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You don't understand the true horror of the werewolf universe. Everyone is werewolves, so it's normal there. You can't call in sick because of lycanthropy, you still have to go to work. Nobody runs around in the woods when they transform because they can't afford to stay up late, and it's just normal boring old lycanthropy anyway. People take pills for it because it's just a hassle. It's totally ruined werewolves.

The alternatives are worse. I'm from the werewolf universe, this one's better.

Not to mention that in the atomic oxygen case it all comes back 5 seconds later, resulting in the greatest firestorm the Earth has ever seen as it recombines.

They are not yet in a similar boat.

At least Ukraine can show that some positives have come out of the war for them, too. Their bonds with Europe have strengthened, their national identity has been forged in fire. I'm not saying it wouldn't have been awesome if the war had never happened, or that it was a net benefit, but at least they are coming out of this with some real tangible benefits in addition to the tragic losses.

Russia gets nothing and loses everything.

Only disappointing thing is they can still see and respond to my posts, just that I can't see it. I wish they couldn't see anything I posted either.

I've seen this view in discussions of blocking before and it really bugs me. You're desiring to unilaterally control what I can see and do on the Fediverse.

This is how it works on Reddit and it's a terrible mechanism. It means you can preemptively ensure that anyone who might refute misinformation will be excluded from your threads before you post them. It means you can step into a conversation I'm having with someone, derail it, and then prevent me from responding to your derail. Over on Reddit by far the most common use I see of the block tool is to get the "last word" in on whatever argument is going on, posting some sort of seemingly clever comeback and then instantly blocking me before I can point out the flaws.

For anyone wondering how the blocking feature has been weaponized to spread misinformation, in 2022 a redditor did an experiment: https://www.reddit.com/r/TheoryOfReddit/comments/sdcsx3/testing_reddits_new_block_feature_and_its_effects/

All those Canadian EV makers will be in trouble.

And Argentina's hyperinflation is way down. Argentina had 112% inflation previously. Economies are complicated and you can have good things happening alongside bad things, for various reasons.

My point is that the simple fact that Argentina needed a bailout doesn't mean that his policies "don't work." These things are more complicated than a simple red or black number in an annual balance sheet.

To be clear, I don't like Milei. But Argentina was in a terrible state for a long time before he came to power, and whether I like a person or not doesn't have much effect on whether his policies are effective.

The winner is a Venezuelan politician, so perhaps Trump will launch that war he wants with Venezuela to go retrieve "his" medal from them.

Yes, I know. I'm saying it should be an unnecessary layer.