[-] SSJMarx@lemm.ee 5 points 20 hours ago

And then setting the car they're sitting in on fire.

[-] SSJMarx@lemm.ee 3 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Your characters walk into a magic shop, but instead of buying magic items the shopkeeper offers to sell them scrolls of ownership. "There are infinite number of these scrolls," he explains, "but they all use a decentralized mechanism to determine ownership!"

"Okay, I'll buy one. Now where's my +1 sword?" The fighter asks.

"The scrolls say that you own it" the shopkeeper unhelpfully reiterates. "And every other scroll will be updated to agree that you own it."

[-] SSJMarx@lemm.ee 1 points 21 hours ago

I like this because then you can say that a non-worthy person can wield the hammer, if they're stronger than Odin and can beat the enchantment. Magneto is probably on that level.

[-] SSJMarx@lemm.ee 1 points 21 hours ago

The trope probably goes back further than that, but yes.

[-] SSJMarx@lemm.ee 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The one I remember is the one where the kid gets chiffed that his manager at the general store told off some girls for wearing swimwear in the store and quits his job.

[-] SSJMarx@lemm.ee -2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Those are the rules when you're occupied by a foreign military. Imagine if Russia had control over all of Ukraine - people in occupied Kyiv would be justified in attacking Russia, but Russia would not be justified in retaliating against the Ukrainians.

If Israel wants to make it so that the Palestinians don't have every right to retaliate against them, they would have to end the occupation, the blockade, the settlements, etc.

[-] SSJMarx@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think they assumed that Israel wouldn't be so bloodthirsty as to put the hostages at risk, which would give them a bargaining position so that once they weathered the initial retaliation they would be able to get concessions such as allowing Palestinians to leave Gaza, ending the blockade of Gaza's ports, ending Israeli control of Gazan water sources, etc.

But as we've all learned since then the IDF has an explicit policy to kill Israeli civilians if it looks like they're about to be captured, and Israel's political leadership simply aren't put off by the possibility of killing every single remaining hostage in their campaign to flatten Gaza.

[-] SSJMarx@lemm.ee 4 points 1 day ago

Like all things it's a spectrum. This conflict has been about 1% a war between Hamas and the IDF, and 99% the IDF indiscriminately killing civilians.

[-] SSJMarx@lemm.ee -3 points 1 day ago

Israel is an occupying/besieging force and Hamas' attack against them was justified morally, ethically, and under international law. Israel's retaliation against the entire population of Gaza is completely unjustified, and completely illegal.

[-] SSJMarx@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

I think it depends on your legal system. Appointed judges that can overturn legislation are a problem, but if the judges don't have that power and all they're doing is running a courtroom then a judge representative of the community would be an asset.

[-] SSJMarx@lemm.ee 20 points 2 days ago

My parents have "the new minivan" and "the old minivan," I guess that's what happens when you adopt four kids and two dogs.

[-] SSJMarx@lemm.ee 96 points 3 days ago

Elections in America are all about vibes. People who care about facts are nerds.

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