Initially I figured that the story was that the guys were made to believe that it was her fantasy, not theirs, simply because I find it unlikely that he’d be capable of even finding 50 guys with that kind of fantasy.

I have personal no experience in this, but I suppose that’s the purpose of “safe words”, which will allow someone to participate in that kind of roleplay featuring imaginary non consencual sex until someone yells “Oklahoma”.

Anyway, with it happening in some small village, I can imagine how they could be oblivious to any proper way of doing that sort of kink, but it can never remove their own responsibility of not having concent.

Put in a more straightforward way: I can not allow you to punch your friend in the balls. Only your friend can allow that. Regardless of how many times I tell you it’s okay, it’s just not okay, until he allows it himself, which has nothing to do with what I said.

I used to think the same, but kids are really much further ahead these days.

There’s a lot of variety of course. Even my two kids are totally different. The older one knew the entire alphabet and basic math before kindergarten (<4yo), while the second one was still catching up on that in 2.grade (8yo here). Their gross motor skills are opposite though, and the oldest might never catch up on that.

So, play is learning in one way or the other, but there’s no reason to hold back the children who are talented in one thing over the other. My oldest is being held back that way by the current curriculum. Starting school earlier might be a way of addressing this.

It’s really just a matter of task assignment between institutions. Anything pre-school (nursery and kindergarten) is focused on behaviour and play, while early school (gradually) introduces more abstract learning, which requires a different teaching by teachers with a different education. Strictly speaking, it’s a teachers problem, and there’s currently not much overlap, except for “backwards compatibility”, because schools do have employees who are educated in kindergarten levels, whereas kindergartens do not have school level teachers employed. By introducing school earlier, it is possible to widen this overlap while still allowing for kids to proceed in their own pace.

So, IMO, it makes sense, but yeah, it’d be dreadful to go to “school” for that many years. Coincidentally, kids also leave schools earlier. There’s no longer many kids in 10th grade, because almost everyone goes on to the following studies after 9th these days. (which is a completely different discussion…)

I hope this makes sense. British/American school system are wildly different, but at the end of it, the kids will be kids, no matter what box they fit into.

While I can believe that some of the men were of the impression that it was part of a roleplay of some sort if told so by the husband, the simple thing is that she did not consent. It’s rape.

There is no situation in which the decision of consent can be transferred to anyone else.

I understand Germany tightening their borders, but this is the wrong reasoning and wrong approach. They’ll regret it in ten years time.

That’s the beauty of doing it on their side. They’ll see it.

This find is the moment that goatse was preparing for.

It used to be. German unions are currently challenged by gig jobbing and temporary contracts like no other place in EU. That’s why I think they need to show some teeth.

I hope he spends a lot of money on a gigafactory and then nobody applies for the jobs.

He has still some outstanding issues with strikes in both Germany and Sweden. I’m sure Volvo appreciates their home market.

This would be a good time for German unions to present an initiative.

Drones are fast as fuck. Is it possible to make a bullet dodging drone? Seems like a software issue/solution.

It’s probably not possible to detect and avoid a bullet, but if it had a randomized flight path it ought to be really difficult to shoot down.

It’s may still be a bit of hope. The red notice doesn’t have much backing as I can tell. It also seems like they (Watson and co.) didn’t actually have an idea of what was going on, causing a retrial. However, presenting material from a TV show isn’t a reason to call off a red notice. The actual happenings are basically what the intention of the Japanese trial is supposed to figure out, so convincing the Greenlandic court of his innocence in that is useless.

His reluctantacy to stand trial is also concerning. He dodged the same situation in New Zealand a while back. Personally I don’t know anything more, but at this point I would like to see any kind of evidence for or against him

I guess we’ll have to wait until September to keep up with the case. They’ll have to choose whether to extradit him or not, unless he can call off the red notice in the meantime.

Of course I have sympathy for him and his work but if he did injure others in the process then he must also stand trial for that. Hopefully they (Japan) can just fine him and let it go.

The Interpol red notice is the single reason for detaining him.

Story.

I rented an apartment some … 20 years ago. Great central place, great view and a decent price.

The day after moving in I’m sitting on the john doing no.2, when suddenly I hear the sound of horns. Thinking it’s my girlfriend playing a prank I ask her to cut it out, but she comes knocking on the door asking what the hell I’m doing in there and if I’m alright?

Turns out the local marching band choose this street to start their weekly routine and also for the semiweekly practices. Every Saturday morning I was rudely awaken by the sound of poorly played marching songs.

Forward ten years and I move into my current house. A few months later after supper, I hear horn music from outside and go to the window to see the entire town lined up with burning torches and a marching band. I call my now wife over “they’ve come for you honey”.

Turns out was the annual Sct. George (scouting stuff?) march.

I gave in. When my kids grew old enough we joined the march.

It’s important to move the battle into Russia, so the Russian population gets to see what is actually going on.

The “one chip challenge” did hospitalize several people and caused the death of a child with heart defect. They are potentially unsafe.

Not wanting those kind of crap products sold in the food section and advertised towards kids isn’t nanny stating.

There is no way a kid could make a qualified judgement themselves when it’s placed and marketed next to ordinary safe consumables.

I don’t mind these products being sold, but I do have higher expectations for safety of products sold in a food section.

The overpopulation isn’t happening in the 1%.

It makes jack shit of a difference to the environment if there is one billion or two billion starving people. They’re not the ones burning carbon or eating steak.