And not only did he see for himself, he wrote up and published his results.

In our case, it’s a sign that my kids struggle with extra-long noodles. We’re letting them get used to scooping with a fork before worrying about much longer strands.

Man, played that a bunch as a kid, then we found a copy again at a random estate sale!

Just ended up Youtubing the VHS tape, though

I largely agree, but I don’t think people actually need to have an “other” to hate. I suspect it’s an easily activated community-level defense mechanism, if that makes sense. One that’s easily a used by manipulative people.

I’m just trying to figure it if there’s an evolutionarily-selected use for having manipulative power-seeking types in our populations, or if they truly are more analogous to a parasitic mutation of a more conventional personality type.

You wanna mention fossil fuel subsidies too?

In the American Midwest at least, it varies by household. You basically just pay attention to what your host does.

Used to be less common to remove them, but at least as far back as the nineties, it was a thing to be aware of.

For a similar reason, I’ve gotten a kick out of the back seat shots in Bluey:

They do (mostly) keep the house surprisingly clean, though

The only incident like this I can remember is Firefly:

Simon: “Are you Alliance?”

Jubal: “Am I a lion? …I don’t really think of myself as one. Though I do have a mighty roar!”

Simon: “…I said, are you Alliance”…

Jubal: “Oh. I thought you said…” Points gun more at Simon “Where’s your sister?”

I like it because it doesn’t really drive the plot or anything, it’s just the first time we see Jubal Early misstep, and seem awkward.

That was my first thought - aren’t homosexual relationships documented in Greek and Roman culture, among others?

That sounds very traditional to me!

mostly a kids show… been permanently paralyzed from the neck down.

…did he get better?!

Similarly, when a movie scientist/engineer insists a thing can’t be done, until an authority figure chews them out/threatens them. Then, there’s suddenly a breakthrough.

There’s other ways the person in charge can help!

I think their world view just needs more information. Bill Gates is a horrible person, who has had an excellent PR team whitewashing his name for at least a decade. And unlike Elon Musk, he doesn’t step out from behind the PR team’s cover.

We just need to keep bringing it to people’s attention.

To begin with, instead of “Italy has a major issue with domestic violence”, would it be more fair to say “The Italian government sees domestic violence as a major issue”?

My post was a response to all the “it’s still just murder!” comments; because per your first source, Italian domestic violence does largely target women, and that does need addressed.

But it sounds like your problem with this legislation is that the government is using it to prop themselves up and make themselves look virtuous while they target other disadvantaged populations. Would you mind expanding on that? My knowledge of Italian current events is woefully lacking!

I’m reading a lot of responses here that seem to rhyme with the “White lives matter!” responses to the BLM movement.

As was the case then, what seems to be getting missed by those saying this is the context. Italy has a major issue with domestic violence, including spousal murder. From the sound of it, it’s usually women who are the victims. Thus, a new law to target wife abusers specifically.

There may be some merit to debating whether this is an effective move or not, I’m not up on my research there; but let’s not deny that they see a need, and are attempting to address it.

Along with the world building communities already mentioned, this just sounds like how GMs (and authors) come up with their content.

Certainly I’ve got a few; I need to peek at those communities again to share…

I thought Incredibles predated the Disney takeover? Otherwise I agree

Hrm… Yeah, I’m not finding anything either. Might be I misunderstood something at the time, or took a rumor at the time as fact.

Not… really?

The US probably has more people trying to get more money than other places due to cultural issues; but even as many people as do want more money, it seems rare to want others to have less.

Speaking for myself, I just want money to make sure that food, shelter, and medical needs are taken care of for my family. Beyond that, I actually don’t want more than what I have.

Weren’t some of the US helicopters that were captured in Ukraine remotely disabled? I seem to remember a Russian general having a hissy fit about it early in the invasion.

I assumed F35s have a similar lockout mechanism.

You sigh, but… Porn is the choice of the bonobo, not the chimpanzee, no?

Besides, the atomic bomb isn’t really a fair comparison - we set up a whole crash program in wartime to figure out how to make a big weapon, of course we used it as a weapon first!