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I worked at a job site prone to flooding so it was mandated to speed evacuations. I liked it and kept the habit.

Then some misogynist asshat told me it’s a masculine thing to do and I should be careful to come across more ladylike. So added on a layer of spite and anti-bigot defenses to why I keep doing it.

People that like Fight Club, American Psycho, and Starship Troopers… k, but like, do you get it or are you a nut job?

Sounds like a better state-backed initiative would be to make mental health services available to this dude and to anyone else dealing with addiction issues. Especially since I assume this door guard was older than 18 and age verification, no matter how private, would have done nothing to stop his access to porn.

you gotta admit that there are psychological effects on avid adult viewers and more on minors

Citation needed when we’re talking about implementing laws and opening up lawsuits suing for $75k+. Multiple robust peer-reviewed citations needed. Preferably not funded by a Catholic church group.

Also it’s a leap to say top-down privacy invading laws are the way the state or federal government should handle it instead of the concerned parent monitoring computer usage. There’s so many free and subscription based parental control tools out there. Comprehensive sex education would be a potential alternate way for the state to support parents and teens to educate them on porn consumption and safe internet usage.

FYI, NCOSE, the group joining (likely funding) the lawsuit, is against comprehensive sex education.

I hope those aren’t his real initials because it seems like there’s more than enough information to identify him between the article and complaint filing. Poor kid doesn’t deserve to be dragged into this.

Ty! TIL. I’ve probably seen it many times before, but it only jumped out at me this time given the Olathe, KS setting and strong fundie Christian vibes.

Agreed. As a lawyer friend once told me, “you can sue someone for damn near anything. It doesn’t mean you’ll win”.

I imagine the “disability and disfigurement” will get sussed out at some point and either backed up w some sort of evidence, or taked out from the rest of the complaint.

Pretty sure those NCOSE assholes are the ones who said school shootings and other mass murders are because of moral decline due to gay people.

Jeebus, I need backup plans for Friday nights.

Page 8 & 9 of the court filing (not the article):

Through this time, Q.R. was able to access chaturbate.com on thirty different instances: […] seven instances on August 30, 2024 […]

Bruh, make sure to hydrate.

Page 13, absolutely fascinating to me that “prays for judgement” is stated and whether that is at all common:

Plaintiff prays for judgment against Defendants in an amount in excess of $75,000.00 for: a. actual damages resulting from Q.R.’s access to material that is harmful to minors, including but not limited to past medical expenses, future medical expenses, past and future lost services and disability, past and future pain, suffering, and disability […]

Page 15, looking for more details on alleged “disfigurement”:

As a direct and proximate result of Defendants’ negligence, Plaintiff has suffered and will continue in the future to suffer the following damages: a. Pain, suffering, disability, disfigurement, and mental anguish […]

It goes on to talk about pornography causing a shift in perspective on sex and possibly leading to addiction. Not finding anything specific on the alleged “disfigurement”.

I’m left to assume poor Q.R. will have to deal the rest of his life with the friction burns caused by jerkin’ it 7+ times on August 30, 2024.

His mom also demanded a jury trial, so Q.R. can rest easy knowing 12 strangers will hear about his friction burns and give it the serious attention due.

I coached my grandma to just repeat “I want to talk to a human operator, please” over and over until she got through. It worked about 70% of the time but some are nearly impenetrable.

Yep. Alexander Skarsgard as Murderbot. I think it needs more time than two episodes to cook and find itself before I pass judgement. I will watch at least another couple episodes.

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Ha, two people I tagged so far in this thread. One for being a self-described and proud redpiller type (I don’t remember the specifics on that one) and one for conversing in bad faith; that person kept arguing with well-sourced fact. Think flat-earther type stubbornness to acknowledge reality for the sake of being funny or edgy. There’s a time and a place for that, but it was on a serious topic where everyone else was taking it seriously and trying to be genuinely helpful.

I haven’t tagged you, OP. Yet.

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Like, long enough to spread out into effectively a parachute? It would have to knot together into some sort of canopy. Bc just streaming loose above you won’t be enough. Surface area normal to airflow is needed, not parallel to it, like loose, streaming hair would be.

Google it for proper formatting, but the equation is: Fd=21ρv2CdA, where Fd is the drag force, ρ is the air density, v is the velocity of the object, Cd is the drag coefficient, and A is the reference area of the object (as in reference with respect to the plane of drag).

Just because I happen to have this trivia in my brain: Terminal velocity in “skydiver” posture: stomach down, arms outstretched to max drag, is around 120 mph. Pulling in to minimize area (and therefore drag), one can get to around 180mph.

I would need more specificity around “basic human needs”. It could be that only 1-30% of the world’s population don’t currently meet that threshold, so sure, easy call to lop off pinky thru middle finger on my non-dominant hand to help them. I mean, ask “would you cut off your pinky finger to stop the genocide in Gaza?” and that would be a hard, fast yes and that’s way less than 10% of the world affected.

If we’re talking past basic survival to full universal healthcare and universal basic income… I’d consider all ten fingers with more details. I’m super sus of any monkey paw curls, so I want to understand the ins and outs before I say all ten fingers.

During COVID I switched from a sit-stand-walk around type job to WFH sitting for the full 8+ hours. I found myself spiraling into some real hip and lower back pain until I invested in some new home office furniture to enable more standing and moving around.

Cheapo walking treadmill was the best $125 Bezos bucks I spent during lockdown.

None beyond their own bodyweight.

The photograph shows an impressive feat in which dozens of acrobats stood on top of each other (relying on mounted platforms) to create a human tower in the likeness of the torch.

Emphasis mine. Most of the weight is born by platforms that the humans are obscuring the view of. Look at the postures of each tier; none are braced for any significant weight.