiculous.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree in principle, but that's not what's happening in the real world.

My husband has ME/CFS. It's a life-destroying disease, even though it doesn't usually kill you. There's no treatment, no cure, and no idea about the underlying cause, after many decades of research.

It's heartbreaking to read messages from people who caught it as a teen, seen all their schoolfriend grow up, experience life, find love etc, all while the sufferer is in pain all day, no hope of improving, relying heavily on what family they have who are willing to support.

This is by no means ideal, but neither is decades of suffering. I err on the side of reducing the constant pain.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I did something similar, deliberately.

Bought a car, it's tyre repeatedly deflated every 3 days, kept taking it into the garage and they said they'd fix it each time. Third time, drop car off, they tried telling me its the cold weather thats causing ONE tyre to keep going down.
I tell them thats bullshit, take their courtesy car for the day, I had a 40mile commute each way. The hire car had 20miles of fuel in it so had to find a garage quick.

When I returned it that night, I had to nurture it home, and it ticked over to 0 miles left as I free-wheeled into their forecourt. I had some satisfaction that day. That day, they actually fixed the tyre.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

In the not too distant past, my best friend found out her husband had an affair with a mid-teenager. He was careful not to break the consent age, but the whole thing is Yuk all round.

I called him a Paedophile. She argued he's not. Hebephile is the word - its still effing disgusting to have middle aged men training their sexual interests on people too young to be trusted to drink, to vote, etc.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

The test can identify with 96 percent accuracy which women with sometimes-vague symptoms will develop preeclampsia within the following two weeks

Excellent news. Having had friends suffer from pre-eclampsia, it's a very stressful and scary condition, being able to rule it out for many is as good as being able to predict those with it.

[–] [email protected] 70 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Plus people commuting less = less pollution and less congestion.

Good for people, good for the planet, bad for profit for some.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

As the parent to a 5 year old, I feel this sooooo much.

I'm having to change my "just-a-second", as she takes it literally - a second is counted. I now say just-a-minute. Frozen got it bang on when Anna says "just give us a minute " and you can hear Olaf quietly start counting to 60.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The idea behind calling it CSAM is that "porn" has become synonymous with something desirable - foodporn, earthporn as examples.

Child porn needs to keep it's status as abhorrent, however the term is changing its nature (as language can).

 
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