But he fucks her through a handmaid proxy.

I think we’re going to get multiple internets and you’ll have to subscribe to them like streaming services.

What valuable insight. A shame we didn’t have you at the critique.

This article seems a bit occlusive, even though it’s presenting facts in favor of a more detailed understanding of our forests.

For some additional information, logging companies need to replant clearcuts. Within a certain range of other trees, the forest will regenerate naturally if only small, selective cuts are taken. Those are minor wounds, clearcuts need skin grafts. Replanted trees are higher value species, sometimes only two kinds. Historically, no/few regulations on maintaining biodiversity has led to disease and explosions in insect populations who live off those species. You get big chunks of dead forest now more susceptible to fire and a lot of forest isn’t that old. More like tree-farming than a naturally biodiverse, heathy landscape. Because it’s all going to be harvested again in 40-80 years anyway.

Those forests need more maintenance, too, just like crops. They’re sprayed down with chemicals that kill off competing plant species, inspected for disease and destructive insects, and generally just fucked with on the regular so they’ll be worth more when harvested.

That means a replanted forest that’s just waiting to be logged or taken down by spruce/pine beetles and disease is a lot different from old growth.

Not sure about the movies but in the comics Thanos is in love with Death, who often appears as a woman. He had roundabout ways of justifying his acts of destruction when he really wanted to do a grand gesture to show his love for Death. Because, if you have the power to kill half of all people in the universe, you have the power to implement some decent economic policies instead.

It’s even more relatable when a villain really wants something people won’t support so they change the branding and find a few examples to support their claim.

I would like to go into business with you.

It’s okay for toddlers to attend daycare. It is not okay for race jockeys to attend daycare.

Guess I need to check my biases.

Where in this thread are people doing that? I only see a few comments in favor of male support groups and none demonizing them.

I forgot about poison. Everyone should know it’s super easy to make poison. Toad venom is so big right now I bet that’s easy to get, too.

That wasn’t thinly veiled, it was just a provocation.

I wasn’t referring to technical communities and it’s strange you would assume that. There’s a difference between not participating and being told not to participate. One requires self-moderation, and not everyone is great at it.

There are toxic groups of all kinds. The existence of exclusive, toxic groups doesn’t make exclusivity toxic. Weird you’re comparing a women’s only instance to communities who are cruel to outsiders/beginners. There are lots of communities based around race, gender, illness and disability that exist to support people who don’t feel comfortable talking certain topics outside those groups, usually because of a lack of shared lived experience.

If you don’t understand why groups of people of an identity, who face similar challenges because of that identity, would want to curate their space, I don’t know what other comparison to make.

Yes? Clearly. Have you not ever been a woman?

Totally, regulations are key. I’m not advocating for an Ace Ventura situation.

Where I used to live allowed urban chickens, too. There was a rooster who kept escaping into the lane right when I left for work. He was suicidal because he kept trying to get me to run him over.

Not all breeds have loud roosters, I found out, and with traffic and schools nearby I never really heard them.

Do we? And is that form of gatekeeping harsh, or do you think anything that excludes you is “toxic?”

I’d have a hard time thinking of any group I’m a part of that doesn’t have rules around who can participate. That’s a part of maintaining healthy, relevant discussion in a safe space for members, especially when it’s been well documented that this particular group has had their voices overpowered by the group they’re excluding.

I’m assuming all sorts of people get banned from places.

Do the men not know there are male-only support spaces and we’re okay with that?

I view plenty of communities I don’t post in because I have no relevant knowledge or experience. Even if I were outright excluded from posting I’d still find the discussions interesting. People don’t need to hear my opinion for me to get value out of something.

Kits are about $30-100, the files are free and materials are cheap. Ammo is another matter, but plastic darts are a thing.

But to the point, it was more of a hyperbole than advocating women start carrying unregistered firearms, so I’m exploring the hypothetical rather than arguing in favor of it.

Where I live getting a gun is a lot more difficult, and a license to conceal and carry a loaded weapon even more so. Hypothetically speaking, it is faster, easier and cheaper to make a 3D printed handgun if you know what you’re doing. Given their prevalence here, it doesn’t seem all that difficult for a lot of people. I’m not saying it’s without risk.

I get CC’d on Crown reports on 3D printed guns. But I’m so glad you shared this thing from Vice.

I think our disagreement might be more cultural than technology based, though, since I’m not American and gun laws are much different where I live. And it was… sort of a joke. Obviously, where I live having an unregistered firearm carries a lot of risk that outweighs the benefit.

I’d suggest 3D printing for affordability and because shooting and maintaining a gun already takes a level of know-how and effort.

It’s absolutely insane that people can’t keep well maintained animals on their own property when just anyone can have uneutered cats and dogs, exotic bird, pigeons, rats and even cockroaches. A city nearby has voters opposing urban chickens because:

1. They don’t want their kids to see chickens getting butchered next door.

2. The roosters will be loud and wake everyone up.

Meanwhile my neighbour’s car alarm goes off three times a day and the dog barks all night.